Bill & Kith Gateley

*How It All Started!*

Wedding Gifts [compiled by Kith]
From	Gift
Mother & Dad	Blanket, sheets, nightgown, bedroom slippers, tea towels, dish clothes
The kids	Blanket, bedspread
Gram & Winkie	Bra, slip, panties, tea towels
Bill's grandparents	Jams, jellies, peaches, etc.
Bill's father	Salt cellars (Alaska)
Bill's Aunt Mary	Bible & Wedding
Bill's Aunt Grace	White blanket
Bill's cousins--Leo & Jane Wells	Corsage (white & red roses) + carnation
The Armstrongs	Pressure cooker
The McChesneys	Iron
The Reitzes	Luncheon set (table cloth & 4 napkins)
The Johnson's	Dishes (white)
The Gregorys	Tea pot, doilies
Aunt Doris	Table cloth
Winkie & Gram	Luncheon set, imported Italian dishes
Dorothy	Towels & washcloths
Nanna	Six spoons, two forks

About the Wedding Rings

Kith's wedding ring (picture below) originally belonged to Bill's mother, Edna (York) Gateley, who was born, raised and married in Breckenridge, Colorado. The ring is inscribed "Made in Breckenridge" so undoubtedly the gold was, like Edna, a product of the Breckenridge district. (Note: in 2001, due to a severe wrist injury, the ring had to be cut to remove it from Kith's finger, but it was put back together with no problem.) The gold was probably from the Wire Patch Mine in Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado.

The Website www.themineralgallery.com/goldroom.com.htm has lots of information about wire gold (click on the "gold" link and go down to MIN#G-8).

Bill's wedding ring originally belonged to Kith's father, Edward Ogden, and was given to Bill by Kith's mother, Doris Ogden.

These pictures of the event were scanned 53 years later from Kith's and Bill's scrapbook.
We Build a Sign	Aunt Mary's & Mt. Bross	Us & the Certificate	The Attendees	Telegrams from the East

Ned is born!	Ned at 6 months	Ned & Kithie 1962	Judy & Ned*	Kithie in Beijing 2004	Kith & Bill with Kelpie (Siberian Husky) in El Paso, Texas

Cheyenne Mt. School Photos

Bill in 1st Grade

Bill & Kith in 12th*

Kith's graduation picture

Kith's High School Diploma

June 7, 1944

Bill - a teacher at Colorado College	Bill's Colorado College ID Card	CC Faculty Wives**	Bill gives a lecture	Christmas Stockings	Kith & the bear

Fathers Day - 2004
Zack & Kith	Pam, Kyle & Jordan	Judi & Ned

Kip at Pueblo	Kip & Kiva	Kiva, Callie (Brian's dog) & Kip	Kip & Kiva	Some deer visit us	Kiva & Kith	Kiva wins some ribbons May, 2004)

Hope - 5/20/2005

Hope gets a Best of Breed award

Kith & Kiva get a ribbon

6/11/05

Kiva, Kith & Hope at Eitrholt

6/21/05

Traveling up Ute Pass (US24) in the 1880s

At Eitrholt - July, 6/4/05
Judi & Kith	Judi, Kith & Duke	Ned & Alex work on the car-top carrier cover

1/13/06: Some last-minute pictures from Kithie
Kithie watching a Charger game	Kithie & dogs	Northpark WInds

The Gateley Reunion at Oakdene July, 2005
Chris, Kith & Kithie look over the bluff	Wendy slaving away in the kitchen over the turkey dinner. Chris looking to help...	Toby helping with the pies... no probably the sticky rolls!	Brian, Kith, and Bill shoot the breeze awaiting dinner.	Aiden, Kith, Bill, Sue, Chris, Brian on the left. Wendy, Chris, Rick, Polly, and Ryan on the left.	A view from the loft.	Aiden, Chris Mike, Ryan, Chris, and Sue are off the see the osprey nests.

Lazy Days...
Bill - taking in the scene...	Polly & Cricket	Judi & Ned	Jordan, Chelsea & Pam	In the new cottage	Chelsea	The whole gang, except Kithie who took the picture.

Two generations: Kith and Bill with Toby, Brian, Kyle, Chris, Kithie, Ned	Toby, Brian, Kyle, Chris, Kithie, Ned	Chelsea & Jordan	Pam, Judy & Sue	Top: Polly, Cricket, Kith Bottom: Pam, Judi, Sue	The women	The men

The Tool Shed Project - almost everyone got into the act one way or another when the old necessary was converted into a tool shed
It was decided that Grand mommy's outhouse (purportedly not ever used - at least much) would make a great tool shed. Not all were totally supportive of this idea, but the locals came in strong that this would be just a fine tool shed if only it could be moved from the cabin to the cottage. Here we see Ned and Brian appraising the situation.	Brothers are good for something! The new "tool shed" on its way to Chris's truck.	In Chris's truck - ready to be driven to the cottage.	The rest of us had to walk back to the cottage... That is Bill bringing up the rear.	The work crew congratulates themselves on a project well done.

Project Stonework
Well, Kithie and Brian pushed to get this project off the ground - putting stones over the cement blocks on the chimney. Wendy and Chris Mike had really done a lot of work on this prior to our arrival and had hoped that we could at least push it along a bit further. But no sooner had these two "novices" begun to scope out how this project was to proceed, then the two "experts" (Kyle and Toby) took over. Off the hook again...
Kyle & Toby	Toby & Brian	Sue & Chris	Judi looks on

A Sailing Adventure
The entire gang went to Fairhaven to sail on the Sara B and Titania - Chris and Sue's sailboats. Here some of the passengers hang out, waiting for the boats to show up.	Here comes the Sarah B up to the dock, with crew Chris and Toby, and crew wantabes Jordon, Chelsea, Kyle.	At the dock, Bill and Kith greet the crew.	But before the adventure really began, we had to eat...	Here comes Sue with the Titania. Captain Sue sailed the Titania with Polly, Cricket, Ned, Judi, and Kithie, while Captain Chris and Crewmate Toby took Kith, Bill, Kyle, Pam, Jordan, Chelsea, Brian and of course, Callie. (Did I get everyone???)

The Sara B Almost all 5 masts are up	Toby putting up the jib?	The cockpit of Titania	The Sara B in all her glory.	Another Sara B picture	Another classic shot.

Kith	Chelsea & Pam	Brian	Callie - Brian's dog	Another shot	The breeze finally came up
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Some beach scenes
Kyle	Jordan	Chelsea	Ah, does it get any better?	Kithie & Brian	Kith, Polly & Karen	Walking up from the beach: Brian, Kith, & Karen


Frog	Dinner preparation p Toby & Brian	Chelsea & Bill	We all showed up to eat lunch - 15 strong. Cousin Carl, Barb, and family were incredibly gracious and welcoming. Great food too!	Chris and Sue built this "barn" over a 35 (?) foot steel hull that is eventually supposed to become a grand sailing boat. There is talk it might become a hot tub or gold fish pond instead...	Just the tip of the hull - but enough to see this is not a minor project

Toby's Land
Toby describes the layout of his house-to-be. The foundation is in. Step by step... His tool shed is in the background.	Polly, Bill, Toby, Kith, Brian	A small cabin provides at least a bed for Toby when he is working on his house. Recognize that red door?	Looking for poison ivy - which was there...	Kith takes a break	Toby, Brian, Ned, Judi, Chelsea, Pam, Kith

Kip in his youth at 3201

Ned & Dog	Ned & Winkie at Kilbourn Road in Rochester	Kithie & Troika at Black Forest - 1963	Harry & Linnie York & Ned at a 1810 Willow Circle in Colorado Springs	Our house in Alma - 1946 (Courtesy of Bill's father)	Cynthia (Peabody) Anderson

**As a veteran of WW2, Bill, as a student, was entitled by CC to occupy one of its several Quonset huts, which were reasonably comfortable and - above all - very low rent!

At Colorado College

Ned & animals in our Quonset hut at Colorado College**	*June, 1949* Bill graduates from Colorado College!

**As a veteran of WW2, Bill, as a student, was entitled by CC to occupy one of its several Quonset huts, which were reasonably comfortable and - above all - very low rent!

Model-A Ford Cars and a Cushman motor scooter

I (Bill) owned a Model A like this except it was stripped down considerably. During my senior year in High School, I and several of my friends drove it up to Glen Cove on Pikes Peak to do some skiing. (On our return, I learned that my mother had died...)

We spent the summer following our marriage in Alma where Bill worked sporadically as an ore sorter (picking out good-looking pieces and discarding the rest). He ended up with an infection in one of his fingers...).

Bill's dad furnished us with a rather elderly Model A 2-door sedan - the Hoopey - which we took with us on our return to Colorado Springs. Unfortunately, it failed to start when a trip to the hospital to get Ned delivered was called for and taxi was called into service in its place.

The Hoopey was shortly replaced by a new Cushman Motor Scooter with a side car. The picture below shows the general style but not the elegance of ours...

Bill usually drove with Kith and Ned sitting in the sidecar. We even managed to carry various pieces of furniture with it!

All this was a bit unconventional, but the scooter served us well until he finally graduated from Colorado College and we moved to Julesburg for his first teaching job at the Julesburg High School.

(A 1947 Cushman Motor Scooter)