Our old Family in the late mid 30's: From Peñaranda with Love

During the 30's,the people of Peñaranda,Nueva Ecija has a common wealth of life.A part of rice granary here in the Philippines,and my grandfather own a lot of hectares of land in Dulangan,a part of sinasajan,Peñaranda.He is Marciano Mabalay,married to Juliana Legaspi of barrio San Joseph,and got 2 children-Mateo and Adelaida.At the age of 10 years old,her mother died from desease.My father used to help at the farm works and pasturing the lot no. of carabaos ,milking and selling it to the town proper every morning until completed his Grade 7 school- a meaning of individual higher education this time.The town location is subdivided by Peñaranda River and they used to lived and awake early to walk from the town's railway bridge passersby going sinasajan to the farm.And one day:he met my mother,Filomena with our Lola Anselma Leodones-waiting a train in sinasajan station for trading a heart leaves(ikmo in tagalog) bundles to Cabanatuan City,the daily source of livelihood for this time.Until my Grandfather and Lola Anselma agreed to marry their son and daughter in March 1936.Don Mariano Paras,the owner of town's birds can't fly hectares rice farm as one sponsor and Mayor Casiano Abes-present Mayor as one sponsor and my grandfather was new elect town councilor.They've a gracious and elegant wedding for this time affair and event for our family:My Auntie,adelaida/nanang ida own a family's Bakery shop,send the most bread products to horsedrawn calezas to sinasajan and pass to high water level river of Peñaranda to sinasajan,my mother native place.And start of new life,Mateo use to employed at the town municipal hall as collector of town income and secretary to the treasurer.The people of Penaranda has a productive income due to the railways line from Manila to Cabanatuan City.Farm Products and livestock are easily transported to any part of the country.The Town Market has fully commercialized by different people from some part of the philipines during this time according to my father.Until they raise a five children, namely: Clarita,the eldest daughter,.. was born on June 10, 1938,Lolita on Jan.1,1941.And the world war II begin between Japan and all allied nation of the United States of America.The people of penaranda suffered the hardship of life in history,after corregidor was conquer by the Japanese Imperial Army during the Christmas of this year.My father remain in his position as resident certificate issuer by this town guerillas who always requesting my father to do his Job as password to Japanese guards around the town perimeter that always entering at night in our house.Until my sister Bebe was born on Sept.4,1944,where in mother and the whole family going outside in the farm to hide from Japanese Army's all baby hunter for death.A group of Japanese Army used to stay in our house and spend the nights and my father supplied them with foods and live chickens to eat until they going to far area in Minalungao,a boundary of Nueva Ecija and Bulacan for Hiding from the incoming American Troops in our town.And Liberation of the people comes,ernesto was born on July 4,1946,my eldest brother and died from phenomonia desease when he was at 2 years old,another sad story for our family.After my granfather was committed his christian belief to U.C.C.P. mission in Peñaranda and start to evangelized and baptised every member of our family.They contribute the front area of land where in our house use to remove backward to give way for early U.C.C.P. church in Peñaranda.All the guest,Pastor and Deaconese were stayed in our home as host and my mother actively committed to every activities to the church.In Feb.5,1948,ate yolly was born,followed by Ditse Miyang on June 16,1950,Gardy on Jan.14,1953 and myself on Oct.31,1956.My eldest sister,clarita was send by my Grandfather to U.C.C.P. central church in Manila to study and completed the course in Evangelism as Deaconese in the church in 1959.At the same time,Roy was born on August 9,1959 and my sister arrive with fiancee,kuya Manuel and got married for this time.Until elsa,our youngest was born on June 20,1961 and I still recall the moments when my mother delivering her last child.