The Press., 1908-01-22
WELLINGTON.

from colds.
 The Endeavor meeting was led by Rev. A. Gardner.
 l Little Miss Julia Jacobs from Leb. anon visited her aunt. Nellie Carpen- ter. last week.
 1 American invention has made il possible for people who are net rich ts change their climate at will. !"
 Elinor DeWolfe is to go to Essex with her aunt, Mrs, Sparrow, and is to at. tend the high school here. Besl wishes.
 Miss Alice Walker Pratt has decided not to return to Nortbfield seminary but will go on with her studies at the normal school at Willimantic.
 It is matter of thankfulness that there are still families who are faith ful in driving the long distance from their homes to the church services the Bartletts, the Dimocks, the Wards, 1 the Pratts. and others.
 W. E. Boggs. a missionary from India, spoke in Baptist conference room Thursday evening, at the mid week prayer meeting His account of the work was interesting. He ex. poets to return soon to the field of his labors.
 The death of Charles Emery Smith will remind the older people of his family relations with Wilmington, his father having been for years in the comb business at East Wilmington. His uncle, Joel Smith married sister of the late Solyman Taylor. He was second cousin of Mrs. Caroline Ry- der Robbins.
 It was pleasure to write to |" Father'' Rev. Frederick Batchelder on his ninety third birthday. the 17th. How many there must be who can say with truth: We are other and better than we should have been had our lives not been influenced by the life and the words of this good man. |" Congratulations and happy returns.
 The harbor of Topolobampo is deep enough and large enough to accommo- date all the navies in the world, and the new plans for its use are beginning of developement in the southern part of North America which may give us during the present century, miracles of progress and civilizaton. Yet all shese things young Owen, the human itarian engineer, held in his active brain a generation ago, but could not get money invested to carry out his plans. . :. z The Baker anniversary was indeed a notable event. :, We have an arm : shair given us4by the late Hon. s. T. Preston that was made in che Baker siopfa iong time ago. It was given 50 Mir. Preston by his friend, Gilbert Baker, on the occasion of some bank meeting or board meeting, when, after long time sitting. he remark ed upon the comfortable seat he had enjoyed, and MT. Baker told him to take it along to remember the even. ing by. It is of 8 handsome wood and worthy of preservation.
 vINToN GENEALo9Y.
 The following in regard to the Vinton family was sent by Mrs. Mary Lawson Carpenter of North Ashford, whose father was cousin of Rev. Dr. Justus Brainard Vinton, and will be received with interest by many Press readers who knew the family, who are of old Willington stock, and who often express interest in the rising generation. This lady is one of the many who, since the holidays com. menoed, have kindly written cheering words as to their pleasure in reading the Wilmington columnin their Press. This correspondent is very grateful for the appreciation thus manifested.
 Justus Brainard Vinton, son of Rev. Justus Vinton. who was born in Will lington, born at Kaw daw. ko. Karen Village, Maulmein, Burma, April 5, 1S4O. Married Julia Ann Hawsell in Boston, Aug. IT, 1861, and started at once for Burma to take up mission work among the Karens with his mother at Rangoon. Children: 1, Alice Haswell, born Oct. l, 1868; ?, George Holman, born Oct z, 1865 !; 3, Eddy Mason, born July 4, 1867, died July 4, 1867; 4. Herbert James, born July IF, 1869; 5, Jennie Mason. born March 31, 1872, died Feb. 10, 1876; 6, Sumner Redway, born Oct. 31, 1874. Alice Haswell Vinton married Albert Ernest Seagrave, Aug. IT, 1886. Children: l, Louis Price, born May 23. 1887, died June 6, 1887; ?, Julia Vinton, born April II. 1890; 3, Rachel HoIbrook, born March IA, 1892; 4, Grace Russell, born Oct. 23, 1895; 5, Gordon Stifier, born March IS, 1897; 6, Weston Haswell. born June 27, 1899, died July 3, 1899. They are missionaries at Rangoon, Burma George Hol- man Vinton married Stella Black burn, Jan. 10, 1905, at Staunton, Va, where he lives and works at his trade of piano tuning and repairing. Child !: Herbert James, born June 10, 1907. Herbert James Vinton, bachelor, is in mission work in Rangoon, Bur- ma, as assistant superintendent of the large boarding school of nearly 400 pupils. Sumner Redway Vinton came to America with his mother in 1888 i; was educated in the high school at Brattleboro, then in Colgate academy and college, took the last two years ot college in Brown University, grad uating in 1896. Took his theological course at Newton Seminary, gradu- ating in 1900. Was out one year as travelling secretary for the student volunteer movement. He married Nellie Eastman Bunker. June 5. 1899. They sailed to Burma in 1900; took a furlough to America in 1905, re-