The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-19

with Miss Kilby's engagement, by the
 way
 l It seems that some years ago when she and Lieutenant Brune were little
 tiny tots, they met up in Canada, where the families of the two had cottages which they occupied during the summer season; this was more than r years ago, and then came the blood red hand of war and Lieutenant Brune enlisted among the first and was sent to CamI, 1 Mcclellan. Anniston; he again met the sweetheart of his youth and today they are two of the happiest engaged" peo- ne in all the wide, wide world | Miss I<ilby received her education at Dana Hall, Wellesley, and later spent a year in Europe, dividing her time be. ! tween Paris and Florence.
 | She IS very popular in Birmingham where she has frequently visited the l family of Governor Kilbys brother. MT Edgar M. kilby, and has received many 1 lovely attentions as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. kilby at their pretty home on Chestnut Hill. Mr. and Mrs Edgar Kilby are among the most popular people in ] Birmingham society and at various times have entertained charmingly for Gov arnor and Mrs. Kilby and Miss Kilby. Governor and Mrs. kilby have quite as much reason to be proud of their boys as of their attractive daughter, for both of these young men have lived up to the high ideals set for them by their pa- rents and both have achieved success in their college work and later in military circles.
 Oscar Marchant Kilby is p years old and was among the first Americans to go overseas when war was declared-long before America went into the war: he went out with an ambulance corps from Princeton, composed of 25 men; when in France about six months he was re- leased from this work and joined the French army. s
 One evening-indeed it was Christmas Eve, Governor Kiby will tell you, as he told me, we were sitting about the hreside and messenger arrived with :. cable; it was from our boy Oscar. stat ing that as he was in France and was needed, he saw no reason why he shouldn't fight for the people among going to join the French army
 Which he did, and attended the French officers training school at Fontaine- bleau, graduating last April. He has been cited for bravery on several occasions and has made an enviable record as an officer.
 Thomas F. Kilby. Jr, named for his father, is a splendid young fellow of 19 a student at Princeton, following his
 
 Der of the students army training corps at Princeton, preparing to enter the service; later he was sent to Camp Fay Tor, Louisville. for training and was there when the armistice was declared and his fond hopes of fighting the Huns vas dispelled as was the case with hun dreds of other brave young Americans
 Governor Kilby is of Welsh descent and the beautiful Kilby home in An niston, which is one of the handsom- est and most attractive of the many modern homes in that pretty city, bears the name of "Rhydfelin," which is the Welsh for Yellow Water"
 Anniston society will part with great regret from the Kilby family for the four years of Governor kilby's incum- bency as governor at Montgomery and unwillingly are they given up for this length of time-and perhaps longer who hnowse for their home has been one of the most hospitable, one of the most delightful, and one of the most cordial that Anniston has ever had and they will be missed during their temporary home in Montgomery per. haps more than any other family that could leave Anniston.
 Governor Kilby goes into office to- morrow with tremendous tasks facing him-big issues. mammoth proposi- tions-and while he does not prophecy an Augustan era for the state during his administration. nor does he boast of .unconquered fields which he wi.! invade. yet he has very definite views regarding certain measures connected with the administration. prominent among them being his desire to make | the kilby administration an honest, | efficient and economical period in Ala i bama's history
 When I had the privilege of talking | with Governor kilby the other day. there were many things I might have