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��NOBLE— NORFLEET

��Woman's Club, Catharine Merrill Club, Contem- pory Club, Vassar Club, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae and Civic League. NOBLE, Marietta Josephine Edmand (Mrs.

Frederick Perry Noble), 2502 W. Suito Av.,

Spokane, Wash.

Born in Iowa; grad. Central Univ. of Iowa, A.B. '87, A.M. '90; Univ. of Cliicago, A.B., A.M. '97; fallow in Latin, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1897-98; Am. School of Classical Studies in Rome, 1901-02; m. 19€3 Dr. Frederick Perry Noble. Ass't, 1887- 90 and' principal, 1890-93, in academic dep't, and prof. Latin, 1893-95, Iowa We&leyan Univ.; prof. Latin and Greek, 1898-99; prof. Latin, 1899-1903, Milwaukee-Downer Coll. NOBLES, Ella Margaret (Mrs. W. S. Nobles),

Geneva, Iowa.

Born Warren, 111.; dau. AlonM and Rose (Lynch) Clock; ed. common school; m. W. S. Nobles; children: Fannie Nobles Clock, Norma Nobles Richards, Helen Nobles. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church (mem. Ladies' Aid Soc.). Republican. Mem. Twentieth Century Club. NOBLIT, Emma Ewing' (Mrs. Granville E.

Noblit), Tarpon Springs, Fla.

Born Lawndale, Logan Co., 111., Sept, 18, 1862; dau. Christopher and Adaline (Metcalf) Ewing; ed. Jacksonville (111.) Female Acad., cla.ss of '83, English course; m. Oakland, Fla., Nov. 16, 1889, Granville B. Noblit; children: Ruby, Roy Ewing, Granville E., Frank Webster (deceased). Interested in church work and social affairs, educational matters and music. Presbyterian. Republican. Mem. Public Library Ass'n, Parents' and Teachers Ass'n, W.C.T.U., Ladies' Aid Soc., Cycadia Cemetery Ass'n, Mendelssohn Club, Civic Club. NOEL, Julia McAlmont (Mrs. James William

NoeI1, 216 B. Sixth Av., Pine Blaff, Ark.

Bom Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 23, 1856; dau. Sam- uel Huntington and Sarah (Harding) McAlmont; ed. in Minn, and Ark., and in private and public schools; widow of James William Noel, M.D.; children: Addle Leona, Annie Mae, Daisy Ella, William Alexander, James Wilaam. Mem. iios- pital As-s'n, Myra C. Warner Student Ass'n, State Museum Ass'n. Presbyterian (mem. Ladies' Aid). Mem. Soc. Colonial Dames of America, Daughters of U.S., D.A.R. (State Re- gent of Ark., organizer McAlmont Chapter); mem. United Daughters of the Confederacy, Sesame Club. NOFETZ, Hslie Is&bel (Mrs. William NofEtz),

3841 Forest Av., Kansas City, Mo.

Daughter of John Rogers and Elizabeth Irons Rogers; ed. in Imboden, Ark., at private sub- scription schools; m. (1st) Auburndale, Fla., 1891, Joseph Hawthorne (died 1898); m. (2d) Louisville, Ky., 19C1, William NoCtz; one daughter: Clarice Hawthorne. Pres. Osage County (Kan.) Fed. of Women's Clubs (three years); pres. Sunflower Club of Qiijnemo, Kan. (.% year?); mom. Press Com (2 vears), and Industrial and Child Labor Com. (2 years) of Kansas State Ffideration; sec. Board of Education of Quenemo, Kan., resigning on removal to Kansas City, Mo,, in 1911. Mem. M.E. Church. Progressive. Favors woman suffrage.

NORCROSS, Cellissa Brown (Mrs. Joseph Ar- nold NcrcrOBs), 421 St. Ronan St.. New Haven,

Conn.

Born Dover, Me., May 7, 1874; dau. Stephen Or- man and Mary Parish (Gurney) Bro-nn; ed. Miss Peebles' Boarding School, N.Y. City; Quincy Shaw School, Boston; Smith Coll., B.L. '98 (mem. Phi Kappa Psi); m. Dover, Me., May 27, 1902, Joseph Arnold Norerosa; oiie son: Arnold Brown Noroross. Interested in New Haven Orphan Asylcrm, Mothers' Aid Soc. of New Haven, and tht iTfnlted Workers of N.H.; attends Episcopal Church. Mem. New Haven Country Club, New Haven Lawn Club. NORDAHL, Edwilda, 482 Stella St., Elgin, III.

Born Vermillion Co., 111., Aug. 17, 1868; dau. Francis M. and Virginia (Harrison) Parish; ed. In country and private schools; m. Homer, HI., 1893, Dr. Hans T. Nordahl. Magazine writer.

��short stories and poems, principally in Every- body's Magazine— Lowly Diplomat and others. Congregationalist. Mem. Perry Study Circle, Elgin Woman's Club. NORDHEIMER, Edith Louise (Mrs. Samuel

Nordheimer), "Glen Edyth," Davenport Road,

Toronto, Can.

Bom Toronto; dau. of late James Boulton (barrister) and Margaret Melina (Fortye) Boul- ton; m. 1871, Samuel Nordheimer, Consul for Ontario for the German Empire. Active in charitable and benevolent work. Pres. of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, and has instituted many chapters of the Order. NORDHOFE-JUNG, Sofie A. (Mrs. Franz A. R.

Jung), 1229 Connecticut Av., Washington, D.C.

Physician; b. Germany; ed. in Germany and France, A.B.; degree M.D. from Columbian (now George Washington) Univ., Washington, D.C, '93; m. Dr. Franz A. R. Jung. First woman resident in Univ. Hospital for Women, Miinich; assistant Baudelocque Hospital, Paris; special work with Pasteur at Pasteur Inst., Paris. Mem. Med. Soc. of D.C, Med. Ass'n of D.C, Am. Med. Ass'n, Women's Med. Soc of Washington, D.C; Washington Acad, of Sciences, Woman's Welfare Dep't Nat. Civi* Federation; mem. Red Cross. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Kinetic Thera- peutics in Gynecology; The Thure Brands Treat- ment In Gynecology Practically Applied. Mem. Lyceum Club, London, England. NORDICA, Lillian (Mrs. George Washington

Young), Deal, N.J.

Grand opera prima donna; b. Farmington, Me., 1859 (family name Norton) ; began musical educa- tion in Boston with Prof. O'Neil, of the New England Conservatory of Music; later studied under Mme. Marie Maretzek, and afterward at Milan, under San Giovanni; m. (1st) Paris, 1882, Frederick Gower, scientist and electrician, who was drowned while conducting electrical experi- ments in a balloon which was carried out to sea and collapsed; (2d) Herr Dome; (3d) July 29, 1909, George Washington Young, banker of N.Y. City and Jersey City. Sang as soloist for the Handel and Haydn Societies in Boston; later ap- peared with Gilmore's Band at two concerts in the Old Madison Square Garden, and went with that company to England, appearing in concerts at Liverpool, London and Paris, thence going to Italy for operatic study. Made debut in grand opera as prima donna in La Traviata at Brescia, Italy, April, 1879. Appeared at Genoa and No- vara, Oct., 1881; then went to St. Petersburg and sung Mignon before the Czarina; then sang in Moscow, and made her Parisian debut in Faust in 1882, later singing in Paris. After the death of Mr. (lower was for three years retired from the stage. Appeared in La Traviata, at Covent Garden, London, 1886; first appearance in grand opera in U.S., Mar. 28, 1890, with Signer Ta- magno in II Trovatore, afterward went to Bey- reuth, and under Mme. Wagner's instruction studied the part of Elsa in Lohengrin, creating that role in the original production at Beyreuth. Since then has gained her greatest distinction in Wagnerian roles, her first appearance in a Wag- ner opera in America being in Tristan und Isolde in 1S95; sang Elsa in Lohengrin on the eightieth anniversary of the birthday of Queen Victoria, at Windsor Castle, the first time a Wag- ner opera was ever heard by the Queen. Has for years been one of the prima donnas of th< Metropolitan Opera House, N.Y. City. Has also appeared in concerts in leading cities of U.S.

NORFLEET, Helen Lnclie, 303 W. Eighth St.,

Oklahoma City, Okla.

Concert pianiste; b. Kearney, Mo., Oct. 27, 1891; dau. Abram Leeper and Mary Lackey (Park) Norfleet; ed. North Texas Coll., 1905-10; Kidd-Key Conservatory, Sherman, Tex., A.B. '10; medals in music, Latin, mathematics, scholarship, diploma in music, 1908; pupil of Harold von Mickewitz. Interested in club work, newspaper work. Recreation: Tennis. Mem. Ladies' IWusle Club, Chaminade Club, Kidd-Key Shakespeare Club. Has played piano from early childhood; while in Conservatory appeared as soloist with Chicago Symphony and Dallas Symphony orchea-

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