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Rh In 1938 Mrs. Padgett was elected secretary of trustees of General Federa- tion of Women’s Clubs for a 6 year term. She is also chairman of General Federation Foundation Fund seeking to raise a million dollars. This outstanding Galion, Ohio woman was secretary of the Ohio D. A. R. and national vice-chairman for D. A. R. magazine under the presidency of Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart. She was national vice-chairman of Constitution Hall under Mrs. William Russell Magna and State chairman of credentials from 1938-1941 . Besides all this, Mrs. Padgett has served as state president of Ohio Del- phians, state parliamentarian of the Daughters of the American Colonists and state registrar of the Daughters of Colonial Wars.

REBEKAH PARISH (Mrs. Charles T. Parish), prominent club woman church worker and a factor in the cultural development and intellectual progress of Hamilton, was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, a daughter of L. A. and Katherine Foster. Her father was born at Garfield Place, Cincinnati, and in young manhood began work on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. While thus employed he began buying stock in the company until he had acquired a considerable amount. He remained with the railroad for a number of years and later engaged in the lumber and contracting business at Hillsboro where he continued throughout the remainder of his life with the exception of two years spent in Chicago, where he passed away. His widow survived him until 1936 and had reached the advanced age of eighty-six years at the time of her demise. After attending the grade and high schools of Hillsboro, Mrs. Parish con- tinued her education in a private school and in the Methodist College of Hillsboro and then became a student in the Conservatory of Music of the same institution. She was graduated from Oxford College in 1895, having won a degree in music. The following year Rebekah Foster became the wife of Charles T. Parish, who was born in Cincinnati and is now one of the leading business men of Hamilton. They had a family of four children, of whom the eldest, Kathryn and Augusta, are twins. The former is now the wife of Dwight Jones and the latter the wife of Judge William O’Keefe. The third daughter, Louise M., is the wife of Joe Garretson, a newspaper man, connected with the Cincinnati Enquirer. Milton, the only son, is a graduate of the Culver Military College and of Dartmouth College and is now in business with his father. The daughters are also college bred, having attended Yassar and other colleges. While home interests have always claimed the major portion of her time, Mrs. Parish has also found opportunity for active participation in the 5 oung Women’s Christian Association and was one of the prime movers and incorpo-