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Rh P. T. A., Oakland Forum, Oakland Civic Center. Home: 2717 26th Ave., Oakland, Calif.

THURSTON, Marie Harding (Mrs. Joseph S.), born July, 1891, in Atlantic, Iowa, daughter of Dick F. and Mary Clarke Harding, a resident of California for eighteen years. Married to Joseph Smith Thurston. Children: Virginia, Doris Helen. For many years an educator. Active in club and civic affairs. Has held many offices in several organizations. For the past two years Director of Children's Theatre. Director of 1927 Indian Pageaant. For six years, school principal. Contributes articles to local press. Through her efforts, it has been made possible for the local Woman's Club to own, as a club building, the first house built in the present town of Eaguna. Member: Woman's Club of Laguna Beach (past president), Orange County Federated Clubs (vice-president), Relief Corps, O. E. S. of Santa Ana, Laguna Art Ass'n (past secretary), P. T. A., Community Club, etc. Home: Box 55, Park Ave., Laguna Beach, Calif.

TINGLEY, Katherine, (Madame), born July 6, 1852, in Newburyport, Mass., daughter of James P. and Susan Westcott, of early colonial ancestry. Married to P. B. Tingley, inventor. Theosophist. Leader and official head (for life) of the Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society. Conducted two theosophical crusades around the world. Founder of International Brotherhood League, also Summer Home for Children, Spring Valley, New Jersey; home for orphan children. Point Loma, California; several academies for boys and girls in Cuba. Did considerable relief and emergency hospital work after Spanish-American War and was instrumental in establishing hospitals in Manila and Cuba. Founded Parliament of Peace and Universal Brotherhood, 1913; Theosophical University, Point Loma, 1919. Established several theosophical branch centers in America and in Europe, also summer school for children at Visingsoe, Sweden. Editor of Theosophical Path. Many theosophical magazines are published under her direction in Germany, Holland and Sweden. Author: “Theosophy and Some of the Vital Problems of the Day,” “Marriage and the Home,” “Theosophy, the Path of the Mystic.” Home: Point Loma, California.

TODD, Jennie G. (Mrs.), born June 23, 1878, in San Jose, California, daughter of Fleming M. and Eliza Griffith, a life-long resident of the state. Married to Harry P. Todd. Children: Eleanor Adele. Treasurer, Walnut Grove Creamery Co. Has been actively engaged with large milk-distributing concerns in San Francisco and Oakland for many years. Interested in elevating the standard of milk distribution, realizing that it is intimately connected with the development of child welfare. At present. Regional Director, for the Southwestern Division International Fed. of Soroptimist Clubs. Member: Soroptimist Club, Oakland Women's City Club. Home: 695 Thirty-seventh St., Oakland, Calif.

TODT, Margaret, (Mrs.), born in Lebanon, Oregon, January 30, 1889, daughter of Malcolm and Elizabeth McCormick, former resident of Oregon, living in California for the last 5 years. Children: Margaret Elizabeth. Member of Agricultural Extension Service, University of California. Graduate of Oregon State College, post-graduate work at University of Washington. For three years a teacher of Home Economics in Seattle schools; has acted for the last 5 years as Home Demonstration Agent of Stanislaus County in Agricultural Extension Service. Member: American Ass'n of University Women, Business and Professional Women's Club. Home: 1238 Eye Street, Modesto, Calif.

TOMLINSON, Anna Louise (Miss), born in Bloomingdale, Indiana, November 11, 1878, daughter of Dr. Andrew D. and Mrs. Milea Trueblood Tomlinson, resident of California for thirty-three years. Librarian, Whittier College. A. B., Whittier College, 1905. Historian, Whittier College Alumni Ass'n. Member of Handei Oratorio Society. Member: Women's Auxiliary, Whittier College; W. C. T. U., Whittier College Alumni Women's Club, Y. W. C. A., California Library Ass'n, American Library Ass'n. Home: 408 East College St., Whittier, Calif.

TOMPKINS, Nancy Baker, (Mrs.), born in Dixon, Kentucky, daughter of James Miles and Joanna Catherine Brooks Baker, former resident of New York City, living in California for two years. Director, Advisory Dep't Zellerbach Paper Co., L. A. Specializes in Publicity and Promotion, Part owner and publisher. Story Tellers Magazine, New York City. Fellow, Pacific Geographic Society.