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Rh 1926-28; past president, Ebell Club; former vice-president, Southfern Division, California Fed. of Republican Women. Member: Ebell Club, Woman's City Club, Woman's Music Study, Opera Reading Club, Pacific Coast Club, Virginia Country Club, D. A. R. Home: 1321 American Ave., Long Beach, California.

VAN WAGENEN, Emma S., (Mrs.), born in Sloatsburg, New York, November 30, 1870, daughter of Henry R. and Henrietta Sloat, a resident of California since 1907. Children: Mary V. Eraser, Hulda V. Carey. Assistant Probation Officer since 1912. Very much interested in all civic affairs, especially in juvenile reform work. Home: 4275 Cleveland Ave., San Diego, Calif.

VAN WATERS, Miriam, (Dr.), born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1888, former resident of Portland, Oregon and Boston, Massachusetts. Resident of California for the last 13 years. Referee L. A. Juvenile Court; National chairman, Juvenile Protection; active in P. T. A. work; member of Board of Directors, National Probation Ass'n., Traveler's Aid; first president of Southern Calif. Society for Mental Hygiene; author: “Youth in Conflict,” “Parents on Probation"; editor, Mental Hygiene Bulletin of So. Calif. Society for Mental Hygiene. Member: Professional Women's Club, Women's Athletic Club, L. A. Business and Professional Women's Club. Home: 1833 N. Verdugo Rd., Vista Park, Glendale, Calif.

VAUGHN, Kate Brew (Mrs.), born in Nashville, Tennessee, daughter of P. H. and Katherine White Brew, a resident of California for eight years. Children: Martha V. Curtiss, William W., J. Preston, Edwin T., Katherine. Lecturer and newspaper writer. Created the Home Economics Dept., L. A. Evening Express, January 12, 1920. For eight years, a lecturer on Home Economics, taught Home Economics in North Carolina State College. Gives radio lectures on home economics four mornings a week, over KNX. Created a Bureau of Infant Hygiene for the North Carolina State Board of Health. Has written many booklets for Boards of Health and manufacturers. Author: “Table Treats in Wartime,” “Culinary Echoes from Dixie,” “Up-to-the-Minute Cook Book.” Home: 24 So. Monterey, Alhambra, Calif.

VIRDEN, Eleanor Morgan, (Mrs.), born October 2, 1903, in San Francisco, California, daughter of Horace W. and Lilian E. Morgan. Married to August William Virden. Active in civic and Woman's Clubs affairs. Graduate from Miss Burke's School, S. F. and Bennett School, Millbrook, N. Y. Member: Woman's Athletic Club, Junior League. Home: 1940 Sacramento St., San Francisco, Calif.

VOGEL, Frances, (Miss), a native of Texarkana, Texas, former resident of Denver, Colorado, living in California for the last 3 years. Executive secretary, Y. W. C. A. Former Economic and Associate General Secretary, Y. W. C. A., Denver, Colorado; now serving on Board of Directors, Pasadena Vocation Bureau, Pasadena Board of Religious Education; member of Pasadena Council of Social Agencies and Pasadena Council of International Relations, Woman's Commission on Girls' Work for Pasadena. Member: College Women's Club, Business and Professional Women's Club. Home: 78 North Marengo, Pasadena, Calif.

VOGLESON, Helen E. (Miss), born in Columbiana, Ohio, daughter of George A. and Annie Metzger Vogleson, a resident of California since 1913. Librarian of the L. A. County Library (since 1924), formerly assistant Librarian. Graduated from Mt. Holyoke College, 1903. Certificate from N. Y. State Library School. Member: Friday Morning Club, L. A. Woman's Athletic Club, American Library Ass'n, California Library Ass'n. Home: 826 Muirfield Road, Los Angeles, California.

VOSS, Evangeline Ling (Mrs.), born in Oregon, Illinois, March 8, 1878, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ling, a resident of California for 25 years. Active in civic, educational, and political affairs. President, 1928, Reed for President Club (5,000 members). Has held various offices in P. T. A. organizations, also in California Federation of Women's Clubs. Originated the idea of establishing W. C. Emblem in a conspicuous position in Palisades Park at Santa Monica. Member: National Association of Social Hygiene, P. T. A., Women's City Club of Venice, Santa Monica Bay Women's Club, Home: 537½ Rialto Blvd., Venice, Calif.

VOUGHT, Stella Raymond (Mme.), a native of Washington, D. C., daughter of Dr. John U. and Mrs. Irene L. Raymond, a resident of California for seven years. Married to Leonard E. Faber. Professional singer and teacher of voice. Graduated from University of Music and Dramatic Art, Washington, D. C. Diploma from Edmund