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Rh Columbia University; has studied and traveled in Europe; head of the Department of Dramatic Art, Utah Agricultural College, 1900-07; director of Community Children's Plays, staging her own adaptations of "The Blue Bird" and "Peter Pan"; her serials and plays have been published in all the magazines of the state; articles have appeared in Harper's Weekly, Delineator, The Woman's Magazine, Boston Cooking School, American Motherhood; writer of scenarios for the Gaumont Company and other film companies; author of "Plotting the Play," which carries an introduction by Clayton Hamilton. Associate founder, Utah Agricultural College Little Theatre, Campus Players Club and Playmakers Club. Member: Business and Professional Women's Club, Utah Agricultural College Faculty League, U. A. C. Woman's Club, Periwig, Theta Alpha Phi. Home: 84 East Third St., North, Logan, Utah.

CANNON, Annie Wells (Mrs. John Q.), born in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 7, 1859, daughter of General Daniel H. and Mrs. Emmeline B. Wells. Married to Col. John Quayle Cannon. Mother of twelve children, eleven living; had three sons in the World War. Former member of House of Representatives; author of measures for social welfare and art. Director, Library Board. For fifteen years assistant editor of Woman's Exponent. Contributes verse and prose to various magazines and newspapers. Member of Board of Directors of American Relief Ass'n. Member: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Service Star Legion (national historian), National Woman's Relief Society, (honorary member for Utah), American Woman's Assn., Utah Woman's Press Club, Order of Bookfellows. Home: 1354 S. 9th West, Salt Lake City, Utah.

CHAMP, Frances Winton (Mrs. F. P.), born October 6, 1897, in Duluth, Minnesota, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Crayton Winton, a resident of Utah for six years. Married to Frederick Percival Champ. Children: Lind Mary Knox, G. Herbert Champ. Concert pianist. Will be soloist in the Chicago and Minneapolis symphony orchestras. Studied at Boston Conservatory. Played several times in recital in Cincinnati Conservatory Hall. Has given concerts at Tabernacle and Stadium. Considered one of the leading musicians in the west. Member: U. A. C, Woman's Club, Faculty League, Sorosis Society. Home: "The Bridges", Logan, Utah.

CHERRY, Louise Keller, (Mrs. J. W.), a native of Manti, Utah, resident of Salt Lake City for 5 years. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Keller. Married to Chief Justice of Supreme Court James William Cherry. Children: Alfred Keller, Winona, R. Louise, Mary E., James W. Jr., Keller Banks. Taught elementary school for several years; at one time critic teacher and director of physical education for women. Brigham Young University at Provo; for 4 years trustee, Manti School District; helped to secure a Carnegie library in Mt. Pleasant and served as member of library board for many years. Member of Memory Park Committee (since 1926). Past president of several Mt. Pleasant organizations; at present, president of the Utah-Wyoming Division, Service Star Legion. On Board of Directors of Salt Lake County Red Cross. Member: P. T. A., Woman's Republican Club, Service Star Legion, Delta Epsilon Mothers. Home: 355 Douglas Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah.

COULTER, Mary Anna Clara Geigus (Mrs. Chester Emory), born in Savanna, Illinois, September 7, 1859, daughter of John Nicholas and Caroline Christina Wasmund Geigus, a resident of Ogden, Utah, for thirty-eight years, formerly living in Illinois, Michigan and California. Married to the late Dr. Chester Emory Coulter. One son, Halvor Geigus, writer and playwright; served throughout late war and signally honored for field and administrative services by the French government.; designated and registered by the French Academy as "Major Halvor Geigus Coulter, Officier d'Academie, University of Palms," and was awarded corresponding decoration. Mrs. Coulter was admitted to the bar in Michigan and Illinois, but never practiced. A. B., Northwestern College, Naperville, Illinois, 1880; LL. B., University of Michigan, (1885, class honors). Actively interested in politics, education, women's clubs and ameliorative movements. Unitarian. Republican. Spent two years in the Orient studying conditions. Elected to House of Representatives, Utah, 1902 (the only woman in the Fifth Assembly). Served as chairman Judiciary Committee of House, instituted laws for the betterment of social conditions. Organizer, 1904, and president until 1908, Weber Co. (Utah) Woman's Rep. Club, and