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Rh of Thousand Springs Farm, Wendell, Idaho, with high class Guernsey cattle and Hampshire sheep. Member Board of Trustees, Agriculture College of Utah. For five years State Regent, Utah D. A. R. Member: Ladies Literary Club, D. A. R., New York Woman's Club. Home: 1427 Ramona Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah.

MUSSER, Burton W. (Mrs.) born in Neuchatel, Switzerland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jean Rodolphe Furer. Her father was well known in annals of Switzerland. Resident of Utah for twenty years. Married to Burton W. Musser. Children: Bernard F. Linguist. Interested in the welfare of foreigners and in Social Agencies dealing with them. Trustee, Utah Agricultural College; State Chairman of Democratic Committee. Acting president of Neighborhood House Ass'n. Home: 1133 Harvard Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah.

PARSONS, Katherine Barrette, (Mrs.), born in Thibodeaux, Louisiana, daughter of John Dunsworth and Margaret Elizabeth Barrette. Former resident of Iowa, living in Utah for 41 years. Married to Arthur Huntington Parsons. Children: Arthur B., Margaret Parsons Hyde. Former school teacher. First president, Salt Lake City Teachers' Ass'n; past director, Y. W. C. A.; has been president of several clubs; former secretary of the City Fed. of Women's Clubs. Wrote the State Fed. song, "Utah, Our Homeland," which was adopted February 5, 1924; author of a history of the Ladies' Literary Club from 1877 to 1927, which was published in book form, September, 1927. Member: Short Story Club, Ladies' Literary Club (honorary). Home: 160 South Tenth East, Salt Lake City, Utah.

PAXMAN, Achsa E. (Mrs.), born in Provo, Utah, June 28, 1885. Resident of the state for 42 years. Married to W. Monroe Paxman. Children: Elaine, Rulon, Beth, Monroe, Jr., Doressa. Elementary and High School teacher for several years; member of State Legislature for two terms; president of State League of Women Voters; former president of Women's Republican Club; at present president of Utah State Relief Society; member of Municipal Council. Member: Nelke Reading Club, Women's Republican Club, High School Faculty Women. Home: 441 W. First So., Provo, Utah.

PEDERSEN, Beatrice A. (Mrs. N. A.), born in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 6, 1880, daughter of Robert R. and Elizabeth Holland Anderson, a resident of Logan for twenty-one years. Married to N. Alvin Pedersen. Children: Faye, Jean, Trix, Troy, Betty. Former school teacher; was president and secretary of U. A. C. Woman's Club, also past president of U. A. C. Faculty Women's League. For one year secretary of P. T. A. Active in all civic and club affairs. Member: U. A. C. Woman's Club, Utah Agricultural College Faculty Women's League. Home: 358 N. Fourth St., Logan, Utah.

PERKINS, Ethelyn F. (Mrs.), born in Salt Lake City, Utah, daughter of B. A. M. and Jennie Anderson Froiseth. Married to Percival O. Perkins. Children: Elizabeth Jane. Pianist and teacher. Active in all civic and musical affairs of the community. Member: Ladies Literary Club (past president), O.E.S., (Past Matron), P.E.O., Bookfellows, MacDowell Club (president), Civic Opera Ass'n. Home: 126 B Street, Salt Lake City, Utah.

PETERSON, Matilda (Miss), born January 21, 1876, in Huntsville, Utah, daughter of Soren Lynne and Anna Peterson, a life-long resident of the state. State Primary Supervisor. Active in both church and social work. Has traveled extensively, visiting eleven European countries. Attended University of Chicago, Columbia University, New York, University of California. Director, Utah Educational Ass'n (6 years). Member State Board of Education (2 years). Taught in State Normal Schools of Nebraska and Missouri. Represented Utah at Sesqui Centennial, Philadelphia, Penn. (1926). Member: Ladies' Literary, Business and Professional Women's Club (life), Child Culture Club, Ogden, Utah. Address: 223 State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah.

PETERSON, Phebe Nebeker, (Mrs.), born June 3, 1890, in Laketown, Utah, daughter of Hyrum and Phebe Hulme Nebeker, a resident of Logan for twenty-five years. Married to Elmer George Peterson. Children: Marian, George, Martha. Studied at New England Conservatory of Music (Boston). Interested in all civic and club affairs. President of Faculty Women's League. Member: U. A. C. Woman's Club, Faculty Woman's League, State Fed, of Women's Clubs (past vice-president). Home: College Hill, Logan, Utah.

REYNOLDS, Alice Louise, (Miss), born in Salt Lake City, Utah, April 1, 1873, resident of Provo, Utah, for 34 years. Professor of English Literature,