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Rh Carolyn Barton, Frances Forbes, Mary Ring, Willis Gorham, Jr. Assistant Governor Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1926-27; State Regent, Washington D. A. R., 1922-24. Author: "Trail Herd on Milky Way," and other poems; "The Pioneer Woman," "Six Masters," etc. Member: D. A. R., National Officers Club, D. A. R., Mayflower Descendants, Daughters of 1812, League of Western Writers, Aberdeen Writers' Club, Grays Harbor Woman's Club, Grays Harbor Country Club. Home: 615 Alden St., Aberdeen, Wash.

HUGHES, Mary (Miss), born in Washington, D. C., daughter of James and Mary Rebecca Cooper Hughes, formerly living in Pittsburgh, Pa., Victoria, B. C., Seattle, Kalamazoo, Mich., a resident of Tacoma since 1926. Children's Librarian (Head of Department), Tacoma Public Library. Authority on books for children. Speaker on Children's Books and Reading at clubs and other meetings. Active in P. T. A. work. Member of Board of Sponsors for Camp Fire Girls. Business and Professional Women's Club, American Woman's Ass'n, American Library Ass'n, Pacific Northwest Library Ass'n. Address: Public Library, Tacoma, Washington.

HUMBIRD, Dorothy Bean (Mrs.), born in Spokane, Wash., October 27, 1891, daughter of Walker L. and Kate H. Bean, a resident of Washington for thirty-six years. Children: Dorothy Jane. Executive Secretary of Camp Fire Girls Spokane & Inland Empire. Member: Junior League. Home: 507 Sound Avenue, Spokane, Wash.

HURN, Rebecca Jane, Hon., (Miss), born in Clear Lake, Iowa, August 21, 1881, daughter of David William and Grace Harriett Butts Hurn. State Senator, Seventh District. Lawyer. Educated at Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa; Northwestern University, A. B., 1905; Heidelberg University, Germany, 1907-08; University of Washington College of Law, 1913. Taught school, 1905-07; private secretary Nathan Straus, 1908-09; manager, Nathan Straus infant milk depots, Washington, D. C., 1910-11; War Work Council, Y. W. C. A., 1918-19; general law practice in Spokane since 1913; State Senator, Seventh district, 1923-27, re-elected for second four-year term, the first woman to have filled that position in Washington. Member: Phi Beta Kappa (Northwestern University), Phi Delta Delta (woman's law fraternity), American Ass'n. of University Women, Spokane Y. W. C. A. Office: Old National Bank Bldg. Home: 1208 W. Eighteenth Ave., Spokane, Wash.

IRVINE, Jessie Young (Mrs.), born in Aberdeen, Washington, daughter of Alexander and Laura Clark Young (pioneers of the city of Aberdeen). Married to William Irvine. President, Aberdeen Public Library. Secretary, Aberdeen Pioneers Ass'n. Former president, Grays Harbor Fed. of Women's Clubs. Has held important offices in D. A. R. organizations. Was president of first Aberdeen Park Boards. Gives her time cheerfully whenever she can be of service to the community. Member: Friends in Council Literary Club, Grays Harbor Fed. Women's Clubs, Aberdeen Pioneers Ass'n, Aberdeen Historical Society, State Fed. Women's Clubs, D. A. R. Home: 1400 Young St., Aberdeen, Washington.

JOHNS, Edna F., (Mrs.), born in Tacoma, Washington, daughter of W. H. and Belle Hodges Fletcher, a resident of Seattle for thirteen years. Writer and editor. Writes short stories, verse, essays, book reviews and is interested in Little Theater movement, also in Drama and Fine Arts. Associate Editor of Muse and Mirror, a poetry magazine published in the Northwest. Editor, Poetry Dept., American Homes. Member: Seattle Poetry Club, League of Western Writers, Music and Art Foundation. Home: 403 Terry Ave., Seattle, Washington.

JOHNS, Helen (Miss), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, daughter of James and Alice Shanard Johns, a resident of Washington for three years. Librarian, Longview Public Library (since 1925). A. B., 1917, University of Oregon; Pratt Institute Library School, 1921. Former Librarian, Bend, Oregon. Member: American Ass'n. of University Women. Home: Longview, Wash.

KAUFMANN, Myrtle L. (Miss), born in Lexington, Missouri, daughter of Louis R. and Henrietta J. Kaufmann, a resident of Washington for one year. Educator. Assistant Superintendent of Spokane Public Schools. Studied at University of Illinois and Columbia. For three years on faculty of Northern Illinois Teachers College; has devoted 10 years to the field of city school supervision in Janesville, Wisc., Springfield, Ill., Logansport, Ind; contributed articles to leading educational journals, also many signed book reviews to The Journal of Educational