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Rh Research, Author: "Individual Practice Material in Silent Reading" (for the use of younger pupils). Edited clear-type classics edition of Stevenson's "Kidnapped." Lectures before gatherings of teachers. Has been member of summer faculty of several leading universities. Maintains a residence in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Member: American Association of University Women. Home: 1707 8th Ave., Spokane, Washington.

KENNARD, Marietta Conway (Mrs. Hunter), born in Peoria, Illinois, daughter of James R. and Ida M. Conway, a resident of Washington for sixteen years. Married to Hunter Kennard. Children: Saima Leigh. Writer. Has written a pageant for local Chamber of Commerce and a play for Rotary Club. Reads her own poems and plays before clubs and other organizations. Teaches Religious Drama in Seattle, Portland, Tacoma and Seabeck. Chairman, Drama Dep't, First Congregational Church of Tacoma. Is considered one of the leading dramatists of the Northwest. Her play, "The Flight of the Herons," published in Drama Magazine, 1922, has been translated into the Lithuanian language by a Russian. Member: League of Western Writers, D. A. R., Aloha Club, Tuesday Study Club, Drama League Center. Home: 3416 North 24th St., Tacoma, Wash.

KLEIN, Harriet Elizabeth (Miss), born in Spokane, Washington, June 4, 1904, daughter of Allan Chase and Edith Slee Klein. Chief Dietitian, The Dessert Hotels. Active in all civic affairs; does considerable charitable work for the Florence Crittenden Homes. Member: American Association of University Women, Alpha Delta Pi, Omicron Nu, Soroptimist, Y. W. C. A., Hotel Greeters of America. Home: 1105 W. 8th Ave., Spokane, Wash.

LAMSON, Armenouhie Tashjian, (Mrs. Otis Floyd), a native of Erzeroum, Armenia, daughter of Rev. Hagop and Mrs. Sophia Tashjian, former resident of Ohio, living in Washington for the last 14 years. Married to Dr. Otis Floyd Lamson. Children: Robert, Otis Floyd, Jr., Armene. Author, artist and lecturer. President, League of American Penwomen, President, Madrona P. T. A., vice-president, Music and Art Foundation. Member: Sunset Club, Women's University Club, Olympic Riding Club, City Clubs, Seattle Golf and Country Club. Home: 4021 Denny Blaine Place, Seattle, Wash.

LANDES, Bertha Knight (Mrs.), born in Ware, Mass., 1868, a resident of Seattle for thirty-one years. Married to Henry Landes. Children: Kenneth Knight. President, Seattle Federation of Women's Clubs. Member of Seattle City Council, 1922-26. Mayor of Seattle, 1926-28. Member: Soroptimist, Century and City Clubs, P. E. O. Sisterhood. Home: 4710 University Way, Seattle, Wash.

LEARY, Eliza Ferry, (Mrs.), born in Waukegan, Illinois, July 21, 1851, daughter of Governor Elisha Peyre and Mrs. Sarah B. Kellogg Ferry, a resident of Washington for the last 59 years. Vice-regent, Mount Vernon Ladies Ass'n., Mt. Vernon on the Potomac, Virginia. Former vice-president, General D. A. R. Officers Club, Washington, D. C.; member, Sunset Club of Seattle, The Washington Club of Washington, D. C., Member: D. A. R., Rainier Chapter. Home: 1551 10th Ave. North, Seattle, Washington.

LUND, Marie V. (Mrs. Gunnar), born in Vardo, Norway, January 12, 1870, daughter of Sophie Sand and Johan Vogiuld, a former resident of Russia, living in Seattle for twenty-seven years. Married to Gunnar Lund. Children: John V., Helga C., Roald G. Organizer of Norwegian Hospital Ass'n., operating a non-secterian, nonprofit-sharing hospital. Active in club affairs and in Red Cross work; previous to establishment of hospital was active in charity work in Seattle. Member: Music and Art Foundation, Y. W. C. A., Daughters of Norway on the Pacific Coast, Women's Federation Evangelical Churches. Home: 1021 Summit North, Seattle, Washington.

MPHERSON, Amanda T., (Mrs.), a native of Fargo, North Dakota, daughter of Elias P. and Mollie Thompson, a former resident of Minnesota, living in Washington for the last 25 years. Married to John E. MacPherson. Children: Bonnie, John E., Jr. Active in all civic affairs. On the Board of Seattle Chapter, American Red Cross; former president, Woman's Century Club. Member: Seattle Fine Arts Society, Seattle Tennis Club, Woman's Century Club, Seattle Browning Society, Orthopedic Hospital. Home: 2457 Fourth Ave., West, Seattle, Wash.

MALTBY, Esther Stark, (Mrs. H. E.), a native of Auburn, Washington, life-long resident of the state. Daughter of James Rice and Elizabeth Lydia Stark. Married to Harold Emery