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Woman's Athletic Club, Women's University Club, Club Casa Del Mar. Home: 5029 West Third St., Los Angeles, Calif.

BLANKENSHIP, Mary Beatrice, (Mrs.), born June 9, 1891, in Florissant, Colorado, daughter of John R. and Abby P. Sumner, a resident of California for five years. Married to Clarence Rufus Blankenship. Children: William Carew, Francis Sherwood, John Robert Sumner, Josephine Jean. Educator. Instructor in Sumner School in La Jolla. A. B. Colorado College '15. Author of “Diary of a Miner's Wife,” (New Republic), “Unsuitable Marriage,” “Adam and Eve—and Andrew” (Atlantic), etc. Member: La Jolla Woman's Club. Home: 934 South Coast Boulevard, La Jolla, California.

BLISS, Gertrude Richards, Dr., a native of Wisconsin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Richards, a resident of California for nine years. Children: Vincent R., Irma Bliss Young. Dental Specialist (Periodontist). Has lectured considerably; has devoted much time to special literary work in English; very much interested in ceremicsceramics [sic]. Specializes in pyorrhea and prophylaxis. Member: Federation of American Women Dentists, L. A. Business and Professional Club, Alpha Delta Phi. Home: 6381 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Calif.

BODEN, Marie Alamo, (Mrs.), born in Dorchester, Nebraska, October 8, 1896, daughter of C. F. and Adda E. Thomas, former resident of Colorado, living in California for the last two years. Married to John Harris Boden. Supervisor of Sanitation, City of Santa Cruz. Organized Public Health work on Western Slope of Colorado, 1920-24, which included Child Welfare work; organized first children's clinic for indigent cases where free medical and surgical work was given, also school nursing services. Former director of Health Education and Field Secretary for Colorado Tuberculosis Ass'n. over entire state. Taught Public Health in the Teacher's Colleges during the summer months. First woman appointed as milk inspector in the West; has charge of general sanitation, Milk and Food Inspection. Office: 309 Alta Bldg., Santa Cruz, Calif. Home: "Alamarris," Aptos, Calif.

BOND, Carrie Jacobs, (Mrs.), born in Janesville, Wisconsin, August 12, 1862, daughter of Hannibal C. and Emmogene Davis Jacobs, a resident of California for 19 years. Married to the late Frank L. Bond. Children: Fred Jacobs Smith. Composer and publisher. President, C. J. Bond and Son, Publishers. Very active in musical circles, especially Hollywood Community Chorus, Hollywood Bowl, Christ Play. Composer: Seven Songs, (1903), Ten Songs (1904), “Path O' Life” (1910), “A Perfect Day” (1910), “Little Pink Rose” (1911), “O Haunting Memory” (1912), “God Remembers When the World Forgets” (1914), “Today” (1915), “Do You Remember” (1916); also author of Stories in Verse (1910), Tales of Little Cats (1918), Days of Little Dogs (1921). Member: League of American Penwomen, Chicago Women's Press Club, Hollywood Opera Club, Portland Carrie Jacobs Bond Club, L. A. Euterpe Opera Club, Wa Wan Club, Hollywood Women's Club, L. A. Women's Athletic Club, L. A. Gamut Club, L. A. Matinee Musical, Glendale Music Club. Honorary membership: Kappa Beta Gamma, L. A. Dominant Club, Chicago Musicians' Club, S. F. Sorosis Club. Business Address: 1770 North Highland Ave., Hollywood, Calif. Home: 2042 Pinehurst Road, Hollywood, Calif.

BONFILS, Winifred Black ("Annie Laurie") (Mrs.), born in Chilton, Wisconsin, October 14, 1865, daughter of General Benjamin Jeffrey and Mrs. Lovisa Denslow Sweet, a resident of San Francisco, California, for thirty-eight years. Married to Charles A. Bonfils. Children: Jeffrey Black (deceased), Winifred Bonfils Barker (Mrs. C. O. Barker), Eugene Napoleon Bonfils (deceased). Journalist. Entered journalism in 1890; has been reporter, telegraph editor, Sunday editor, assistant city editor, special writer; investigated leper settlement, Molokai, Hawaii, 1892; raised funds for founding several charities; investigated public hospitals in San Francisco, inaugurating many reforms; helped found Junior Republic for Boys, New York; conducted California Children's Excursion to World's Fair, Chicago, Ill.; managed hospitals and relief work for Galveston flood victims. Now on the staff of the S. F. Examiner. Author: “The Little Boy Who Lived on the Hill,” “Roses and Rain,” “Life of Phoebe A. Hearst.” Organized and managed national and international fight on narcotic evil. Home: 37 Florence St., San Francisco, Calif.

BOREN, Inez Mee (Mrs.), born in San Bernardino, California, November 2, 1880, daughter of John J. and Rainey