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BRYAN, Leta May, (Mrs.), born in Parsons, Kansas, August 6, 1877, daughter of Andrew A. and Willmath Ashley Ryan, a resident of California for thirty years. Reporter for Superior Court, Imperial County since 1907. Having come to Imperial Valley during the pioneer davs, and being a member of the O. E. S., she assisted in the formation of Signal Chapter in El Centro, and has been since that time active in the Masonic and its affiliated orders. Member: Women's Ten Thousand Club (Charter Member), Signal Chapter, O. E. S., White Shrine, El Centro Business and Professional Women's Club. Home: 473 Brighton Avenue, (P. O. Box 14), El Centro, California.

BRYANT, Carrie Parsons (Mrs. Oliver C.), born in Racine, Wis., daughter of Andrew H. and Martha Giles Parsons, a former resident of Chicago, living in California for forty years. Married to Oliver Converse Bryant. Children: Helene P., Edythe Katherine. Member of L. A. City Board of Education. Active in all civic affairs; for 12 years vice-pres. of California State Board of Charities and Correction; former member of Calif. State Board of Education; Director, L. A. League of Women Voters; former President of L. A. Civic Ass'n; Director of California Psychopathic Ass'n; member of L. A. Institute of Criminologv; Chairman, Committee Credentials for Teachers and State Institutions Accreditation. Member: Friday Morning Club, Ebell Club, Galpin Shakespeare Club, Women's Faculty Club, Berkeley, (Charter Member), L. A. Women's Athletic Club, League of Women Voters. Home: 1063 Arlington Street, Los Angeles, Calif.

BUCHTEL, Mary Stevenson, (Miss), born in East Orange, New Jersey, 1898, daughter of Henry A. and Mary S. Buchtel, a former resident of Denver, Colorado, living in Los Angeles for three years. Her father was Governor of Colorado from 1907-08 and Chancellor of University of Denver, 1901-21. Y. W. C. A. Secretary. A. B., University of Denver, (1920), B. S., Simmons College, (1921). Former Educational Director, Y. W. C. A. at Denver, (1923-25); Executive of City Service, Y. W. C. A. in Los Angeles, (1925). Home: 941 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, Calif.

BUCKINGHAM, Elisabeth Lee (Miss), A. M., born in Salem, Oregon, daughter of Allen Lindsey and Elizabeth Frost Buckingham, a resident of California since 1904. Assistant Professor of English, Stanford University. Assistant Editor, Quarterly Journal of Speech. Former instructor in speech, San Jose State Teachers' College. Member: Columbia University Graduate Union, Chi Omega, Theta Sigma Phi, Philogical Ass'n. of the Pacific Coast, American Ass'n. University Professors, Drama Teachers' Ass'n. of California, Modern Language Ass'n. Home: 534 Lasuen Row, Stanford University, Calif.

BUCKNAM, Ralph Waldo (Mrs.), born in Bryant Pond, Maine, daughter of Ansel and Josephine Child Dudley, a resident of Hollywood, California, for fourteen years. Married to Dr. Ralph Waldo Bucknam. Active in musical affairs of the community. First vice-president of Calif. Federation of Music Clubs and Cadman Creative Club. Past president and honorary president, the Opera Reading Club, Hollywood. Member, Executive Board of the Woman's Committee of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Woman's Committee of the L. A. Grand Opera Ass'n and the Summer Concert Committee of the Hollywood Bowl Ass'n. Member: Woman's Club, Hollywood, Wa Wan, Opera Reading Club, Hollywood, Cadman Creative Club, D. A. R. (Hollywood chapter), Gables Beach Club. Home: 1344 Gardner St., Hollywood, Calif.

BULLOCK, Georgia (Mrs.), a well known Los Angeles attorney and for almost four years, Municipal Judge. Very recently sitting in the Superior Court in the civil department. Has established an enviable reputation for handling cases involving domestic relationship, most successfully. The only woman judge in the state. Address: Hall of Justice, Los Angeles, Calif.

BURDETTE, Clara Bradley (Mrs. Robt. J.), born in East Bloomfield, New York, July 22, 1855, daughter of Albert H. and Laura Coville Bradley. Lecturer, Philanthropist, Clubwoman. First president of California Federation of Women's Clubs. President of Pasadena Hospital Association, also of Pasadena Women's Civic League. Builder and donor of Pasadena Maternity Hospital. Trustee, Mills College. Under Federal Food Administration director of Food Conservation for California. Former Field Secretary for California of National Council of Defense. President, L. A. Athletic Club. Contributed to daily press and magazines; lectures on social and civic questions. Member: American Social Science Association, Archaeol.