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by Big Sisters League), gave recently $100,000 to this home; donated park grounds (Foster Park and Seaside Park) to County of Ventura, City Hall and Public Library to city of Ventura, (with husband). Member: Ebell Club of Santa Paula, Tuesday Club, E. C. O., Avenue Ladies of Ventura. Home: Box No. 1, Ventura, Calif.

FRAKES, Laura J., (Mrs. James Toman), a native of California. Married to James Toman, a well-known mineralogist, geologist and mining expert. Very active civic worker; educator. Literary writer of note. Member of National Press Bureau. One of the founders and charter members of Amapola Parlor, No. 80, N. D. G. W., Sutter Creek, Amador County. Member: O.E.S., Sutter Creek Women's Civic Club (past president), Native Daughters of the Golden West (Past Grand Secretary). Home: Wildwood Cottage, Clear Lake Villas, Upper Lake, Lake County, Calif.

FRANCIS, Myrtle Shepherd (Mrs.), born January 15, 1869, in Oscaloosa, Iowa, daughter of W. E. and Theodosia B. Shepherd, resident of California for fifty-four years. Married to Willard Hugo Francis. Children: Willard Hall. Plant breeder. President of the Theodosia B. Shepherd Flower Seed Co. Studied music for several years. From 1910-14 chairman of Landmarks Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Member of the Horticultural Jury of Awards, Panama Pacific International Exposition. The only woman ever appointed to such a position; awarded gold medal at P. P. I. E. for seedling petunias. Has produced 12 varieties of petunias and is internationally known as plant-breeder. Lectures before horticultural associations and garden clubs. Member Shakespeare Club, Music Study Club, Ojai Garden Club, Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society. Home: 536 Chestnut St., Ventura, Calif.

FRANK, Nan B. (Mrs. Ludwig), born May 2, 1886, in Princeton, Illinois. Daughter of Joseph J. and Regina Bamburgh, a resident of California for 27 years. Married to Ludwig Frank. Children: James E., Richard L., Emily Ann. Volunteer social worker. Has been very active in California League of Women Voters; served on several important committees; at present, president of the San Francisco Center. Member: S. F. Center of California League of Women Voters, Women's City Club. Emanu-El Sisterhood, etc. Home: 139 Fourteenth Ave., San Francisco, Calif.

ERASER, Augusta Louise (Mrs. David A.), a native of Ottawa, Kansas, a daughter of Theodore Hoyt and Virginia Louise Sears, a resident of California for 11 years. Married to David A. Eraser. Children: Howard Sears Eraser. Director of Publicity, West Coast Theatres, San Diego District. Appointed by Governor Gunter of Colorado, 1917, to fill husband's position in State Treasury; served as State Registrar in Treasury for eight months. Former Field Worker, California State Board of Health. Member, City Welfare Commission, 1920-25. Sponsor of San Diego Girl Scouts, Executive Secretary, California State Conference of Social Workers, 1921-22; former Executive Secretary, Department of Public Health and Social Welfare. Past president, San Diego County Federation of Women's Clubs, also past president of San Diego Business and Professional Women's Club. State Chairman, Motion Pictures, California Fed. W. C. Member: San Diego Women's Club, S.D.. Junior Business and Professional Women's Club (honorary), S. D. Women's Civic Center, L. A. Girls Club (honorary), Emeritus Club C.F.W.C, Exit Club, Past state pres. Calif. Fed. B. & P. W. C, etc. Home: 1309 24th St., San Diego, California.

FREDERICKSON, Jane (Mrs.), a native of Oxford, Pennsylvania, daughter of George W. and Josephine Dickey Sheaif, a resident of Hollywood for 30 years. Married to William Frederickson. Children: Hansena, Helen Jane, Billy. Writer. On the Staff of The Fairway, published in San Francisco; at one time court reporter for the Examiner; contributes to L. A. Times and other publications. Member L. A. Country Club, Republican Study Club, Big Sister League. Home: 1622 North Curson Avenue, Hollywood, California.

FULLER, Alice Goetsch, M. D., born in Watertown, Wisconsin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Goetsch, a resident of California for thirty-nine years. Has originated a new method of treating various forms of disease, rebuilds the broken-down human body. Normalizes mentally, and physically defective children. Member: Psychological Research, Physical Culture. Home: 725 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda, Calif.

FULMER, Grace, (Miss), born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1868, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Fulmer, a resident of California for 16 years. Educator. Director of well-known private school (Miss Fulmer's