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the best schools of music, painting, sculpturing and drama. State supervisor for Dancing Masters of America and director of Dance Department of California Eisteddfod; known as a composer of dances, ballets and pageants; author of articles appearing in the Artland Magazine and The American Dancer; for 3 years pageant director at University of California at Los Angeles. Member: Soroptimist Club, Artland Club, Dancing Masters of America, Wilshire-Western District Ass'n. Studio: 118 N. Larchmont, Los Angeles, Calif.

GRAHAM, Nellie Dean, (Mrs.), a native of Newark, Ohio, daughter of Andrew and Gertrude M. Smucker Jr., former resident of Ohio and Illinois, living in California for the last 22 years. Children: William Alexander. President of The Southern California Women's Club and of the Pan Pacific Ass'n for Mutual Understanding. Past president of L. A. Woman's City Club and Woman's Club of Alhambra; past Associate Grand Matron, O. E. S., State of California; parliamentarian of The Republican Study Club of Los Angeles. Member: Southern California Women's Club, Friday Morning Club, Philanthropy and Civics Club, Sunset Canyon Club, Women's Athletic Club, Presidents' Club. Home: Women's Athletic Club, 833 South Flower St., Los Angeles, Calif.

GRAY, Mary N. (Mrs.), born December 28, 1874, in Fredericksburg, Alpine County, California, daughter of Henry and Catherine Neddenriep, a resident of Markleeville for ten years. Married to William Albert Gray. Clerk, Auditor and Recorder for Alpine County. For two terms County Superintendent of Schools in Alpine County. President, Alpine County Chamber of Commerce. Home: Markleeville, Calif.

GREEN, Bertha, (Miss), a native of San Luis Obispo, California, a lifelong resident of the state. Vice-principal of Hollywood High School. Member of Hollywood High School Faculty for 21 years, as head of Latin Department and as vice-principal; former president and secretary-treasurer of Southern California Section of Classical Ass'n. Member of University Women's Club. Member: Delta Gamma, Hollywood Women's Club and several other civic and professional dubs. Home: 5715 Virginia Ave., Hollywood, Calif.

GREEN, Ruth W. (Mrs. J. B.), a native of Los Angeles, California, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Baker Wickersham. Married to Jesse Benjamin Green. Children: Elizabeth, Warren Wickersham. Active in club, civic and P. T. A. affairs. President of the American University Study Club; for two years Treasurer of the Women's Political League. Member: Ladies Auxiliary of the Pacific Electrical Club (president), Republican Study Club, Woman's Political League, American University Study Club, L. A. Ebell. Home: 932 Valencia St., Los Angeles, Calif.

GREEN, Velma, (Miss), born in Welllington, Kansas, August 10, 1901, daughter of Anson De Yoe and Lucy Warford Green, a resident of California for seventeen years. Assistant to the Pastor, Congregational Church. Social and civic work in conection with her church activities. Home: 246 Elm Street, San Mateo, California.

GREEN, W. W. (Mrs.), a native of Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of Seth C. and Meriel White Sawyer, a resident of California for fifteen years. Married to William Wilcox Green. Children: William Wingate, Thomas White, Meriel. President, California Fed. of Women's Clubs. Graduated from Wellesley College and taught for several years in Boston High School. For five years, closely connected with Farm Bureau work in Butte County. Organizer of Home Dept. in said Farm Bureau and one of Farm Bureau's speakers. Organized Biggs Woman's Club. Has held several high offices in Federation of Women's Clubs. Member of State Republican Central Committee. At one time, candidate for State Senate from sixth district. Member: Biggs Woman's Club, Chico Art Club. Address: 403 Plaza Bldg., Sacramento, Calif.

GREENHALGH, Sabra R., (Mrs.), a native of Plymouth, California, daughter of James and Charity Rickey, pioneers of California. Married to the late William Henry Greenhalgh. Children: Howard C., Gertrude C. Educator. County Superintendent of Schools. First woman to hold County position in Amador County; chairman of Child Welfare Committee, Jackson Women's Club. At one time church choir director. Introduced a sytemsystem [sic] of “Individual Learning and Progress” in the elementary schools of Amador County in 1928. Member: Ass'n of California Public School Superintendents, California Teachers' Ass'n, O. E. S., Women's Club, Calif. Academy of Sciences, N. D. G. W. (past president, Amapola Parlor No. 80). Home: P. O. Box 208, Jackson, Calif.