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Rh Art Ass'n. Chairman, Laguna Beach Planning Committee. Writes for press and talks before schools and women's clubs. Received Bronze Medal, Panama Calif. Exposition, San Diego (1915), and at Calif. State Fair, Sacramento (1919); landscape prize, Laguna Beach A. A. (1922 and 1923), and at Orange County Fair, Santa Ana (1925). Member: California Art Club, Laguna Beach Art Ass'n, Water Color Club (Washington, D. C.), Laguna Beach Woman's Club. Home: Coast Blvd., Laguna Beach, Calif.

HITT, Eleanor (Miss), born in Urbana, Ohio, daughter of James B. and Elizabeth V. Hitt, a resident of California for 21 years. Librarian, San Diego County Free Library. B. A. University of Southern California, 1911. Certificate, Library School of the New York Public Library, 1913. Secretary-Treasurer, California Library Ass'n 1921-22. Vice-President, California Library Ass'n, 1928-29. Member: Amphion Club, Fine Arts Society of San Diego. Home: 743 Date Street, San Diego, California.

HOLDEN, Warren J. (Mrs.) a native of Minnesota, a resident of California for 20 years. Married to Warren Jackman Holden. Educator. Taught in elementary schools before her marriage; for the last five years took up adult education in Americanization Department of L. A. City schools. Very active in club work; former president of South Side Ebell; past treasurer and auditor of L. A. District Board. From 1925-27, auditor of California Federation of Women's Clubs. Member: South Side Ebell, L. A. Audubon Society (former president.) Home: 2802 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles, California.

HOLE, Elizabeth De Ceu, (Miss), born March 22, 1904, in London, Ontario, daughter of Benjamin Visscher and Henrietta De Ceu Hole, a resident of California for 14 years. Manager, San Mateo Chamber of Commerce. One of the very few women secretaries of Chambers of Commerce and one of the youngest executives in this particular work. From 1923-25, assistant secretary, Three Cities Chamber of Commerce. Member: Kappa Delta Sorority of U. C. Home: 1412 Burlingame Ave., Burlingame, Calif.

HOOVER, Lou Henry (Mrs. Herbert C.), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Henry, a resident of California for many years. Her father, at one time, was a banker in Whittier, Calif., where she went to the old Bailey Street School; the family later moved to Monterey. She attended San Jose Normal School and Stanford University. Married to Secretary of Commerce Herbert C. Hoover, Republican nominee for president of the United States (1928). Children: Herbert, Jr., Allan Harry. Studied at Stanford University and has traveled with her husband through China, Australia and many European countries. Very active in the affairs of the Girl Scouts of America. Has always been considered a collaborator and a most trusted advisor of her husband. Home: Palo Alto, Calif.

HOOVER, Mildred Brooke, (Mrs.), a native of Iowa, daughter of Thomas Snowden and Millie Stanley Brooke. Married to Theodore Jesse Hoover. Children: Mrs. C. G. Willis, Mrs. C. A. McLean, Jr., Mrs. E. A. Dunbar. Director of Chamber of Commerce; member of the Advisory Board of Indian Affairs. Elected State Regent, D. A. R., 1928. Member: Palo Alto Art Club, Faculty Women's Club, D. A. R., Colonial Dames, Daughters of American Colonists, Daughters of Founders and Patriots, American Woman's Club of London. Country Address: Casa del Oso, Swanton, Calif. Home: 627 Salvatierra St., Stanford University, Calif.

HORTON, Marion (Miss), born in College Hill, O., daughter of G. C. and Eva Carey Horton, a resident of California since childhood. Principal, Los Angeles Library School. A. B., Stanford; B. L. S., New York State Library School. Author: “Outdoor Books for Boys and Girls,” “Viewpoints in Essays.” Member Women's Athletic Club, Stanford Woman's Club and various professional organizations. Home: 174 N. Madison Avenue, Pasadena, Calif.

HOUGHTON, L'Louise L., (Mrs.), born in Crookston, Minnesota, daughter of Llewellyn and Imogene Box Lindsley, a resident of California for 11 years. Married to Albert Charles Houghton. Children: Lindsley, Laurence, William Parsons. Advertising Manager. Has done considerable newspaper work; former magazine editor; specializing in advertising management for dry goods stores. Member: Woman's Athletic Club. Home: 4205 Glenmuir Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

HOWARD, Ruth Eleanor, (Miss), born February 2, 1904, in San Francisco, California, daughter of Mrs. W. G. Jackson. Editor and Publisher of The American Dancer. Three years with L. A. Examiner; L. A. Illustrated Daily News for 1 year. Since June, 1927, magazine editor and co-publisher with