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Rh in all civic, church and community projects; president, Art Study Club, Elgin, Illinois, for 4 years; teacher in Elgin Academy, 8 years; past president Hanford Woman's Club; chairman, Child Welfare, San Joaquin Valley and State Fed. Women's Clubs, president, Kings County Fed. of Clubs; chairman, Resolution Committee, State Fed. Women's Clubs. A charter member and chairman of Education and Membership committees of Elgin, Ill. Y. M. C. A. Member: Hanford Woman's Club Coterie, Art and Study Club of Elgin, Ill. Home: 421 W. Elm St., Hanford, Calif.

JEANCON, Kate L. Fick, (Mrs.), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, June 5, 1884, daughter of Thomas Dixon and Emma Eleanor Woodcock, a resident of California for fourteen years. Children; Dr. Frank J. Perkins. Official Court Reporter. For the last twenty years a court reporter, first woman in the profession in Winnipeg, later in Vancouver, B. C. Only woman holding such official position in San Diego Superior Courts. Member: S. D. Business & Professional Women's Club. Home: 2742 A. Street, San Diego, Calif.

JOHNSON, Amelia F. (Mrs.), a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, daughter of Andrew and Amelia Neeb Fiedler, a resident of California for 24 years. Married to Dr. Hugh J. Johnson. Children: Walter Andrew. Deputy City Prosecutor; for 7 years a teacher in the public schools of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, holding the Pennsylvania State Teachers' Certificate; Los Angeles State Normal Certificate; University of California, Junior Certificate; Degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Southern California; engaged for four years in general private practice of law; for past five years in charge of Failure to Provide Department of City Prosecutor's office. President, Soroptimist Club. Member: California State Bar Ass'n, Los Angeles County Bar Ass'n, Women Lawyers' Club, Sigma Iota Chi, Kappa Beta Pi, Republican Study Club, Woman's City Club, Los Angeles Soroptimist Club, California Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (State Chairman of Legislation). Home: 147 North Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif.

JOHNSON, Hope Pyburn, (Mrs.), a native of Sacramento, California. Married to the late Frank Johnson. Children: Henry, Jennie, Tyr, Leda. Teacher. President, Hardwick Mothers' Club; chairman, Woman's Council of Defense; for 2 terms District chairman, Public Health, California Fed. Women's Clubs. Interested in all civic affairs. Home: Hardwick, Calif.

JOHNSON, Myrtle Elizabeth (Miss), Ph. D., born June 4, 1881, in East Troy, Wisconsin, daughter of Dr. Theodore F. and Marian Gray Johnson. Professor of Zoology, S. D. State Teachers College, Fellow of the American Ass'n for Advancement of Science and of the San Diego Natural History Society. Co-author (with H. J. Snook): “Seashore Animals of the Pacific Coast” (1927). Member: Cooper Club, Sierra Club. Home: 205 E. 8th St., National City, Calif.

JOHNSTON, Edna H. (Mrs. G. S.), born in Janesville, Wisconsin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Hield, a former resident of Evanston, Illinois, living in California for five years. Married to George Spencer Johnston. Children: Beatrice, George, Willard, Corice, Barbara. Organist and pianist. Formerly member of faculty, American Conservatory of Music, Kimball Hall, Chicago; organist for two years in First Methodist Church, Burlingame, California; accompanist for San Mateo Philharmonic Chorus. Member: Evanston Women's Club, San Mateo Morning Music and Literary Club. Home: 130 Roblar Road, San Mateo, Calif.

JONES, Martha Miles (Mrs.), born in Denison, Iowa, daughter of Edward and Drucilla Louise Miles, a resident of California for seventeen years. Children: Wayne A., Celina. Artist. Identified with all Art activities, serving for one year as president of Art Guild. At one time had a studio in Buenos Aires, South America. Studied and painted miniatures in Paris, England, Mexico City and several American cities. Member: California Art Club, S. D. Art Guild, California Miniature Society. Home: 4380 Valle Vista, San Diego, Calif.

JORDAN, Jessie Knight, (Mrs.), born in Ware, Massachusetts, November 5, 1866, a resident of California for 37 years. Married to Dr. David Starr Jordan. Children: Knight Starr, Barbara, Eric Knight (the latter two deceased). For 29 years a wife of University President and Chancellor, with accompanying activities; constant literary collaborator with husband on books, papers, etc. Member: Women's City Club, S. F., Stanford University Faculty Women's Club, Palo Alto Garden Club, Stanford University Cap and Gown Club, Palo Alto Art Club,