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Baha'i Directory

United

States

1948-1949

National Baha’i Office, 536 Sher:

idan Road, Wilmette, Illinois;

Office of the Treasurer, 112 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois;

Office of Publishing Committee, 110

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Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois

NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY

Mrs. Dorothy Beecher Baker, Chairman Mr. Paul Haney, Vice-Chairman

Mr. Horace Holley, Secretary

Miss Edna M. True, Recording Secretary Mr. Philip G. Sprague, Treasurer

Il

Mr. George O. Latimer* Mr. Wm. Kenneth Christian Miss Elsie Austin

Mrs. Amelia E. Collins Mr. Leroy C. Ioas

NATIONAL COMMITTEES

I. ADMINISTRATION Office and Equipment Facilities

Functions: To carry on studies of equipment and methods in operation at the National Office and Na- tional Committee offices of the Temple area and make recommendations as to improvements in operations and economies in purchase of supplies, etc.; and to make needed purchases as authorized by the National Spiritual Assembly; offer from time to time advice and suggestions for the better maintenance of local Assembly records.

Mr. Horace Holley

Mrs. Amelia E. Collins

Mr. A. F. Matthisen

Baha’i News

Functions: To edit and issue Baha’i News for the National Spiritual Assembly in accordance with the principles defined by Shoghi Effendi.

Mrs. Roberta Christian, Chairman, 1001 W. Genessee St.,

Lansing, Mich. Mr. Gordon Fraser Miss Margaret Yeutter

Legal Functions: To advise the National Spiritual As- sembly in legal matters arising in connection with incorporation of local Assemblies, testamentary questions, endowments, etc. Miss Elsie Austin

Mr. Horace Holley Mr. Paul Haney

Il. SERVICE Publishing Manufacture and Distribution Functions: To print and sell the literature approved

and authorized by the National Spiritual Assembly. Mrs. Clara R. Wood, Mgr., 110 Linden Avenue, Wilmette,

Illinois Editorial Division Functions: To examine manuscripts approved for publication and prepare them for the press. Mrs. Beatrice Ashton Mrs. Gertrude Struven

Mrs. Mary Rodman Mrs. Beatrice Alexander

• Deceased June 21, 1948

Sales

Functions: To conduct the sale of literature in the Baha’i Temple; to sell Baha’i photographs, ring stones, slides, transcriptions, displays and other Baha’i material designated by the National Assembly from time to time.

Mr. Harry E. Walrath, Chairman

Mrs. Helen Roach, Secretary, 1616 Lake Street, Evanston,

Illinois

Miss Agnes Mitchell

Mr. Marshall Tyler

Mr. M. D. Roach

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Literature Survey

Functions: To make studies of current Baha’i pamphlet literature and also of needs for treatment of new subjects of general interest and make recom- mendations to the National Spiritual Assembly from time to time, including the names of possible authors or compilers; and to make recommendations regard- ing format and binding.

Mr. Wm. Kenneth Christian,

Street, Lansing, Mich.

Mr. Horace Holley

Mrs. Margaret Ruhe Mrs. Marzieh Gail

Chairman, 1001 Genessee

Reviewing

Functions: To pass upon the accuracy of Bahé’i manuscripts intended for publication and use as recognized Baha'i literature.

Mrs. Marguerite Firoozi, Chairman, Canandaigua Rd.,

R. D. 2, Geneva, N.Y.

Miss Elizabeth Brooks

Mrs. Marian Mills

Miss Gretchen Westervelt

Archives

Functions: To maintain the National Archives and organize its contents; to receive Tablets and other materials suitable for the National Archives; to obtain and organize historical data on special subjects as may be required from time to time.

Dr. Otto Zmeskal, Chairman

Mrs. Gertrude Struven, Secretary, 714 Sheridan Road,

Wilmette, Illinois

Miss Ruth Dasher, Recording Secretary

Mrs. Corinne True

Dr, Khan Zia

Mrs. Nelle Heath

Mr. M, D. Roach �[Page 2]2 DIRECTORY

Souvenir of ‘Abdu’l-Baha

Functions: To conduct the annual gathering com- memorating the Unity Feast given by ‘Abdu’l-Baha at West Englewood, N. J., in 1912; to maintain in Ever- green Cabin such exhibits and activities as will pre- pare the way for the permanent memorial to the Master to be constructed on this property.

Mr. Paul Wright, Chairman

Mrs. Amy Raubitschek, Secretary, 1113 Bromley Ave.,

West Englewood, N. J.

Mrs. Edith Inglis

Mrs. Harriet Kelsey

Mr. Roy C. Wilhelm

Mrs. Amie Wright

Mr. Bernard Gottlieb

Miss Doris Raymond

Mr. Walter Goodfellow

Miss Ethel Revell

Convention Arrangements

Functions: To provide for housing, registration and meals for delegates. Convention Arrangements

Lawrence Hautz

Sarah S. Walcott

Eleanor Stewart

H. A. Keeler

Wm. Foster

Housing Mineola Hannen Edna Coleman

Food Harriet Hilpert Florence Gibson Gertrude Henning

Ill, INTERNATIONAL

International Relief Representatives

Function: To arrange for the’shipment of CARE packages and other materials financed from the inter- national Baha’i Fund of Tihran, Persia, in accordance with instructions received from the Guardian or the custodian of the Fund; to maintain accurate lists of in- dividual believers in the countries specifically desig- nated for Baha'i relief by correspondence with the National Spiritual Assembly or other responsible body in each country; to advise the believers concerning individual or local Assembly shipments of relief ma- terials; to act for the National Spiritual Assembly in carrying out special relief projects from time to time.

Mrs. Beatrice Ashton, P. O, Box 548, Evanston, Ill.

Miss Nina Howard, American Embassy, Manila APO 736, c/o San Francisco P.M., Calif.

The Baha’i World, Vol. 12

Functions: To obtain material from all parts of the Baha‘i world community, including reports, articles, historical data and illustrations and to submit this to the Guardian.

Dr. Robert Gulick, Acting Chairman

Miss Virginia Breaks, Acting Secretary, 1730 Webster Street, Palo Alto, Calif.

Mr. Robert Powers

Miss Christine Lofstedt

Miss Georgiana Fitzgerald

Mr.-Victor Alexander

Mrs. Sarah Pereira

Mr. Ali Yazdi

Mrs. Marion Yazdi

European Teaching

Functions: To initiate and supervise teaching activi- ties in ten countries of western Europe in cooperation with existing Baha’i administrative agencies by send- ing pioneers and settlers; by supervising the trans- lation and printing of necessary foreign language texts; to maintain an auxiliary office in Geneva, Switzerland, in conjunction with the International Baha’i Bureau.

Miss Edna M. True, Chairman

Mrs. Mary Sprague, Vice-chairman

Mrs. Julia Shows, Secretary, 4034 N. Keystone Ave.,

Chicago 41, Ill.

Mr. Leroy Ioas

Mrs. Sylvia Ioas

Mrs. Clara R. Wood

Dr. Katherine True

Mrs, Nellie S. French

Mrs. Mary Barton

Inter-America

Functions: To plan and supervise teaching activities throughout Central and South America; to assist the pioneers; to encourage the formation of local com- munities and guide their development in administra- tive practice, in preparation for the formation of two National Spiritual Assemblies; to supervise the translation and printing of foreign language texts.

Mr, Edwin W. Mattoon, Chairman Miss Julie Regal, Secretary, 112 Linden Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Mrs. Dorothy B. Baker

Mr. Larry Kramer

Miss Flora Hottes

Miss Gwenne Scholtis

Mrs. Loulie Mathews

Miss Elisabeth Cheney

Mr. Charles Ioas

Mr. John Eichenauer

Mr. Ellsworth Blackwell

United Nations

Functions: To represent the National Spiritual As- sembly in relation to matters concerning United Na- tions.

Mrs. Mildred Mottahedeh Miss Hilda Yen ~

Mrs. Etta Mae Mikael Mr. Rafi Mottahedeh Miss Isabel Silk

Mr. Amin Banani

IV. CONSOLIDATION

Area National Teaching Committees

Functions: To consolidate the Baha’i community in designated area by assisting the individual believers to form groups and by assisting the groups to establish local Assemblies; to encourage, advise and assist the new and smaller communities to safeguard their As- sembly status and develop independent, self-sustaining Baha’i communities; to encourage the maintenance of effective study and teaching activities by the holding of regular fireside teaching meetings and study classes; to conduct area teaching conferences; to encourage teaching activity throughout the area by traveling and circuit teachers; to prepare and distribute a monthly area bulletin; to supervise the Regional Teaching Com- mittees within the area for the achievement of these ends. �[Page 3]1948 -

For Northeastern States Mr. Borah Kavelin, Chairman Mrs, H. Katherine McLaughlin, Secretary, Box 1435, Greenwich, Conn. Mr. Curtis Kelsey Mr. Rustam Payman Mrs. Della Quinlan, Miss Sallie O'Neill : Mr. Ala’i Kalantar Mrs. Emma Rice For Southern States Mr. John Inglis, Chairman Mrs. Annie Romer, Corresponding Secretary, Box 347, Five Point Station, Columbia, S. C. Mrs. Margaret Ruhe Dr. David Ruhe Mrs. Louise Taylor Mrs. Verna Inglis Mrs. Mary Beal Edson For Central States Mr. Monroe Ioas, Chairman Mrs, May Scheffler, Secretary, 1821 Lincoln St., Evanston, Ill. Mrs. Amelia E. Collins Mrs. Florence Gibson Mrs. Sarah S. Walrath Mr. Clarence Suhm Miss Pari Zia Walrath Dr. Katherine K. True For Western States Mrs. Sara Kenny, Chairman Mrs. Jesma Herbert, Secretary, 5372 Templeton St., Los Angeles 32, Calif. Mr. Winston Evans Mr. Jonn McHenry Mr. David Mayberry

Programming

Functions: To assemble, publicize and establish the coordinated use of all types of material; to plan co- ordinated series of meetings on the public level and on the intimate fireside level; program types of meetings for deepening in the Faith; to promote the develop- ment of teachers and to carry on such assigned public teaching activities as the National Spiritual Assembly may choose to promote in the course of the year.

Mrs. Dorothy B. Baker, Chairman

Mrs. Margery McCormick, vice-chairman

Mrs. Myrtle Wendler, Secretary, 3302 Warner Ave.,

Chicago 18, Illinois

Mr. Arthur Patterson

Mr. Leroy Ioas

Mr. John Haggard

Mrs. Mary Haggard

Mrs. Sarah Pereira

Miss Elsie Austin

Mrs. Ruth Moffett

Mrs. Marguerite True

Mrs. Florence Reeb

Summer School Committees—1949 Season

Functions: To plan and conduct the Schoel program; to provide instruction and courses in the Baha’i Faith with the chief purpose of producing Baha’i teachers; to develop social and cultural activities of the Baha’is at the School session; to encourage attendance at the School.

1, GEYSERVILLE

Mr. Arthur Dahl

Mrs. Louise Groger

Mrs. Mary Collison

Dr. Mildred Nichols

Miss Charlotte Linfoot

Prof. N. F. Ward

Mrs. Jessie Vanderford

Mr. Gustav Lowe

Mr. Paul Jones

1949 3

Mrs. Florence Mayberry

Mrs. Jesma Herbert

Mrs. Helen Wilks

Mr, John Stroessler

Mrs. Bernice Stroessler

Miss Blossom Hay

Mr. Graham Conroy

Miss Marilyn Zahl

Mr. Firuz Kazemzade

(Officers to be elected) 2. GREEN ACRE

Mrs. Dorothy Fisher

Dr. Genevieve Coy

Dr. Glen Shook

Mr. Clarence Welsh

Mrs. Rene Welsh

Miss Helen Campbell

Miss Dorothea Morrell

Mr. Lowell Johnson

Mrs. Mary Sprague

(Officers to be elected) 3. INTERNATIONAL

Mrs, Loulie A. Mathews, Chairman

Miss Ophelia B. Crum, Secretary, Box 1064, Colorado

Springs, Colo.

Mrs. Harry E. Ford

Mr. Harry E. Ford

Mrs. Gladys Roberts

Mrs. Wanden M. Kane

Mrs. Sylvia Ioas

Mr. Edwin W. Mattoon

(Officers to be elected) 4. LOUHELEN

To be appointed

Child Education

Functions: To prepare lessons suitable for classes of children; to cooperate with child education activities maintained in local communities and to foster parent education from the Baha’i point of view; to develop suitable literature for children of various ages.

Mrs, Annamarie Honnold, Chairman

Mrs. Raymond Rouse, Secretary, 3215 Albemarle St., Drexel Hill, Pa.

Mrs. Sylvia Parmelee

Mrs. Kit Goldstein

Mrs. Margaret Gawen

Mrs. Amy Brady Dwelly

Miss Arline Lindenstruth

Mrs. Elizabeth Fox

Mrs. Gaylord B. Christensen

Mrs. Ruth Foster

Study Aids

Functions: To assemble and produce material for teacher training and Baha’i study and materials useful in planning and conducting series of Baha’i discussion and symposium meetings.

Miss Charlotte Linfoot, Chairman and Secretary, 156 Nova Drive, Piedmont, Calif.

Mrs. Mary Collison

Mrs. Margery McCormick

Miss Burnice Brophy

Mrs. Mamie Seto

Miss Nellie Roche

Youth

Functions: To establish and conduct a national pro- gram of activities and training of Baha’i Youth throughout the country; to promote a wider partici- pation of Bahaé’i Youth in community life; to issue bulletins of suggestions, plans and news of Youth activities; to increase observance of the annual World Youth Day; to arrange National Youth Conferences in connection with the annual Baha’{ Convention; to supervise the work of Youth Regional Committees. �[Page 4]f DIRECTORY

Mr. Lawrence Hautz, Chairman

Mr, Lawrence Suhm, Secretary, 1017 First Wis. Nat'l Bank Bldg., Milwaukee 2, Wis., Phone Daly 8-0825

Miss Helen Blohm

Mr. Farhang Javid

Miss Helen Clair Niss

Miss Nareen Kluge

Miss Mary Elizabeth Moore

Miss Maybelle Perry

Mrs. Carol Holcombe

Miss Edith Segen

Miss Jane Hassman

Youth Regional Committees

Northeastern States Edith Segan Seymour Weinberg Moneveh Bechtold Patricia Kendrick Ethel Clossen Mary Jane Langrall Charles Porter Fred Sudhop June Kelsey (Officers to be elected)

Western States Dwight Allen Marilyn Zahl Carol Holcolm Graham P, Conroy David Rutledge Ginger McFadden Devora Costanten (Officers to be elected)

Central States Quentin Furrand Paul R. Pettit Moneveh Weeks Richard Suhm Paul Becker Larry Kramer Hugh Ross

Southern States To be appointed

Vv. PROCLAMATION

Public Relations

Functions: To conduct publicity and advertising campaigns to bring the Faith to the attention of leaders and masses; to deal with public issues which tend to create misunderstanding or prejudice about the Baha’i Faith; to advise local Assemblies in matters pertaining to such issues; to open opportuni- ties for Baha’i material in encyclopedias and reference books; to develop a national mailing list for the public teaching bulletin and to assist local Assemblies in teaching by mail; to carry out such projects as are assigned by the National Spiritual Assembly from time to time.

Mr. Horace Holley, Chairman

Mr. Richard McCurdy, Secretary, 112 Linden Avenue,

Wilmette, Illinois 5

Mr. William Henning

Mrs. Barbara McCurdy

Mr. Clarence Ullrich

Mrs. Alice Cox

Mr. William Foster

Mrs. Doris Holley

Mrs. Beatrice Ashton

Mr. William R. Lacey

~ Questionnaires Functions: To produce and distribute public teaching

material in questionnaire form, with the Baha’i answers to the questions.

Mr, Ward Calhoon, Chairman

Mrs. Sylvia Calhoon, Secretary, Box 1, Oconomowoc Wisconsin -

Mr. Herbert Suhm

Mrs. Dessel Suhm

Miss Barbara Perleberg

Dr. Jean Bohn

Miss Ruth Schulz

Radio

Functions: To make available attractive radio ma- terial under advisement with the National Spiritual Assembly and to conduct radio campaigns as called for by the National Spiritual Assembly.

Mr. M. Russel Goudey, Chairman, 501 Madison Ave., New York 22, N.Y. Mrs. Marzieh Gail Mr. Donald Harvey Mr. E. Lowell Johnson Mr. Rinaldo Quigley Mr. William Sears Mrs. Kit Goldstein

Temple Program

Functions: To develop and coordinate plans for teaching the Faith in the Temple by public meetings, by reception and guiding of visitors and by the use of visual and audio teaching material; to conduct designated anniversaries.

Mrs. Margarite Ullrich, Chairman

Mrs. Nina Matthisen, Secretary, 77 E. Cedar St., Chicago, Illinois

Mrs. Florence Zmeskal

Mr. William Foster

Mrs. Harriet Hilpert

Mr. Edwin Koyle

Miss Ruth Westgate

Mrs. Helen Roach

Mr. Clarence Suhm

Mr. Harlan Scheffler

Mrs. Arabella Haywood

Visual Education

Functions: To apply scientific methods of audio- visual education to the development of Bah&’i teaching material. -

Mr. Charles Wolcott, Chairman

Mrs. Marion Longyear, Secretary, 456 So. Bedford Dr., Beverly Hills, Calif.

Mr. Arthur Patterson

Mr. Archie Tichenor

Mrs. Donald B. Keyes

Dr. Clyde Longyear

Mrs. Charles Wolcott

Dr. David Ruhe

Mr. Clarence Welsh

World Order Magazine

Functions: To edit World Order Magazine, the official magazine of the American Baha’i community.

Miss Garreta Busey, Editor, 503 W. Elm St., Urbana, Ill.

Mrs. Eleanor Hutchens, Managing Editor, 307 S. Prairie, Champaign, II.

Mr. Victor de Araujo

Mr, Robert Durr

Mrs. Elsa Blakely

Miss Flora Hottes t ‘

Mrs. Mabel Paine tet tb

Mrs. Gertrude Henning

Miss Pearl Easterbrook �[Page 5]1948 - 1949 5

Library

Functions: To place literature in public and uni- versity libraries; to encourage local Assemblies to provide books for local libraries; to maintain a record of all Baha'i literature in public libraries as far as can be determined.

Mrs. Ellen Sims, Chairman, 17 Leroy Place, Red Bank, Mrs. Joseph Lawser

Mrs. Dorothy Fisher Mr. Duncan McAlear

Service to the Blind

Functions: To prepare and distribute Baha’i teach- ing material for the blind, including Braille transcrip- tions and talking books.

Mrs. Amédée Gibson, Chairman

Mr, John F. Gibson, Secretary, 616 No. Oxford Ave., Los

Angeles 4, Cal.

Dr. Vera Graham

Mrs. Melba Call King

Mrs. Mabel Perry

Mrs. Gertrude Schurgast

Miss Ella Quant

Til REGIONAL TEACHING COMMITTEES AREA I — NORTHEASTERN

Functions: To stimulate and guide the teaching ac- tivities of isolated believers and local groups; to certify enrollment of believers outside the jurisdiction of local Spiritual Assemblies; to assist groups and prepare them for the formation of Spiritual Assemblies under the supervision of the Area National Teaching Com- mittees and to stimulate and assist new and small Baha’i communities under the direction of the Area National Teaching Committees.

Pennsylvania R.T.C. Miss Jessie Revell, Chairman Mrs. Anna Mikuryia, Secretary, c/o Revell, 1522 Poplar St., Philadelphia 30, Pa. Miss Ida Huff Mr. Ben Shreibman Mrs. Jeanette Sharpless Mr. Sherwood Closson Mrs, Elizabeth Hornung Mrs. Annamarie Honnold Miss Ethel Revell

Maine & New Hampshire R.T.C. Mr. Lucien McComb, Jr., Chairman Mrs. Thelma Rivers, Secretary, 278 Woodfords St., Apt. 7, Portland, Maine Mrs. Mary Alice Marlow Mrs. Sherman Calahan Mr. Emanuel Reimer Mrs. Ruth Marshall

Mass., Vermont & R. I. R.T.C. Mr. Ralph Bates, Chairman Mr. Theodore Lucas, Vice-chairman Mrs, Alice Bacon, Secretary, Palmer Rd., Monson, Mass. Miss Leonore P. Norman Mr. Irving Lovely Mrs. Henry Horton Mrs, Helen Archambault Mr. Matthew W. Bullock

Mr. Oscar Stone Mrs. Helen La Vey Dr. Anselm Schurgast

Eastern New York & Conn. R.T.C. Mrs. Rene Welsh, Chairman Miss Mary Campbell, Secretary, 10 N Fulton Ave.,

Mt. Vernon, N. Y.

Mrs. Aline Marie Cowan Mrs. Lucien McComb, Sr. Mrs. Margaret Hewitt Mr. Charles Behrens Mr. Robert McLaughlin Mr. R. Y, Mottahedeh Mr. Amin Banani

Western New York R.T.C. Mr. P. R. Meinhard, Chairman Mrs P. R. Meinhard, Secretary, 335 Wilmot Rd.,

Rochester 10, N. Y.

Mrs. Della Emery Mr. Raymond Irlbacker Mr. Wm. N, Hart Mrs. Ruth Hart Mrs. Edith McLaren Mrs. Edwin Barham Mr. Herbert Hern Mr. Rowland Hughey Mrs. Rowland Hughey

New Jersey R.T.C. Mr. William DeForge, Chairman Mrs. Ethel Crane, Secretary, Brown's Trailer Camp, Rt. 6, Lodi, N. J. Mr. Bernard Gottlieb Mrs. Amy Raubitschek Mr. Stuart W. Sims Mrs. Alice Morse Mr. Paul Wright Mr. Donald Drexler Mrs. Grace Weiss Mr. Arthur Crane Mrs. Emily Kalantar

AREA II —- SOUTHERN

Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia R.T.C. Mr. Joel Marangella, Chairman me Alma Heise, Secretary, 406 Bretton Pl., Baltimore 18, Mrs. Gene Crist Mrs. Marie Rice Mrs. Mary Gibson Mr. William Patzer Mrs. Marian Lippitt Mr. Robert Hart Mrs. Edna Williams Mrs. Mary Compton Delaware R.T.C. Mrs. Cynthia Olson, Chairman Mr. Fred Sudhop, Secretary, 1015 Madison St., Wilmington, Del. Miss Miriam Newman Mr. Edgar Olson Mrs. Fidonia Leitner

North and South Carolina R.T.C. Mrs. Catherine Whitmore, Chairman Mrs. Mara Edmonstone, Secretary, Rt. 1, Fairview, No. Carolina Mrs. Naomi Simmons Mr, Joseph Sawyer Wy Mr. John Goodwin : Mrs. Christine Bidwell Mrs. Pearl Kent Alabama and Georgia R.T.C. Mrs. Birdie Cunningham, Chairman Mrs. Betty Shook Rickards, Corresponding Secretary, 29 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. Mrs. Anne Stokely Mrs, Lillian Golden Mrs. Joy Skelton Mr. Homer G. Dyer Mrs. Homer G; Dyer Mrs, Ruth D, Meurer Miss Olga Finke �[Page 6]6 DIRECTORY

Florida R.T.C. Mr. Edward Schlesinger, Chairman Mrs. Lucille Buffin, Secretary, 30 S. W. 7lst Ave., Miami, Fla. Dr. Edward Wilber Miss Olive Alexander Miss Mae Thitchener Mrs. Emily Bethel Miss Kathryn L, Vernon Mrs. Chester M. Davison, Jr. Dr. Mary Coffin Ketcham

Kentucky and Tennessee R.T.C. Miss Susie Langford Miss Mary Roche Watkins Mrs. Iris Shober Mrs. Grace Bogan Miss Mary Elliot Mrs. Evangeline Rickart Texas R.T.C. Mrs. Inez Lois Butterfield, Chairman Mrs. Mary Beal Edson, Secretary, 20 Briar Hollow Lane, Houston, Texas Mrs. Lucille H. Prehn Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey

Mrs. Mary Rublee Miss Dorothea Sligh Mrs. Maxine Smith Mr. Orrin K. Fry Mr. Walter Powell

Arkansas and Oklahoma R.T.C. Mrs. Roberta Wilson, Allred Hotel, Eureka Springs, Ark. Mr. Verney B. Thompson Mrs. Verney B. Thompson Mrs. Pauline Hanson Mrs, Caroline Ittner Miss Idabell Sine Mrs. Alice Entzminger Mr. Albert Entzminger

Louisiana and Mississippi R.T.C. Mrs. Margaret Ellis, Chairman Mrs. Olivia Blackwell, Secretary, 1402% Peniston St., New Orleans, La. Mr. Charles Woodruff Mrs. Evelyn Bivins Mrs. Esther Little Miss Ethelyn Campbell Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Mrs. Luella McCullough

AREA III — CENTRAL STATES

Ohio R.T.C. Mr. Floyd Spahr Mrs. Gladys Lemmon Mrs. Mary J. Elmore Mr. Wm. A. McCurdy Mrs. Hazel McCurdy Mrs. Gertrude Spahr Mr, Miles Wendelmoot Mrs. Naomi Wendelmoot

Indiana R.T.C.

Miss Leah Spence Mrs. Dorothy Hugus Miss Pauline Roth Miss Mildred Holmes Mr. Paul Hugus . Miss Louise Jackson Mrs. Sarah Russell

Illinois and Iowa R.T.C. Mr. Alan McCormick, Chairman Mrs. George Terry, Becta: 1522 Melrose Ave., Waukegan, Ill. Miss Luella Balsiger Mrs. Sara Witt Harris Mr. Winnie Foster Mrs. Hazel Foster Mr. George Terry Mr. Harlan Scheffler Mr. Wm. McGee Tucker Miss Cynthia Hastings

Wisconsin, Minnesota, No. Dakota and Se. Dakota R.T.C. Mr. Charles Reimer, Chairman Mrs. Edna Voigt, Secretary, 1918 HiMount Blvd., Milwaukee 8, Wis.

Mr. Herbert Suhm Mrs. Ida Suhm

Mrs. Beulah Brown Mrs, Marie Tetu

Mr. Robert Lewis

Mrs. Helen Frink

Mrs. Catherine Janssen Mrs. Marguerite Bruegger Mrs. Esther Morrill Mrs. Pearl Bagge

Miss Bette Drymon

Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri R.T.C. Mrs. Lloyd Sherrill, Chairman Mrs. Opal Winans, Secretary, 421 N. Spring St., Independence, Mo. Mrs. May Brown Mrs. Bertha Campbell Mrs. Cora Schulte Mr. Claude Winans Mrs. Anna Howard Mr. Ronald Preuss Mr. Lloyd Sherrill

Michigan R.T.C. Mr. George R. True, Chairman Mrs. Doris Corbin, Secretary, 132 Moran Rd., Grosse Pointe Farms 30, Mich. Mrs. Etta Catlin Mrs. Farrell Love Miss Nayan Hartfield Miss Mabel Kitchenmaster Miss Clara Edge Mrs Adeline Duff Mr. Donald Corbin Mr. David Earl

AREA IV — WESTERN

Idaho, Utah and Montana R.T.C. Mrs. Genevieve Ingham, Chairman Miss Elizabeth Adelmann, Secretary, P. O. Box 2224,

Boise, Idaho Mrs. Bertha Adelman Mr. J. K. Saunders Mrs. Ethel Thompson Mrs. Jane Pace Mr. Leo Kottas Mr. Leslie Hawthorn Mrs. Mildred R. Cossey

Colorado and Wyoming R.T.C. Mrs. Clair Schneider, Chairman Mrs. Kay Zinky, Secretary, 220 Alsace Way, Colorado Springs, Colo. Mrs. Charlotte Dakin Orlick

Mrs. Hermina Surbeck Mrs. Ada M. Fadner Mrs. Harry E, Ford Mr. Paul C. Arnold Mrs. Paul C. Arnold Mr. Harry E. Ford New Mexico R.T.C. Mrs. Edna Andrews, Chairman Mrs. Vada Allen, Secretary, 203 Monkbridge Rd., Albuquerque, N.M. Mr. Jesse Clark Mr. Everett A. Crocker Dr. E. Lenore Morris Washington State R.T.C. Mr. Haroid Neff, Chairman Mrs. Helen Wilks, Secretary, 9547—12th St., N.W., Seattle 7, Wash. �[Page 7]1948 - 1949 7

Mr. George Washington

Mrs. Alice Elmendorf

Mrs. Hazel Mori

Miss Margaret Bailey

Mrs. Clara Haley

Mrs. Gladys Beasley

Mr. George Haley

Oregon R.T.C.

Mr. Levi Munson, Chairman

Mr. Frederick Laws, Secretary, P.O, Box 275, Corvallis, Ore.

Mr. Ernest Haukedahl

Mrs. Rachel Foster

Mrs. Cora Altree

Mr. John Clifford

Mrs. Dorothy S. Wilson

Mrs. Zarah Dunne

Northern California and Nevada R.T.C.

Dr. Mildred Nichols, Chairman

Miss Gladys Linfoot, Secretary, 156 Nova Drive, Piedmont, Calif.

Miss Charlotte Linfoot

Mrs. Jessie Vanderford

Mrs. Mamie Seto

Miss Catherine Parr

Mrs. Valera Allen

Mr. Alexander Holcombe Mrs. Alexander Holcombe Mrs. Mildred A. Zahl Southern California and Arizona R.T.C. Mr. Franeis Johnson, Chairman Mrs. Francis Johnson, Secretary, 5129 Escalon Ave., Los Angeles 43, Calif. Mrs. John McHenry Mr. James Vaden Mr. John C, Eichenauer, III Mrs. Gladys Loudon Mrs. Edna Johnson Mrs. Nancy Phillips Mrs, Beatrice T. Buckley Mr. Clarence Iverson

Alaska R.T.C. Mrs. Frances Wells, Chairman Mrs. Helen Robinson, Secretary, Box 1835, Anchorage, Alaska Capt. Salvatore Pelle Mrs. Charlotte Pelle Mrs. Evelyn Huffman Mr. Verne Huffman Mrs. Mina Lundquist Mrs. Janet Stout

LOCAL ASSEMBLIES

Alabama: Birmingham: Mrs. Joy Skelton, P.O. Box 1726 Alaska: Anchorage: Mrs. Frances Wells, P.O. Box 1156 Arizona: East Phoenix (New): Mrs. Edith A. Goranson, P.O. Box 1005 Phoenix: Mrs. Carl Deppe, Sr., 3438 N. 12th St. Arizona: Tucson (New): Miss Mary Louise Kelsey, 2545 E. 7th St. Arkansas: Eureka Springs (New): Mrs. Roberta Wilson, Allred Hotel Little Rock: Mrs. Lucy Hawkins, 230 Urquhart Bldg. California: r Alhambra: Mrs. Mayme Glass, 505 N. Electric Ave. ‘Arcadia (New): Mr. Stanley M. Blakeslee, P.O. Box 735 Berkeley: Dr. Robert Gulick, ¢/o N. F. Ward, 2330 Rose St., Z8 Beverly Hills: Mrs. Mille A Hendricks, 320-C N. Maple Dr. Burbank: Mrs. Ruth H. Westberg, 707 E. Cypress Ave. Burlingame: Mrs. Phoebe Babo, 1620 Balboa Way Carmel: Mrs. Inez Greeven, P.O. Box 984, Carmel-by- the-Sea Cloverdale Twp.: Dondaldine Rood, Geyserville, Calif. El Monte Twp. (New): Mrs. Jessie B. Nash, 1448 = Central St., El Monte Escondido Twp. (New): Mrs. Vera Lou Scott, Rt. 1, Box 38 (Birch Drive) Escondido Fresno (New): Mrs. Delia Brandin, 535 Yosemite Ave. Z 3 Glendale: Mrs. Mary Louise Stapp, 1244 Justin Ave. Z 1 Glendale Twp. (New): Mrs. Ethel S. McIntyre, 4943 Del Monte Rd., La Canada Inglewood: Mrs. Beatrice Buckley, 1122 E. Fairview Long Beach: Mrs. Leila Antonson. 1011 E. Broadway, Z 2 Los Angeles: Mr. Willard P. Hatch, 4367 W. 8th St., Z 5 Monrovia: Mrs. Gladys Gates, 806 Oakdale Ave. Monrovia Twp. (New): Mrs. Genevieve Bowman, 2223 E. Broadway, Temple City Oakland: Miss Blossom Hay, 450 Lee St., Oakland 10 Oceanside (New): Mrs. Louise Sweeney, 907 S. Pacific Palo Alto (New): Miss Virginia Breaks, 1730 Webster St. Pasadena: Mrs. Virgie George, 1050 N. Hudson, Z 6 Sacramento: Miss Elizabeth L. Duffy, 2223 E. St. San Diego: Mrs. Gladys Louden, 143 Elm St. San Francisco: Mrs. Louise A. Groger, 64 Agua Way, Z 16 San Marino (New): Mr. F. Joseph McCormack, 410 LaMirada Z 9 San Mateo: Mrs. Mildred A. Zahl, 826 W. Grant Place Santa Barbara: Mrs. V. Zimmerman, 1217 E. Punta Gorda St. Santa Monica: Mrs. Marguerite Hendricks, 427 Montana Ave., Apt. 15—Glenlea Manor Apt. Southgate (New): Mrs. Rose E. West, 9705 Truba Ave.

Colorado: Colorado Springs: Miss Ophelia B. Crum, P. O. Box 1064 Denver: Mrs. M. Rita Wallace, 811 E. 23rd Ave. Connecticut: Greenwich (New): Mrs. Rene H. Welsh, R. F. D. 4 Berane (New): Mr. Stuart Kittredge, 757 Maple Ave., 6 New Haven: Miss Gertrude Duell, 561 Whalley Ave., Z 11 Delaware: Wilmington: Mrs, Cynthia Olson, Mayfair Apt., 203 B, Z 12 District of Columbia: Miss Elizabeth G. Hopper, 2220 20th St.. N. W. Z9 Florida: Jacksonville: Miss Kathryn L. Vernon, 707 Post St., Z 4 Miami: Mrs. Lorraine Culverhouse, 127 S.W. 19th Ave. St. Augustine: Mr. A. J. Verhoeven, 87 Evergreen St. Georgia: 1 Atlanta: Miss Doris Ebbert, 1247 Sells Ave., S. W. Augusta: Miss Carolyne Golden, 1212 Holden St. Hawaii: Honolulu: Miss Henriette From, 2336 Beckwith St., Z5 County of Maui: Mrs. Marion Costa, Box 262, Puunene, Maui, T. H.

Idaho: Ada County (New): Miss Elizabeth Adelmann, P. O. Box 2224, Boise Boise: Mrs. Jene Pace, P. O. Box 2899 Illinois:

Batavia (New): Mrs. Mary Williams, 519 Main St.

Champaign: Mrs. Dorothy Underwood, 509 W. University

Chicago: Mrs. Myrtle Wendler, 3302 Warner Ave., Z. 18

Danville: Mrs, Juliette Buford, 1031 Oak St.

Elmhurst: Miss Mary L. Fischer, 300 N. York St.

Evanston, Mrs. Helen Roach, 1616 Lake St.

Limestone Twp.: Mrs. Dean H. Fraser, 115 Cherry Lane,

Wildwood Heights, C.M.R. 126, Peoria

Maywood: Mrs. Edna Fechtner, 1219 S. 15th Ave.

Oak Park: Mrs. John Wooddell, 1628 N. Taylor St.

Fees Ridge (New): Mrs. Lisa McKinstry, 1336 S. Crescent

ve. Peoria: Mrs. Emilie Zeigler, 147 Rebecca Place Phoenix (Harvey) (New): Mrs. Hazel M. Williams, 15356 5th Ave., Phoenix

Springfield: Mrs. Gretchen Schultz, 2168 S. Renfro St.

Urbana: Miss Elizabeth P. Hackley, 705 W. Nevada St.

Waukegan: Mrs. Harriet Terry, 1522 Melrose Ave.

Wilmette: Dr. Otto Zmeskal, 706 Washington Ave..

Winnetka (New): Miss Lauretta E. Voelz, 63 Abbotsford Rd. Indiana: :

Ft. Wayne: Mrs. Mildred Holmes, 4110 S. Calhoun St.

Indianapolis: Miss Leah Spence, 410 N. Meridian

South Bend: Mrs. Jeannette Longaker, 2414 S, Michigan Z 14 �[Page 8]8 DIRECTORY

Iowa: Cedar Rapids: Miss Charlotte Thornton, Iowa Theatre Bldg. Waterloo (New): Mrs. Grace Kough, 733 Johnson St. Kansas: Topeka: Mrs. Bertha H. Campbell, 1021 Tyler St. Kentucky: Louisville: Adm. M. Gordon Hughes, 216 Shawnee Drive Louisiana: New Orleans: Mrs. O. H. Blackwell, 1402% Peniston St. Maine: Eliot: Mrs. Ayned McComb, Mast Cove Rd. Portland: Mrs. Thelma Rivers, 278 Woodford St. Maryland: Baltimore: Mrs. Martha C. Dorrida, 5301 Gwynn Oak Ave., Z7 Massachusetts: Beverly: Mr. Richard S. Gladding, 90 McKay St. Boston: Miss Natalie Anderson, Box 261 Back Bay Annex Z17 Brookline (New): Miss Bertha Herklotz, 1057 Beacon St. Springfield: Mrs, Frances Hutton, 8 Oak Grove Ave. Worcester: Miss Fanny Holmes, Room 224—Day Bldg., 4 Walnut St. Michigan: Ann Arbor: Mrs. Bernice Anderson, 718 N. Fourth Ave. Battle Creek (New): Mrs. Florence Thompson, 361 N. Kendall St. Davison Twp. (New): Mrs. Rebecca Wideman, 3196 S. State Rd., Davison Dearborn Twp. (New): Mrs. James McFadden, 4544 William, Dearborn 4 Detroit: Mrs. Florence P. Miles, 4241 Webb, Z 4 Flint: Miss Mabel Kitchenmaster, 1123 S, Saginaw St. Grand Rapids: Miss Hazel M. Thurston, 414 Clancy Ave., N. E. Grosse Pointe Farms (New): Mrs. Floyd H. Munson, 452 Fisher Rd., Grosse Pointe 30 Kalamazoo (New): Mrs. Grace Woods, 525 W. North St. Lansing: Mrs. Roberta Christian, 1001 W. Genesee St. Muskegon: Mrs. Rhoda A. Broughton, 1518 Beidler St, Roseville: Mrs. Katherine Page: 18450 Hazelwood Minnesota: Duluth: Mrs. Grace Peterson, R. F. D. 1, Box 290 Minneapolis: Miss Sina O. Olsen, 123 S. 11th St., Apt. H, Z 2 St. Paul: Mrs. Gladys Livermore, 632 Earl St. Mississippi: Jackson: Mrs. Dorothy M. Campbell, P. O. Box 2083 Missouri: Independence: Mrs. Opal H. Winans, 421 N. Spring St. Kansas City: Mrs. John B. Becktel, 4222 Olive St., Z 4 St. Louis: Mrs. Cora Rockwell, 847 a E. De Soto, Z7 Montana: Butte: Mr. George D. Miller, 604 W. Park Helena: Mrs. Nellie Mereness, 1043 Breckenridge St. Nebraska Macy (New): Mr. Paul Lovejoy, Macy, Nebr. Omaha: Mrs. Josephine Jones, 6714 Lake St., Z 4 Nevada: Reno: Mrs. Gladys Bodmer, 217 W. 5th St. New Hampshire: Portsmouth: Mr. Joseph P, Silva, 24 Salter St. New Jersey: Bergenfield (New): Mrs. Emilie Kalantar, 79 N. Washington Ave. Dumont: Mrs. Adair T. Drexler, 107 Roosevelt Ave. East Orange: Mrs. Paul Wright, 105 Leslie St. Englewood (New): Mrs. Susie Madison, 149 Williams St. Jersey City (New): Mrs. Ethel Murray, 361 Summit Ave. SE Mrs. Catherine M. Healy, c/o Mountainside losp. Newark (New): Mrs. Mildred B. Jenkins, 51 Halsey St., Z 2 Red Bank: Mrs. Audrey Wark, 105 McLaren St. Ridgewood (New): Mr. Joseph Galvin, 123 S. Maple Ave. Teaneck: Mrs. Amy Raubitschek, 126 Evergreen Pl, ‘West Englewood, N. J. New Mexico: Albuquerque: Mrs. Catherine O. Cole, P. O. Box 1206 North Ten: Mrs. Olive C. Crocker, P. O. Box 202, No. Alb. New York: Binghamton: Mr. Joseph M. Noyes, 43 Davis St. Buffalo: Mrs. J. P. Patterson, 333 Ontario St., Z7

Geneva (New): Miss J. Elizabeth Rhodes, 153 Washington St. Jamestown: Mrs. Della Emery, 81 Fairmount Ave. New York: Mr. Rustam Payman, 160 Broadway, Z 7 Rochester: Miss Elizabeth Brooks, 49 Rowley St. Z 7 Syracuse: Mrs. Grace R. Cody, 833 University Ave. Waterloo: Mrs, Elizabeth Hughey, 77 Virginia St. Yonkers: Mr. Samuel M. Newman, 56 Mulford Gardens North Carolina: Greensboro: Mrs. Pearle D, Kent, 123 E. Smith St. North Dakota: Fargo: Mrs. Esther B. Morrill, 451 Oakland Ave. Ohio: Cincinnati: Miss Hilda Stauss: 3640 Epworth Ave., Z 11 Cleveland: Mrs. Mabel S. Perry, 10817 Earle Ave. Columbus, Mrs. Florence McRoberts, 208 N. 22nd St. Dayton: Mrs. Kathryn Alio, 349 Kenilworth Ave. East Cleveland (New): Prof. Wm. Sandoz, 1770 Delmont Ave. Lima: Mrs. Marie L. Kramer, 121 S. Collett St. Mansfield (New): Miss Eva Leonard, 119 Columbia Ave. Toledo (New): Miss Beulah Magruder, 1205 Lincoln, Z7 Oklahoma: Oklahoma City: Mr. Albert P. Entzminger, 734 N. W. 20th St. Oregon: A Portland: Mr. Ernest P. Haukedahl, 316 N.E. 19th Ave. Z 14 Pennsylvania: Philadelphia: Miss Ethel Revell, 1522 W. Poplar St., Z. 30 Pittsburgh: Miss Timi Brant, 611 East Ohio St. Scranton: Mrs. Helen Beckza, 429 Quincy Ave. West Chester: Mr. Clarence Lear, 42 W. Gay St. Puerto Rico: San Juan: Mr. Marcelino Castro, Box 2350 Rhode Island: Providence: Mrs. Edith Doull, 545 Potters Ave. South Carolina: Columbia (New): Miss Josie Pinson, 409 Carolina Life Bldg. Greenville: Mrs. Christine Bidwell, 639 N. Main St. South Dakota: Sioux Falls: Mrs. Vera D. Esinhart, Box 585 Tennéssee: Memphis: Miss Johanna Zimmermann, Box 25, Crosstown Station Nashville: Miss Susie Langford, 3401 West End Ave. Texas: Dallas (New): Mrs. Ruth C. Barnett, 211 S. Lancaster, Z 8 Houston: Mr. W. D. Powell, Sr., 3616 Bastrop St. San Antonio (New): Mr. Orrin K. Fry, 351 W. Sayers Utah: Salt Lake City: Mrs. Eleanor Beckman, 347 E, Broadway Vermont: Brattleboro: Mrs. Edith Newcomb, 18 Southern Ave. Virginia: Alexandria, Mrs. Edna M. Williams, 806 Bashford Lane, Apt. 208 Arlington: Mrs. Marion Compton, 1144 N. Vermont St. Washington: Kirkland (New): Mrs. Margaret Bailey, 204 19th Ave. Marysville (New): Mrs. Lorrol O. Jackson, P. O. Box 984 Monroe: Mrs. Lorol Luther, General Delivery Richmond Highlands: Mrs. Elmerine Neff, 639 S. 20ist St., Seattle Z 55, Wash. Seattle: Miss Elsa Nordquist, 4508 18th Ave. N.E. Z5 Spokane: Mrs. Gladys Beasley, N. 4615 Madison Tacoma: Mrs. Florence Keemer, 21 S. Broadway West Virginia: Charleston: Mrs. Marcia Andrade, 811 Lee St. Wisconsin: Kenosha: Mr. Louis Voelz, 6108 Sheridan Rd. Madison: Mrs. Patricia Boutin, 435 W. Johnson St. Milwaukee: Mr. Elmer Schwandes, 3256 S. 22nd St., Z 7 Racine: Mrs. Florence Hansen, 1505 Flett Ave. Shorewood: Mrs. Marjorie Nedden, 3514 N, Murray Somers Twp. (New) Mr. Gilbert DeBruin, R. 3, Box 64, Kenosha. Wauwatosa: Mrs. Maud Reimholz, 7421 Hennessey Ave., Z. 13 White Fish Bay (New): Mrs. Carol Hautz, 5400 N. Lake Dr. 11 Wyoming: Laramie: Mrs. Grace Chegaras, 407 Garfield �