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Women of The West
California

Charles Payzant, of The American Dancer, a monthly magazine devoted to things terpsichorean, especially in the West. Address: 422 South Western Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

HOYE, Ella M. (Mrs.), born in Elgin, Illinois, April 17, 1879, daughter of Charles and Louana Allen, a resident of California for nine years. Married to James Agustine Hoye. Children: Elsie Evelyn, Donald Eugene, Marcelle Allen, Dolores Mae. Ardent P. T. A. worker. Former president, Richard Garvey P.T.A. and San Gabriel Valley P.T.A. Council; second vice-president, Alhambra High School P. T. A.; sixth vice-president, first district Parent-Teacher Congress. Member: Wilmar Woman's Club, O. E. S. Home: 2866 Stevens Ave., Wilmar, Calif.

HOYT, Carrie L. Knoles (Mrs.), born in Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois, daughter of Judge Samuel S. and Mrs. Grace Isabelle Knoles, a resident of California for forty-one years. Married to William A. Hoyt. Children: Isabelle Amanda, William Knoles, Ralph Edwin, Effa Lois. Member of Berkeley City Council. Active in civic affairs. Municipal Chairman, League of Women Voters. Vice-president, Mobilized Women of Berkeley; Vice-president, United Veterans Council. Is serving her second term in City Council. On board of Library Trustees. Member: Berkeley Women's City Club, O. E. S., Woman's Relief Corps, American War Mothers, etc. Home: 2025 Lincoln St., Berkeley, Calif.

HUDSON, Grace Youmans, (Mrs.), born August 23, 1876, in Elmira, New York, daughter of Edward B. and Louise Towner Youmans, a resident of California for the last 23 years. Married to the late Charles C. Hudson. Takes active interest in civic affairs. Chairman of Community Service, Los Angeles District, California Fed. of Women's Clubs; commissioner of Girl Scouts of South Pasadena; director, Travelers Aid Society of Los Angeles; director, Community Chest of South Pasadena; past president of South Pasadena Women's Club. Member: California League of Women Voters, California Fed. of Women's Clubs, Women's Club of South Pasadena, Monday Evening Musical Club. Home: 1418 Bank St., South Pasadena, Calif.

HUNNEWELL, Alice O. (Mrs. W. B.), born in Westfield, Mass., daughter of Lozene M. and Clarissa A. Bishop Osden, a resident of California for twenty-two years. Married to William B. Hunnewell. Instructor, Public Speaking, University of California at Los Angeles. Professional reader and lecturer. From 1913-26, member of Beverly Hills School Board; member of Advisory Board, Beverly Hills Community Theatre. Active in club work. Honorary member of Phi Omega Pi Sorority. Member of local U. C. L. A. honor sorority of English majors, Chi Delta Phi. Toured the world in 1923-24. Member: Ebell Club, Beverly Hills Woman's Club. D. A. R., Faculty Club, U. C. L. A. Home: 621 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, Calif.

HUNTINGTON, Ruth M. (Miss), a native of San Francisco, a life-long resident of the state. Head of Women's Division, Market Street Railway Co. (this department being maintained in the interest of women car riders). Founder and director of Huntington Lake Camp for Girls, located in the Sierra National Forest. Graduated from the University of California. Former associate director for S. F. Playground commission; at one time director of Department of Physical Education, Y.W.C.A. First president, Pacific Section, National Camp Directors Ass'n. Member: S. F. Center, California League of Women Voters, English Speaking Union, Business and Professional Women's Club, Women's City Club, Social Workers Alliance, Women's Faculty Club, World Forum, Sierra Club. Home: 320 Upper Terrace, San Francisco, Calif.

HUTCHINSON, Libbie A., (Mrs.), born in Clintonville, New York, March 10, 1870; resident of California for 40 years. Married to Charles Everett Hutchinson. Children: Gertrude, Ralph W., Paul R. Very active in civic affairs. Charter member of L. A. Woman's City Club, L. A. Reciprocity Club; assisted in organizing Glendale Community Service, Glendale Red Cross; past president, Glendale Fed. P. T. A., Glendale Tuesday Afternoon Club; has served as chairman of Club Extension work; member of Board of Managers, L. A. Children's Hospital; an active member and for 3 years State Historian of California Congress of Mothers. Member: Tuesday Afternoon Club of Glendale (honorary life member), California Congress of Mothers, D. A. R. Home: 246 N. Orange St., Glendale, Calif.

HUTCHISON, Jane Denio, (Mrs.), born in Vallejo, California, May 23, 1871, daughter of J. Duncan and Janette Weir Smith, a resident of Nevada City for 30 years. Married to James

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