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Women of The West
Oregon

DUNBAR, Saidie Orr, (Mrs.), born in Granger, Missouri, June 23, 1880, daughter of Robert Perry and Catherine Lindsay Orr. A resident of Oregon for 38 years. Married to the late Jesse Austin Dunbar. Children: Kathryn, Allen. Executive Secretary, Oregon Tuberculosis Ass'n. Very active in Social Service work; has served two terms as secretary of the National Conference, Tuberculosis Secretaries; Vice-president, Portland Americanization Council; vice-president, Council of Social Agencies. Member: D. A. R., P. T. A., P. E. O. Sisterhood, Portland Woman's Club, Tuesday Afternoon Club, Oregon State and National Organization of Women's Clubs, etc. Address: 310 Fitzpatrick Block, Portland, Oregon.

DYE, Eva Emery, (Mrs.), born in Prophetstown, Illinois, July 17, 1855, a resident of Oregon for 38 years. Daughter of Cyrus and Caroline Trafton Emery. Married to Attorney Charles Henry Dye. Children: Emery Charles Trafton Mickelwait, Everett Willoughby, Mrs. Charlotte Evangeline Hutchinson. Writer. Author: "McLoughlin and Old Oregon" (1900), "The Conquest" (1902), "McDonald of Oregon" (1906), "Stories of Oregon" (1916). Member: Oregon Historical Society, National Historical Assn. Home: 902 Jeffer-St., Oregon City, Ore.

FERGUSON, Ruby Page, (Mrs. Anthony Euwer), born September 5, 1890, in Dell Rapids, South Dakota, daughter of W. I. and C. Elizabeth Ferguson, a resident of Oregon for six years. Married to Anthony Euwer, (artist, author, lecturer), Children: Anthony Jr. Dramatic interpreter. Has toured United States, New Zealand and Western Canada as dramatic reader; taught drama and directed stage productions in colleges of Nebraska and Alabama. Her repertoire is extensive and colorful. Member: Professional Women's League. Home: 508 Aspen Road, Portland Ore.

FRANKEL, G. J. (Mrs.), born in Fayette, Iowa, daughter of Eden W. and Nella S. Keasey, former resident of Missouri, living in Oregon for eighteen years. President of State Federation of Women's Clubs. Active in club affairs; for eight years a member of National Federation of Music Clubs as Librarian, Secretary, and First Vice-President; member of Board of the Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs (President of 8th District of Missouri Federation); organized the Portland Federation of Women's Organizations, acting as the first President; for four years Secretary and lecturer for Anti-Narcotic Ass'n of Portland, Oregon; for three years Superintendent, Woman's Protective Division (Social Service) of Portland; first President of State Federation of Business and Professional Women of Oregon. Member: Portland Woman's Club (Past President), Portland Presidents Club (President), Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs (President), D.A.R. Home: 8 East 17th. Street, Portland, Oregon.

GARDINER, Thora B. (Mrs. F. W.), born in Holum, Iceland, March 17, 1884, daughter of Benedict Johnson and Thorbjorg Arnadottir, a resident of Oregon for sixteen years. Married to Frederick William Gardiner. Children: Edward, Frederick, Rosemary. Active in civic, club and church affairs. During and after the war, secretary of county chapter of Red Cross. President, Oregon City Women's Club. Vice-president and former secretary of Clackamas County Public Health Ass'n. Member: Oregon City Woman's Club, O. E. S., P. T. A., American Yeoman, St. Paul's Guild. Home: 1305 J. Q. Adams St., Oregon City, Oregon.

GERKE, Florence Holmes (Mrs. Walter), born in Portland, Oregon, February 16, 1898, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Hill, a resident of San Francisco and Oakland, California during her early youth. Married to Walter Gerke. Children: Marianne. Landscape architect. A graduate of Oregon State Agricultural College in Landscape Architecture; studied gardens in Europe, took post graduate course at the School of Landscape Architecture, Cambridge, Mass. Attended Art School, Portland Art Museum. Municipal Landscape Architect for City of Portland. Designed International Rose Test Garden at Washington Park and many features of Portland parks and playgrounds, also the planting for Shrine Hospital and several other public and private institutions. Has written many articles for leading technical magazines on landscaping. Member: Professional Woman's League, Chi Omega. Home: Faloma, Multnomah County, Oregon.

GERLINGER, Irene Hazard, (Mrs. George T.), a native of New York State, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Rider Hazard, a resident of Oregon for 24 years. Married to George T. Gerlinger. Children: Georgiana, Irene, Jean Hazard. Re-

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