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Southwest Blue Book, 1923 - 1924
Lenora H. King, Editor and Publisher, Copyright 1923; Printed Oct., 1923
Notes:
1) Unless otherwise indicated, all street addresses are located in Los Angeles, CA
2) U.D.C. = United Daughters of the Confederacy
3) L.A.A.C. = Los Angeles Athletic Club
Society Blue Book – “R”
Rabe, Mr. and Mrs. Frank (Anna Robinson)
Harley, Anne Robinson (Junior)
3257 Waverly Ave.; Tel. 599296
Radford, Mrs. Joseph D. (Florence Rivers)
Hopkins, Mrs. Ethel Rivers
1124 W. Adams St.; Tel. Beacon 5315
Rall, Mr. and Mrs. William Cary (Laura Bernhardt)
Rall, Miss Pearl
2382 W. Twenty-third St.; Tel. 75797
Clubs: League of American Pen Women; So. Cal.
Women’s Press; Women Lawyers, Ad
Ralphs, Mrs. George A. (Lula Von Keith)
Ralphs, Miss Annabelle
Abroad for a year
Ralphs, Mr. and Mrs. Walter William (Ione Francis Weaver)
Ralphs, Alaine Ione and Walter William, Jr. (Juniors)
917 S. Kenmore Ave.; Tel. Drexel 1082
Club: Wilshire Country
Ramsay, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. (Lois McCrea)
7755 Hollywood Blvd.; Tel. 579436
Rand, Mrs. Charles Wellington and Miss Lillian
Gotham Hotel, New York City
Rand, Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge (Lucile Gage)
Rand, Francesca and Caroline (Juniors)
Diplomatic Service, Tangier, Morroco, N. Africa and
R.F.D., No. 12, Box 1412, Los Angeles, Cal.
Ransford, Mr. and Mrs. J. Elmer (Ione Judson)
Country Home: Big Bear Lake, Cal. And Lake Harbour,
Mich.
1715 Orange Dr.; Tel. 570469
Clubs: L. A. Athletic; L. A. Country; Hollywood Country;
Women’s Club of Hollywood
Raphael, Mr. Herman
Biltmore Hotel; Tel. Metropolitan 6200
Rasher, Mr. and Mrs. Huber (Margaret Kramer)
Rex Arms, 943 Orange St.; Tel. 872361
Rath, Mr. Howard G.
Berner, Mrs. Elizabeth (Rath)
2966 Wilshire Blvd.; Tel. 52541
Clubs: California; Men’s University; L. A. Country
Rauscher, Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn A. (Nancy R. Wright)
1615 Buckingham Rd.; Tel. 72090
(Traveling for Year)
Clubs: Oral Arts Assoc. of So. Cal.; L. A. Ebell; Western
Avenue Golf
Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Beverly Hills
Read, Mr. and Mrs. William Carlos (Mary Goodrich)
Read, Miss Mary Goodrich (On Eastern Concert Tour)
Read, Mr. Goodrich (At Columbia University)
2325 Thompson St.; Tel. Beacon 1921
Reber, Mr. and Mrs.
El Centro St., and Afton Pl.
Reed, Mr. George C.
Residence: California Club
Reed, Com. and Mrs. James (Laura C. Maltby)
Reed, James, Jr., and Edward Maltby (Juniors)
Maltby, Mr. Edward Dickson
545 S .Norton Ave.; Tel. 569606
Clubs: Army and Navy of New York; L. A. University;
L.A.A.C.; Beach; Mrs. Reed to Society of Sponsors,
Naval Vessels; Wellesley Club of So. Cal.
Reeder, Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. (Edna Burrowes)
Reeder, Elizabeth and Billy A. (Juniors)
Beverly Dr. and Highland Gourge, Beverly Hills
Tel. 559461
Reeder, Mr. and Mrs. Leland P. (Caroline Campbell)
Reeder, William Campbell (Junior)
403 Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills; Tel. 559456
Reeder, Mr. William A. and Miss Highland
811 Rexford Dr., Beverly Hills; Tel. 559187
Rees, Dr. and Mrs. H. C. (Theresa Jordon)
Rees, Mr. John H.
Jordan, Mr. Leland
2214 S. Western Ave.; Tel. 74186
Clubs: University; L. A. Country
Reese, Mr. and Mrs. Frank (Cora M. Martin)
Reese, Mr. Leroy
135 S. Van Ness Ave.; Tel. Holly 1966
Clubs: Ebell; Matinee Musical
Reeve, Gen. and Mrs. C. McC.
220 Orange Grove Ave., So. Pasadena; Tel. Colo. 1760
Regan, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Francis
849 S. Burlington Ave.; Tel. 52187
Mrs. Regan, Life Member Archaeological Society; Life
Member Women’s Athletic Club; L. A. Congress of Mothers;
Landmarks; Friday Morning; Fellow of Southwest Museum
Reilley, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henry (Florence Jones)
Reilley, Ewing Willard and Florence (Juniors)
Jones, Mrs. Cummins B. (Alice Ewing)
10 Berkeley Sq.; Tel. 71994
Clubs: L. A. Country; Wilshire Country; California
Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. (Miriam Ferry)
Reynolds, Miss Virginia Ferry
Reynolds, Charles Ferry (Junior)
609 N. Rossmore Ave.; Tel. Holly 8337
Clubs: Friday Morning; Jonathan
Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. and Miss Lois
1030 N. Third Ave.; Tel. 74335
Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. (Silence McVay)
Reynolds, Howard W., Jr., Susane and Priscilla (Juniors)
4630 W Seventeenth St.; Tel. 74950
Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. George Jerome (Alma Whitaker)
Reynolds, Colin Whitaker and Jerome (Juniors)
1040 Kensington Rd.; Tel. Drexel 8993
Reynolds, Mrs. Sue B. (Stephens)
Walker, Mrs. Caroline (Reynolds)
2718 Eagle St.; Tel. Boyle 6000
Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. (Rose Perrett)
Reynolds, Misses Katherine and Helen
121 Fremont Pl.; Tel. 767617
Clubs: L. A. Country; Ebell; L. A. Athletic
Riblet, Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. (Henrietta L. Woodman)
2055 Grace Ave.; Tel. Holly 6760
Clubs: Hollywood Country; Women’s Club of Hollywood
Rice, Mrs. Nicholas E. (Harriet Burdick)
377 S. Occidental Blvd.; Tel. Dunkirk 2836
Rice, Mrs. W. V (Mary Isabelle Browne)
Utley, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. (Isabelle Rice)
Utley, Windsor and David (Juniors)
2215 S. Harvard Blvd.; Tel. Beacon 7396
Richards, Mrs. Charles (Columbia Cremer)
Horton, Mrs. Warren N. (Elizabeth Richards)
500 W. Adams St.; Tel. 23425
Club: L. A. Country
Richards, Mr. and Mrs. John R. (Mabel Wilson)
2450 Glendower Ave.; Hollywood; Tel. 593902
Clubs: L. A. Country; University; Women’s Athletic
Richards, Mr. and Mrs. William B. (Jane Shafer)
2135 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Richardson, Capt. Charles, Jr.
218 Mission Theater Bldg., Long Beach, Cal.
Richardson, Mrs. Davis
Richardson, Mr. Davis (University of California)
720 Burck Pl.; Tel. 767281
Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Randolph (Narcissa Belle Welch)
10 Laughlin Park; Tel. 594111
Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. John L. (Lillian Belcher)
Richardson, Jack (Junior)
3956 S. Grand Ave.; Tel. Humbolt 3731
Richert, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. (Helen Tipton)
Richert, Helen Jane and Barbara (Juniors)
Tipton, Mrs. Odelia (Wahl)
1507 Ingraham St.; Tel. 52290
Clubs: L. A. Country; L. A. Athletic; St. Cecelia
Rickard, Mr. and Mrs. James B. (Orena)
230 W. Victoria, Santa Barbara; Tel. 1007
Riggs, Mrs. Herbert
Verity, Mr. and Mrs. Alden Henry (Gertrude Maytham)
800 S. Kenmore Ave.; Tel. Dunkirk 0411
Righter, Mr. and Mrs. John W. (Mae Scully)
562 S. Norton Ave.; Tel. 569641
Clubs: Philanthropy; Civics; Catholic Women’s
Riley, Mr. and Mrs. James Sheldon (Edith Powell)
Riley, Sheldon Powell and Miss Lillian Barbara (Juniors)
446 S. Oxford Ave.; Tel. 56432
Clubs: California; L. A. Country; Men’s University;
University Club of Chicago
Rindge, Mrs. May
2263 Harvard Blvd.
Rindge, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Knight (Agnes M. Hole)
Rindge, Samuel Hole, Ramona and Frederick Hastings (Juniors)
Country Home: Rancho La Sierra, Arlington, Cal.
832 Lorraine Blvd.; Tel. 71417
Clubs: Mr. Rindge to California Unversity; L. A. Country;
Virginia Country; Newport Yacht
Ripley, Mrs. E. P.
Coe, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. (Alice Ripley)
229 E. Pedregosa, Santa Barbara; Tel. 1255
Ripley, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic C. (Vernette Snyder)
Ripley, Mr. Edward P. (Dartmouth College, Hanover, Mass.)
Ripley, Mr. Frederic C., Jr.
Ripley, Forbes and Vernette (Juniors)
3315 W. Adams St.; Tel. 70754
Clubs: California; L.A.A.C.; Cal. Yacht; L. A. Country;
Women’s Athletic
Rishel, Mr. and Mrs. P. S.
716 W. Twenty-eighth St.; Tel. Beacon 4640
Rivers, Mrs. Betty (Scott)
Los Palmos Apts., S. Bonnie Brae St.
Rivers, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bradford (Lulu Edna Bedford)
Bryson Apts., 2701 Wilshire Bldg.; Tel. Dunkirk 2550
Clubs: L. A. Country; California; San Gabriel Country
Rivers, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Leland (Edith H. Field)
Rivers, Elizabeth Florence (Junior)
414 S. Irving Blvd.; Tel. 439152
Clubs: L.A.A.C.; City
Rivers, Mr. and Mrs. Nairn Stowell (Dorothy Young)
Rivers, Nairn Ernest and Rosanne Elizabeth (Juniors)
424 Shatto Pl.; Tel. Drexel 1080
Rives, Mr. and Mrs. Judson C. (Nan Krout)
1130 Westchester Pl.; Tel. 74989
Clubs: L. A. Country; Ebell; L. A. Athletic
Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse B. (Crilla McDermott)
1544 Hayworth Ave., Hollywood; Tel. Holly 4301
Clubs: L. A. Country; Women’s University; Women’s
Club of Hollywood
Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley (Ivy Gardner)
Roberts, Eleanor and Katherine Emily (Juniors)
2151 W. Twenty-first St.; Tel. 70428
Robertson, Commander and Mrs. (Juliette Bixby)
Hotel Del Coronado, Coronado Beach
Robertson, Mr. and Mrs. George Harris (Bess Cheester)
Marshall, Mr. Chester
223 S. Plymouth Blvd.; Tel. 438201
Club: Ebell
Robertson, Mr. Mathew S. and Capt. William Ardis
202 Van Ness Ave.; Tel. Holly 7334
Robertson, Mr. and Mrs. Tom P. (Kathleen Pillsbury)
Robertson, Thomas Pillsbury (Junior)
Pillsbury, Mrs. Albert Smith
Young, Mrs. Mary Robertson (Phi Delta Delta Legal
Fraternity; Univ. of Southern California College of Law)
1581 W. Adams St.; Tel. Beacon 6706
Clubs: Ebell; Sunset Country; Southern Cal. Athletic and
Country
Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. (Virginia Dryden)
Eldon Way, Beverly Hills; Tel. 559123
Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Lester L. (Mary A. Barwell)
832 Beacon St.; Tel. 52009
Clubs: Friday Morning; California; L. A. Athletic
Robinson, Admiral and Mrs. Samuel
Virginia Hotel, Long Beach
Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. (Cora Keeney)
Robinson, Miss Virginia
Robinson, Mr. Paul (Junior Bachelors’ Club)
270 S. Harvard Blvd.; Tel. 56602
Rodezno, Mrs. J.
146 N. Coronado St.; Tel. Main 5270
Rodman, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clifford (Katherine Field of Chicago)
117 Greenbay Rd., Lake Forest, Ill.
Rodman, Mrs. Willoughby (Arabella Page)
Rodman, Mr. Willoughby Page
2631 Orchard Ave. (Aboard)
Mrs. Rodman, Local Chairman Foreign Relief Com.
Rogan, Mr. and Mrs. Nat
766 A Ave., Coronado; Tel. Cor. 568
Rogers, Capt. and Mrs. Bogart (Isabel Young)
1947 Ivar Ave., Hollywood; Tel. Holly 6432
Club: University
Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Irwin (Josephine Clement)
26 St. James Park; Tel. Beacon 3440
Clubs: Crags Country; California; L. A. Country; Midwick;
L.A.A.C.; Cerritos Gun
Rohrer, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. (Helen W. Myers)
Rohrer, James Stoddard (Junior)
905 N. Ave. Sixty-four; Tel. Garv. 1262
Rollins, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Bowman (Mary Carson)
Rollins, Mr. James Hickman
Rollins, John Lind Carson (Junior), L. A. Country Club
Wilcoxson, Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson F. (Rosemary Rollins)
4615 Harrison St., Kansas City, Mo.
1838 S. Gramercy Pl.; Tel. 763624
Clubs: California; L. A. Athletic; L. A. Country
Rollins, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Bowman, Jr. (Cleora Hobson)
534 N. Manhattan Pl.; Tel. 439535
Rooks, Mrs. Evelyn R. (Rideout)
Rooks, Miss Lyle
2912 Idell St.; Tel. Capitol 2607
Roseberry, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. (Jeannett Morton)
Roseberry, Patricia (Junior)
1543 S. Van Ness Ave.; Tel. 73714
Society, Sons of the Revolution
Rosecrans, Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. and Miss
840 W Rosecrans Ave., Gardena; Tel. Gardena 591
Rosecrans, Mr. and Mrs. William Stark (Elizabeth Helm)
641 Olympic Blvd., Athans [sic] on the Hill, Los Angeles
Ross, Dr. and Mrs. A. Bartlett (Nora Dickinson)
Ross, John Winslow, Dickinson Crosby, Almon Bartlett, Jr. (Juniors)
Ross, John Winslow, baby (Junior)
839 S. Plymouth Blvd.; Tel. 75267
Clubs: L. A. Country; L. A. Athletic; Ebell (Mrs. Ross, Chairman,
Rest Cottage Association)
Ross, Mrs. Abner L.
Ross, Mrs. Gertrude
Ross, Mr. Rugby
Ross, Miss Corinne
1000 S. Alvarado St.; Tel. 51063
Clubs: Mrs. Gertrude Ross: Ebell; Monday Musical;
Dominant; Wa Wan; American Composers; Three Arts;
MacDowell
Ross, Judge E. M.
Residence: California Club
Ross, Mr. and Mrs. George F. (Kate Durant)
Mathers, Mr. and Mrs. Cotton (Marion Ross)
Mathers, Richard Oliver, Jessie Durant, Kathryn Julia (Juniors)
609 S. Sycamore St., Santa Ana, Cal.
2158 W. Twenty-first St.; Tel. 73166
Clubs: L. A. Country; L. A. Athletic; L. A. Ebell
Ross, Dr. and Mrs. Moses Hodge (Madge Teague)
Ross, Miss Evalyn
Gries, Mrs. C. W.
4015 W. Adams St.; Tel. 71944
Ross, Mr. and Mrs. William G.
957 S. Magnolia Ave.; Tel. 54275
Clubs: California; Midwick Country; L. A. Country
Roth, Dr. and Mrs. Leon Joseph (Rilla Wrench)
Roth, Marie Louise, Leona Jane and Hubert George (Juniors)
512 S. Oxford Ave.; Tel. 568016
Clubs: Friday Morning; Jonathan; Newport Yacht
Rothwell, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Henry
Rothwell, Walter Henry, Jr. (Junior)
333 Irving Blvd.
Rowland, Mr. and Mrs. William R.
Toland, Dr. and Mrs. Clarence G. (Nina Rowland)
805 S. Bonnie Brea St.; Tel. 51046
Rowley, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S.
Ridgway, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Caldwell (Grace Rowley)
Ridgway, Kate Edwin and Thomas C., Jr. (Juniors)
Ridgway Summer Home: Big Bear Lake
2621 Menlo Ave.; Tel. Beacon 5232
Clubs: Friday Morning; Ebell; California; L. A. Country;
L. A. Athletic; University
Rowntree, Mr. and Mrs. John T. (Mary E. Barry)
638 S. New Hampshire Ave.; Tel. Drexel 18832
Clubs: California; L. A. Country; L. A. Athletic
Rowntree, Mr. and Mrs. John Wallace (Fannie Kirtley Ball)
Rowntree, John Wallace, Jr., Louise Kirtley and Mary Elizabeth (Juniors)
3029 Leeward Ave.; Tel. Drexel 7363
Clubs: Eschscholtzia Chap., D.A.R.; (Mrs. Rowntree, Cor. Sec.);
Robert E. Lee Chap., U.D.S.; Harmonia (Mrs. Rowntree, Chairman,
Program Com.); Wa Wan; MacDowell
Rude, Mr. and Mrs. Chester (Lorraine Frankenfield)
2124 Bellevue Ave.; Tel. Drexel 2995
Ruggles, Dr. Georgia S. (Saccett)
Dorre, Madame Thea
404 S Irving Blvd., Windsor Sq.; Tel. 437321
Rule, Mrs. Esther (Milner)
Rule, Miss Alice Patricia
Rule, Winifred (Junior)
McDonald, Mrs. Clara (Milner)
854 S. Ardmore Ave.; Tel. Dunkirk 0265
Club: Ebell
Rule, Mrs. Fred K. (Alice Cross)
Rule, Mr. Frank
446 S. Van Ness Ave.; Tel. 560566
Club: Friday Morning
Rule, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. (Theo Birswick)
Rule, Geraldine (Junior)
446 S. Van Ness Ave.: Tel. 560566 [Same add. & Ph. as above]
Rule, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. (Annie Donovan)
3025 University Ave.; Tel. Beacon 4445
Rule, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Rey (Dorothy Bond)
Rule, Margaret Anne and Orville Rey, Jr. (Juniors)
678 S. Ardmore Ave.; Tel. Dunkirk 0268
Clubs: L.A.A.C.; California; Wilshire Country; University
Runyon, Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Randolph (Ellen E. Hart)
2005 Fuller Ave., Hollywood; Tel. Holly 0325
Clubs: Crags, Brentwood Country; New York Yacht
Ruppersberg, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Louis (Mary A. Moore)
Summer Residence: El Nido, 27 Thornton Ave., Venice;
Tel. 61955
1632 N. Hobart Blvd., L.A.; Tel. Holly 0361
Clubs: Wilshire Country; Women’s Club of Hollywood; Matinee
Musical; Ebell; Wa Wan; Opera Reading Club of Hollywood;
Drama League
Russell, Major and Mrs. Horace Marvin
Brentwood, Cal.
Russell, Mr. and Mrs. John Henry (Amy Requa of Piedmont, Cal.,
and New York)
Russell, John Lawrence (Junior)
338 S. Hobart Blvd.; Tel. 56222
Society: Sons of the Revolution
Russell, Mr. and Mrs. John Newton, Jr. (Berdella Evans)
2263 S. Hobart Blvd.; Tel. 71110
Clubs: L.A.A.C.; California; L. A. Country; Gamut; Sons of
the Revolution; Friday Morning; Women’s Athletic
Russell, Mr. and Mrs. William (Elizabeth Brockman)
915 W. Thirtieth St.; Tel. Beacon 3014
Russell, Mr. and Mrs. William Henry (Isabel King)
455 S. Lorraine Blvd., Windsor Sq.; Tel. Holly 6220
Clubs: Sons of the Revolution; L. A. Country
Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. James Bertram (Ida F. Benson)
Ruth, Kenneth and Jane (Juniors)
330 E. Los Tunas Dr., San Gabriel, Cal.; Tel. San
Gabriel 1543-W
Club: San Gabriel Country
Rutledge, Mr. and Mrs. John D. (Genevieve Scheller)
Rutledge, Genevieve (Junior)
16 Seacliffe, San Francisco; Tel. Pacific 1428
Ruwe, Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. (Edna Brown)
Ruwe, Miss Edna Louise
314 Muirfield Rd.; Tel. 436665
Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. Frank (Ruth Muller)
Ryan, Miss Maude Roselee
218 S. Normandie Ave.; Tel. 568381
Clubs: L. A. Country; L. A. Athletic; California
Ryus, Major and Mrs. Harmon David (Celeste Nellis)
Ryus, Celeste Nellis, the Second (Junior)
5911 Carlton Way; Tel. 431302
Clubs: L.A.A.C.; Ebell; San Francisco Women’s
Athletic; Olympic American Legion