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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 – “D”
Dabbs, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee (Norma Cornwall)
Dabbs, Miss Marion Cornwall (Junior)
Cornwall, Mrs. Marion (Marion Black)
1414 S. St. Andrews Pl.; Tel. 72723
Clubs: L. A. Country; L. A. A. C.; Uplifters; Sons of the American Revolution;
D.A.R.; Daughters of the Confederacy; Friday Morning
Dabney Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. (Louise E. Finch)
420 Lafayette Park Pl.; Tel. Drexel 2758
Dace, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herbert (Catherine Hubbard)
Egbert, Catherine Ellen (Junior)
664 S. Brand Blvd.; San Fernando, Cal.; Tel. Black 219
Clubs: Friday Morning; D.A.R.; Women’s Auxil.; Women’s Civic League;
Community Players (Mrs. Dace Director); Mr. Dace to San Fernando Chamber of
Commerce; Business Men’s Club; Kiwanis Club
Daggett, Mr. Charles D.
Daggett, Misses Ruth and Maud and Mr. John S.
Columbia Hill, So. Pasadena; Tel. Colo. 5868
Society: Sons of the Revolution
Dalzell, Mr. and Mrs. Walter (Leadora Whitcomb)
Dalzell, Walter Whitcomb (Junior)
Glendora Foothill School; Tel. Glendora 495
Darby, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. (Elizabeth Woodall)
Darby, John Collier and Martha Frances (Juniors)
1750 N. Van Ness Ave.; Tel. 437964
Clubs: Woodrow Wilson Chap., U.D.C.; (Mrs. Darby Vice Pres. and Past Pres.)
and Pres. of Grant School (Hollywood) P.T.A.
Darling, Mr. and Mrs. H. Reeve (Clara La Fetra)
Darling, Daphne and Patricia (Juniors)
1519 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale; Tel. Glendale 1271
Clubs: Aero Club of America; Delphian; Matinee Musical; Glendale Musical;
Tuesday Afternoon of Glendale
Darling, Mr. and Mrs. Herman S. (Ida Works)
Darling, Misses Alice and Charlotte
110 S. Catalina St.; Tel. Drexel 9095
Daum, Mr. and Mrs. William Howard (Mary Rose)
Daum, Elizabeth Rose, Dorothy Marian, William Howard, Jr. and Richard Hampton (Juniors)
101 Fremont Pl.; Tel. 762116
Clubs: L. A. A. C. and Ebell
Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. G. Audrey
Davidson, Mr. Gilbert Audrey, Jr.
2770 Park Ave., San Diego; Tel. Hillcrest 1118
Davidson, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. George (Adelaide Marie Bindley)
512 West Adams St.; Tel. 280553
Clubs: University; L. A. Athletic; L. A. Country
Davidson, Mrs. Mary Frances and Miss Celia
2340 Thompson St.; Tel. Beacon 4529
Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
8416 De Longpre Ave., Hollywood; Tel. 579729
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Pierpont (Gertrude Churchill)
Davis, Gabriel and Alphea (Juniors)
500 S. Rossmore Ave.; Tel. Holly 6537
Davis, Mr. J. J. – Residence, California Club
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. William H. (Bertha Samm)
25 Berkeley Sq.; Tel. 762059
Clubs: Wilshire Country; California; Midwick Country; L. A. Country;
L. A. Athletic; Bohemian of San Francisco; and Sutter of Sacramento
Davison, Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
314 S. Santa Fe Heights Park; Tel. 294-251
Day, Mr. and Mrs. Arden Lapham (Ruth Fontaine Powell)
Day, Arden Lapham, Jr. and Natalie (Juniors)
300 Lucerne Blvd.; Tel. Holly 6671
Club: L. A. Country
Day, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dabney (Nancy Hayden)
Reylea, Miss Susie
89 Front Pl.; Tel. 766087
Clubs: L. A. Country; L. A. Athletic; California
Deardorff, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey (Osta Maxson)
Deardorff, Miss Virginia
Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills; Tel. 559521
Clubs: L. A. Country; L. A. Athletic; California
Deckbar, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Charles (Elizabeth Ewin Jordan)
6444 W. Warner Dr., Corthy Center, L.A.
Club: Hollywood Country
Dejeans, Mrs. Elizabeth
1253 Haywood St., Hollywood
De Long, Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. (Rachel Anderson)
4726 Englewood Place
de Mille, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Blount
de Mille, Cecilia Hoyt, Katherine Lester, John Blount, Richard
Coeur (Juniors)
Numbers Four and Five Laughlin Park, Hollywood, Cal.
de Mille, Mr. and Mrs. William
de Mille, Misses Agnes and Margaret (Juniors)
4821 Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills
Deming, Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
904 Beverly Dr., Beverly Hills; Tel. 559118
De Moulin, Mr. and Mrs. Edmond (Anna Johanna Diehl)
1821 Buckingham Rd.; Tel. 73590
Clubs: L. A. Country; L. A. Athletic; Jonathan
Denis, Mr. and Mrs. George J. (Alberta Johnston)
684 Benton Blvd., “The John Alden”; Tel. Drexel 4336
Clubs: California; Midwick Country; L. A. Country; National Society
Colonial Dames; U.D.C. and Society of Sponsors of the United States
Navy
Denison, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Willard
354 S. Plymouth Blvd., Windsor Square; Tel. 437439
Denker, Mr. and Mrs. Louis (Rose Kubach)
Denker, Cecelia and Louise (Juniors)
976 Westmoreland Ave.; Tel. Drexel 0734
Club: L. A. Athletic
Denker, Mrs. Louise A. (Ruellan)
Maier, Mrs. Isabel D. (Denker)
Maier, Miss Genevieve
3820 W. Adams St.; Tel. 70676
Dennis, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Whiting (Flora Pierce)
Dennis, Richard (Junior)
342 S. Van Ness Ave.; Tel. 435974
Clubs: Friday Morning; Wilshire Country
de Ropp, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. (Olivio [sic] Pillsbury of San Francisco)
2361 Broadway, San Francisco, Cal.
de Ropp, Baron and Baroness (Elizabeth Annesly Morton)
Thursday
216 E. Mission, Santa Barbara, Cal.; Tel. 1082-J [sic]
Clubs: California; Pacific Union and Bohemian of San Francisco;
Daughters of the American Revolution; Colonial Dames of the State of
New York; Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America; Descendants
of Colonial Governors
de Ropp, Mr. and Mrs. Harold (Margaret Trimble, of Baltimore, [MD])
Trona, San Bernardino County, Cal.
Desmond, Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. (Nellie E. Anderson)
Desmond, Mr. Frank C., Jr.
1819 Curson Ave., Hollywood; Tel. 57494
Deur, Mrs. C. H. (Fannie Kellogg)
Deur, Misses Mary, Catherine and Genevieve
Deur, Hortense (Junior)
753 S. Serrano Ave.; Tel. 560348
Club: Catholic Women’s
DeVan, Mr. and Mrs. Durward Shaw (Rita Merrill)
DeVan, Miss Jane
2319 W. Twenty-fourth St.; Tel. 71028
de Wit, Mr. and Mrs. H. Albert (Luella Jacquins)
de Wit, Jacqueline Wilhelmina (Junior)
234 S. Normandie Ave.; Tel. 56193
Clubs: L. A. Country; L. A. A. C.
Dick, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. (Gertrude Johnson)
Flat “D”, 2101 Bonsallo Ave.; Tel. 22699
Dickson, Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. (Wilhelmina de Wolff)
(Managing Editor L. A. Evening Express)
510 Lucerne Blvd.; Tel. 437219
Dieter, Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. (Emma Wettleson)
Golay, Mr. and Mrs. T. Hunter (Marie Tollefson, Santa Fe Springs)
722 Valencia St.; Tel. 51917
Clubs: Ebell; California Country; Galpin Shakespeare; Men’s City
Dillon, Dr. and Mrs. Edward
664 S. Westlake Ave.; Tel. 53421
Dillon, Mrs. Henry C. (Florence Hood), Member D.A.R.
Dillon, Miss Enrica Clay (New York)
Dillon, Misses Josephine, Fannie C. and Vivian
Dillon, Mrs. Anna H. and Mr. James D.
2850 Leeward Ave.; Tel. Drexel 17309
Clubs: Miss Fannie C. Dillon, member Dominant, S. Cal., Women’s
Press, Wa Wan and MacDowell Club of Allied Arts
Dilworth, Mr. and Mrs. Read G. and Miss Marjorie
600 A. Avenue, Coronado Beach; Tel. Cor. 200
Dimm, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stanley (Dorothy Dukes)
348 S. Western Ave.; Tel. 567226
Clubs: L. A. Country; L. A. A. C.; University; Bohemian of S. F.
Dimm, Mr. and Mrs. Luther D. (L. Jennie Rickenbach)
348 S. Western Ave.; Tel. 567226 [Same as the entry above]
Dinkins, Mr. and Mrs. John Hamilton (Elisabeth Hoag)
Dinkins, John Hamilton, Jr., and Richard Chester (Juniors)
853 Westchester Pl.; Tel. 560688
Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Victor H. (Cathryn Childs)
Dixon, Catherine (Junior)
319 N. Bronson Ave.; Tel. 436608
Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. William F. (Mabel Rose)
926 Westmoreland Ave.
Dockweiler, Mr. and Mrs. Isidore B. (Gertrude Reeve)
Dockweiler, Misses Rosario Margaret and Ruth Ysidore
Dockweiler, Mr. Henry I. (American Legation, Santo Domingo, D. R.)
Dockweiler, Mr. Edward V. (U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.)
Dockweiler, Messrs. John F., George A., Robert Reeve, Frederick Charles, Louis Bernard
957 W. Adams St.; Tel. Beacon 0390
Clubs: California; L. A. Country; Women’s Athletic
Dodd, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. (Ione Estes)
Paton, Mrs. W. H. (Kate Estes)
2 Laughlin Park; Tel. 596886
Dodson, Mr. Carlos Diego
Residence: Elks Club, San Bernardo, Cal.
Club: Life member Newport Harbor Yacht
Dodson, Mr. and Mrs. James H. (Rudecinda Sepulveda)
Residence: Elks Club, San Pedro, Cal.
Clubs: L. A. A. C.; Newport Harbor Yacht; California Yacht; Surf and Sand Hermosa
Beach; Life member Elks Lodge No. 966; Harbor Post No. 65 American Legion
Doheny, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Laurence
Betzold, Mrs. J. Edward
8 Chester Pl.; L.A., and Plaza Hotel, New York City; Local Tel. Main 9572
Clubs: Ebell; Friday Morning; Women’s Lyric; Ruskin Art; California; Jonathan;
L.A.A.C.; L.A. Country; Women’s Athletic (Mrs. Doheny, Life Member)
Doheny, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Laurence, Jr. (Lucy Smith)
Doheny, Lucy Estelle, Edward Laurence, 3rd, William Henry and Patrick (Juniors)
Mr. E. L. Doheny, Jr., U.N.R.F.
Summer Home: Beverly Hills, Cal.
10 Chester Pl., Los Angeles; Tel. Beacon 0032
15 E. Eighty-fourth St., New York City
Donavan, Mr. and Mrs. James Gordon (Rose Ganahl)
Donavan, Miss Frances and Mr. James G., Jr.
2202 S. Western Ave.; Tel. 71157
Donnell, Mr. and Mrs. Birney (May Cotter of N. Y.)
Donnell, Mary Arrilla and John Birney (Juniors)
1410 S. Sherman Dr.; Tel. 72468
Clubs: Men’s University; Women’s University; Ebell
Donnell, Mr. and Mrs. John Tilden (Ida M. Selby)
Donnell, Messrs. John Tilden, Jr. and Franklin Hunkins
Donnell, Frances Hunkins (Junior – St. Louis, Mo.)
Donnell, Carol Thompson (Junior – Hutchinson, Kan.)
149 S. Ardmore Ave.; Tel. 567117
Clubs: Beach; Malibu Lake; Junior Bachelors’ (Mr. Franklin Donnell,
President), Wa Wan; Dominent [sic]
Doran, Mr. and Mrs. Willard James (Sarah Innes)
Innes, Mr. W. A.
Innes, Louise (Junior)
1194 W. Twenty-seventh St.
Clubs: California; Crags; L. A. Country; Jonathan
Doran, Mr. and Mrs. William J. (Anna Longworthy)
673 S. Bronson Ave.; Tel. 73412
Clubs: L. A. Country; California; Ebell; Beach
Dorsey, Dr. Rebecca Lee
901 S. Normandie Ave.; Tel. Drexel 1180; 12443
Clubs: Wellesley; Women’s University; History and Landmarks; Women’s
Athletic; Eschscholtizia Chap., D.A.R.
Dorsey, Mrs. Susan M.
1506 S. Arapahoe St.; Tel. Beacon 7643
Douglass, Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. (Phoebe Montgomery)
7230 Franklin Ave., Hollywood; Tel. 57137
Douglass, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Judson (Flora Rumason Shearman)
Douglass, Mr. Judson
Morgenthau, Mrs. William W. (Jessie Douglass)
425 N. Gower St., Hollywood; Tel. Holly 6387
Clubs: Friday Morning; Cabrillo Chap., D. A. R.
Douglass, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson (Emma Brandon)
111 S. Plymouth Blvd.; Tel. Holly 10549
Clubs: United Daughters of the Confederacy; L. A. Ebell
Dowling, Mrs. Estelle C. and family
351 S. Oxford Ave.; Tel. 567107
Drake, Col. and Mrs. Charles Rivers
Hotel Virginia, Long Beach, Cal.; Tel. [No exchange] 500
Drake, Mrs. James Calhoun (Fanny Wilcox)
Drake, Mr. and Mrs. James Wilcox
Longstreet, Mrs. Mary Wilcox
2715 S. Hoover St.; Tel. 289031
Draper, Mrs. Duncan
Hotel Darby; Tel. 289031
Dreyfus, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ernest (Estell Heartt, professional name Estell
Heartt Dreyfus)
Tuesday
460 N. Western Ave.; Tel. 822809
Clubs: Mrs. Dreyfus, Dominant, McDowell and Friday Morning;
Mr. Dreyfus, City and Alliance Francaise
Dryden, Miss Ada A. and Mrs. Mary
3825 W. Adams St.; Tel. 763270
Ducommun, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Constant (Bessie Shemwell)
Ducommun, Virginia Leonide and Charles Emil (Juniors)
Shemwell, Miss Carolyn
535 S. Serrano Ave.; Tel. 568131
Clubs: L. A. Country; Flintridge Country
Ducommun, Mrs. Leonide and Mr. Alfred
244 S. Manhattan Pl.; Tel. 568131
Dudley, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Scott (Dorothy Foster)
Dudley, Dorothy and Scott (Juniors)
2238 S. Western Ave.; Tel. 567741
Clubs: California; Wilshire Country; L. A. Country; Bohemian; Midwick
[Country]; Sons of the Revolution
Dudley, Mr. and Mrs. Percy J. (Mary Usher)
Dudley, Messrs. F. Leighton, William Usher, Arthur Vernon
821 Fourth St., Santa Monica; Tel. 21140
Clubs: L. A. A. C.; Beach; Junior Bachelors’
Duer, Mrs. Charles E. (Olivia Orr)
Walker, Miss Elizabeth Duer (Junior)
957 S. Beacon Ave.; Tel. 54557
Club: Ebell
Duffie, Mr. and Mrs. Claire (Katherine Chichester)
Duffie, Jacqueline, Claire, Jr., William and Katherine (Juniors)
915 Indian Rock Ave.
Berkeley, Cal.; Tel. Berkeley 4687-J
Duffield, Dr. and Mrs. William (Ella W. Semple)
1015 S. Manhattan Pl.; Tel. 72058
Clubs: University; Wa Wan; Ebell; Friday Morning; Southern
California Press; Sons of the Revolution
Dulin, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar G. (Jean Garrettson)
Dulin, Miss Jean Elizabeth
Mailing address, 900 Cal. Bank Bldg., 629 S. Spring St.
(Traveling); Tel. Main 6801
Dulin, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. (Suedele Miles)
Dulin, Marjorie Jane and Suedele (Juniors)
332 S. Plymouth Blvd., Windsor Sq.; Tel. 437437
Clubs: University; California; Midwick Country; Wilshire Country;
L. A. A. C.
Duncan, Dr. Rex
420 S. Catalina St.
Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. (Edith Whitcomb)
Duncan, Harold M., Edith Allen (Juniors)
Whitcomb, Mrs. Charles G.
336 S. Irving Blvd., Windsor Sq.; Tel. 437320
Dunham, Mr. and Mrs. James (June Eskey)
975 Westchester Pl.; Tel. 75724
Club: L. A. Country
Dunlap, Mr. and Mrs. Randall (Lucy Brodrick)
844 Lemon St., Whittier; Tel. 714-R-2 [sic]
Dunlap, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gary (Anna May Bell)
Dunlap, Sue Elizabeth (Junior)
Bell, Mrs. I. T.
514 S. Ardmore Ave.; Tel. 560147
Clubs: L. A. Country; California; Women’s University and Ebell
Dunlap, Mr. and Mrs. John (Gertrude Shafer)
2407 S. Flower St.
Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. John C. (Cora M. Frentz)
Summer Home: Hermosa Beach, P. O. Box 596
446 W. Coronado Blvd., Glendale, Cal.; Tel. Glen. 544-J [sic]
Club: Glendale Tuesday Afternoon Club
Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. William Ellsworth (Nellie M. Briggs)
917 W. Twenty-eighth St.; Tel. Beacon 3266
Clubs: California; Jonathan; L. A. Athletic; Midwick; L. A. Country;
Bolsa Chica [Gun]; Women’s Athletic
Dunnigan, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Louis (Virginia Roane Thorpe)
Dunnigan, Mr. Harry Thorpe and Miss Virginia Dixie
2884 Sunset Pl.; Tel. 556801
Clubs: Robert E. Lee Chap., U.D.C.; Catholic Women’s; L. A. A. C.;
Jonathan; Women’s Athletic of L.A.
Dunnigan, Misses Paula and Florence
1252 Victoria Ave.; Tel. 74282
Dunnigan, Mr. and Mrs. Richard (Charlotte M. Ryley)
431 S. Oxford Ave.; Tel. 56330
Clubs: Friday Morning; Ebell; L.A.A.C.; Catholic Women’s; Ranch Golf
Dupee, Mrs. Florence Kennett, Miss Evelyn and Walter H., Jr.
Ocean Blvd., Coronado; Tel. Cor. 12 [sic]
Duque, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. (Louise Fleming)
Duque, Dorothy, Patricia and Ernest E., Jr. (Juniors)
409 S. Hobart Blvd.; Tel. 560220
Club: University
Duque, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J., Jr. (Mary McNair)
Duque, Thomas Anthony, Mary Elita, David Morris (Juniors)
Summer Home: Balboa Beach
San Felipe Ranch, San Diego County
Duque, Mrs. Thomas L.
Duque, Miss Adelaide and Mr. Gabriel
769 S. Berendo St.; Tel. Drexel 7393
Clubs: California; L. A. Country; L.A.A.C
Durant, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. (Mary Case)
Durant, Messrs. Harland and Raymond
1007 Orange St.; Tel. 53360
Society: Sons of the Revolution
Duryee, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey H.
Duryee, Melville K. (Junior) and Miss Elizabeth M.
2164 W. Twentieth St.; Tel. 768885
Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. (Helen Louise Stearns)
Dyer, Ralph Stearns and Helen Maynard (Juniors)
(Formerly of Grosse Point Farms, Detroit, Mich.)
909 Alpine Dr., Beverly Hills; Tel. 559298
Dyas, Mr. and Mrs. Bernal H. (Nancy March)
Dyas, Bernal H., Jr. and David Richard (Juniors)
1 Chester Pl.; Tel. 289619
Clubs: California Yacht; (Mr. Dyas, Pres.); L. A. Country;
L.A.A.C.; Flintridge Country; Jonathan; Annandale Golf; Tuna