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to Zuni and Manzano forests, with headquarters in Albuquerque, 
N. Mex. He has been engaged in timber sales work. 
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
William J. Paeth 
Naperville, Ill. 
William John Paeth was born July 7, 1887, in Naperville, Ill., the son 
of Carl August Paeth and Sarah Josephine (Weible) Paeth, both 
deceased. His father was a graduate of Northwestern College and Union 
Biblical Institute, Naperville, Ill, and at the time of his death was pro- 
fessor of theology in the German department of the Chicago Theological 
Seminary, Chicago, Ill. He is of German ancestry. He has one brother, 
Carl August Paeth, who has studied at Northwestern College Academy 
and Culvers Military Academy. 
He was prepared at Northwestern College Academy, Naperville, Ill, 
and spent two years at the University of Illinois. He also traveled two 
years before entering Yale. He graduated from the Sheffield Scientific 
School at Yale in 1911. 
_ He is unmarried. 
Paeth was offered a permanent position as forest assistant in 
March, 1913, under the condition that it be accepted immediately. 
This was impossible, and the appointment was declined. He 
plans to enter private business in Chicago. 
He is a member of the Congregational church. 
William B. Rice 
Business address, United States Forest Service, Ogden, Utah 
Home address, 803 Mechanic Street, Emporia, Kans. 
William Benjamin Rice was born May 21, 1888, in Berlin Heights, Ohio, 
the son of John Hale Julian Rice, a graduate of Oberlin (Ohio) Seminary 
and Berea (Ky.) College, minister of the First Congregational Church, 
Emporia, Kans., and Martha (Farrington) Rice. On his father’s side 
he is of English and French ancestry, his grandparents having been born 
in Virginia and Ohio, and his mother’s side of English and Irish a es 
He has a sister, Amy Rogers Rice. 
He was prepared at Oberlin Academy and in 1910 received the degree 
of B.A. from the College of Emporia. He is a member of Sigma Xi. 
He was married January 29, 1913, in Dodger City, Kans., to Miss 
Gladys Opal Jones of Dodger City, daughter of Daniel H. Jones. 

