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2500 Detroit Bank & Trust Building Detroit, Michigan 48226 April 6, 1978 Mr. Tony Smith 66 Stanley Road South Orange, New Jersey 07079 Dear Mr. Smith: On behalf of the Junior Council of the Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts, this is to confirm our invitation to you to speak informally on The Gracehoper to the Junior Council and their families at a picnic to be held beside The Gracehoper on Saturday, May 20 from noon until 2:00 p.m. We are delighted that you are planning to attend and we are making every effort to assure a fine occasion for you and the Junior Council and to accommodate all of your needs and requests in connection with your attendance. We have obtained first class airline tickets for you and your wife on Northwest Orient Airlines, Flight #231 departing Newark on Friday, May 19 at 6:00 p.m., arriving in Detroit at 7:33 p.m. and returning on Northwest Orient Airlines Flight #46 May 21 departing Detroit at 4:50 p.m. and arriving in Newark at 6:13 p.m. We have also arranged for accommodations for you and your wife at the Detroit Plaza Hotel in the Detroit Renaissance Center for Friday and Saturday nights, with billing to the Junior Council. The travel schedule is tentative, subject to your approval of course. It allows for Newark Airport departure and a Sunday rain date for the picnic. I am enclosing an airline schedule showing other possible flight times. I would be happy to arrange flight changes for you or you may make changes yourself when you receive the tickets in about two weeks. This letter has been delayed because of my effort to have all program arrangements tentatively set and submitted to you for approval with this initial letter. However, this has been interrupted by the vacations of Committee members and our contacts at the Detroit Institute of Arts. All proposed arrangements should be submitted to you within two weeks for your suggestions and approval. In making arrangements, we are keeping in mind your requests that (1) your time not be committed for anything other than the picnic event on Saturday afternoon; (2) your