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[[preprinted]] "To conserve the highest and best interests of the Fifth Avenue section" TELEPHONE FITZROY {5600 {5601 {5602 {5603 {5604 THE FIFTH AVENUE ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED) 358 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY AT 34TH STREET [[line]] OFFICERS JOHN H. TOWNE, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD ROBERT GRIER COOKE, PRESIDENT MICHAEL FRIEDSAM, FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT ANCELL H. BALL, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT DOUGLASS L. ELLIMAN, THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT HARRIS A. DUNN, TREASURER BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROBERT ADAMSON, PRESIDENT PETROLEUM HEAT AND POWER COMPANY W. BARTON BALDWIN, VICE-PRESIDENT EMPIRE TRUST COMPANY ANCELL H. BALL, PRESIDENT BEST & COMPANY WALDRON P. BELKNAP, VICE-PRESIDENT BANKERS TRUST COMPANY JAMES G. BLAINE, JR., VICE-PRESIDENT NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY PAUL B. BODEN, TERMINAL HOTELS L.M. BOOMER, PRESIDENT WALDORF-ASTORIA J. HOWES BURTON, BURTON BROTHERS ROBERT GRIER COOKE, PRESIDENT THE FIFTH AVENUE ASSOCIATION, INC. ELITO CROSS, CROSS & CROSS HARRIS A. DUNN, VICE-PRESIDENT COLUMBIA TRUST COMPANY DOUGLASS L. ELLIMAN, PRESIDENT DOUGLAS L. ELLIMAN & COMPANY, INC. EZRA H. FITCH, PRESIDENT ABERCROMBIE & FITCH COMPANY MICHAEL FRIEDSAM, PRESIDENT B. ALTMAN & COMPANY J.M. GIDDING, PRESIDENT J.M. GIDDING & COMPANY JOHN A. HARRISS, CAPITALIST EDWARD N. HODGES, HODGES & COMPANY, INC. WILLIAM W. HOPPIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW ROBERT H. KOEHLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW WALTER E. MAYNARD, REAL ESTATE C. STANLEY MITCHELL, VICE-PRESIDENT CHATHAM AND PHENIX NATIONAL BANK J.R. POLLOCK, DIVISION COMMERCIAL MANAGER NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY SAMUEL W. REYBURN, PRESIDENT ASSOCIATED DRY GOODS CORPORATION OF NEW YORK WILLIAM POST SACKETT, DIRECTOR FRANKLIN SIMON, PRESIDENT FRANKLIN SIMON & COMPANY JOHN SLOANE, SECRETARY W.&.J. SLOANE WALTER STABLER, COMPTROLLER METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. LOUIS STEWART, PRESIDENT JAMES MCCREERY & COMPANY REV. ERNEST M. STIRES, D.D., RECTOR ST. THOMAS' CHURCH GAGE E. TARBELL, REAL ESTATE CHARLES THORLEY, FLORIST JOHN H. TOWNE, SECRETARY YALE & TOWNE MANUFACTURING COMPANY WILSON H. TUCKER, DIRECTOR LORD & TAYLOR FRANK D. VEILLER, REAL ESTATE ARTHUR WILLIAMS, GENERAL COMMERCIAL MANAGER NEW YORK EDISON COMPANY WILLIAM ZIEGLER, JR., CAPITALIST [[/preprinted]] ^[[Charles hang out Sept 6th]] August 30, 1922 [[underlined]] TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FIFTH AVENUE ASSOCIATION, INC. Subject: Request to display flags September 6th and September 16th [[/underlined]] Next Wednesday, September 6th, wll be the anniversary of the birthday of Lafayette, as well as the anniversary of the Battle of the Marne. The Lafayette Day National Committee is urging the general observance of this day. We have co-operated on this occasion in the past, and we are again urging our members to join in the celebration, by displaying the American and French flags side by side, or at least by flying the American flag, on this day. [[circled]] We have a further request to make of you, and that is to display the American flag on Saturday, September 16th, on which day New York City will observe Constitution Day. The Sons of the American Revolution are urging a nation-wide observance of this day, and have expressed the hope that our Association will co-operate as fully this year as it did last year. [[/circled]] Very truly yours [[signature]] Thomas W. Hughes [[/signature]] Thomas W. Hughes Secretary