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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]] ^[[checkmark]] November 7, 1921 [[underlined]] Subject: DISPLAY YOUR FLAGS ON ARMISTICE DAY - NOVEMBER 11TH. [[/underlined]] Next Friday, November 11th, will be Armistice Day. The American Legion will hold a meeting at Madison Square Garden with appropriate ceremonies in honor of the burial of the Unknown American Hero which will take place at Arlington Cemetery, Washington, D. C., and to commemorate the third anniversary of our victory in the Great War. ^[[>]] We have been invited to cooperate in making this day one to be remembered by asking our members to display the American Flag at half-staff, and, if you are in the possession of any or all of the Allied Flags, to likewise display them with the American Flag on that day. Knowing your willingness to cooperate, we are pleased to transmit this request to you. Very truly yours [[signature]] Thomas W. Hughes [[/signature]] Thomas W. Hughes Secretary H/MLS