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BROOKLYN LIFE. 20 The following officers were elected, Mr. Norman Baker, church clerk Dr. William A. Rice, treasurer Mr.

M. J. Stickel and Mr," Norman Baker, deacons, to serve three years; Mr. Raymond P. Kaiglin, deacon, to serve two years; Mr.

Howard Duff, deacon, to serve one year. Mr. -William A. Rice, Rev. George T.

Scott and Mr. James Rea were elected trustees to serve three years. Reception for 1916 Graduates. The 1916 graduating class of the new Flushing High School the first graduating class therefrom was tendered a re-, ception Monday evening by the 4 A Class in the gymnasium of School 20, Sanford Avenue -and Union Street, Flushing. Other invited guests were Principal John Holley Clark, the Misses Mary C.

Lane, Helen Green, Margaret I. Carman and Mary C. Baxter, members of the faculty. There were one hundred present and dancing to the strains of Bryant's orchestra was indulged in. Mr.

George Hill had "charge of the arrangements, and the gymnasium was artistically decorated for the occasion. Queens Borough. Queens Chamber of Commerce Dinner. A unique feature of the Fifth Annual Dinner of the Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of Queens to be held on February second at the Waldorf-Astoria, will be a transcontinental address, by Mr, Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City Bank of New York, from Los Angeles, CaU on the subject of "Business Conditions After the Termination of the European War." Mr.

Vanderlip was origi-' nally invited to speak in person but informed Mr. C. G. M. Thomas, president of the Queens Chamber of Commerce, that it would be impossible as he left the city before that date for a six weeks' trip through the West.

When it was learned that Mr, Vanderlip would be at Los Angeles on the date of the dinner, an invitation was extended to him to speak over long distance telephone to the five hundred diners, which he has accepted and arrangements will be made by the Telephone Company accordingly. As the grand ballroom will be equipped with seven hundred telephone receivers, one at the place of each guest and also in the boxes for the ladies, the message Qf Mr. Vanderlip wiU be heard direct by every one present. Irt addition Mayor James of San Francisco and Mr. Walton N.

Moore, president of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce will converse with the guests of the Chamber at.the dinner, i Among the prominent guests and speakers from whom acceptances have already been received are Mr. George W. Perkins, who will speak on "Commercial Honorable John Purroy Mitchel, who has been asked to speak oh "National Preparedness" Honorable George McArieny, Honorable Maurice E. Connolly, president of the -Borough of Queens; Honorable Henry Hodget'; Public Service Commissioner; Honorable Frederick Crane, Justice of the Supreme Court. The dinner committee, of which Mr.

John M. Demarest is chairman, is sparing no efforts to'make this the largest and most important business gatlfenng in Queens that has ever been held. To Spend Winter in Florida. Mr. Harrison B.

Smith and daughter, Doris, of First Street, Bayside, left last week for Miami, to spend the remainder of the-winter. Mr. and (Mrs. Robert Y. Draper of Montauk Bayside, left Saturday for a three months' sojourn in Miami, Fla.

To Spend Week-end at Holliswood Hall. Mr. Alexander W. Behr, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Petrograd, Russia, witlj his wife, were guests at luncheon at Holliswood Hall Sunday last, and expect to spend this week-end there. They are registered at the Waldorf-Astoria, Manhattan.

Great Difference inTemperatures. Mr. H. C. Symmes, a wealthy tanadian contractor, at present in New York on business, recognized Mr.

J. E. Tench as a former schoolmate of his at Upper Canada College, Tor- ontn and sn snnt th TTrtllieamn TT11 Wfci1 Citizen Association Dinner. i Former Judge Alton B. Parker will be the principal speaker at the annual -dinner of the Jamaica Citizens' Association to be held in Memorial Hall bn the evening of February sixteenth.

Andrew McLean, editor of the Brooklyn ii Citizen, TlirlorA MnM anA t'hf Pv orb-Ion im11 1e 1 Mfc A VUU liUll 1111V. basking in the sun on the spaclc-jjs verandas of the "Hall on the Hill," he glanced at the thermometer and remarked, "That surely looks like 'fifty-fifty' to me." Asked for an explanation, he said when leaving. Porcupine a week before, the thermometer recorded fifty degrees below zero, Fahrenheit, and here it stood at exactly fifty above, which is certainly a wide difference. make addresses. The dinner committee is composed of Messrs.

C. Hirschfel.d$r,j chairman; Herbert" A. O'Brien, John N. Booth, M. L.

McGuire, H.JB, Rushmore and D. N. Raynorj" secretary, t-jf Ci New Post-offices Proposed. Congressman Caldwell introduced a bill in Congress on 'Monday which, if passed, will appropriate $900,000 for public buildings in Queens. The new buildings proposed are for post-office purposes at Flushing, Jamaica and Far Rock-away at a cost of $300,000 each for Flushing and Jamaica and $200,000 for Far, Rockaway.

The bill also calls for an additional -appropriation of $100,000 -to the $200,000 already appropriated for the post-office at Long Island City. a 1 "I Queens Residents at Governor' Among the Queens residents oiiv; attendance at the Governor's reception at the State Capitol in Albany on Thursday, were State Senator Bernard M.rPatten, Mr; and Mrs. Theron H. Burden and Attorney and "Mrs." Thomas: F. Doyle of Made Member of State Waterway Commission.

Mr. Charles A. Lapp of Hollis last week made a member of the State Waterways Commission by Governor Whit-, man, in recognition of his ability as civil engineer and surveyor, his knowledge of the water ways in and about New York and his keen activity in thi; Jamaica Bay Improvement Association. Mr. Lapp was appdlnted city surveyor in 1910, uVlPll he became chief engineer of the Metropolitan Dredging Company of New York and has also dredged and built the Howard Estates Canal, which is wider and deeper than the' Panama He is at present engaged in the development of Flushing Bay and the meadows adjoining Jackson Avenue.

His appointment is generally regarded as a wise one, indeed. General Leonard A. Wood Cbief Speaker. Astoria. 1, General Leonard A.

Wood will be the principal speaker at the Long Island dinner at the Hotel Astor, Manhattan, March eleventh. Other speakers will be Rear-admiral Goodrich, president of the American Society, and the Rev Dr, Overton of Islip. Immaculata Bowlintf Club. At the weekly meeting of the members, the Immaculata Bowling Club at the parish hall of Our Lady of Sorrows Church," Corona the Corona team beat the Elmhurst team three games out of four. record score or the evening 162, was made by Miss Carrie Faint of the losers, while Miss Estelle Putz of the Coronas rolled up 154.

Social at East Elmburst. Mr. and Mrs. A. L.

Herz gave a social at their residence on' Mcintosh Street, East Elmhurst, last week, which is described as being one of the most pleasant events held in that section. There were twenty present. TLe Travelers. (Continued from page 17) Mr. and Mrs.

Charles F. Bassett have left Short Hills, and are staying at Fair View, Summit. The New York section of the Appalachian Mountain Club has taken Terrace Hall, Ramapo, N.Y., for the week-end holidays at Lincoln's Birthday. The time will be devoted to cross country tramps. Miss Helen Potter and Miss Bruning of Manhattan made their headquarters at Terrace Hall over Saturday and Sunday.

Both days they took long cross country walks. Other' week-end guests were Miss Mabel P. Leonard and Miss Jean Xallaghan. Mr. James J.

Pearson of Man- hattan has just completed a week's rest at the Inh' and Miss Mary Hammond is spending two weeks. Miss Hortenze Zimmerman is attending the mid-winter conference at the Hotel Northfield, East Northfield, Mass. She was chosen a delegate by the executive committee of the Young Women's Conference. Over one hundred prominent young women from different cities are attending this midwinter conference. (Continued on page 24) "Little Brotber Nigbt." The Men's Club of the Elmhurst Methodist Church is planning an evening of uniqueness some time in February, when "Iittlfr.

Brother will be observed, On -Mi occasion each -membeVof the club will invite some boy to be his guest. Cburcb-in-tbe-Gardens Elects Officers The annual business meeting of the members of the Church-in-the-Gardens Forest Hills, was" held last night, at which there were present about one hundred and twenty-five members, and friends. The pastor, Rev. Robert J. TCent, presided..