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Brooklyn Life from Brooklyn, New York • Page 4

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BROOKLYN LIFE Spellmire Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. (Alice Allen); a daughter; Pittsburgh, April eleventh. Deaths.

Lectures April 29 Lecture on "Our Fruit Trees" by Professor W. B. Nissley; 3 o'clock; Lecture Hall, Academy of Music. April29 Conference on "The Care of the Feeble Minded" to be conductd by Herbert Francis Sherwood; 8:15 o'clock, Science Room, Academy of Music. April '29 Talk by a member of American Ambulance Corps in France and Belgium, illustrated with stereopticon views from original photographs, for benefit of Supply Committee of Brooklyn Red Cross; 8:30 o'clock, Hotel Bossert.

May 1 Illustrated lecture by Charles P. Steinmetz on "Electrical 8:15 o'clock, Lecture Hall, Academy of Music. May 2 Lecture on "The Formation of Coal and Coal Mining" by Frank J. Milman; 8:15 o'clock, Lecture Hall, Academy of Music," May 3 Lecture on "Le Salon de Mme. Scarron" by Professor Louis Delamarrej 8:15 o'clock, Art Building, 174 Montague Street May 3 Lecture by Mrs.

Kate Upson Clark on "Lady Caroline 4 o'clock, Lecture Hall, Academy of Music, May 4 Illustrated lecture on "Alaska" by Lowell J. Thomas; 8:15 o'clock, Lecture Hall, Academy of Music. May 5 Illustrated lecture on "Greek Music as Related to Modern Music" by Professor Henry Browne; 8:15 o'clock, Lecture Hall, Academy of Music. May 6 Illustrated conference on "Minerals; The Foundation of all Created Material," to be conducted by J. P.

Wintringham; 8:15 o'clock, Science Room, Academy of Music. Miscellaneous. April 29 Field Meeting at Englewood, N.J., to be conducted by Miss Edith B. Brainerd. Meet at Ft.

Lee Ferry West One Hundred and Thirtieth Street, Manhattan, at 1 p.m. April 29 Annual White Breakfast of Mundell Choral Club; Hotel Bossert. April 29 Twenty-ninth Annual Exhibition of Students' Work; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pratt Institute. April 29 Annual luncheon of Wilson College Club of N.Y.; Hotel McAlpin, Manhattan.

April 29 Dramatic performance of "The Steadfast Princess," by the Senior Class, Brooklyn Heights Seminary; 8:15 o'clock, Masonic Temple. May 1 Breakfast of Brooklyn Heights Seminary Club. May 1 Presentation of "The Kleptomaniac," "Miss Civilization" and "Indian Summer," by: the ,1916 Dramatic Committee of the First Presbyterian Church, to benefit Summer Fresh Air Work at City Park Branch of Church on Concord Street; 8:15 o'clock, Central Y.M.C.A. May 1 Concert and entertainment to be given under the auspices of the Brooklyn Women's War Relief -8 5 o'clock, Bedford Library Auditorium, Franklin Avenue and Hancock Street. May 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Fri "Supply Committee Week" to benefit Brooklyn Red Cross; morning and afternoon, Headquarters, 26 Court Street.

May 1-6 Universal Celebration of Baby Week. May 2 Bridge to be given by Mrs. Leander Powell and Campbellt Mr. Alexander, 321 Washington. Avenue, April nineteenth.

Mr. Campbell was born January 8, 1841, in County Cavan, Ireland. His brought the family to this country when Alexander was twelve" 'years of age, and they settled on a farm in Connecticut. It was while working on his father's farm that Alexander Campbell learned the intricacies of the milk business, and when he came to Brooklyn, while still a young man, he immediately started the com- pany which bore his name, and of which he was president at the time of his death. He started the business in 1862, with a single route.

This spread and spread until at the present time the corporation is one of the largest distributors in the country, Mr. Campbell was an active member of the Brooklyn Civic Club, at one time a member of the Crescent Athletic Club, and he was also a member of the Clinton Avenue Congregational Church. He is survived by his second wife, Anna A. Campbell; two sons, Dr. William F.

Campbell and A. C. Campbell, both of Brooklyn; a daughter, Mrs. William M. Fisher; two grandchildren, Mrs.

A. D. Rockwood and Herbert B. King, and four brothers, John, James, Thomas and Charles Campbell. James and Thomas Campbell were associated with him in the Alexander Campbell Milk Company, Creamer Mrs.

Julia Clucas, 111 Montague Street, April eighteenth. Fleming Mrs. Adele, 471 Bedford Avenue, April eighteenth. Mrs. Fleming was the wife of Dr.

James Watt Fleming. She was born in Pugwask, Nova Scotia, on June 6, 1856, the daughter of Benjamin and Rachael Bigelow, and had lived' most of her lifetime in the Eastern District. She was a member of Chiropean. Gubbins Mrs. Marie Louise, 16 Eighth Avenue, April eighteenth.

Mrs. Gubbins was the widow of William Gubbins, who was a well-known builder of Brooklyn. Mrs. Gubbins was born in New York City and had lived most of her lifetime in Brooklyn. She was a member of St.

John's P. E. Church. Her parents were the late Michael and Clarissa Collins Moore. Her father was an officer in the United States Army.

Mrs. Gubbins is survived by a son, Percy a daughter, Miss Genevra a niece, Miss Claire Robertson, and three sisters. Hegeman Mr, Andrew Emmans, 7920 Eighteenth Avenue, April twenty-first. Hoffman Mr. William Henry, Barrington, R.I., April twenty-first Latimer Miss Caroline Parmelee, 19 Pierrepont Street, April nine-.

teenth. Ludlam Mrs. Eleanor Byrne, Asheville, N.C., April twenty-third. Mrs. Ludlam was the wife of Mr.

Malcolm Curtis Ludlam, who is a brother of Mrs. George J. Pearson of Manhattan and Cannon Station, and a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ludlam of Washington Avenue.

Switzer Mrs. Corinne Hotel Margaret, April twenty-second. Mrs. Switzer was the widow of Mr. George T.

Switzer. Mrs. Bedell Holmes Harned; 3 o'clock, 39 West Fifty-sixth Street, Manhattan. AH Souls May 2, 5 "Japanese 8:15 o'clc Church, Ocean and Ditmas Avenues. May 3 Annual Vaudeville by Packer Alumnae Association; 8:15 o'clock, Central Y.M.C.A.

zier Payne; May 4 Current Topic Talk by Mrs. Jessies 8:15 o'clock, Music Hall, Academy of Music. May 4 Bridge by Adelphi Chapter, School Settlement Asso-' ciation; 2:30 o'clock, Hotel St. George. i May 4 Grande Soiree of The Chaminade; 8:15 o'clock, The Pouch.

May 5, 6 "Peter Rabbit in Dreamland" under the auspices of the Brooklyn Lodge of the B.P.O. Elks; 2:15 and 8:15 Saturday; Academy of Music. May 6 (Sat). Annual White and Gold Breakfast of N. Y.

Mozart Society; Hotel Astor. May 6 Field Meeting at Grant City, S.I., to be conducted by Miss Elizabeth M. Tompkins. Meet at S.I. Ferry (N.Y.

side), at 1 p.m. May 6 Special presentation in moving pictures of Victor Hugo's "Les 2:30 and 8:15 o'clock Music Hall, Academy of Music. May 9 Reading of "Mary Magdaline" by Mrs. Mary Cat tell; o'clock, Central Presbyterian Church. May 10 "Vacation Association Frolic" dramatic entertainment and dance for the benefit of the War Relief Committee; 8:15 o'clock, Masonic Temple.

May 11 Card Party and informal reception of Epsilon Chapter of Kappa Phi Sorority; 2 o'clock, Hotel St. George. May 15 Afternoon Card Party for guests; Hotel St George. May 20 (SatJ. "The Misleading dramatic performance by Cathedral Club; 8:15 o'clock, Montauk Theater.

May 23 Grace Greenwood Card Party; Hotel St George. 26 Annual Garden Party, of Branch No, 1 of the Army Relief; Governors Island. Race Meets. May 6 (Sat). Second day's steeplechase meet of the Rockaway Hunt- ing Club; at Hewlett Bay Park.

May 13, 17 (Sat, Two days' meet of the United Hunts Racing Association at Belmont Park Terminal. June 1, 3 Piping Rock Racing Association Race Meet at Locust Valley. Births. Chase Mr. and Mrs.

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