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J. Higgins, Commissioner of Parks; Chancellor Elmer E. Brown, 

 of New York University; R. E. Simon, President of the Bronx 

 Industrial Bureau; E. B. Boynton, President of the American 

 Realty Company; Hon. James L. Wells, who was elected Presi- 

 dent of the Society; Chancellor Brown became its Vice President; 

 Hon. Joseph A. Goulden was made Chairman of the Executive 

 Committee, and Charles F. Minor, manager of The Bronx branch 



Bathgate Homestead 



of the Knickerbocker Trust Company, became Treasurer, while 

 W. R. Messenger was elected secretary. Other members of the 

 Executive Committee were J. J. Amory, E. B. Boynton, Prof. Irvin 

 Chaffee, William S. Germain, Rev. Thomas F. Gregg, Rev. W. H. 

 Kephart, Hon. F. D. Wilsey, R. E. Simon, W. R. Messenger, and 

 Olin J. Stephens. To this committee have since been added Charles 

 Hilton Brown and Mrs. Miller, of Mount Hope. 



