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October 26, 1928 WIL 'ME TTE · t:IFB LESUE FREEMAN GATES New Trier High School Loses ·-----------------------------~ Valued Board Member in PasWilmette Leader sing DIES OF HEART AnACI 1 of I Commander Leslie Freeman Gates, 723 Eighth street, Wilmette, member of the New Trier High school board and former president of the Chicago Board of Trade, died of heart attack la·.:;t Thursday night at the Battle Creek, Mich., sanitarium, where he had gone following an attack of acute indigestion at French Lick Spring-s, Ind., the previous Sunday. Mr. Gate.:; was fiftyfive years old and had lived in \Vilmette for almost twenty years. For the last nine y~ars Mr. Gates had been active on the New Trier High school board, and had served as president of the l!oard for a part of that time. Hi·.:; membership on the Cnicago Board of Trade dated from 1906. In 1911 he was made a director. He was first elected head of the Board of Trade in 1919 and was re-elected the following yf>ar. Mr. Gates also served one term ac; trustee of the Wilmette Village board several years ago. Leader in Grain Exchange Mr. Gate.:; was born in Canton, Pa., was g-raduated from Lafayette college, of which he was a life trustee, and entered the grain commission business in 1906 as a member of the firm of Lamson Bros. and company. He wa·3 a partner in this firm until his death, and was one of the foremost members of the legislative committee of the National Grain 'exchange, national organization of · which every grain exchange is a member. In addition ·to his activities in the grain bu.:;iness, Mr. Gates was president of the Laurel Book company of Chicago and Laurel, .Ind., and a former western manager for the Appleton company, book publishers. Mr. Gates' kindliness, friendline:;s, and interest in young people and their education were among his most notable characteristics. His charities and philanthropie.:; were conducted so quietly that only a few of his most intimate friends knew of their extent. Active in Civic Affairs As first vice-president of the Citizens' Association of Chicago, Mr. Gates wa·.:; an active and valuable member of that ·organization, which is the oldest civic reform a3sociation in Chicago. He had served on the board of the Citizens' association for the last eight years, and had been acting pre3ident during the absence of the president last summer. Mr. Gates was a member of the North Shore Golf club, the UniCfl League club, the Art Institute, the Commonwealth club, and the Delta Upsilon fraternity. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Josephine Lamson Gate.:;; a daughter, ·Helen Gates, who is attending Swarthmore ·college; his mother, Mrs. Stephen Pratt Gates, of Canton, Pa.: a sister, Mrs . .Sarah Gates Crockett, of State college, Pa., and a brother, Harry C. Gate.:;, of Canton. Honored by Trade Board Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock at the First Congregational church of Wilmette by Dr. Howard A. Johnston of Milwaukee, a friend of the Gate.:; family, and the Rev. Vere V. Loper, pastor of the church. Representatives of the Board of Trade, the Union League club, and other organizations of which Mr. Gates was a member attended the ·.:;ervices. The Board of Trade closed early last Saturday and a memorial service for Mr. Gates was held on the floor of the exchange at 11 :30 o'clock. ' After cremation at Graceland cemetery on Monday, the family left Tues- ·And NowMichael Kloepfer was recently elected commander of the P. ]. Huerter Post No. 669 of the American Legion. Attached to the 33rd Division, Mr. Kloepfer saw active duty in various great offensives of the World war including battles at the St. Mihiel and Verdun fronts. New officers of Peter ]. 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