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day -ot this week. The new offices arc More sp)acious than those formerly Occupied bv the Chambher. Instead of one room for both the Chamber of- fices and those of the Wilmette Credit Men's association, there are tlhree rooms.' one occupied by- B. T. ýClark, secretary of the Chamber, an- other used for the Credit associationi office, andl a third which is to be equipped as a general reading room for "Minette business men. This third room alàso wil l)e used for -meet- ings of the directors of the Chaniber, of Commerce and of thei Credit asso- ciation. The p)hone ,nmbers for lyth oranzationsremiain the samne in the new location, that of the 'Chamber of 'Commerce being Xilmette 63 and the Credit association Wilmcette 863. MRS. NELLIE KIRK DIES Mrs.. 'Nellie> Kirk, sister of tý. R. \.Vebber, frmeriy-of Xilmette, and now of'Pasadena, Calif., dicd at 'Mr. - Wbbes'bomne Sunday night. The Webblers, mioved from Wý\ilmiette to California about eiglht years ago. Mrs. Kirk had made lier home with' thexù beot1i1 here and ini Californiia. She also formerly lived at ..\Vaukeý- kali. 'rhe fuîeral services were to heë lheld at Pa.sadena. Families of Veêterans. Helped b;y.Poppy Day (Contrjbuted) M iurethýan 25.(«00e,na ies w iii be on the scroll of AîuerîLa's dead duiell(lCrs wc the countrv pauses on ieniorial Dav this year to lîoîor the mlen -whlo gave their lives ini its service. Duri'ng the 1past vcar vçterais *Of the XVorld ivar hav'e beeft dvil' at the, ratel *of scvient -a cd:ýv-5,00 since last* MIemorial Day, This heavy death rate amiong tic ivorl(1 war veterans places a stea(1- d'iv increasing bu rden on the Amner-ý ican Légion, and Auxiliary. Almosf everv veteran who dies niow leaves, a îdw n children, and.:unless proof' can bh estal)lished that the, death reslted frm war setrvice; po governmieft comipensation i5 available for the faniily. -The Leg-ionl and Auxiliary must step) ilu with emiergency aid until othier aid can bce foulid, and the fainilv * placed on a self-supporting basis. erans - îîîness and uelp tui-" utmain- tain their homes unitil the vet- erans cau lie restored to earning: power. -The mnonev to finance this work, comées largelv f rom the little red memnorial poiooy which our auxil-, iarv unit will sel1 on the streets - '?.If everyone could 'understand the need, there., would lie "" e!;.o'îq in the city without a poppy on Poppy Day. Ph1oto bY Ca r1os Mrs.JonMvr Titi le is the fo)rimer Phyllis Fox, ahose mur- rnagfe t(ok place T1hursday of lasi zveek ut th.e homie -of the brlde's paeents,- Mr. and.l/rs. Porter G. 'Foô.r'of Kenciiluorth. jl'r. Tile, the son. of the Revf..I)r. and 1frs. Er- lîest Freinan l' il fe .of Ev'anstoii. aond bis bride, have rctùrnced -front their zveddn'ig trip, and are siavîig. lit the home rof Itle la!ter's parenlts z,,hile'the.i, are jiiirpe.Duning tlle. sîimer .1r. anàd Mrs. Title expeet to inake an ertteiided triP. throinglz the zest. Officers of Skipper Club Are Announced New offi cers have been elected for the. Skipper club, wv'hich ýconsists of north .shore girls from,. Vilrntte, Evanston,.Winnetka. and Kenilworth. Mis S Gertrude Bermiinghiam. of Xil- m1ette;1 the',club's, former vice-presi- dent. was 1 eted president. Miss ,Amy Crumnlish and Miss Agnes Ma'- guire, both of Wilmette, were elected first and second vice president, re- The p)rinicipal event of the iweekend was the pageant and-i the crownînig of the M-%av queenl. Among those who tookpart were 'Miss .Harriet MNois who was chosen as oiue of the si x W~omen atendants to the queenl. Màiss Ann rh itmack, librariani of the Wilmette Public lihrary, bas moved to 1400 Washington avenue. churcli otffciating. iSurtal wîil De at Rosehiili cemetery. Mr. Eckhart, who was president of the B3. A. Eckhart Milling company, died Mondàay night at hiis homne, 1530 Lake.Shore drive, Chicago, at the age of 79. years.. lis death, due to heart disease, came* after mniy months' of illness. ýFor sixty years M\r. Eckhart wvas onie of Chicago's Ieading business and civie. leaders. Hetvas.,one of the organizers* of the Eckhart'and Swan Milling com-, P any, and of the milling com pany bear- ing his name. He -was. the first presi- denit..of the Millers National federa- tion, organized lu, 1902. From 1898 to 1899 lie was* a director ofi the Chicago Board. of Trade. I In' public, hf e Mr. Eckhart's -career included tcrms as memtrber ..of, the Illi- nois senjate in, 1887 and, 1889, trustee and later -président of theboard of the Chii- cago Sanitary district, and president of the west Park board ini Chicago. During t1ie'- ord à Mr. Eckhart wvas chairman of thé ll-nois and Wis- coisi milling division of the govern- ment's f ood administration and a menh- ber of the citizenîs' War b)oard of Chicago. .Besides the son in, Kenilworth he is survived by bis widow, Mrs. Kate Join ston Eckhart, aniother son, Carlos K. Eckhart of Chicago, and two daugli- ters, Mrs. RE Reginald Williams of Milwaukee and Mrs.- P. W. Brophy, Jr.', of Chicago. I Violinist ' aay evening 0f fins week aIC the 'Evanston Woman's clugb by the school- of music. Miss Biesemneier, zvho is a gradutater of Nezu Trier High school. u411 receive lier de- gree i .»nmusic front Northwesterne th*i lune. She -was recentl, lce to Pi Kappa Lambda, honorarýy musical sororttyi lie was Y.) vears VU., Since the death of bis wife eight years ago, Mr. -Rice had been living with bhis soiin Chicago. He, had been a residenit of Illinois for eighty-seven -ears. Born ini Vermont, Mr. Rice came throughi Chicago with.bis parents ini a prairie' schooner when .he was eight vears old. is. parents1 settled at Aurora. -Later lie lived for many, vears at. Lockport, bis wife's former home. 'Mr. Rice was well known, for b is exce ptional memory. He could re-, caîl the. namnes. of ail of the United States. presidents in. bis span of life, thé vears.in which they served, and interesting incidents in.ii teir ad- ministrations. Relatives andfrienids- liked. to hear him tell of the Chicago fire and' numnerous other historie' in- cidents, as well as of humorous anec- dotes in bis own if e.' ,During the Civil. war Mr. Rice served Nwith the North in the quarter- m-aster's- departme-nt. He had been in various business enterprises, but for the Ias.t twenty-five years , had been retired. Mr. Rice is, survived by three sons, Fred L. of Evanstoni, Albert J. of C:hicago, 'with whom., he lived, and Walter M. of Chicago. The funeral services were held last Friday at a 'funeral chapel at 6959 N. Clark street, Chicago. Burial took, place at Lockport, - Il., where Mr. Rice's wif e also is buried. Chi(dren to HoId Party *4 Shzawnee A childreti's party is sclieduled for this Saturday afternooin, May 16, at "Shawnee Country club. The chil- dren, very young and older,. of club r members, will bec given something. verv special. It wliliebcthe children's;.own _d ay for entertainitig. The club, invites thé childreui thus: "Come inyour costume or not, come, to sec the show,, or corne and bc an actor.; If you:-can, sîng a song,, recite sonîethinig,ý dance, play the. piano or other instrument, boys put on. a prîze figlit or acrobatics-- anything you cati do alone or with a çroup that vou gettogether yourself is a school teacher at Menasha, Wis., one son, Edwarcf of Wilmette, -and several brothers and sisters. The funeral services will be held tomorrow (Friday), morning at 10 o'clock at St. Francis.Xavie r churcli. Burial will be at. Ail Saints cçmetery.