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WILMETTE L~FE June 18, 1926 Mrs. Helen Gage of 1134 Elmwood avenue who is the guest of her son and da~ghter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Gage of Ithaca, N. Y., recently celebrated her eighty-first birthday. She also had with her on that occasion, her· son John Gage, of Vvilmette, and her son' and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. ~V. Gage, of Clearwater, Fla. -0- North Shore Men Attend Sessions on Road Widening Fountain Square Evanston Phone University 1024 H. H. Sherer, New Trier Township Highway commissioner, and Robert Kingery of \Vinnetka; secretary of the Chicago Regional Plan commission, were north shore men who attended a recent Cook countv road conference called hy Anton J . Cermak, president of the Cook county board of commissioners. Important at this conference was the authorization of the appointment of a to act with the Chicago I subcommittee Regional Plan commission in working out a surny of highways that need widening and to report back to the \Videning committee of the County hoard at that body's next session. It "·as announced at the meeting that the Chicago Association of Co~ merce is preparing a demand for a countv bond issue to finance the widening ;f existing roads and other important contemplated highways. The conference urged President Cermak not to veto the 20-foot higbwa\· plan which is under contract by the. county at the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer D. Becker and their family, 519 Linden avenue, are leaving next week to occupy the cottage they have taken on the grounds of the Crvstal Lake Country club. They will remain at Crvstal Lake until August 15, when the)· will join a party ~f friei1ds and go to Grand Island, Muntsing, Mich., where they will stay until the opening of school. -0- . '. Littlc Ruth ~fatthews, daughter of Mr. and ~f rs. Fauntlcro\' ~latthe\YS, 931 Oak\Yood aYenue, entertained four- Book Suggestions THE MELTING-POT MISTAKE By Henry Pratt Fairchild Little, Bro-z.cm .............. $2.50 THE VERDICT OF BRIDLE GOOSE By Llewelyn Powys teen of her little friends at her home Tuesda\· aftenioon in celebrati on of her fifth bfrthday. -o-o- ? . ] ohn M acLcan, Jr., 02-l C.rrl'll\\'ood ~frs .. c. H. ~lemm, ~~0 Park a':~nue. avenue, motored home from Yale uni entcrtamed thirteen fra~ ncl s at a Blur r · lcl ll 'IS J .O l.llC'(I hi .~ famih· 'It t ' .c.r s·'t 1 ' · .11 , . · · I.unc Ileon, , ca.nl an<1 . 1 mnco pa:· y th e ~·facLcan summer home in \\'isTuec;daY of th1s week 111 celebratiOn · · C011Sll1. of her btrthday. _ _ ! . · 'l'hc Men's \Vhist club met Monday evening, for the last time this season, at the home of Claude E. Fitch, 1033 Elnl\\·ood avenue. The men ha\'ing high score for the entire season were Arthur Taylor and E . P. Fatch. 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