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1. Lake Bluff Journal - Lake Bluff Journal - MARION COOK BEHEL MAKES HER DEBUT in La Boheme near Venice, Italy. Lake Bluff school headed the list of Illinois schools in banking, being the only one to have a record of 100 percent. This means that every pupil of the school made a deposit each Tuesday during the month. The eighth grade had a debate on Why Women Should Vote. The girls won the debate against the boys. Elaine Anselm was home Monday December 6, 1926. VILLAGE HAPPENINGS - work has started omni the local ice pond. Howard Monroe had his tonsils removed. Mrs. and Mrs. William Rees entertained at bridge last week. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Behl, Jr. are getting settled in their new home in the Ravine Forest Subdivision. Mr. and Mrs, William Fairclough were weekend guests of Dr. and Mrs. Elbert Dewey. The former intend to return to the village next spring after a long absence. Arthur Miller is suffering from an infection of the knee cap Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kloer have started to remodel their house on East Prospect Avenue CLAIM UNFAIR TACTICS IN APARTMENT BUILDING WAR - The village has been experiencing bitter fights among its residents, without the least cause for it, according to prominent business me and officials in the village. David Bjork was the first to propose an apartment building on the property at the corner of Oak Avenue and Center Avenue which was zoned for apartment buildings when the zoning ordinance was passed ... but since the propaganda against the apartment building was started, the commissioners is said to be hesitating, although there seems no way in which he can legally disapprove the request. SCRANTON TEA ROOM REDECORATED - The tea house is managed by Mrs. E. B. Clarke.

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2. Lake Forest News - Lake Forest News - $6,000 LAND GIFT GIVEN TO GRACE CHURCH. Mr. and Mrs, James Stiles, Jr. donated three lots facing Scranton Avenue each 50 feet wide and 150 feet deep and adjoins the property on which the church building now stands. Mrs. Joseph Bubb of 150 East North Avenue held a luncheon for the Womans Association of Grace church.

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3. Lake Forest News - Lake Forest News - ARDEN SHORE YOUTHS ENJOY BOWLING PARTY - lists member of the Lake Forest Arden Shore committee. Mrs. Howard Bushee of 235 East Prospect Avenue, Mrs. Harmon Woodworth of 126 Ravine Forest Drive, Mrs, Eugene Binder of 315 East Woodland Road, Mrs. H. Beyer of 515 East Scranton Avenue, Mrs. Walter Hall of 503 Simpson Avenue, Mrs. R. Munkers of 121 East Witchwood Lane, and Mrs. Frank Link of 622 Ravine Avenue all held a party for the Parent Teacher Association. Mrs. Link later gave a review of the life of Frances Willard.

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4. Lake Forest News - Lake Forest News BENEFIT MUSICAL FOR LAKE BLUFF ORPHANAGE Kiwanis benefit for the Lake Bluff Children's Home at the Deerpath Theatre with the Swift & Company male chorus and Claire Dux as the attractions Deerfield-Shields High School INSTITUTE AUXILIARY TO LAKE BLUFF LEGION; MRS. BOWEN PRESIDENT. The officers are as follows: Mrs. Archie Bowen, Mrs. Eugene Spaid, Mrs. Charles Riser, Mrs. H. Klock, Mrs. C. F. McConnell, Mrs. Thomas Touchlis, Mrs. Homer Kastrup

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5. Lake Forest News - Lake Forest News - PURCHASE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. The land was purchased from Mrs. Fred Hayner and will be used for future growth of the Lake Forest high school system. The property is located on Sheridan Road near Spruce Avenue

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6. The Lake Forester - The Lake Forester - In a section called WAY BACK WHEN FORTY YEARS AGO : 1899 At a meeting of the Lake Bluff village board Tuesday evening, bids were opened for the construction of 1,000 feet of Sheridan Drive through the Close [Cloes] property. The contract was awarded to William Hoffman for $425. Work will begin at once and another section of the great highway which is to connect Chicago and Milwaukee will be completed within a couple of months. William Henderson was awarded the contract for the construction of Sheridan Road through the Ferry property. Mr. Ballard of Libertyville has the contract for building the bridge over the ravine. Elizabeth Bibb / Bubb is taking part in the Ferry Hall Pageant. Henry Weber of Lake Bluff, WGN Mutual musical director and newly appointed director of the Chicago City Opera, is the first American to hold this post with the opera. Mrs. Walter Barnes, 420 Sunrise Avenue, hosted a meeting for Lake Bluff Infant Welfare. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bieger will move from their home on Moffett Road to 206 East Sheridan Place, the house recently vacated by the Chloral Bennet family. Edith Miller Redmond, daughter of Mrs. Mae Miller of Lake Bluff and William Waters, brother of Mrs. Warren Miller, were married in Iowa. They will be at home at 320 East North Avenue.

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