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Ruth Cummings was the bookkeeper for the downtown Mullane’s Parkside Cafe before and during David Tape’s tenure as proprietor there. A decades-long resident of Oakley, Ruth had a kind heart, a quick smile, an eclectic collection of bulldog knick knacks, and a sharp eye for numbers. After her death in 2007, she bequeathed Tape the money that would become part of the initial funding for her namesake business-Ruth’s Parkside Cafe, now located in the American Can Building in Northside.