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03 Jun 1941

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Athens Messenger

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Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1941

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Bond Issue for Nelsonville Water System Costs Rise

Nelsonville's water works upgrade faces a final sponsor cost rise of about seven thousand dollars beyond the original sixty thousand, with plan changes and additional land purchases pushing the total. The public works committee says the city share will total sixty seven thousand, and new burning regulations will be submitted as an ordinance.

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Nelsonville Public Works Committee William Anderson John Barrows Arthur Kennedy Robert Eddy Judiciary Committee Hary H. Mettler Nelson, Huddy W. H. Glenn
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Lightning Strikes Simonton Home Near Albany Cause Heavy Damage

Relatives report a storm Saturday night struck the country home of Mr and Mrs Williard Simonton near Albany. The house and barn suffered considerable damage. The loss is partly insured. Mrs Simonton and her daughters, alone in the house, were stunned by the bolt.

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Nelsonville Williard Simonton Albany
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East End sewer extension urged and outdoor recreation commission formed

City officials urged immediate steps to extend Harper Run sewer work in East End, noting valueless progress without extension. A city recreational commission, to be appointed by the mayor, was authorized to run outdoor centers and parks with five members, including two educators and one council member, serving five year terms without pay. The council authorized offering $4,500 in poor relief bonds to the State Teachers Retirement Board. Huddy was excused. May fines totaling $163.20 were accepted.

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Harper Run East End W. Ross City Board of Education State Teachers Retirement Board Frank Huddy
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Scout Dinner Attended by Many Persons

Nelsonville Scouts Troop 66 and Knights of Pythias hosted an appreciation dinner with over 70 attendees. Present were Field Executive Joe Stratton, District Commissioner Arch Knowlton, Commissioner J. Robi. Smith, Ray Tomlinson, Rev. Charlie Freer, and many others. Scoutmaster W. D. Mender to report for military service June 9. a former staff member will direct troop activities in his absence. Troop 66 meets at West School at 7 30 tonight. two Tenderfoot candidates to be invested.

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Nelsonville Troop 66 Knights of Pythias Joe Stratton Stratton Arch Knowlton Knowlton J. Robi. Smith Ray Tomlinson Charlie Freer The Church of Christ James Newman John Monks Raymond Patton G. W. Pearce Tomlinson Robert Smith S. M. Mender Thomas Lax W. D. Mender Mender West School
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Divide Bill With Glouster Divide Bill With Glouster

Nelsonville Juniors lost by 307 pins while Nelsonville mixed team won by 300 pins in two local matches with Glouster. Nelsonville holds a 2 to 1 edge and a return match in Glouster is set for next Monday.

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Nelsonville Glouster G. Wolf D. Shearer N. Ward K. Cope W. Johnston M. Johnston Gence Ead B. Gormley
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Kelly funeral Held Monday In Nelsonville

Neighbors and friends gathered Monday afternoon at 3 for the funeral of Harry Kelly, Sr., at 48 East Franklin Street. Rev J L Evans of the First Presbyterian Church conducted the service. Elks officers held a ritualistic service with Oral Daugherty delivering the eulogy. Spanish War Veterans provided grave services at Greenlawn, and Glenford Dugan Post members acted as firing squad.

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Nelsonville Harry Kelly E. Franklin St Crook Coal Company Kelly J. L. Evans First Presbyterian Church the Elks Daugherty Greenlawn Glenford Dugan Post
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Nelsonville Social Notes Tea for high school graduates

Nelsonville Business and Professional Women hosted a Sunday tea for twenty two high school graduating girls. Musical performances included Corwin Cookson, a quartet from Buchtel High, and Verna Sayre. Mrs Irene Lovenshimer and Wanda De Vol were singled as brides to be in dedication remarks.

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Nelsonville Margaret Johnson Corwin Cookson Charles E. Poston Phillip Weller Ralph Parks Helen Largent Mr. Poston Daniel MacDowell Alice George Buchtel High School Vivian Murphy Mary Margert Wright Alice Thompson Eula Ward Pauline Heft Mendelssohn Moonlight Isle Tschaikowsky Verna Sayre Buchtel Nelson Dowler Irene Lovenshimer Wanda de Vol Blanche Moorehead Ruth Matthewson Ella Burnelle Margaret Haffner Erma Wilson Pauline Fierce Helen Chappie Adrian Weaver Mary Katherine Sharp Marcia McKiddie Polly Johnson Dorothy Schmitter Velma Gill Betty Glenn Dorothy Bateman Betty Parry Anna Hunter Mildred*Mallon Katherine Barron Frieda White Jean Hawkins Jeanne Allen Alice Dusky Martha Cooley Ruth Raine Eilene Dewhurst Wanda DeVol
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Ladies Auxiliary Meeting Tonight at American Legion Building

The Ladies Auxiliary will meet this evening at 7 30 at the American Legion Building. This will be the last meeting of the organization until fall.

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Ladies Auxiliary American Legion
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Gilkersons announce birth of daughter in Columbus

Mr and Mrs Ralph Gilkerson and Helen Ogg announce the birth of a daughter Sunday June 1 at Mt Carmel Hospital in Columbus.

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Ralph Gilkerson Helen Ogg Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus
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Community Guests Share Decora tion Day and Holiday Visits

Mrs. Frank Knox returns from Yellow Springs where she stayed with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Robert Baldwin and family. John Longley and daughter Sharron of Ashland visited Sam Longley. Mrs Fred Wilds of Akron visits friends in Nelsonville. Various families from Logan Columbus Murray City Akron Pittsburgh and Newark hosted and visited over the holiday period, with multiple Sunday and weekend gatherings at Decora tion Day and others.

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Frank Knox Yellow Springs Robert Baldwin John Longley Sharron Ashland Sam Longley Fred Wilds Akron Nelsonville Thomas Davis, Jr Logan Mable Moore Paul Columbus Raymond Spurgen Earl Moore S. S. Steenrod Cunningham Pittsburgh C. C. Wallace Moline Ill Joe Barrows Frances Bennett
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Glouster Ladies Democrat Club Postponed Meeting

The GLOUSTER Ladies Democrat Club meeting set for Friday evening at Mrs. Bertha Carpenter’s home has been postponed to Friday June 20 as announced by Mrs. Rawlins of Jacksonville.

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Glouster Ladies Democrat Club Bertha Carpenter Rawlins Jacksonville
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Corning Alumni Meet Officers Reelected at Corning High

At the Corning High School alumni meeting the officers were reelected: President Robert Spence vice president Lu Brown secretary treasurer Margaret Schlinger man assistant secretary treasurer Alice Mae Wilson. The dinner and Hawaiian style decorations accompanied talks by notable alumni and a report that 795 graduates have passed through Corning High School with 63 dead.

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Ohio State University F. A. Cady Bertha Levion M. R. Brown Fred Roof Harry Park Blanche Bill Kessler Hotel Lancaster Orchestra
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Legion services mark Millertown Cemetery graves

A large crowd gathered Friday morning as American Legion members led services at war veterans' graves in Millertown Cemetery. The high school band wore bright green and white uniforms, performed a brief street concert, then joined the ceremony at the cemetery.

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Millertown American Legion
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GO TO LAKE FOR WEEK VACATION WITH SENIOR CLASS

Members of the senior class accompanied by Mr and Mrs F A Cady and other faculty members left Monday morning for a week long vacation at Buckeye Lake.

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Lake F. A. Cady Buckeye Lake
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Funeral Services Held for Gertrude Eickel at 85

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon from the late home for Gertrude Eickel 85 who died Wednesday night Rev FE C Hardin officiated and burial followed in Millertown Cemetery She was born in Germany and came to the United States and Corning 60 years ago Her husband John preceded her in death 23 years ago Surviving are one son Henry Eickel two foster sons Fred and John Theisen nine grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild four foster grandchildren

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Gertrude Eickel FE. C. Hardin Millertown Eickel Germany United States Corning John Henry Eickel Fred John Theisen
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Miss Ruby Levering keynote at Otterbein Guild service

Miss Ruby Levering of Crooksville was named executive field secretary for the Otterbein Guild Association of U B Churches in this district and spoke Sunday night at the United Brethren Church. Rev A C Shonkwiler and wife Doris are on a short Ports mouth vacation. The Women’s Missionary Society plans a Tuesday meeting at Mrs Mary Brown’s home and a Wednesday children’s program practice at three. John A McNallys return from Hattiesburg Miss after visiting their son.

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Ruby Levering Crooksville Otterbein Guild Association U. B United Brethren Church A. C. Shonkwiler Doris Portsmouth Women's Missionary Society Mary Brown
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Sherwood Rebekah Lodge Practices Also Attended by Officers

Mrs Lena Fenneken chief of the degree staff asks all officers to attend practice Wednesday afternoon at 1 30 o'clock.

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Lena Fenneken Sherwood Rebekah Lodge
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Burial for Grace Ann Russell in Oakfield Cemetery

Grace Ann Russell the stillborn daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Russell of Moxahala was buried in Oakfield Cemetery on Saturday afternoon after an birth on Friday.

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Oakfield Cemetery Grace Ann Russell Charles, Russell Moxahala
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Memorial Day Guests Across Several Towns

Mr and Mrs Alex Kelso and others from Ports mouth and nearby towns visited Mrs Rose Kelso over Memorial Day. Grace Morrison returned with them. Rein Ross George Clark of Piqua visited Mr and Mrs Charles and Isaac Morgan. John Hardy Sr and Jr with two daughters from Columbus stayed with George Fennek en Friday. Dozens of relatives and friends from Cleveland Mt Vernon Nel sonville Hemlock Shawnee Glouster and Albion Mich gathered at Nellie Morgan and Herman Forsbach homes and with the Marshalls of Columbus.

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Alex Kelso Henry Kelso Portsmouth Rose Kelso Grace Morrison Rein Ross George Clark Piqua Charles Morgan Isaac Morgan John Hardy John Hardy, Jr Columbus George Fenneken Charles Schlingerman Margaret Moore Harvey Howard John Murray Cleveland Mary Meade Mt. Vernon S. W. Ross Gertrude Allen Leora Nelsonville Lance Hodgson Hemlock John Stoyle Shawnee Alfred Jonas Billy Marion Dayton Laura Kelly Woodrow Glouster Nellie Morgan Don Miskell Albion Mich Maris Miskell Herman Forsbach Louise Marshall George Marshall, Jr Ben Matthis
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Chauncey District Social and Personal

Recent Chauncey guests include Mrs. Nina Johnson Trimble and Rev. Frank Donaldson Athens with Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Wallace Mo line Ill and Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Welling Columbus. Memorial Day visitors include Mrs. Lucille Jackson Butterworth Columbus and daughter Barbara. Others visiting or hosting in Chauncey include Eunice Mae Watkins Columbus, G W Shafer Athens, Nelle Belle Cannon and Glenn Cannon Columbus, Ores Swartz Myrtle and Melvin Moore Lower Plains, George Campbell Youngstown, Della Shaw New Marshfield Road, George Gabriel Jr Lower Plains, Walter Gabriel CCC camp Nelsonville, and Frances Gabriel with Clifford Gabriel. 5-27-41 30tw

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Chauncey Gilbert Courtney High St Nina Johnson Trimble Frank Donaldson Athens Clinton Wallace Moline Ill Samuel Welling Columbus Lucille Jackson Butterworth Barbara S. D. Jackson Irene Jackson Lexington Ave Eunice Mae Watkins Lower Plains Stewart George Campbell Youngstown Della Shaw New Marshfield Road George Gabriel Walter Gabriel CCC Nelsonville Frances Gabriel Clifford Gabriel Lower
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Glouster Teachers Get Back Pay From Treasury

Glouster public school teachers received two months' pay on Monday after a $6,812.57 check arrived with Superintendent T. W. Figley on Saturday. The amount covers January and February, with three months' salary still due. They may get another month this summer and plan to return in September with two months' pay for the year pending.

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Glouster T. W. Figley
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Fred Johnson to Address Nelsonville Alumni Banquet

Fred Johnson of Nelsonville and Zanesville will speak at the Nelsonville High School Alumni Association reunion and banquet on Friday evening June 6 at 6 30 at the Church of Christ. Paul Betts is toastmaster. Johnson, born in Nelsonville, is an Ohio University graduate and former district Rotary International governor now in the insurance business in Zanesville. Tickets from committee members or Peoples Bank.

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Nelsonville Fred Johnson Zanesville George E. Johnson Nelsonville High School Athens Rotary International Republican State Central Committee Tri Psi Sorority Janet Cope Elks Club Bill Kessler Lancaster Peoples Bank
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Hughes Will Retire July 1

Former chief justice Earl Warren? Actually William Hughes retires July 1 after a long public service career. He served as New York governor and attorney general before becoming associate justice and later chief justice. He backed disarmament at Washington conference and led notable opinions on the National Labor Relations Act and the NRA.

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Hughes New York Taft Supreme Court Republican Party United States Woodrow Wilson Harding Coolidge Washington William Howard Taft NRA
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Marriage Announced at Sugar Grove Chauncey

Mr and Mrs Charles Clarey announce the marriage of their daughter Ruth to Mr Donald Matheny son of Mr and Mrs William Matheny of Sugar Grove The ceremony was performed by Rev Glazier at 9 o clock May 30 in the St Matthews Lutheran parsonage Sugar Grove The couple will reside in Dayton Ohio where Matheny is employed by the Ohio Bell Telephone Co

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Chauncey Charles Clarey Ruth Donald Matheny William Matheny Sugar Grove Glazier St. Matthews Lutheran Church Herbert Dupler Elmer Showalter Floodwood Thomas McCrady Joe Bailey Ruth Kisor Athens Matheny Dayton Ohio Bell Telephone Co
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Bank of Athens appointed Executor of Mary Baird estate

The Bank of Athens, N.B.A., of Athens Ohio, has been duly appointed Executor of the Estate of Mary Baird, deceased, late of Athens County. Creditors must file claims with the fiduciary within four months or be barred. Dated May 26, 1941, Francis D. White, Probate Judge.

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Bank of Athens, N.B.A Athens Ohio Mary Baird Athens County Francis D. White Said
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Insurance Man To Enter Army Service

Glouster R Benedum of the Western and Southern Insurance Company has been called to service in the United States Army and will report in Athens Saturday morning. A Kiwanis Club and IOOF member active in local affairs, he has lived in Glouster three years and resided with Ben Swartz on Cherry Street. Retail Clerks Union to meet Wednesday at 7 30 PM in IOOF Hall. part time clerks urged to join.

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Glouster R. K. Benedum Lower Plains Western & Southern Insurance Company United States Army Athens Benedum Kiwanis Club F. Lodge Ben Swartz Cherry St Glouster — Retail Clerks Union F. Hall
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No Meeting This Week for Catholic Action Guild

The Catholic Action Guild will not hold a meeting this week. The postponed date will be announced later.

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Glouster Catholic Action Guild
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Band To Rehearse At School Tonight

Glouster High School Band will rehearse tonight from 7 to 9 in the high school auditorium under the direction of Raymond Connett of Athens. After rehearsal, Band Boosters officers will serve ice cream and cake to members present. This event is not open to the public.

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Glouster Raymond Connett Athens
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Glouster Trimble GOP Club to Meet Wednesday Report

The Glouster Trimble Township Republican Club will meet in the Glouster Bank Building on Wednesday June 4 at 7 30 to hear the committee report and invites candidates to be present.

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Glouster Trimble Township Republican Club Glouster Bank
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Hollister Church Loyal Workers Plan Trip Meeting

Members of the Loyal Workers class at Hollister U. B. Church will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p m at the church to plan a trip within the next three weeks.

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Hollister Glouster HollIster U. B
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Trimble Revival Tent Meet at Depot Square

A revival tent meeting will be held at Trimble on the Depot Square from June 8 to June 22 at 7 45 o'clock. Reverend Lundy Hill from Laurelville is the evangelist.

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Trimble Depot Square Lundy Hill Laurelville
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Glouster Social Notes Highlights Local Visitors and Meetings

Out of town attendees for Joseph Grant Kelley’s funeral are listed, including Lucille Hiff Inez Henry and many Kelleys. Community notices show Past Noble Grands Club and Loyal Daughters Class planning Thursday meetings, plus various local visits and guests from Athens Nelsonville Kingston Detroit and Columbus.

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Week end Guests and Visitations From Local Families

Week end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Carter included Dan and Sharon Carter Akron and Joe Carter with children, Lee and Bob Carter Detroit, and Miss Mary Alice Murphy Columbus. Travel to Dunbar West Virginia to visit Joe Carter’s parents. Numerous extended visits involve Pride and Murphy families, Kinney and Gibson households, Zukowski relatives from Greens Run to Wallingford Conn and Jacksonville Florida, with returns to school and Decoration Day gatherings across Columbus Greenfield Athens Hartleyville and Newark.

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George Carter Main St Dan Carter Akron Joe Carter Sharon Tommy Lee Bob Carter Detroit Mich Mary Alice Murphy Columbus Dunbar W. Va Joe Carney C. A. Pride Virginia Greenfield Sanford Nagle Ronnie Sophia Nagle Lesla Danford H. E. Kinney Martha Lou John Athens Thomas Gibson Walter Zukowski Greens ‘Run Adella Zukowski Wallingford Sullivan Maxwell Hartleyville Joseph West, Jr Decoration Day Henry Kaiser Dayton Arthur Quinn Lathrop Fred West James
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Hollister Alumni Banquet Hosts Cleveland Guests

Mr and Mrs Charles Fade of Hollister hosted a Cleveland party for the Hollister Alumni banquet with a special table for the Cleveland crowd. Also at the table were Kathryn Hardy Edna and Virginia Andrews from Glouster with many Fade family members listed as attendees.

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Charles Fade Hollister Cleveland Margaret Fade Barbara Kresho Mary Fade Howard Carbeck Helen Fade Andy Bendula Elmer Kovach Bob Schultz Donald Toker Paul Pavelinski Margaret Liskey Mike Kathryn Hardy Edna Virginia Andrews Glouster
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