Meigs County selects 146 men for Columbus army tests today
The Meigs County Selective Service Board notified 146 men to report for army physicals in Columbus, with accepted recruits set to begin service after a standard two week furlough. Names span Pom eroy Racine Albany and multiple townships, including Freeman, Cozart, Lunsford, Hutton, Gibson, Hoffman, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Meigs County Board
Columbus
Pomeroy
Meigs County Selective Service Board
Homer Raymond Freeman
Stanley Garford Cozart
Racine R.D
Olden Archiband Thaxton
Pearl William Lunsford
Chester
Walter Albert Becker
Portland
Hurley Carrel Hutton
Rutland R.D
James Franklin Gibson
Harrisonville
Perry Franklin Hoffman
Middleport
Leo Gilbert Martin
Harding
Ben Joshua Spencer
Racine
Forrest Clayton Neigler
Homer Edred Morris
Jesse Ray Barker
Henson Daniel Cleland
Raymond Adair Pullins, Jr
Pomeroy R.D
Kenneth Raymond Matlack
Alfred
Earl Webster
Brickles
Pratts Fork
Charles Heaton Googlein
Leslie Leroy Green
Harrisonville R.D
Roy William Mayer
Albert Grant Barber
Long Bottom R.D
Ernest Polk
Portland R.D
James Austin Amberger
Minersville R.D
Dudley Lee Sale
Wilbur McElroy
William Roscoe Arnott
Charles Edward Gibbs
Syracuse
George William Cheatam
Rutland
Isaac Mahon
Irving Max Smith
Morris Paul Neutzling
Charles Isaac Blake
Leo Edward Jackson
James Boring Hawk
John W. Bable
Carpenter
Fred Elmer Hysell
William Edgar Hartung
Clifford Oras Beaver
Robert Louis Darst
Delbert Arnold Metheney
Ewington
Clifford Foster Cunningham
George Errett Russell
Robert Edward Flanagin
Arthur E. Grueser
Minersville
Paul Edward Davis
William Sherman Henderson
Guysville R.D
David James Joseph
John Franklin Boyd
Raymond Sedrick Hayes
Philip Westly Donovan
Charles Wilson Ward
Longsville R.D
William Henry Goebel
Donald Henry Weaver
Downington
Orville Milton Christy
William Franklin Clark
Darwin R.D
Carl Irvin Dorst
Sumner
George Edward Thomas
Marion Everett Rathburn
Charles Matthew Werry
Edgar T. Weyand
Car R. D
William Howard
Pomeroy Star Route
Elmo Senour Taggart
Midrt
Frank Edward Titus
Joy
Enlisted
Lawrence Holter
Charward Riffle
Edward Beegle
Clarence Aaron Roush
le Falls
Melvin William Lee
Joy Star Route
Orville Elsh Watson
Long Bottom
R.D
Curtiss Weaver
Leslie J. Little
Penetro Relieve salve with mutton base for colds
An old time sale notice touts Penetro salve used for colds coughs and muscle aches. It highlights a stainless white formulation priced at 35 cents for a double supply of 254 units.
Bill Mayes Breaks Nose for Third Time
MIDDLEPORT Bill Mayes MHS lineman who sustained a broken nose in Friday s game against Gallipolis was returned to his home Saturday after spending the night at Holzer Hospital This is the third time Mayes son of Mrs Charles Mayes and the late Mr Mayes has broken his nose the other two times occurring in childhood Also listed are residents transferred to the local board from other boards and a note on those registered here but inducted from other boards
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Middleport
Bill Mayes
MHS
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Mayes
Charles Mayes
Mr. Mayes
R.D
Clifford Grant Newsum
Long Bottom
Roy Edward Armes
Minersville
John Henry Pullins
Clinton Woodrow Pierce
Rutland
Kenneth Rae Story
Pomeroy R. D
Ellsworth Dill
Pomeroy R.D
James Robert Karr
Howard Taft Norris
Letart Falls
Norman Ernest Frederick
John Ezekiel Sellers
Syracuse
Donald Bert Weese
John Charles Hite
Letart Falls R.D
Ellison Deane Durst
Charles Joseph Sommer
Tuppers Plains
Earl Edward Russell
Harry Lee Bailey
Chester
Edward William Wells
Harry Allan Swartz
Alfred
Clarence Edward Munday
Long Bottom R.D
Denzel Lee Boggess
Maurice Raymond Douglass
David Owen Jenkins
Pomeroy
Howard Clayton Bailey
Charles Lester Browning
Donald R. Lowe
Willard Frank Boyer
Middleport R.D
James Cecil Wyatt
Harrisonville
Pomeroy High Honor Roll List Sets Record Numbers
Pom ery Senior High School announces honor roll for the first six weeks of the year. Names include seniors Marvin Burt Allen Dill John Kreinbihl Virginia Church Charlotte DeVol Frances Dill Freda Parker Dorothy Peoples Martha Roedel Constance Seyfried Margaret Story Mary Kay Vaughan Margaret Weaver Jeanette Young. juniors Milford Morey Danny Rosenbaum Phyllis Brown Patricia Brider Ruth Brickles Betty Couch Hazel Epple Betty Jacobs Mary McCallum Martha Myers Rose Marie Nease Anna Thomas Geraldine Roush. sophomores William Hayes Lucien Higgins Jack Rosenbaum John Thomas Charles White Betty Moore Ruth Nease Mary Osborne Patricia Watson Elaine Young Elinora Barnitz Betty Bodkin Jane Clifford Mary Grimm Ruth Harbrecht Earline King Carol Leibrand.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Senior High School
Marvin Burt
Allen Dill
John Kreinbihl
Virginia Church
Charlotte DeVol
Frances Dill
Freda Marie Parker
Dorothy Peoples
Martha Roedel
Constance Seyfried
Margaret Story
Mary Kay Vaughan
Margaret Weaver
Jeanette Young
Milford Mowrey
Betty Bodkin
Jane Clifford
Mary Grimm
Ruth Harbrecht
Earline King
Carol Leibrand
Home Nursing Classes To Start Tuesday In Two Cities
Home nursing classes begin Tuesday November 3 in Pomeroy and Middleport. Middleport sessions run 2 PM and 7:30 PM at the library with Mrs Shavorinsky and Mrs Burton directing. Pomeroy classes meet 2 PM and 7:30 PM at the Episcopal parish house under Mrs F M Cluff and Mrs Harry Simpson. Racine participants should contact Mrs Henry Cleland for times and places.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Shavorinsky
Burton
Episcopal Parish House
F. M. Cluff
Harry Simpson
Racine
Henry Cleland
Mrs Hayes Called East by Death
Mrs Quin Hayes, Margaret McBride, of Magdalena New Mexico, arrives after the death of her father R C McBride and travels to the scene of a bomber crash near Magdalena Mountains. Mr Hayes, a mining engineer and son of Superintendent Everett Hayes of Chester Meigs County, accompanied her and they viewed the wreckage within 100 feet.
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Middleport
Quin Hayes
Margaret McBride
R. C. McBride
Magdalena
N. M
Magdalena Mountains
Bill Scarberry Awaits Call to Marines
Bill Scarberry, a Middleport native and former Yellow Jackets member, has returned to Columbus after visiting his parents on Broadway. The MHS graduate recently joined the U.S. Marines and is awaiting active service call following the Middleport Gallipolis game held Friday.
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Middleport
Bill Scarberry
Columbus
A. A. Scarberry
Broadway
Bill
MHS
Yellow Jackets
Middleport-Gallipolis
U. S&s. Marines
Halloween Party and Birthday Celebrations in Middleport
Middleport social notes report a masked Halloween party Friday at Sidney Russell’s Mill Street home honoring Donna Ruth Russell with decorated basement, judged costumes, games, and treats. Guests listed include Janet Frost and many others. prizes awarded to Darylene Ward, Rosemary Fisher, Paddy Jo Lambert, Nancy Fink, and Sally Schaaf. Andrew Ward's 81st birthday party featured 81 candles and cake with attendees from nearby towns. Other items note travels and visits by local residents, including Electa Hysell’s party for Lloyd Hysell and various family notes on Swindler and Defenbacher families and upcoming hospital observation plans.
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R. C. Tuckerman
E. F.meag
Selah Sidenstricker
Janet Frost
Joyce Wooton
Patty Kennedy
Jimmy Lloyd
Janice Luman
Grace Marie McDonald
Robert Richards
Wilma Faye Price
Carla Owen
Sally Schaaf
Patty Snyder
Franklin Triplett
Raymond Walburn
Gene Walburn
Julia Wilt
Jean Ashley
Ginny Allensworth
John Blosser
Gordon Ely
Pauline Kitchen
Marylene Ward
Nancy Fink
Ida Lee Hartley
Billy Hess
Paul Holter
Bob Davis
Frank White
Sara Jane Palmer
Colleen Waddell
Connie Lee Koehler
Betty Romine
Jean Searles
David Diles
Sidney Kloes
Rosemary Fisher
Paddy Jo Lambert
Bessie Glaze
Myrna Russell
Darylene Ward
Andrew Ward
Electa Hysell
Lloyd Hysell
Lafe McKnight
Rutland
Blanche Gilkey
Russell Gaffney
Doris
Pomeroy
Frank Murray
James Russell
Lizzie Moore
Tillie Buckley
Meigs County Leaders Awarded Certificates for 1942
Two hundred forty three neighborhood leaders in Meigs County receive certificates from the Meigs County Agricultural Extension Service of Ohio State University for their 1942 work in relaying important information to communities. Signatures include Director H C Ramsower.
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Bedford Township
Dean Blackwood
Ethel Blackwood
Dayton Tubbs
E. W. O’brien
Russell Cullums
Emerson Douglas
Gerald Douglas
Porter Midkiff
Lowell Zeigler
Vada Paulsen
Elba Story
V. King
Ollie Thoma
Pauline Thoma
R. V. Heilman
Sedwick Mohler
Clyde Scott
Roy Brickles
Cecil Brickles
Chester Township
William Morgan
Homer Ashworth
Harold Blackstone
James Bailey
Edna Morgan
Mildred Morgan
Denver Holter
Jean Young
Mae. Holter
Nora Holter
Ruth Weber
Thelma Orr
Joe Marks
Clair Newell
Josephine Ritchie
Eldon Gaul
Everett Hayes
Ross Cleland
Clarice Cleland
Willis Parker
C. C. Reed
Wilbur Dean
Gerald Violet
James Heaton
Raymond Pullins
Donald Pullins
Cinda Wolfe
Columbia Township
Reed Jeffers
Dale Dye
Sedwick Vale
Robert Turner
John Radekin
Glen Cline
Raymond Holcomb
Flem Long
Glen West
Ruda Durst
Letart
Oval Diddle
Margaret Johnson
Patty Shain
Helen Johnson
Charles Alexander
Hazel Allen
Mary Wolfe
Erma Wilson
Early Roush
Daisy White
Roberta Sayre
A. W. Smith
Beulah Morris
Harold Hayman
Mildred Donahew
Mary Slaughter
Herbert Sayre
Olive Township
Bessie Larkins
Fred Swan
Ott Hensley
Riley
Roll of Honor in Chester District
Chester Supt E R announces the roll of honor for Central Rural District schools for the first six weeks. Lists honor students by school and grade across Bashan Chester Reedsville and Long Bottom with numerous names. A 1555 Junior Red Cross keys total is reported and aFuture Farmers of America farm products display at the Farmers Institute November 12 offers war stamp prizes.
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Chester
E. R
Central
Bashan School
Fiona Bissell
Ralph Trussell
Hellen Bissell
Clarence Frank
Virginia Bissell
James Borgan
Anna Lee Eiselstein
Marvene Gaul
Junior Hedricks
Betty Nelson
Martha Orr
Phyllis Pooler
Joe Ritchie
Wilma Spencer
Edith Young
Betty Smalley
Betty Frecker
Norma Jean Wright
Vernon Bahr
Nola Epple
Ruth Grubb
Donna Well
Betty Gandee
Elizabeth Crary
Sherman Murphy
Gladys Wright
Jo Ann Riggs
Donna Wolfe
Marilyn Orr
Lois Spencer
Norma Jean Pooler
James Listerstein
Arthur Kaupe
Howard Wolfe
James Heaton
Reid Young
Junior Hannum
Donald Mora
Betty Lou Genheimer
Dale Kautz
Vernon Weber
Earl Dean
Charles Humphrey
Eileen Pigott
Opal van Meter
Billy Williams
Georgia Swain
Long Bottom
George Hall
Donna Larkins
Marion Riggs
Thelma Munday
Wilma Pratt
Effie Wells
Howard Larkins
Pauline Swain
Alberta Fitch
Jeanette Clark
Phyllis Lawrence
Gladys Coleman
Lucile Pigott
Reedsville
Jinnie Ruth
Mary Smith
Allen Brown
Zerah Buckley
Shirley Sprague
John David Sission
Zelma Lee Jeffers
Jimmie Bailey
Chester Buckley
Calvin Randolph
Howard Buckley
Nancy Lee Chaney
Grace Pickens
Mary Helen Buckley
Martha Buckley
Doris Barnett
Ruth Ann Williams
Bessie Petty
Betty Larkins
Red Cross
Chester School
Bashan
Services Held for Lewis Parkinson
Funeral services were held at Langsville Church for Lewis Parkinson aged 79 who died at his Langsville home after a cerebral hemorrhage. Burial followed in Robinson Cemetery. His wife died 19 years ago. Survived by children Ray Parkinson of Columbus Clair of Corning and Mrs Ronald Barton of Columbus.
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Pomeroy
Langsville
Lewis Parkinson
Robinson Cemetery
Ray Parkinson
Columbus
Clair
Corning
Ronald Barton
Licenses Suspended By Liquor Board
Sixty day suspension of Idle Hour Restaurant beer and wine licenses ordered by the State Board of Liquor Control after a Columbus hearing cited sales to a minor and unsanitary, disorderly operations. The report notes some states still exclude women from juries.
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Pomeroy
Idle Hour
State Board of Liquor Control
Columbus
Honor Roll Will Stand In Pomeroy
POMEROY An honor roll board for Meigs County men serving in the U S armed forces is under construction and will be placed on the Courthouse front. It measures 48 by 12 feet and will grow as more names are called. Fundraising is voluntary with donations at local banks. Committee members coordinate finance and erection efforts.
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Pomeroy
United States
Pomeroy National Bank
Farmers Bank
A. V. Howell
Ohio War History Commission
Meigs County
Alfred Elberfeld
R. L. Jacobs
Ralph Kuether
W. E. Smith
Furniture Covering To Be Made
A two day work meeting on making slip covers will be held at Harrisonville school on Thursday and Friday October 29 and 30. Miss Alice McKinney of Ohio State University will direct the sessions starting at 10 o clock with assistance from Miss Geneva Humphreys and Miss Opal McKeeman. Attendees should bring a piece of furniture, materials, and equipment, plus thread and table service for a noon potluck.
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Pomeroy
Harrisonville
Alice McKinney
Ohio State University
Geneva Humphreys
Meigs County
Opal McKeeman
Kinney
Home Council
Amy Chase
Ruby Halliday
Pomeroy Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits
Edith Mallory and Gertrude Healy spent a week in Columbus visiting relatives. Jean Mallory, J. R. Hood, William Morris, and Louise King were among those hosted. Patterson Field sergeant Foldie Morris visited family in Dayton. Families from Minersville Darwin and Mulberry Avenue shared Sunday gatherings. Will Phillips of Ebenezer Street remains seriously ill at Holzer Hospital.
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Edith Mallory
Gertrude Healy
Columbus
Jean
J. R. Hood
William Morris
Louise King
Canton
George Morne
E. Main St
Foldie Morris
Patterson Field
Dayton
Ernest Nelson
Minersville
Dayton Tubbs
Darwin
Reed Waddell
Jackson
Millard Wildermuth
Mulberry Ave
Harry Davis
Langsville
Will Phillips
Ebenezer St
Holzer Hospital
Son of Local Soldier Located at Camp Edwards Mass
Patrolman L B Higgins learns his son Corporal Richard F Higgins is now stationed at Camp Edwards Massachusetts. Corporal Higgins, a baker by trade, was employed by the Donaldson Baking Co Columbus before joining the Army.
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East Middleport
L. B. Higgins
N. Second Ave
Cpl
Richard F. Higgins
Camp Edwards
Mass
Higgins
Donaldson Baking Co
Columbus
Army
Near Riot Over Coffee Delivery at Kroger Market
A Saturday morning incident at a Kroger Super Market in Pomeroy involved a near riot as the week’s coffee delivery arrived. Crowds surged, cartons were ripped open, doors were locked, and the coffee supply vanished before reaching the shelves.
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Pomeroy
Kroger
Joan Finlaw Appointed Secretary of County Committee
At a Meigs County Farm Transportation Committee meeting in the AAA office, Joan Finlaw was named secretary. Chairman H. E. Shields announced that farmers lacking a certificate of war necessity application by November 15 cannot drive their trucks. To avoid route overlap a system of community transportation committees will be set up. farmers should request a certificate by writing to the Office of the District Office of Defense Transportation at Citizens National Bank Building, 14 N 4th St, Zanesville, Ohio.
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Office of the District Office of Defense Transportation
Citizens National Bank
N. 4Th St
Zanesville
Ohio
Rutland Navy Man Visits Friends Sunday
Dale Nelson of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station visited briefly with Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Smith and son Lee on Second Ave. He was en route to Rutland to see his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Oliver and brothers Charles and Earl Nelson. He finished service school Friday and reports to the Training Station Tuesday morning. Graduation exercises for his class are planned for Wednesday October 28 and will be broadcast over the Columbia Network from 5 to 5 30 p.m. E. W. T. Bruce E. Oliver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Oliver, has arrived safely at his destination after being stationed at Ft. Lewis, Wash.
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Middleport
Dale Nelson
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
E. O. Smith
Lee
Second Ave
Rutland
Ed Oliver
Charles
Earl Nelson
Columbia
Oliver
War Department
Bruce E. Oliver
Ft. Lewis
Seattle
Wash
Service Men of Meigs County Visit Relatives in Area
Pomeroy notes Lt and Mrs Maurice Thornton visiting his parents on Harrisonville Road while he serves as a pilot in the Pacific fleet on a brief furlough. Mrs Thornton, formerly of Sandusky, will rejoin her husband at a secret military reassignment. Elmer Lindsey, Army in Utah, visits his father Joe Lindsey of Willis Hill. Carl E Stalder, inducted Oct 12, stationed at Mobile Alabama. Thomas Bowen and Milton Houdashelt, Chanute Field, visited here. Bowen with wife, Houdashelt with parents Dana and wife at Minersville.
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Pomeroy
Maurice
Red) Thornton
J. M
Pat) Thornton
Harrisonville Road
Thornton
Pacific Fleet
Sandusky
Elmer Lindsey
Army
Utah
Joe Lindsey
Wyllis Hill
Carl E. Stalder
Mobile
Alabama
Thomas Bowen
Milton Houdashelt
Chanute Field
Rontoul
Ill
Dana Houdashelt
Minersville
Rebekah Association October Meeting at Mrs Viola Jones Home
The Rebekah Association will meet Thursday evening October 29 at the home of Mrs. Viola Jones on Laurel Street. Members are notified to attend and participate in the fall gathering.
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Pomeroy
Rebekah Association
Viola Jones
Laurel St
Funeral Rites Held Today For Richard H. Selby
Middleport funeral services for Richard Harry Selby were conducted at Woodyard chapel Columbus. A longtime Union Station train dispatcher retired eight years ago he was born in Athens and helped form Selbys Concert Band famed in its era. He was uncle to John Selby and father to the late Clarence Selby, with grandson Frederick Selby in the Army as survivor. He belonged to Musicians Federation Fraternal Order of Eagles and Knights of Pythias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Woodyard Chapel
Columbus
Richard Harry Selby
Selby
Union Station
Athens
John Selby
Clarence Selby
Frederick Selby
U. S. Army
Musicians Federation
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
The
Knights of Pythias
Attend Lodge Dinner and Inspection in Athens
Mrs. Lillian Steiff attended the White Shrine Lodge dinner and inspection in Athens on Saturday night where she, a gifted pianist, performed. She also appeared on the program for the state W C T U convention in Steubenville last week. She traveled with Mrs. Howard Williams and Mrs. Charles Howard and, later, joined Miss Thelma Howard and friends at a theater party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lillian Steiff
Athens
White Shrine Lodge
Steiff
W.C.T.U
Steubenville
Howard Williams
Charles Howard
Fire damages modest home of T. K. Lisle
A small fire started in a waste paper basket at the Ash Street residence of T. K. Lisle on Saturday. The blaze was extinguished before the Volunteer Fire Department arrived, leaving only slight damage to the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
T. K. Lisle
Ash St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pomeroy High
Mrs. Hayes
Lowe Brothers
G. O. Schmoll
U. S. Navy
NEA
Solomons
U. S
Solomons Waters
Middleport Social Notes
Ed Bennett
Kenauga
Charles Lee
D. D. Defenbacher
Albert Faehnle
Freida
Defenbacher
Kathleen Swindler
Charleston School of Commerce
Charles Swindler
S. Third Ave
Meigs
Avis Gaul
Edyth Betzing
Garrett Christy
Creston Newlan
Hobart Winyard
Cora Hamilton
Allie Fish
Carl Barnhill
Bob Dotson
Robert Shields
Laura Lenz
Harry Guthrie
Nina Robinson
Seldon White
Garner Griffin
Rutland Township
G. C. Will
Helen Williams
Dayton Russell
James S. Titus
Clara Wells
P. A. Laning
Salem Township
Miles Nelson
Albert Bowlen
Selah Folden
Nina Steele
Sam McKinney
Floyd Davis
Ruby Williams
Effie Baker
Harold Miller
Robert Hill
Wayde Hampton
Dorothy Colwell
Freemont Stevens
Paul Barnes
Salisbury Township
Lincoln Russell
Allard Pratt
Worthy Johnson
Clay Evans
Charles Gilkey
Georgia Williamson
C. F. Hill
Harve Eastman
Vernon Howell
Curt Johnson
Roy Spencer
Mildred Carnahan
Isabel Carnahan
Gene Yost
Clyde, Stout
Selma Neigler
Owen Watson
T. T. Shelton
Mildred Morris
Tom Pickens
John Bailey
John Scott
Will Potts
Ernest McBride
Liquor Board
Pomeroy Personals
Joan Finlaw
Beaco
F. J
Beasley CO
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
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