School offers varied season of operettas and plays this month
Perettas season for plays is under way in the schools with a full program through Christmas. Gilbert and Sullivan operas, one act plays, and comedies are planned. McKinley and Washington students will fill remaining seats for a Paramount morning showing of Trial By Jury on Nov 28. Other productions include Hansel and Gretel by Polk Intermediate on Nov 23 and She Stoops to Conquer set for Dec 13-14 at Roosevelt auditorium.
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al Beled
WaSsigluik
Jess Chaney
Hansel and Gretel
Polk
Franklin
Oliver Goldsmith
Grant
Roosevelt Auditorium
Ina Hibbard
Roosevelt Junior High School
McKinley
Wilson
Roosevelt
Washington
Grant High School Publishes First Edition of Grant's Last Dispatch
The Grant high school home room class publishes its biweekly paper Grant's Last Dispatch featuring school news gossip and jokes. Staff include Editor Kenneth White and assistants Dorothy Donnan and Lucille Mann with reporters and home room reps across 10A 10B 11A 11B 12A 12B listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Pierre Tracy
Grant High School
Kenneth White
Dorothy Donnan
Lucille Mann
Clifford Taylor
Hubert Slocum
Charles Stewart
Helen Stourne
Dora Lee Strachen
Jack Weir
Lucille Steyne
Edwin Youtzy
Fonda Woodford
Dorothy Torrence
Donald Bruce
Donald Conway
Lawrence Higgins
Mary Ann Krolik
Walter Owen
Betty Snyder
Betty Joy Thune
Frances Christensen
Regina Drake
Esther Kluss
George Moran
Verne van Cura
Zula Casek
Eldon Gensicke
Bernita Josifek
Loyal Meek
Kathryn Nelson
Jane Curry
Leo Kansky
Dorothy Lockridge
Bill Williams
Bessie Bohac
Agnes Hasik
Irma Klahn
Elsie Lukenbach
Annamarie Steiger
Maurice Estes
Marian Mathes
Paul Samek
Fire Prevention Program Presented At Lincoln School
A fire prevention program was presented at Lincoln school on Thursday by intermediate pupils. Deloris Woods announced, with numbers by a large cast including Robert Menken Donald Birkicht Tommy Inman and others. A fire prevention play followed featuring Albert Kessler Nellie Wharton Herman Bean and a full student ensemble.
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Lincoln School
Deloris Woods
Robert Menken
Donald Birkicht
Tommy Inman
Russell Ream
Clifford Johnson
Donald Davis
Dale McCalley
Louis Jiricek
Seth Weaver
David Scott
Clarabelle Loggie
Roy Dochterman
Marilyn Tomash
Doris Doherty
Jeannette Holmes
Albert Kessler
Nellie Wharton
Herman Bean
Donald Mayne
Danny Decker
Earl Beck
Junior Brown
Archie Farmer
Junior Youngton
Roy Bonham
Beverly McCune
Jack Myers
Clive Bigsby
Raymond McIntosh
Pupils Churn Butter For Arthur Halloween Party
The Arthur school classes in rooms 1A and 2B studied dairying and churned butter for a Halloween party. They poured off buttermilk and saved it for refreshments that included crackers apples cookies and candy. David Linge and Patty Northington brought the churn and bowl. The pupils visited Jack Andersons farm home and enjoyed milk graham crackers and apples.
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Arthur School
David Linge
Patty Northington
Jack Anderson
Wilson Home Rooms Work On Guidance
Wilson school reports the ten minute home room period as productive and pleasant. 7B3 and 7B2 shared a Courage program with readings and music. 7A5 airs weekly current events with a News of the Day cast and music by Billy Hunter. 7B2 hosted a program with 7B3 and 7A4. a Little Women skit appeared at a Friday assembly. 8Af invited BAgs for a fire prevention program written and directed by Jennie Doupnik with a large cast.
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Wilson School
Anna Belle Taylor
Betty Moore
Bernard Gallaher
Lora Turner
Charles Baker
Helen Kulhavy
Lumir
Robert Suchomel
Dona Jean Temple
Fern Mrstik
Marjorie Robbins
Carl Huff
Harold Smith
Mariellyn Thune
Donald Meyers
Maxine Surry
Little Women
Katherine Bryan
Helen Groat
Marjorie Machacek
Phyllis Subotnik
Wilma Myers
Mary Jane
Arthur School 2A Class Presents Butterfly Assembly
The 2A class at Arthur school hosted an assembly for primary grades on butterflies and moths. Slides on frosted glass illustrated the program. Participants included Dawn Hanson Bruce Conway Alice Ruth Nelson Patricia Carberry Hans Nickel Jerry Standard Shirley Ann Greenberg Donald Austin Bob Brooks Charles Shafer Barbara Frederick Bethyl Brondel Raymond Beezley Kathleen Mower Bobby Geesaman Betty Jane Lieber Jimmie Hamilton.
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Arthur School
Dawn Hanson
Bruce Conway
Alice Ruth Nelson
Patricia Carberry
Hans Nickel
Jerry Standard
Shirley Ann Greenberg
Donald Austin
Bob Brooks
Charles Shafer
Barbara Frederick
Bethyl Brondel
Raymond Beezley
Kathleen Mower
Bobby Geesaman
Betty Jane Lieber
Jimmie Hamilton
Senior High Elect Officers Named Across Classes
Senior high students have elected class officers guiding activities in two campuses. Listings show presidents and officers for 12A 12B 11A 11B 10A 10B across Grant and Washington buildings with roles including president vice president secretary treasurer and Pulse reporters.
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Washington
William Brown
Wayne Rogers
Donald Altang
Robert Stary
Homer Sayers
Pulse
Robert Waples
John Shepard
Malcolm Metcalf
Rachel Austin
Paul Morrison
Excular
Sam Hedges
Jona Miller
Betty Ringsmuth
Bonnie Curry
Jack Bulecek
John Tellier
Helen Plesek
Sara Lee Hesbacher
Lloyd Bishop
Frank Scheible
Marvin Stone
Wilferene Kenecny
Jeanne Anthony
Bob Files
Robert O'Meara
Robert Rummell
Jack Cochran
Lorena Musgrave
Robert Alt
Grant
Joe Dytrt
Keith Lemmon
Dick Moore
Carl Volesky
Clement Carney
Charles Youtzy
Carl Koehn
Edward Cisler
Ruth Subotnik
Edwin Youtzy
William Geiger
Elaine Graham
Jack Dinderman
Jack Rock
Madeline Hunter
Carl Fjellman
Calvin Pratt
James King
Nationalities Represented in M’Kinley Class 7B
Nineteen nationalities are listed among McKinley 7B students including English German Syrian Irish Dutch Czech Norwegian Swede Scotch French Indian Negro Greek Lithuanian Welsh Slovak Spanish Russian and Danish. Lois Grissel traces eleven generations to English and New York landowners connected to Trinity Church. Other pupils note ancestors such as Ethan Allen Lincoln Hamilton Washington Revere and Wellington figures, plus connections to Jefferson Taft Wilson and Queen Victoria.
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McKinley
Lois Grissel
Earl of Arundel
Anneke Jans Bogardus
New York City
Trinity Church
Dorothy Jane Duncan
Ethan Allen
Abraham _Lincoln
Lucille Harris
Harrison
Patrick Henry
Jean Brownlee
Duke of Hamilton
Scotland
Virginia Lyons
Martha Washington
John Gent
Henry Hudson
Ramona Holloway
Duke of ‘Wellington
Diana Brokaw
Paul Revere
William Dawes
Duchess of Marlborough
Gladys Tyler
Tyler
Queen Victoria
Charles Griffith
Daniel Boone
Robert Cain
Jefferson
Jean Dye
Taft
Bernice Holliday
Wilson
Safety Court At Fillmore School Commentary
A weekly safety court at Fillmore School hears from 6B pupils as they explain the House of Fire Hazards and Traps. Mothers of the district visited to learn its purpose while intermediate pupils spoke, and a city fire department member spoke at a Friday assembly.
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Fillmore School
Charles Schneider
House of
Fillmore
City Fire Department
Original Czech Folk Song Operetta Staged by Hi-Y Etté
An original operetta drawn from Czechoslovakian folk songs was staged Thursday at the Y W C A as the opening program of World Fellowship meetings by Washington Hi Y Etté. Cast included Margaret Wilson Mary Vojackova Mary Jane Robinson Ludmilla Agnes Knapp Vera Dora Cargin Andulko Betty Walters Honza Vojaik Norma White Rudolph Vojaik Valerie Konecny John Vojaik Maxine Reams Jan Shroup Maxine Kopel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Hi-Yette
Quest
Rada
Laddie
Agnes Knapp
Vera
Dora Cargin
Andulko
Betty Walters
Honza Vojaik
Norma White
Rudolph Vojaik
Valerie Konecny
John Vojaik
Maxine Reams
Jan Shroup
Maxine Kopel
Cleveland Safety Council Forms At Local School
A safety council formed at Cleveland School in the intermediate department lists officers for sixth fifth and fourth grades. Sixth grade includes President Jack Linkletter and district attorney Jack Forbes with patrols led by Robert Lundquist. Fifth grade officers include President Donald Lundquist and Captain Marvel Dulin with patrols. Fourth grade officers include President Donald Morgan and Captain Paul Paterson with patrol members Everett Andrew and Vivian Anderson.
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Cleveland School
Jack Linkletter
Bill Heneks
Donald Stone
Kenneth Curran
Robert Lundquist
Jack Forbes
Mary Bennett
Caroline Savage
Patricia Gilchrist
Goldie Linder
Dean Land
Donald Lehmkuhl
Bobby Wright
Frank Ehrenberger
Donald Lundquist
Mary Louise Harmon
Barbara Hird
Jean Marie Horak
Lee Hobel
Marvel Dulin
Elaine Anderson
Billy Jensen
Donald Morgan
Ethel Linkletter
John Martin
Bill Taylor
Gene Goodrow
Paul Paterson
Everett Andrew
Vivian Anderson
Polk School Hosts 6A Soccer, 5A Volleyball Championship
The 6A boys soccer team won the championship with 6A defeating 5B 5 to 0 and 6B 2 to 1, while 5A edged 5B 20 to 13 in volleyball. The 6A squad beat 6B 3 to 0, and 5A beat 6A 30 to 13 for volleyball honors.
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Polk School
Miniature Street Car Built In Polk Kindergarten Room
Polk kindergarten students completed a detailed miniature street car model based on a real trolley ride to Ellis Park. The project features orange crates, switches, line, signs, token box, lights, and seats, with kids including Dickie Blessing and Lucia Jean Chess among the builders.
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Polk
Pork Kindergarten
Ellis Park
Dickie Blessing
Junior Drakos
Harry Fox
Charles Hammond
David Jacobs
Richard Hollingsworth
James Mackey
Lucia Jean Chess
Ruth Joan Clark
Dolores Diehl
Mary Jane Ferguson
Patsy Gillen
Rose Marie Jun
Jean King
Shirley Ann Manning
Elvena Pea
Hazelle Johnson
Halloween party prize winners named at A D T event
Eleanor Branton Dorothy Lockridge and Doris Batten won prizes for costumes at the A D T Halloween party. Entertainment during the evening was provided by Lara Jean Story Lucille Steyne Frances Truhlicek June Womochil Jane Grissel Verona Chalupnik Charlotte Burlingham and Evelyn Kazebeir.
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Eleanor Branton
Dorothy Lockridge
Doris Batten
Lara Jean Story
Lucille Steyne
Frances Truhlicek
June Womochil
Jane Grissel
Verona Chalupnik
Charlotte Burlingham
Evelyn Kazebeir
Roosevelt Students Study Cotton Plant in Front Yard
Last week Roosevelt social science students examined a cotton plant grown by Elmer Young in his front yard. The plant stood about forty two inches tall and displayed the cotton flower the cotton boll and the immature boll.
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Roosevelt Social Science
Elmer Young
Hayes School Adds Peanut Plant to Science Collection
Charles Turewiek of 1140 C Street SW grew a peanut plant added this week to Hayes school science collection. The plant bears thirty six peanuts.
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Hayes School
Charles Turewiek
Safety Projects Built By Van Buren Classe
Van Buren school pupils in two classes completed fire prevention themed projects. The 6A class built a miniature fire station scene with fire trucks, firemen, a stairway pole, alarm boxes, hydrants, and a burning house with traffic direction. The 5A class presented two houses showing hazards from careless use of matches, electric irons, smoking, open fires, faulty wiring, and stored gasoline and rubbish.
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van Buren School
Edgewood No 3 Halloween Program Shown At School
Edgewood No 3 school presented a Halloween program and party on Thursday. Recitations featured Corrine Stainbrook Virginia Dunahugh Maxine Smith Velma Mae Stainbrook Donald Dvorak June Irish Mary Ann Melenosky Patricia Purath and many others with dances exercises plays and songs by students and teachers.
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Edgewood No. 3
Corrine Stainbrook
Virginia Dunahugh
Maxine Smith
Velma Mae Stainbrook
Donald Dvorak
June Irish
Mary Ann Melenosky
Patricia Purath
Mary Alice Matthews
Lillian Stainbrook
Don Vernier
Patten Atwood
Dolores Vernier
Patricia Vanous
Margaret Purath
James Springer
Oldrich Kremenak
Willie Kremenak
Robert Mingo
Verne Dvorak
Ruth Irish
Virginia Vanous
Harold Henecke
Betty Springer
Fire Prevention Play Presented by Polk 5B Class
A Polk intermediate division fire prevention play by 5B pupils featured reader Robert Derr and roles by Mary Van De Walker Mary Evelyn Robbins Jimmie Sibert Roland Roupe Donald Thenhaus Leroy Kyle Phyllis Milbrath Raymond Winters George Cropp David Ryan Betty Stevenson provided musical cues as fire and helpers appeared. The program included a fire prevention alphabet and a song The Fire Wardens.
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Polk
Robert Derr
Mary van de Walker
Mary Evelyn Robbins
Jimmie Sibert
Roland Roupe
Donald Thenhaus
Leroy Kyle
Phyllis Milbrath
Raymond Winters
George Cropp
David Ryan
Betty Stevenson
McKinley School Honors Students for Nine Weeks
The following pupils at McKinley achieved perfect spelling grades for nine weeks: John Fuhrmeister John Platz Lorraine Awes Jean Brownlee Evelyn Lindahl Ruth Ann Struesky Jean Wallace Charlotte Wendl Lorraine Feller Lucia Mae Smith Dick Arnold Patricia Rice Dolores Anderson Clyde Gourley.
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McKinley
John Fuhrmeister
John Platz
Lorraine Awes
Jean Brownlee
Evelyn Lindahl
Ruth Ann Struesky
Jean Wallace
Charlotte Wendl
Lorraine Feller
Lucia Mae Smith
Dick Arnold
Patricia Rice
Dolores Anderson
Clyde Gourley
Shoe study at Jackson school inspires hands on project
At Jackson school 2A and 3B rooms study shoe making with dissections showing sole, heel, upper and lining. Students assemble a community booklet with illustrated stories and display global shoe types while transitioning to hides and tanning under Miss Gladys DuBois.
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Jackson School
Gladys DuBois
Milton Chase
Georgia
Ann Wagner
Evelyn Wise
Teresa’ Cortez
Catherine Bowker
Peter Vourganas
Ray Sc
Franklin Ninth Grade Girl Reserve Elects Officers
Frances Rubins elected president of the Franklin ninth grade Girl Reserve club the Girl Reserve Comrades. Dorothy Speake is secretary and treasurer with Winifred Cornthwaite and Dorothy Geiger as council representatives Jane Downer the reporter. The group begins a first project sewing garments for the Needlework Guild.
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Frances Rubins
Franklin
Girl Reserve Comrades
Dorothy Speake
Winifred Cornthwaite
Dorothy Geiger
Jane Downer
Needlework Guild
Van Buren Celebrates Kindergarten Birthday
Jack Erlacher turned six as Van Buren kindergarten held a party last week with refreshments provided by his mother Mrs. Cletus Erlacher for the group.
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van Buren
Jack Erlacher
Cletus Erlacher
Grant High Clubs To Meet During Home Room Periods
Grant High School introduces a new schedule for fourteen clubs with meetings on Monday and Thursday mornings during home room. The list includes Hi-Y, Gamma Delta, Girls' Debate, Webster Forensic, Manus Classica, S. O. N., Radio Club, Raphaelians, Entre Nous, G. A. A, Aristotleans, and G. A. C. Officers for several clubs are listed, with some positions yet to be elected.
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Grant High School
Grant
Alice Papes
Addie Zika
Ada Patterson
Mildred Miller
Elsie Propst
G. Esther Chapin
Vera Herington
Ruth Subotnik
Jane Ellen Grissel
Jean Clemens
Angeline Hunter
Jean Savage
Bernice Havlik
Mildred Mikulecky
Eleanor Hurka
Helen Stourac
Doris Batten
Rosalie Stanley
June Grissel
Beulah Burmeister
June Hanson
Gertrude Ilten
Hi-Yo
Nels J. Lee
Gilbert Fjellman
Carl Koehn
Paul Rapaport
Paul Keyes
Albert McCrory
Gamma Delta
Miss Roberta Sheets
Ruth Henningson
Wayne Woodford
Catherine Timm
Eleanor Ferris
Jane Grissel
Webster Forensic
Gredo Zacharias
John Everhart
Richard Bush
Robert Bokorney
Jessie Chambers
Maurice Estes
Benay
Jane Bridge
Corre
Margaret Taylor
Hannah Houghton
Steven Pattee
W. A. Wick
Robert Ebel
Elaine Graham
Mildred Pazdernik
Junior Darrow
Radio Club
Don Bradshaw
Robert Comley
Donald Armstrong
Raphaelians
Miss Harriet Sargent
Bell la Combe
Verona Thomas
Entre Nous
Olive Terrill
Robert Winchell
Vivian Bruce
Edna Mae Forsythe
Lillian Faires
Ruth Zicke
Mary Lockwood
Olga Holecek
Libbie Holecek
Chemistry Club
Aristotleans
Roosevelt Organizes General Science Club
Roosevelt students form a science club to boost interest in science branches. Twenty four attended the first meeting. Membership requires a C average or higher in science and interest. Officers include President Harvey Nelson and Vice President Leo Sweeney. A constitution committee and program committee were named. Meetings occur biweekly with reports on experiments and observations.
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Roosevelt Science
Harvey Nelson
Leo Sweeney
Betty Hulbert
James Watson
Rachel Baumgartner
Bob Smith
Bob Hoyt
Edwin Tubbs
Ted Welch
Richard Zisko
Keith Cheney
Wilson Ninth Graders Stage Plays On Study Skills
Ninth grade groups at Wilson school wrote and performed plays tied to a project about Learning to Study. The 9B class under Miss Martha Griffith presented Tim and Irene Prepare Their Homework and other plays with casts including Mary Frances Batten Dorothy Oliphant and Gladys Ressa among others.
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Wilson School
Dorothy Oliphant
Frances Ainsworth
Mary Courtney
Verla Meyers
Betty Smith
Franklin students craft scrapbooks for Red Cross exchange
Seventh grade pupils at Franklin are making transport themed scrapbooks while eighth graders focus on sports and ninth graders tell about American holidays. These pages will be mailed through the Junior Red Cross to schools nationwide and abroad.
Franklin Boy Leads Iowa Drum Corps to National Victory
Joe Markey, a Franklin junior high ninth grader and son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Markey, helped Iowa’s Des Moines drum and bugle corps win first place at the national American Legion convention in Miami Florida. He served as assistant drum major and led a 33 car caravan transporting 100 boys to the event. The group, from Des Moines, toured southern cities, received hospitality, and wore uniforms on return as they played concerts.
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Joe Markey
J. W. Markey
Fourth Avenue SE
Franklin Junior High School
Florida
National American Legion Convention
Miami
Des Moines
Drum and Bugle Corps
Iowa
Fla
Joe
Indian Program Shown By Fillmore Third Graders
Fillmore third graders presented an Indian program for mothers detailing their project. They displayed canoe and tepee models, bows and arrows, clay-made dolls and dishes, baked bowls and pitchers, and an artificial fire beside a tepee. A painted wooded backdrop and an Indian dance with tom toms ended the show.
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Fillmore
Polk Pupils Named On Dental Roll Of Honor
Polk school lists students on the dental honor roll including Betty Stephenson Junior Speake Dorothy Pollock William Wells Mahala Reid Helen Reid Ruth Dutton Leslie Rose Raymond Dunham Marie Dunham Raymond Tufts Marilyn Smith Robert Bell Virginia Williamson Jacquelyn Williamson Jack Hamiston Robert Derr Jimmie Israel Frederick Israel Nancy Houser Mary Ellen Robbins UPI
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk School
Betty Stephenson
Junior Speake
Dorothy Pollock
William Wells
Mahala Reid
Helen Reid
Ruth Dutton
Leslie Rose
Raymond Dunham
Marie Dunham
Raymond Tufts
Marilyn Smith
Robert Bell
Virginia Williamson
Jacquelyn Williamson
Jack Hamiston
Robert Derr
Jimmie Israel
Frederick Israel
Nancy Houser
Mary Ellen Robbins
Edgewood School Hosts Halloween Parties Across Clubs
Edgewood School notes describe the girls glee club holding an annual initiation and Halloween party on Tuesday. The boys glee club planned their party for Thursday. Primary rooms enjoyed costume parades and Halloween festivities on Wednesday.
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Edgewood
Glee Club
Edgewood I
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Twenty-first Avenue
H. C. Fjelman
Second Avenue
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Fifth Street
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Fourteenth Avenue
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C. R. Youtzy
Seventh Street
R. A. Koehn
Thirteenth Street
M'Kinley
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Polk Ball Tournament
Roosevelt School Notes
van Buren Classe
Jackson
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Franklin Home Rooms
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