VOLUME XLIV. NUMBER 5
A. S. T. C. FOOTBALL
TEAM FACES HARD
GAMES THIS FALL
Mountaineers Will Open Season
Against State College at Raleigh.
Schedule Includes Traditional Grid
Battle With Catawba. Many Veterans
Will Come Back. Prospects
Bright for Fast Squad.
A pve-season view of football pros<.
\Toi?iDr.i*o a4* A r\no.
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lachian College indicates another
winning combinations, considerir.g
the veteran material a? a basis
for prognostication. A number of
good men were lost by graduation,
states Coach Johnny Johnston, but a
great number of second-string material
will be available for fiist-line
duty, which had a great amount of
shock training in last season's difficult
schedule.
Tee line will return intact from
qua 10 end, stocKoa witn sucn veier-j
nns js Roil Smith ami Mahonov at I
the tackle pests; McKinncy and Wort-!
man at the guard jobs; Goins and
Davis and Kannamacker at the ends;
and Johnson,, Westenberg and I.oy
at the pivot position. All these men
are veterans of two and three years
exnnrier.ee crv Meu^rtsiscoi'?
well seasoned in difficult games. The
backfield numbers such men as Triplett.
Walker, Fitzgerald, Weaver, Sullivan,
O'Neil and Lewis. All of the
latter are veterans with fine football
ability.
Ten-Game Schedule
A ten-game schedule faces the
.Mountaineers and all of these games
are of major calibre, with representative
teams from North and south!
Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virgin-1
ia and West Virginia
The games with Glmville and Concord
of West Virginia are annual features
of the Mountaineers' schedule
and will again be played; Glenville
I at Boone and Cor.cord at Athens.
1 The opening game on the schedule
is with State College in Raleigh on
the night of September 24. State
College will have one of the best
teams in the State and will give a
Big Five Flavor to the schedule of
the Mountaineers. The game will be \
or.e of the toughest on the card and i
will #rive an indication nr tho re-ia-1
tire ralibre of football in the re-!
sportive I< :,giioc _ot_t.hu Colleens of I
thjfc^?flSt9^5
Appalachian Stale has made a
great record In jeotunu for the past
thfefc years, am! with fair breaks in
the game with State should make a
great showing. The boys from the
mountains like hard competition and
generally play up to meet the oecaliBI
Lettoiv-Rhync Came at Hickory
The annual game with Lcnoii-1
lthyne will he played in Hickory and '
the usual hard battle is expected. [
This event lias grown into the ?oot-j
ball classic ol" the western section of t
the state, r.nd attracts record crowds.
The game was moved down to Hickory
to take advantage of the lighting
facilities for a night game, which
is popular in North Caroline in early
season games and on account of the
heat experienced in September and
October encounters.
The traditional game with Catawba
rwill be played in Charlotte again this
fall, in view of the great popularity
of the game with the football fans
of the Queen City. Uncle Charlie
ii.-.rjiFr of Confer O.-.lieo-o fame will
again be at the helm of the Catawba
Indians and will have another fine aggregation
of football men. Last year
the teams battled lor the championship
of the small colleges and the
Mountaineers carried off the honors.
The game climaxed a great season
for the boys from Appalachian
State. The nueleus of that team will
be back to carry on the tradition of
victory, which has perched on the
.staff of the college since the inception
of football at the local college.
^ Football has proved very popular
in this section and has been the means
of giving the boys in the moun ain
areas a chance to express their j ve
of play and natural ability in one
of the most difficult of sports.
New Gymnasium Available
The college will have available the
new gymnasium for the eariy fall
practice of football; that is, the dressing
accommodations will be ready
fcur use, which will give a great, impetus
to the work here in athletics.
The new gymnasium will be used for
If all intercollegiate sports and the old
H gymnasium will be turned over for
the development of women's athletics.
The schedule for the season fol
September 24?State College in
Raleigh.
October 1?plenville State in
Boone.
October 8?Concord State in Athens,
W. Va.
OctobeT 15?Lenoir-Rhyne in Hickory.
October 22?Catawba College in
Charlotte.
October 29?Western State College
in Bowling Green, Ky.
; < November 15?Parris Island Marines
in Parris Island.
November 12?High Point College
in Winston-Salem.
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A Non-Partisan N?
BOONE
~ si
funney Into Politico
1 JSi
James J. (Gene) Tunney, retired
undefeated heavyweight champion,
it* being prevailed upon to enter
the political arena as o. candidate
for congressoian-at-large on the
Democratic ticket in Connecticut.
Both Roosevelt and National Chairman
favor his making the
race.
AGED CITIZEN IS
DAMV f\tlITDI7n
DrtDLl liWUtlLU
T. F. Greer Suffers Fractured Limb
Mnl? Team Runs Wild. 80Year-Old
Farmer is Showing
Satisfactory Improvement
Mr. T. F. Greer, well-known farmer
and father of Representative R. F.
Greer, received serious injuries last
Thursday afternoon, while engaged
in driving a team of mules to a hay
rake on his New River farm three
miles east of Boone. In some manner
the team became frightened, ran
away, and threw the 81-year-old driver
from the machine, breaking his
right leg in two places below the j
knee and inflicting minor bruises and j
lacerations. The injured man was attended
by Dr. H. B. Perry, and" ~m-1
formation Wednesday is to the effect|
that his condition is a volatile as j
vcurd? be expected,..considerHie
potiCut s iiovr?r.ccd
Mr. Greer is one of the county's]
most esteemed citizens and despite j
in? nunaicap 01 nis years, nis many i
friends believe that duo to the active j
life he has lived, he will recover from j
h:c injuries.
Former Wulauga Lady
Dies at Saranac Lake,
Mrs. Liltie Phillips, formerly of I
Watauga Comity ami later of Endi- j
cott, X. Y., died at Saranac l.ake, N. I
Y., on Friday morning, July 29th, j
after an illness of more than two|
years, according to reports reaching >
relatives here Monday evening. She j
was 29 years oldSurviving
are the parents, Mr. and j
Mrs. Mack Cornett. of Endicott, X.;
Y.; two sisters, Mrs. Yirgie Adams, of!
Sugar Grove, X. C., and Mrs. Verna|
Fletcher, of Elizabethton, Tenn.; five!
brothers, Onell Cornett, of Union j
Center. N. Y.: Grady Cornett, of!
Cam) ville, X. Y., and Leonard, A'vlton
aad Don Cornett, of Endicott.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev, Panipl W. Lyman, pastor of!
tne r irst Baptist Ufcurch ox iindicott,
on Tuesday at the funeral home of'
Spencer and Coleman, and burial
took place at the Riverhurst Cemetery.
Triplets Born to Wilkes
Girl Thirteen Years Old
A mother of triplets at thirteen
years of age is the unusual story of
Mrs. Calvin Greene, who resides in
the Mt. Zion section of Wilkes County,
near the Watauga line. Mrs.
Greene, who was born January 26,
1919, became the mother of triplets
on July 25. One child died, but the
other two are healthy, normal babies.
Mrs. Nancy Goulds, mother of Mrs.
Greene and grandmother of the babies,
is only 32 years of age. She is
perhaps the youngest grandmother in
this section of the State.
Returned Missionary to
Talk at Advent Church
Rev. Clothey and wife, returned
missionaries from the India field, will
spend Thursday in Boone, and at 8
o ciock p. m. tne lormer will deliver
an address at the Advent Christian
Church, East Main Street, on his
work. Rev. John Green, pastor, invites
the public to attend.
November 19?Maryville College in
Ma-yville, Tenn.
November 26?Georgia State in
Tjfton, Ga.
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;wspapet? .Devoted to tht
WATAUGA gg^grv. NORTH C
MUSIC LAMP B3SUS
FIRST SEASON AT
BANNER ELK SAT
New Cultural and Recreational Proj
ect Successful. Columbia, S. C.
Artists Featured in Closing Con
ceri. Camp Will Be Enlarged
Next Season. Increased Enrollmen
Anticipated.
The Southern Appalachian Musi*
Camp, which wits established thi:
summor for the purpose of providing
musically talented high school boy:
and girls with an opportunity to car
ry on intensive music study while en
joying plenty of wholesome recrea
tion in the invigorating atniospher*
of the Blue Ridge Mountains, close*
its 1932 session Saturday. This nev
camp is organized and conducted oi
a plan similar to that of the Nationa
Music Camp in Michigan, and aim
to serve the Southern States in th
same manner as the H.astern JVlusn
Pamn the Now England States
\e Pacific Band and Orchestra Cam]
the West, and the National Musi*
Oanip the country at large. The sue
cess with which this new project ha
met in its initial season despite th<
economic distress of the past year
promises well for the camp to be
come the meeca for high school mu
sicians in Dixie during the hot sum
mer months in future years. Whit
the average cities were sweltering ii
temperatures hovering around th<
100 mark the campers enjoyed an av
erage temperature of 71.6 degrees.
The camp offered, in addition t<
the cusotmary recreational facilities
advanced training in orchestra, band
private instruction on ail instruments
chords and other musical subjects
The orchestra presented wcek-enc
concerts every Saturday night dur
ing the six-weeks session, maintain
ing a high quality, in regard to botl
musical worth and quality of per
formance. In addition to the weekh
concerts by the orchestra in Lees
McRae Auditorium, conducted by C
D. Kutschinski of Winston-Salem, anc
J. Garfield Chapman of Cleveland
Ohio, the camp's band provided thi
Banner Eik community and visitor,
with occasional promenade concert
on the roof garden of Pinnacle Inn
and tho nnmp choir, under dircctioi
cf Mr; Kutschinski, provided muRh
far the weekly services in the uniqu*
rnclc church.
Guest Artists ori Program
At the linal Saturday r.ight con
cert Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Matte
son, of Columbia, S. C., were th
guest artists. Mrs. Mattoson, a bril
liant pianist on the music, staff c:
the University of South Carolina
playing the Prelude from "Carniva
hv Svhnt-i nnil fhn Vn'm
Brilliant by Chopin, winning applaus'
which demanded an encore. Mr. Mat
teson, head of the music departmon
of the University of South Carolina
thrilled the audience with his ricl
baritone voice and fervent rcnditioi
of Vision Fugitive from "Herodiade'
(Massenet) and the "Two Grena
diers" (Schumann). He respondei
to an encore by singing a couple o
songs for the special benefit of thi
children from Grandfather Orphan
age, who were special guests of thi
music camp at this concert. Mr. ant
Mrs. Matteson are summer guests ol
Professor and Mrs. Guy Hill, of thi
faculty of Appalachian Teachers Col
lege in Boone.
W. F. Warlick; dean of the camp
announced that plans are already un
der way for a considerable enlarge
ment of facilities for next summer':
camp in the way of an increased fac
ulty and additional material equip
ment, as a greatly increased enroll
ment is anticipated.
Change in Management
Of Upper Carolina Store
Mr. Marshall Stallings of Lenoi:
last week succeeded Mr. Howart
Gragg as manager of the origina
Carolina grocery store in Boone. Mr
Gragg, who has occupied the positioi
for about five years, retires fron
the service of the company to opei
a barbecue lodge near the Smithe:
Store. The building is now beinj
erected and the modern establish
ment is expected to be doing busmes:
within the next few days.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Mr. Andy Payne, of Sherwood
who was taken to the Davis Hospita
at Statesville early last week, under
went a major operation Friday, and
his many friends will he glad t<
learn, is getting along as well a
could be expected. He will probabl]
be brought back to his home withii
the next few days.
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IVIL.D 1 HAI\ I L>C) 1 1
Information is that Mr. Kilby Har
t!ey, esteemed resident of the Fla
Top rommunity, is little if any im
proved from an illness v'hich has beei
I.UIIMUCICU ciniLai xvi. mc JCV
eral months. His many friends, how
ever, are still hopeful that the gooi
citizen's health may be at least par
tially restored. (Wednesday mornin)
his condition is said to be consider
ably improved.)
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AROL1NA, ,Hfg$$T)AV, AUGUST 1, 1
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Renders Closi
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5 Southern Appalachian Music Crmp
a concerts Saturday night and Sui
C J
I iimir fti UMfi nA
qjiitu ujuirobu; i
i! THREE JAILED ON i]
; SERIOUS CHARGE !
c Seventy-Five Dollars in County !
^ Claims Taken from Court House
e Friday Night. Watauga River
Youths Must Answer Charges of
j Breaking ana EntTniig as Wei!
^ I Forgery; $40 of Paper Recovered.
'| Robert Walker, John Tester and
I Ron Tester. Watauga River residents,
Jwere arraigned before Justice of the
* j Peace Edwin X. Hahn last Monday j
1 evening, on charges of entering and <
nj forgery. as a result of the disappear- '
-(ance of jury claims from the clerk's '*
? office in the courthouse last week, j
and were bound to court. Bonds of
j $500 were demanded of the first two 1
, mimed while Ron Tester, adjudged {'
- probably guilty of forgery, was of- J
* fered bail in the sum of $200 Net- \
ther of rhe defendants posted the \
\ \ required bond, and the three were '
r\ S nlnfoH-. jr. thp11nty inih
ej Deputies Clint Norris and Editor I'
j Edmisten made the arrests. after evi-l1
[deuce lejjueit to incriminate the three '
-tin connection with the theft o? around
-l$75 in jury claims from the courte
house last Friday night. Forty dol- 1
- lnrs worth of the county's paper was
f said to have been found on the per,
son of the Walker youth, while pre1
vious information indicated that j
3 aliout $20 of the claims had been '
2 cashed at a Soone retail store. A ''
- claim in the sum of $11.10 had been ,
t; offered for cash at the Watauga .
. 1 County Bank Saturday evening, it
1 was said.
>j Entrance to the Clerk s office was
'' made by the use of a master key, it
- j was admitted at the preliminary trial, '
Ijand the claims taken. Endorsement .
fjof the checks cashed in the name \'f 1 21
the rightful owner brought about the j1
- j forgery charge.
!! lAMftS HAMPTON (
mitAJkJ ili &1TXA. IU1\
DIES SATURDAY
,1
Well Knwn Resident, of Mount Vernon
Community Passes After a
Short Illness. Rev Shore in
r-L .... r r? _ ,.i ]
01 a uncrai.
James Edward Hampton, 50 years 1
old, died at his home in the Mount '
Vernon section last Saturday after
t i an illness of about three weeks. A
j complication of diseases brought 1
' I about his demise. 1
! Funeral services were conducted at
r i the graveside in the family burying 1
ii ground on Sunday by the pastor,
1 Rev. R. H. Shore, in the presence of
a large crowd of relatives and friends.
1 Surviving are the widow and two
1 children, two brothers and sisters. t
1 Mr. Hampton was a leading citi- .i
V zen of the community, had been a|,
5 member of the Mount Vernon Bap !i
' tist Church during his adult life, was;;
3 a farmer by occupation, a splendid j;
citizen, and had a wide circle of :
friends who are grieved on account ,
of his death. c
i DR. D. S. COOK OPENS h
UbN'I'AL OFFICE IN LENOIR
i.
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s Or. D. S. Cook Monday opened his
f office for the practice of dentistry,! i
l and is located in the Crawford Drug:
Store building, occupying the suite!
| formerly used by Dr. Douglas Ham-J
I T_
1MC1 (II. (
Dr. Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Job I
t F. Cook of Lenoir, recently was grad- .
- uated with honors from the Southern j
t College of Dentistry at Atlanta, and <
- successfully passed examinations for ] <
- the states of Georgia and North Car- I
1 olina, ranking high in both tests. 1
New equipment has beer, purchased '
? by Dr. Cook and the three-room suite
- for his office is one of the most I
modern in the city. 1
3CRA'
>t North Carolina
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ng Concerts Bl
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u.cnesira, wnicn renaerca una! jj^
iday afternoon at Banner Elk. q(J
LARGECROWDSARE |
!N PROSPECT FOR i
HORSE SHOW EVENT g?
der
Sponsors of Annual Resort Exhibition oel
Believe Attendance this Year Will
Be Unusually Large. Prizes Being ,,v'l
Offered in Sixteen Separate Competitions.
Entries Are Expected "iUr
From Many Sections. '
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The Blowing Rock ninth annual an<
Hors? She v.* su event locked forward *v^
to eagerly by the summer residents "n
?f the famous resort center, is to be P10
beld this year on August 19th, and ;IO!
officials of the Association sponsor- in8
ng the exhibition believe that the
it-tendance is destined to be greater
his year than at any time within its
listory.
Cash prizes and mips arc* being of- aJl
"ereil in sixteen competitions, and in- ')'a'
iuiries coming to officials indicate
:hat there will be entries from many
sections of North Carolina as well as c*'1
irom other states. Tickets are now VNI^
)cing offered, and sales thus far are
lescnbed as altogether satisfactory. "?
Since its inception the horse shew ?
ias been the gathering* place fur
equestrians ar.d blue-blooded stock
irom aii ine tualTurn warilwTy, alui ,
? ? ? i-J WMW. .h?!
l'iimssiyi uuu entry lees nave ettcn
year left a surplus which has been nal
turned over to charitable agencies. ~
The officers of the Blowing Rock J?
IT m . ... v r IVO
tiorse snow Association include jml. ; 4>n'
M. Chapman, pvegideiit: L. M. Tate, j \\
i I ? ? % TT ' dm
rrcic prep.ider.t; Ha* ph. Huey, vice- , .
president, and Donald J Bovdw1.. sec-L,ri;
, , , - - , Jo\\
'Gtary auu-tfrasurcjv -??? i.
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Zionville Man Expects to
Large Yield of Potatoes tl.a
vei
S. C. Eggers. Zionviile farmer, ]
ruoaday brought to The Democrat hot
rffice a large sack of potatoes, 12 the
a number, which he took from two
lills in his two-acre patch. The lar- .
rest of the spuds weighed a pound the
?ml a quarter, while the smallest was sig
iust about as large as they generally
grow in this section. The potatoes s?'
tre of the wliite-bloom Cobbler va- Li
riety, and Mr.- Eggers, who is one
of the best farmers in western \Ya- ^
tauga, expects the two acres to yield
more than five hundred bushels. The c0,
specimens he brought to town Tues- thi
lo., .wax. ?i > ? K i
^ >,1 juuot-oiviullliru, dllQ piuu- nil
ably would have gained considerable th<
size had they been left in the hills, to
I'be combined weight of the two hills all
)f potatoes was seven pounds and
three-quarters. taj
%ve
Boone Property Is j
Traded for Ashe Farm 1
One of the largest veal estate
ransfers to he made this summer
vas completed recently when Henry sch
I. Hardin traded his Boone holdings Col
ncluding the Blackburn Hotel huild- pic
r.g and a number of vacant lots to; nui
5. B. and Ben Phillips, for a 200- j fiv
teve farm, located near Bowie inj hui
kshe County. Mr. Hardin plana to! fir:
;u!tivate his new plantation next'lar
rear, ar.d alreday lias several mcn;sti1
engaged in doing preliminary work ; the
on the premises. It is understood' orn
that the Messrs. Phillips will move'
to the Boone place at an early date. I RE
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CARROL DOUGHERTY DIES
AT HOME IN TFNNFCOFF
j the
Carrol Dougherty, 82 years old,! are
nied at his home at Mia Creek, Tenn., i ho:
!ast Sunday, after an illness of sev-1 Clj
sra! Weeks. General debility result-1 the
irg from old age was likely the rouse nei
rf his demise. The meager reports i Mr
Jid not include funeral details other iB.
than that interment was to have i De
been Monday at 3 o'clock. Deceased j G.
a-as unmarried. j am
Mr. Dougherty was well known | A.
throughout Watauga County where lent
be had many relatives and friends. | Re
r
$1.50 PER YEAR
WNE MARKERS
ro BE UNVEILED
IN COUNTY THUR.
Hampton Rich to Be in Charge of
Patriotic. Programs on Campus of
X. S. T. C. and at Blowing Rorlf,
ludge Heriot Clarkson and R. O.
Everett to Speak. Governor Polard
May Attend.
The dedication and unveiling of a
gv auvw iivaut iViafner 101 uic
issing of tho Boone Trail Highy
with the Park to Park Highway,
i take place, on the grounds ot the
palachian State Teachers College
ursday, August 4th, at 2 o'clock,
: or ding to an announcement made
tirnlay by J. Hampton Rich of
nston-Salem.
Justice Heriot Clarkson of the
tte Supreme Court will speak and
n. R. O. Everett, president of the
rham-Orange Historical Society,
1 preside. Boone received his common,
it ?s pointed oiit, from the
>ita! at Hillsboro when he set out
lev Henderson for Kentucky. Dr.
B. Dougherty will introduce the
aker.
rhe tablet and memorial will be
sented by Hampton Rich, director
the Booue Trail Aosovialio.i, unwhose
auspices the dedication is
ng held.
rhe background of the unveiling
1 be 48 U. S. Flags in the hands of
young ladies, students of the
nmcr school at the college,
governor John Garland Pollard of
gir.ia is expected to be present
1 bring greetings of that state in
legislature Rnnno ggi tKvat
?es and in which body the great
neer introduced the first resoiun
for the conservation and "sav"
of wild game and forests in
icrica.
Unveiling at Blowing Rock
Vt seven-thirty in the evening the
lication and unveiling of a huge
owhead at Blowing Rock will take
ce. In this event the community
I summer colony will take part,
i colorful background of the dediior
will be furnished by 18 boys
h torches and 48 girls with flags,
ion. R. O. Everett of Durham will
iver an address on the great Cher?e
chieftain, Sequoia. Other ad.Yill
bo jrivon in rho brief pr*?lih.
; r; L: e^_tivia--dr/lic:itiahs?'
?..? 4-1.- i ->
rsiely thai of marking ancient trails
one leading ffOin the Sheila udo&h
the great plateaus of Western
rth Carolina, along: which path
) years ago there passed the fnn
and the buffalo; the other, marg
the ancient trail of Boone, fol~ed
by that doughty old pioneer
seeking a way across tits Blue
lge and bending his able efforts
the founding of a great republic.
\n ancient map- showing these old
ils, will be on exhibit at the unlings.
r is expected that a large crowd
h from the communities where
se ceremonials are held, as well
the summer visitors, will be presand
do honor to these first Amerns.
E. B. Jeffvess, chairman of
State Highway Commission, has
nified that he would be present.
tie Thousand Tracts of
md Offered by Sheriff
More than a thousand tracts of
d of delinquent taxpayers were
ered by the sheriff for sale at the
irthouse door on Monday, but
?re were few bidders. Individuals
i off a small number of tracts, and
; sale will be continued from day
day throughout the week, until
the property is disposed of.
The sheriff reports more favorable
: collections during the first of the
ek.
nrolment at College
Exceeds Expectations
rhe second term of the summer
ool at Appalachian State Teachers
liege is going forward, and comte
registrations indicated that the
inher of students had reached the
e-hundred mark. More than eight
idled were registered during the
it term, which is always the more
gely attended. Officials of the intution
were agreeably surprised at
large attendance during the sec1
six weeks period.
ESE FAMILY IN REUNION AT
OLD HOME ON BEAVER DAM
All of the surviving children of
: late Mr. and Mrs. J. J. T. Reese
gathered this week at the old
lie place on Beaver Dam, where
,de B. Reese now resides. Among
ise enjoying the reunion, which is
eg featured by various outings, are
s. Dan B. Swift and children, D.
Jr., Margaret and Elwanda, of
troit, Mien.; Mr. and Mrs. Ueorge
Reese and children. Maude, Grace
1 Loretta, of Luretha, Ky.; Mrs.
Masters and son, Jamos, of Sci:e
Hill, Ky., and Rev. Wagner A.
ese, of Norwood, Ky.
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