accurate, terse
timely
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\|gr0 fatally
shootsanother
fiable Homicide ,
ikt unQPITAT.h
/tfOTHLK in_
i justifiable homicide," was the 1
^ retunicd by a coroner's ;
impaneled by Jasper Shearin c
Saturday morning at Littleton *
,ear the evidence in a shooting <
iv which broucht deatfi to one '
0 and resulted with another c
7 carried to a hospital in a
us condition. J c
cordinff to the story told mem-Is
of the jury, as relayed by Cor- \
Jasper Shearin. Ben Howard, r
is about 21 years of age, had \
to a party, or some kind of c
ring, with a girl. After es- \
7 his girl home, be was way- j
v Norman Booker and Jack s
v
ird told the jury, it was re- i
that the Booker negro t
1 him and while the two of c
ere on the ground West ran
i a pistol in his hand and c
1 his intentions of killing ?
award stated that he then c
lis gun, a 38 calibre pistol, v
d two balls into Booker? t
tig effect in the mouth and c
t under the heart,? and
ned the weapon on West r
him three times?once in
:h. once in tbe arm, and i
he shoulder. .
lets pioved fatal to Book
B West was carried to a hospital in j
ianoke Rapids where he is re- ^
m :;ed to be recovering. ?
"acre was another negro present s
Bten the trouble began but he fled r
Brtore the shooting, it was stated.
I The shooting took place about one t
Bnilc from Oliver Grove church, in
Bliver township. Wren officers '
|rent there to make an investigaI
!on they found one pistol which
ad been thrown away in a field, it ?
as said. This weapon is allegel to
ave been the gun West had when
e joined the affray and threaten- ^
i death. i
Howard was bound over to Re- '
Border's court to face trial for car- ^
ying a concealed weapon. In court
Blonday morning- he plead guilty to J
Bhe charge and was fined $50 00
Bud costs. He is being held under
B?"d Ior the shooting of West.
Vhen he is able to testify, his verHion
of the shooting will be heard. r
Booker was about 23 years old *
Had West is said to be about 35 ^
ears of age. p
Jong Service At \
Training School ji
I Special seats will be provded for 11
White friends who attend the song 11
Hence which is to be rendered atle
Wise Training School on Sun-1 s
Hay afternoon. March 17, at 3 p
Bclock to raise funds for the Chari- Jv
H Chest, G. E. Cheek, superin-1
Hendent of the school, stated yes- J \
Herday in expressing the hope that I f
B large crowd would be present on | r
Bhis occasion. There will be no It
^Bdmission charge, but a silver of-1C
Bering will be taken at the door, he 11
I Mowing is the program which I ?
B to be rendered:
Opening hymn. Scripture. Prayer. I {
Busic. Introductory remarks and I r
Besentation of: County Welfare
H>fficer ^iss Lucv Leach, County <
telth 0?5cer Dr. G. H. Macon, and 1
I Mst group. Negro Spirituals. J
B1 Selection from Dunbar. (3) |
I HTrtetts' Second 3r0UP, Negro It
rtUal5' Selection from Dun- j
Hf- '6' Third group, Negro Spir- e
Paals. ^ (7, scene from "Heaven t
wilker To lct
I Appear In Recital t
Beacon, March 14?The Macon I j
B??unity Club presents in recital (
B Friday night, March 22, at 7:30 j
Miss Amelia Bruns, soprano, (
Ba Miss Drusa Wilker, pianist,
of Louisburg College fac- 1
Bty; Miss Ethel Russell, pianist,
By Jenkins and Mr. A1
7s' vocalists, students of the
?J?e Conservatory.
B We will be no admission charge '
i silver offering will be taken ]
r the benefit of the Warren 1
5'? Charity Chest. V
pisses Wilker and Russell are s
B county artists and their j
Mh * welcome this opportun-|!
| Mo hear them.
l^l'GHT TO BE IMPROVING
IH IErj Rod well, who is seriously
jj0 y>ark View Hospital, Rocky |
*' '''as reported yesterday asl
|flj ^'0\vn slight improvement
Bv'Vr^^er2?ing an operation on]
0
WARRl
Young Thief Is
Sent To Correction
School By Clerk
William Knight, 11-year-old boy
vho admitted that he stole two
Mstols and two knives from the
lome of J. A. Pipkin on Saturday
ifternoon, was yesterday committed
:o a reformatory in Rocky Mount
)y William Newell who gave him a j
fearing in Juvenile court, and hisi
)lder brother, June Knight, who!
sold one of the pistols, was bound
>ver to Recorder's court by Magis- ]
rate Macy Pridgen to face a charge
>f carrying a concealed weapon.
The arrest of William Knight
:ame after he had sold a .38 calibre
Smith & Wesson pistol, said to be
vorth $35, for $1.00 to Alfred Caroil,
negro man. The older Knight
vas taken into custody after it be:ame
known that he was the man
vho offered a .32 calibre Ivey-John;on
gun for sale at Carroll's fruit
itore here for less than $3.00. Both
veapons were identified by Mr.
Pipkin as his property and have
>een turned over to him, as well as
>ne of the knives which was stolen.
Mr. Pipkin's home was entered,
>n Saturday afternoon between 4
md 6 o'clock, and the robbery was
liscovered by Mr. Pipkin when he
vent for his supper. It is alleged
hat the youth entered the resilence
through a rear door.
Authorities were notified of the
obbery early Saturday night and
jloodhounds were brought here from
infield. The dogs picked up a
rack and sniffed it to the home of
fick Jones, negro woman who lives
n a shanty about two miles from
rVarrenton on the Macon road, but ;
i search of the place revealed no j
tolen property and no arrests were <
nade. (
The 11-year-old boy admitted i
hat he entered Mr. Pipkin's home 1
ind took the property, it was stated 1
it the sheriff's office. June Knight J
laimed that 'he did not know the 1
:un which his "brother let him have
i'as stolen, it was said. i
The Knights recently moved to ]
Varrenton from Henderson. Th? 1
oung Knight is alleged to have <
teen in trouble about stealing m ~
lance county before coming here. I
i
Littleton Board (
Renews Contract i
Littleton, March 12.?The Com- ,
nissioners of the Town of Littleton (
net on Monday night, March 11. ]
fhe following business was dis- ,
>atched at this time: A new five j
rr?o*. rtAntvoot TiritVi t/hp r^nrnlinn <
tai wxiu ?v/v ***V** v?*v ?,w_ (
Jower & Light Company for street!,
ighting was signed. Permission was \
;ranted to the Littleton Tennis ,
Hub, represented by Dennis Rose,
o use the town lot lying between <
he jail and the highway for the j
rection of two tennis courts. Rules <
md regulations of the Sewer and ]
Vater Department of Littleton
vere adopted.
At this time a regular election '
vas called to be held on May 7th
or the purpose of electing the
nayor and seven commissioners of
he town for a term of two years. 1
3. M. Hale was appointed regis- j
rar for said election and T. R. j
talker Jr., and C. E. Foster were ]
ippointed poll holders. 1
A number of bills were ordered 1
)aid and other routine business J
natters dispatched. 1
Scout Executive
To Speak Here
i
Claude Humphreys, Scout execu- j
;ive of Durham, "will speak at a 1
oint meeting of the Parent-Teach- i
:r Association in the auditorium of 1
he John Graham High School on
Tuesday night, March 19, at 8
j'clock, announcement was made
his week.
The parents and public are urged
;o attend this meeting and hear
VIr. Humphreys' message. An Easter
;gg hunt will be given the room
laving the largest number of moth-1
onri fathers oresent, it was said. |
Three-Act Play To
Be Given At Drewry
A three act comedy, entitled
"This Thing Called Love," will be
presented at the Drewry school,
Manson, N. C., on Friday night.
March 15, at 8 o'clock, according to
announcement made this week by
Walter L. Wilson, principal of the
school.
The entertainment is being sponsored
by the Agricultural Department
of the Palmer Springs High
School, Mr. Wilson stated. There
will be a small admission charge.
Mr. Haywood Duke of Elizabeth
City was here yesterday. i
hp B;
ENTON, COUNTY OF WARF
"*ar.
Acclaimed for Best 1954
li S
HOLLYWOOD ,,ove arc CTaudc
co-starred in "It Happened One Night"
of Motion Picture Arts, as the best screer
were gold statuettes.
Cotton Co-ops To |s
Hold Thirteenth
Annual Session
For the thirteenth consecutive
year Vance and Warren county
members of the North Carolina Q
Cotton Growers Cooperative Asso- ^
nation will 'hold their annual meeting
in the court house here on Fri- ^
day, March 22, at 2:30 o'clock for (
the purpose of hearing from M. G.
Mann, general manager, a report bj
on the past year's operation.
Mr. Mann will discuss the affairs p
of the association and will also n
point out the need for growing
oetter cotton and will discuss pro- ^
duction credit, the cotton market ..
situation and also the program of r(
the Farmers Cooperative Exchange, b)
it was stated. cj
Members are invited to bring bi
their friends and neighbors with p!
them to the meeting. S
At the conclusion of the meeting y<
members will elect delegates to the re
district convention, to be held ti
later, and at which time candidates tl
will be nominated for director of sj
,he district. The candidates will pi
then be voted upon by the member- tc
ship in the district and the one re- ir
teiving the most votes will serve as h
director for the ensuing year. 11'
The meeting here is one of a ei
series of 33 that will be held dur- ia
Ing March and April. The associa- re
tion now has more than 18,000 j
nembers. ^
^
Pig And Sausage
Stolen On Tuesday
u
A pig and five bags of sausage a<
were stolen from Haywood Aycock's C
farm at Elberon on Tuesday night,' n:
it was learned from the sheriff's of- |
fice yesterday. Investigating officials J w
discovered tracks made by the p
thief, it was said, but they were' j-e
lost before the identity of the per- st
son could be learned. jr
di
SCOUTS HOLD BANQUET
Boy Scouts and their fathers
were entertained at a oyster supper
on Wednesday night by J. E. h;
Derrick, Scoutmaster of the War- m
renton troop. The occasion also tl
marked an anniversary of Mr. Der- tc
rick's birth. ni
tl
Mr. Jack Reid of Palmer Springs
was here yesterday. bi
THROUGH CAPIl
By BESS HINT
NEW THREAT?Information em- tl
\ T-?
anating from Washington, D. C., n
indicates the certain candidacy of
Congressman Lindsay C. Warren of r<
Washington, N. C., in opposition to S(
Senator Josiah W. Bailey in 1936. y,
While Senator Bailey has gone to h
tele aid of President Roosevelt in b,
recent weeks in a spectacular man- Cl
ner it is pointed out by Warren je
supporters that the primary of next i g
spring ''is just around the corner." f(
Senator Bailey was said to have Ci
lost ground in his opposition to jj
enactment of the Agricultural Ad- Ci
justment Act, the Bankhead cotton t<
control bill, the seed loan act, the | i<
St. Lawrence waterway act, the, fj
soldiers' bonus proposal, all except
trmt
tEN, N. C., FRIDAY, MAR<
Screen Performance
n|9A ' ''^
(tte Colbert and Clark Gable who
to win the award of the Academy
l performance of 1934. The awards
>tate Manager
To Explain Old
Age Pension Plan
W.. B. Fisher of Andrews, N. C.,
;ate manager for tfoe Townsend
Id Age Pension Plan, announced
lis week that he would explain
le pension bill to the people of
barren county in the court house
t Warrenton on Thursday afteroon,
March 21, at 1 o'clock. This
ill has already been introduced in
ingress, and according to Mr.
isher, is being favored by a large
umber of congressman
In announcing that?;-he would be
ere next week, Mr. fester stated:
ftibout 35,000,000 voters have al;ady
signed and sent in petitions,
ut more of these are needed. No
large for signing petitions. This
11 provides that the government
ly to all citizens of the United
tates, man or woman, over 60
2ars of age $200.00 per month the
:st of their lives upon two condions,
viz: Job if any given up to
le younger unemployed; and to
>end the entire amount of the
msion every 30 days. This sounds
to good to be true, but do not
lake up your mind until you 'have
eard the bill explained. I would j
ke for all citizens, men and womi,
in the county to become familr
with this pension and business
:covery plan."
itate Senator To
Address Masons
State Senator J. Ray Shute,
ninn eountv's reDresentative. will
3dress Masons in the Johnston-!
aswell Lodge Hall on Thursday
ight, March 21, at 8 o'clock.
Senator Shute's subject on tihis
icasion will be "Major Aspects of
reemasonry." An invitation is extnded
by representatives of Johnon-Caswell
Lodge to all Masons
i this territory to hear this adress.
HOLTS ENROUTE HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Holt, who
ave been on a wedding tour to'
texico and points of interest in1
lat country, are expected to return'
i Warrenton today. Hiey will;
lake their home, a few days after
leir arrival, in the residence on'
Iain street opposite the Dameron
iilding.
1
AL KEYHOLES
ON SILVER
I
ie last sponsored by President
nnsevelt.
YOUR MONEY?It now appears
;asonably certain the General As;mbly
is going to take $1,650,000 of
our gasoline money and spend it
ere, there and everywhere. It will
e done by levying t&e three per
ont sales tax on the money col;cted
from auto license tags and
asoline taxes. The people paid it
)r roads but that doesn't appear to
ut much ice with the boys who
ke the diversion idea. Now the
ounties are trying to get the State
o return to them at once, money
)aned for construction of roads
ister than the highway program
(Continued cn Page 2)
Srro
:H 15, 1935 Subi
TAYLOR FINES ~
PISTOL TOTER
Ben Howard Tried Following
Fatal Shooting Affair
In River Township
ENTERS PLEA OF GUILTY
Carrying a concealed weapon,
fighting, stealing and failure to provide
as much food and clothing as
desired were responsible for the
four cases which were tried before
Judge Taylor in Recorder's court on
Monday morning.
Ben Howard, negro who killed
one member of his race and serious
ly wounded another in a light
which took place in River township
on Friday night, came before the
court and entered a plea of guilty
court and entered a plea of guilty
to the charge of carrying a concealed
weapon which was booked
against him after a coroner's jury,
impaneled in Littleton Saturday
morning, said by its verdict that he
was justifiable in killing Norman
Booker and seriously wounding
Jack West, negroes alleged to have
jumped on him and threatened
death as he was returning home
after having escorted a girl to a
social function. The judgment of
the court was that Howard should
pay a $50.00 fine and be taxed with
court costs.
Vernon Arrington, erstwhile
chauffeur for G. W. Poindexter and
now in the employment of C. K.
Planson, was in court for striking
Sarah Alexander, cook for W. H.
Dameron, who, according to evidence,
was attempting to protect
her cousin, Cornelia Jones, cook for
Archie Davis, from the company of
Arrington, which, they said, was undesirable.
The Alexander woman testified
that in an attempt to protect her
cousin from Arrington, who forced
himself on them while up town,
she asked her to go home with her,
and that when they got near Mrs.
Dell Jones' corner Arrington struck
her two or three times, knocking
her down. She exhihited bruises
about the eye and forehead to show
where the blows landed. Her testi|
mony was corroborated by the
I Jones woman. Other negroes testified
that they saw Arrington with
the women and right after the
fight and that his conduct was not
commendable.
Arrington blamed the Alexander
woman for the trouble. He said he
was walking with Cornelia Jones
and that Sarah Alexander began
making remarks to her cousin about
him, telling her that she wouldn't
'have anything to do with a married
man, and called him all kind
of names. He said he told her that
if she cursed him again that it was
"going to be me and you," and
that when she repeated the remarks
he slapped her with the palm of
his hand. He stated that she tore up
his face and had his employer to
come into court and tell that he
was bloody shortly after the fracas
took place. He charged the woman
with affray and her name was
written into the warrant, but after
the evidence was in, Solicitor Pip(Continued
on page 8)
Nephew J. W. Allen
Dies At Hospital
W. H. Allen of Enfield, formerly
of this county and nephew of John
W. Allen of Warrenton, died in
Park View Hospital at Roeky Mount
on Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
He had been in declining health ,
for two months, but in the hospital
only a week.
Funeral services were held in
the home at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday,
afternoon, conducted by Rev. E. O.
Peeler of the Methodist Protestant
Church.
Mr. Allen,, a member of the Baptist
Church, was 45 years of age. He
is survved by his widow who was
Miss Annie Timberlake of Louis burg;
one daughter, Miss Edna
Earle Allen; one brother, L. L. Allen
of Enfield, and one sister, Mrs.
Carrie Dew of Rutherfordton College.
Singin Class To Be
Here On March 25
The Oxford Orphanage Singing
Class will give a concert in the
auditorium of the John Graham
TTio-h School on Monday night,
*?
March 25. The public is cordially
invited to this entertainment.
The Misses Ann Scoggin and
Elizabeth Taylor of Peace College
arrived yesterday to spend several
days with their parents. They were
accompanied from Raleigh by Mrs.
J. P. Scoggin and Miss Katherine
Scoggin.
ril ,s
.
*ripV?S?S> -lear
* Burgess
Delivers |
Temperance Talk
At Court House
"Three out of every ten persons
who start out drinking whiskey '
moderately become addicts to the
drug," Cale K. Burgess of Raleigh,
here on Sunday afternoon speaking
in the interest of the dry cause, '
quoted Dr. Will Mayo of the nationally
famous Mayo Clinics, as
stating in a letter to him.
The dry leader offered the figures
of this eminent surgeon in
corroboration to his own contention
that when one starts out taking
occasional drinks that the chances
are great that Deamon Rum will
get such a hold on him that his
career will be wrecked and that he *
will fill a drunkard's grave.
"No man," opined Mr. Burgess,
"deliberately starts out to become
a drunkard. You may go up the c
street and ask a dozen people if it
is their ambition to become a
drunkard and every one of them
will tell you that it is not. And yet,
our institutions and cemeteries are t
filled witii them." ^
"Every person," the speaker stat- k
ed, "thinks that he is an excep- s
tional person, that he can take a
drink occasionally without becoming
an addict to the drug, and yet
so often we see alcohol making a
slave out of the lives of these very "
people who, when they started c
(Continued on page 8)
Whiskey Control t
Bill Is Referred 1
To Committee i
f
Raleigh, March 14.?After its pro- t
ponents and opponents had argued s
its contents for more than two t
hours, the Hill bill proposing tire i
establishment of a state system of y
liquor stores was referred to the t
senate iinance committee on mo- <
tion of its sponsorer Thursday afternoon.
This means that the bill is :
to be studied from a standpoint i
of revenue that the state would de- 1
rive from it in the event it was <
passed. ]
Savings Bonds On
Sale At Postoffice
United States Savings Bonds are
now on sale at the post office in
Warrenton, Mrs. Nannie Mcl. 1
Moore, postmistress, has announced. )
The bonds, which cost from $18.75 '
to $750.00, mature in ten years and I
offer the purchaser an opportunity l
to increase his capital by one-third i
if held to maturity. 1
The smallest unit is $25. it costs
$18.75 now. Ten years hence the t
government will pay its owner $25. t
T'lie largest unit is $1,000. It costs I
$750.00 now and in ten years the 1
purchaser receives $1,000. I
These bonds will be redeemed by
the government, if the owner de- c
sires, at any time after 60 days s
from the issue date. Their redemp- t
tion value is at the cost price dur- s
ing the first year but thereafter in- \
creases every six months until the
maximum return is obtained by the (
owner for the full ten years. c
Protection against loss or de- I
struction is afforded by registering t
the purchaser's name on the books r
of the United States Treasury; or C
the government will hold the bond a
in safekeeping for the owner. a
n
Series Of Services 2
At Episcopal Church j
c
The first of a series of services
dealing with the "Sermon on the 1
Mount" were commenced in the
Episcopal CViurch here on Wednesday
night of this week, the Rev. B.
N. de Foe Wagner stated yesterday.
The public is invited to these ser- c
mons which are conducted each i:
Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. C
On Sunday, the Rev. Mr. Wag- l
ner is holding two services daily at r
Emmanuel Church. The services in /
the morning are at 8 o'colck and
in t'he evening the services are at s
7:30 o'clock. K
j
Box Car Robbed *
Of Shoes And Cigars
A box car robbery, believed to
have occurred at Warren Plains on r
Monday night, netted a thief or p
l&ieves two cases of shoes and a 1
number of cigars, it was learned 2
yesterday from Arthur Rodwell, | v
Seaboard Agent stationed at War- s
ren Plains.
Mr. Rodwell said that the car
checked up short of the wearing
apparel and smokes, but that he I
could not say positively whether g
the robbery took place at Warren c
Plains or before the freight arrived f
there. No clues leading to an ar- t
rest have been discovered, ??e said, a
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MOST OF THE NEWS
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NUMBER 11
COMMITTEEMEN
TO AIDS1GNERS
"oiintv Affpnt Rnh Rricrht
Lists Time And Places
Cotton Meetings
EXPLAINS BASE METHOD
By BOB BRIGHT
The cotton committeemen will be
it the places designated below on
'.larch 18th through March 22nd for
he purpose of assisting cotton contact
signers to select the acreage
hey wish to plant under their contacts
in 1S35:
Fishing Creek township, R. L.
3apps Store; Fork township, J. C.
3owell's Store; Hawtree township,
3. C. Perkinson's Store; Judkins
ownship, J. P. T. Harris' Store;
"Jutbush township, J. C. Watkins'
store; River township, S. D. King's
store; Roanoke township, H. L.
Wall's Home; Sandy Creek townihip,
W. E. Turner's Store; Shocco
ownship, J. K. Pinnell's Store;
sixpound township, Churchill
school House; Smith Creek townhip,
Norlina, Mayor's Office; Warenton
township, Court House.
All cotton producers that have
igned contracts are urged to go to
he place designated in the townihip
in which his farm is located
luring the period given above. All
)roducers that fail to make their
elections in the townships may
:ome to this office March 25
hrough March 30 to make their seection.
Persons that produced cotton in
.933-34 on lands owned or controll:d
by them may secure a 1935 coton
contract. Cotton producers
iigning the 1935 contracts will participate
in rentals and parity paynents
for the year 1935 only. Those
vishing to sign contracts will come
;o this office at once and make
ipplication for a contract.
The official applications for
1 Unon l-/\knnn/\ rtAMfvftnfo O rn
spcuiai uacic wwaii/U wnu auto a*v
low available and will be executed
ior those tobacco producers that
qualify. Producers wishing to apply
for a special base contract should
apply at this office at once.
W. M. Galliher Is
Buried At Norlina
Funeral services for William
Vfartin Galliher, saw mill operator
vho died at his home in Norlina 011
rhursday evening at 6 o'clock folowing
and illness of two weeks
vith pneumonia and a heart ailnent,
were held from his residence
ast Friday afternoon at 1:30.
The services were in charge of
he Rev. W. C. Wilson, pastor of
he Methodist Episcopal Church at
lorlina. The body was taken to
Vake Forest where interment took
dace in the town cemetery.
Mr. Galliher, who was 55 years
>f age, was a native of this state
ind had been living at Norlina for
he past fifteen years. When taken
ick, he was operating a saw mill in
Varrenton for Pete Seaman.
In addition to the widow, Mrs.
lertie Connor Galliher, the deeased
is survived by one daughter,
diss Odessa Galliher, of Richmond,
fa.; five brothers, Jess Galliher of
)rewry, Robert, Pete, Charles, John
Jalliher, all of Harmony, N. C.;
cictprc Mrs Pink Harris
lliU 1/ " U IMWVVOW) _ ?
Jid Mrs. Retta Smith, both of Harnony.
Pallbearers were Whitney Overby,
jollie Newman, Charlie Williams,
ohn Cawti'iorne, A. J. Hundley and
Charlie Snipes.
J. D. C.s To Hold
Sale On Saturday
The United Daughters of the
Confederacy will hold a food sale
n the Home Furniture & Supply
Co. store on Saturday morning at
0 o'clock, according to an anlouncement
made by Mrs. T. V.
illen, secretary.
The daughters will have a goodly
upply of cake, candy and pie on
.and for those who wish them.
>roceeds from this sale will be apilied
on the Nathaniel Macon
lome fund, it was stated.
PLAY AT GRUVER MEMORIAL
The young people of Gruver Menorial
Presbyterian Church will
iresent the play, ''Always In
" AM UViHotr ovonina Marfih
iuuuic, vli j. ??
2, at 8 o'clock, it was stated this
ieek. There will be a small admision
fee, it was said.
LEGIONAIRES TO MEET
W. P. Alston, Commander of
jimer Post, No. 25, American Le:ion,
announces that an officers
:onvent:;on will be held in Sandord
on March 17-18, and states
hat all officers as well as legionlires
are requested to attend.
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