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' The Duplin County Water
lema Inventory' Meeting will be
;' held at the County Agriculture
Building On Friday evening.', May
.SI, 1957, at s80 pjn., it was an
nounced today by E. S. Kelly, chair
man ol the county inventory com-
jnittee. v, . h - V
Flans to hold the meeting, which
Will climax the month-long water
a problems study in, Duplin County,
were made by the committee when
it met last Friday night. 4 !
. Mr. Kelly - said . his committee's
reports! during the period leading
f up to the meeting would be aim
' ed almost entirely at explaining the
v type of water problems : that are
to be reported, and the procedure
his committee .will follow in re
cording the problems. v , ,
' ''Businesses,' -other organizations
and individuals wishing to know
; more about the inventory are asked
' to contact the chairman or a mem
' ber of the "committee, The county
group has been, provided' with a
standard outline tor recording the
' problems- as they are reported.
More than 24 categories of water
problems areilisted in the outline,
- along .with explanations and exam-
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, Mr. Kelly said considerable work
has gone into the preparation; ol the
material to be used in this inven
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lem has been evertooked;
- Four broad categories ; of water
i problems will be given special at
v tantloir when ; the DupUn County
Water Problems Committee holds
,. its County-wide inventory meeting
; m May il-Otyjy-t
Mr, Kelly; chairman: of the com
mittee, said today that every type of
water preblew alstiagn the poua -
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Be:GonaMCted . May
'Mej-meld
r , The lour uasses, aw. iweuy mmwx,
include (i Water, shortages, ) ws
ter excesses' f'eauttm rc mtra
f overflow, high water tables,' nv
; proper drainage and other similar
' conditions, tnadeojuate' water
euppUes resulting , from increased
f- use by todnstry, wunieipaUtles, ag
riculture and . other water, useri,
'and M).oflicU between water
r users resulting from too much or
;''too maoat;;if--:i'',vf,;-;.;
" JThe chatrman further expUined
' that tor purposes of the inventory
. the problems will be broken down
into even more specific categories,
based On the physical location ' of
the water. This ; ! will help water
user In reporting problems and
- will also facilitate appraisal of the
;:- problems by the State Board of
" Water Commissioners. -i
' t These classlflications will Include
diffused surface water (water that
, is flowing over the land and has
Graduation
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Water
sot yet reached a natural reservoir
or. watercourse) nd ground water
(water that Is under the surface
of the earth la the water table,
subterranean streams and aqui-
! JOf course,' Mr. SCelly said, "There
may be a few unusual .problems that
aren't covered.- but we" will have a
miscellaneous category to take eare
of- them. The important thing is that
every person in the county realize
that if a problem exists, we want
to know about it. And the only way
we will know about it is for Jhem
to come to the meeting on May 31,
and report it' . . y:rr: '
In order to encourage public par
ticipation to t the water problems
inventory meeting scheduled on
May 31, the Duplin. County inven
tory committee today cited exam.
pies of the :i type, problems that
should be reported., .-- - 1
The sample problems supplied by
the North Carolina Board of Water
Commissioners, were taken from a
Similar inventory i conducted re
ce'ntly ih another state. The exam
ples are cited word for word in or
uer to illustrate th nature of the
problems- and the .concise manner
in which they should be reported. I
The following aire examples of
problem - involving, diffused sur
face water:-,-
WCto.lairnier,jrorQunded water,
f , vv, lt rt .th- farm
taken, to court and the farmer was
Or&ered tq, pay; damages and Jower
this' . dam.;.'.? w. ' :vi
--'A farmer t treated his fields
With DDT to control white fringe
beetles.'-The .DDT -washed into a
pond downstream and killed the
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a.W;iu-trsse,titMr Jugher
ti.J. 1m.'a ArinA .This
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reUrd removal of excess water and
results! flooding.'. ,' t
Jlh4 ,aawla orve)mplek of
problems; involving ! streams 'and
jikli:-. :, ', " '
t-Cir property owner making
til on lots adjacent to a river fin
ed part ;ot, Sp Hvef floodway This
Impeded the natural flow ot flood
water and caused excessive floodin
at this wriat!'V)i''ft )'ifS:
-,' t-tQnt: party Onstalled an irrjgai
CXN flNOBa ON BAC TAGR)
Schedule For County ,S,C
, D. D. Blanchard, Jr., in coopera
tion with Dr. H. A. Phillips of Wal
lace, will - begin holding Babies
treatments in the county May 28th.
The law requires that all dogs, be
immunized prior to July 1st. 'See
list of places and dates in an inside
ad'.. '
KENANSVILLE,
Inventory
In Bmi
Telephones For Albertson Being
Installed This Week Frcm'Pink Hill
Telephone company construction
forces have resumed work on two'
rural projects in the Pink Hill and
Moss Hill exchanges whiclfe will pro
vide service to some 70 applicants
in the vicinity of Albertson and an
area west of LiddeH, North' Caro
lina.' ' .
This was disclosed today by Mr.
W. E. Thornton, Manager for Caro
lina Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, who stated that the projects
will involve an estimated expendi
ture of $59,437.00, Service is ex
pected to become available to the
applicants during the next few
days. ., ' VV '
v Accomplishment of the twe pro
Kewiwille Boy Scoufs WiiT First
Place Award At Spring Camporee
Kenansville Boy Scout Troop No.
50 won last week end a First Place
Award- while attending the annual
Spring. ' Camporee at Tuscarora
Camp near 'Ooldsboro. This was . an
all-around 'award lor outstanding
work in many phases of scouting. '
""Our" scouts - left Kenansville a
round J p.m: Friday an set up their
campsite two ' hours later. Friday
night the boys; along with Scout
master John Hall, participated in
the campflre activities Saturday
was busy day as Our boys complet
p.nro
.YdhfJsJtr-'.
Moving Train
f Mary Lee Jolly, tt year old col-
cno womasr or waiiaeo was louna
dead between the main tuwr and
passing track of the ACL Just out
side of Wallace en .Tuesday. She
was a native of Wilsht County and
cooked at a Wallace cafe,
f According to Wallace officers,
when her body was found it was
in badly -mangled condition. In
vestigation revealed that apparent
ly she had started to work about
4 a m. as her working day started
about S a.m. and was walking a
long the railroad track when a
north bound freight . came along.
For some unknown reason she
struck the moving train and it
knocked her down so hard she was
immediately killed. It was report
ed that Coroner Kennedy ruled the
death an unavoidable accident.
NOETH 'CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1957
To
Wjill
Idihg
31;
jects will involve placing ome S 1-2
miles of SI pair aer'al cable facili
ties, 14 miles of rural distribution
wire, and 24 miles of open wire
with associated pole line where re
quired. In conjunction with these two
projects service was recently pro
vided to some 30 odd other appli
cants near the junction of Highway
11 and 111 west of Pink Hill at an
expenditure of $26,029.00.
Tie latest report from Albertson
is that by Saturday the phones will
be in use. The Times will publish a
list of the subscribers and their
numbers as soon as, available.
ed in., the various activities and
events. Saturday night the scouts
were entertained around the 'Order
of the Arrow' campfire. Sunday
the boys attended religious services
'then received their awads. Camp
site closing ended the week end.
' Attending 'the Camporee along
with John Hall was: Woody Oak
ley, (patrol leader), Hubert Chaney,
Nicky BowdexvCarroU Hall, Bobby
Whaley, Robert Caison, Jimmie
Whaley and Johnnie Hester
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Wheat Vote Is
Set For June 20
In I lorlh Carolina
iTb Stat wide ..wheat referendum-
wiir be held in North Caro
lina, oil June 20, according to Sam
Brown, Duplin ASC office manager.
..' In this referendum fanners make
a choice of W per cent of parity
support vote along with a penalty
on all 'excess' wheat produced, or
they vote in favor of a 80 par cent
of partly without penalties for over
planting. , ' : t ''!t.TW'i$.
Either way the vote goes. Brewn
said, allotments to individual farms
will remain the same. This is based
on 282,796 acres allotted for North
Carolina this year. 's.:v'-y,
' The individual farm allotment
w.ll be in effect regardless of the
outcome of the referendum and
the size of allotment 'will hot be
altered by the remaining referen-
dum vote.
Vacation Bible
School At Lyman -.
Bethel Presbyterian Church at
Lyman will begin Vacation' Bible
School on Monday, May 2t at 2:00
p.m. There will be ten three-hour
sessions, with the closing "exercises
on Friday night, June 1.' The gen
eral theme for this year it Wider
Christian Relationships,' nhd there
will' be four departments, for pre
school children through the' ninth
grade. Refreshments will be serv
ed each afternoon, and all children
in the area are urged to . attend.
Animals are killed, by the thou
sands in the United States every
year by a score of highly toxic
plants and herbs. V '
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Duplin School Exercises Come To A
Close As 467 Seniors Graduate
'it Graduation ceremonies at eight
Duplin County high schools brought
the total number of 1957 graduates
to 487,. Superintendent O. P, John
son said today, -, . , , -
' Diplomas were presented ; this
week to 84 j students ,of : Warsaw
High Schoolj 89 North Duplin High
School seniors; (9 students at B. F.
Grady School; 63 student at Wal
lace - Rove Hill School and 13 Mag
nolia seniors.;' -w?:. ,
I In other graduation exercises this,
week, diplomas were' awarded to 6.2
students of E. i' ,S. :i Smith High
School and 86 Douglas High School
ieniors.'v '.'--f y'. vv:h,;..;,
1 In ceremonies on - May. -14, 27
rtenansville , : students ' received
diplomas; 58 were graduated from
ATTENTION DUPLIN
T. V. Station WEAL, on your
dial' and number 5, will pay a
aalato to Duplin County through
out the day next Wednesday, May
20th. There will bo ever 20 spots
during the day and night calling
attention to the oaiaatndlng plac
es and things in DnpUn, present
and past events and pictures of
county leaders and Interesting
places. Mr, David Wltherspoon
rf WH.4L was in he county all
day today getting notes, taking
pictures and finding things of fav
; (crest for everyone.
: Reception over WEAL Is very
good all over Duplin. In fact, we
arc told that one person In the
comity ha a portable TV get with
no outside antenna who gets
WBXi 'very good at all times.
Important to Duplin Is not just the
tact, that the telecast will be seen
In Duplin but will be seen all
over central Carolina as WRAL Is
in our state capital in Raleigh and
has a wide range reaching north,
south, east and west. And again,
for a day Duplin wiH be 011 the
map. Keep this In mind and keep
jour TV channeled In on station
5.
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BY BOB GRADY
WHAT'S IN THE OFFING?
1 Some real estate transactions took
place in Warsaw a few days ago.
George Clark of Clark's Drug Store
purchased the Vacant lot between
his drug store and the Herbert Best
old stables. He already owns the
lot between his store and Ellis West
Grocery.- Jimmy Strickland of
Farmers , Hardware purchased the
West Motor Company building on
the other side of the Best stables.
We understand, not from Jimmy
though, that he plans to remodel
the garage building, which is not so
very old and move his Hardware
Store into it It will-be a complete
modren up to date hardware layout.
Humors say. that Mr. Clark may
build a large, modern grocery mar
ket for possibly. A & P or Piggly
Wiggly. Looks like Warsaw is tak
ing on a new look on highway 24.
WARSAW MKTHOW8T CHURCH
" And speaking of a 'new IbQ&' ft
4 you haven't been in it do so, even
though not completed, the remodel
ed, modernized and if I may say so
and not be oacriligeous, sanctified,
Methodist, church there. The stain
ed glass windows, indirect light
ing and soft" atmosphere is touch
ing. When the carpet is finished,
new pews placed and the, Job com
pleted you will find one of the most
beautiful and modern Methodist
churches in this section. The Metho
dists have almost outdone them
selves. It is hoped the first sermon
in the new church will be the sec
ond Sunday in June however the
dedicatory sermon and program will
be at a later date.
RED- STRICKLAND
A. J. 'Red' Strickland is con
valescing at his home in Warsaw
after undergoing a serious opera
tion at Duke Hospital. He is receiv
ing company and is glad to see his
friends. Red' is getting along so
well that he now takes afternoon
rides with his daughter Mattie Lee
Minshew. 'Red' hps many friends
in Duplin and Sampson County as
he is sorta one of the old timers,
though not so old, he knows the
folks and something about what
Duplin is all about. Last night he
told me he had the 'agers'. I won
der how man, at least of the youn
ger generation know what 'agers'
means. Frankly, I didn't. Won't tell
you, let you find out for yourself.
DR. HARRIS IS JUSTLY PROUD
Dr. Russell P. Harriss, surgeon at
the DuDlin General Hospital, is
justly proud of Russell P. Jr., who
this week graduated from the gram
mar school of Burton Grover school
in Leaksville. Russell, Jr., was pres
ident of the student Body and rec
eived the American Legion Achie
vement Award which is given to the
boy and girl each year who is the
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Beulaville, 32 from Chinquapin and
62 from Charity High School.
Moore-Thomason-Hicks-Faison Reunion
BeHeldM
The annual reunion of the Moore,
Thomson, Hicks, and Faison fam
ilies will be held at Ten Mile
Church near Turkey, on May 26th.
The program will begin promptly at
11:30, and an , address wiy' be made
by Mr. H. V. Rose of .SmlthfieW,
on the 'Battle of Bentonville The
president for the year is Hehry El
liott Moore;' and the secretary . is
Mrs. Mary P. Ray," of Faison.
BUBSCEIPTION BATES: $3.S per
Coantlea: M M eotaide this area in N.
fJer Building Jo Be
To Give Duplin ASC Off ice More
Spate; County HD Women
Indiana Couple
Pays Tribute To
Duplin County
Mrs. George F. Weber who has
been confined to the Duplin Genr
eral Hospital for more than 6 weeks
after an auto injury on April 8th
will leave for their home in Indiana
on Thursday, May 23. Mr. and Mrs,
Weber reside at 318 Haney Ave.
South Bend, Indiana.
OUR APPRECIATION'
We were Strangers and they took
us in.' We want to thank the people
of Kenansville and Warsaw and
the farm folks from the surround
ing area for their gracious hospital
ity during the time we were un
invited guests in their midst. We
were never lonely. It seemed as if
we had belonged always. For six
year3 since retiring from a life
time of teaching, we have roamed
through our 48 states and spent a
year in European countries, but no
where have we experienced the
genuine hospitality, the good will
and the good wishes so generously
and so bountifully bestowed upon
us as in this area.
We want to compliment the coun
ty for providing its people with a
very fine, modern hospital and with
an -efficient and courteous staff of
doctors, nurses and other hospital
personnel. We want to thank Mr.
Grady, the editor of the Duplin
Times 'for his orientation discus
sion about the county and about
this area on his visit the first eve
ning we were in the hospital. We
want also,' to thank Mr. Johnson,
the County Superintendent. . o t
Schools for making several lours of
farms possible and a visit to some
schools, both White and colored.
' It is with extre mo regret that we
t the'. sebvfc Je tme spttf
hare ..has endearo 4 K ius pec.
pie and we count many new friends
made In the short tpjnvof time We
were here. "'-'' f"
Au revoir may wo meet again.
-Mr. and Mrs. Goo. F. Weber
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Community 4-H
Club Started
At Beulaville
Beulaville became the third Com
munity 4-H Club to be organized in
Duplin County during the past
three months, according to As
sistant County Agent Ed Simpson.
Other Community 4-H Clubs or
ganized recently are at Cedar Fork
and Pleasant Grove.
The purpose of such organiza-
rtions, Simpson says, is to provide
individual assistance to 4-H Club
members and make the program
more personal. 'It is a smaller unit
than the schools,' he said, 'and we
can do a better job.'
The Clubs are also active dur
ing the summer months, meaning
continuous instruction.
Mrs. James Miller and Oscar
Kennedy were named Adult Lead
ers of the Beulaville chapter.
' Carol Miller will serve the first
year as president. Other officers
are: Bennett Kennedy, vice presi
Jim Brinson, reporter.
Ed Simpson and Mrs. Annie Lois
Britt, assistant Home Agent wefe
present at the organizational meet
ing. Swimming At Cliffs
Begins June 7th
Tentative opening date of the
Cliffs of the Neuse lake has been
set for Friday, June 7, according
to information received from Park
Superintendent Bruce Price.
Attendance at the Cliffs for the
week, ending May 19 was 5,256. Of
this .total, 2,830 people visited the
parlr-on Sunday, May 19. Two spe
cial groups visited the park on
Sunday The Wayne County 4-H
Club and guests and the Highway
Patrol of Wayne, Duplin and Samp
son counties and their guests.
This organization was founded in
1934 as a historical and memorial
association and is made up of the
descendants, of four colonial fig
ures; ' Maj. James'. Moore, David
Thdmson, Thomas Hicks, and Jam
es iFaison. ' Their ' descendants and
other invited persons are Urged to
attend. A-, picnic dinner . will be
Spread in, the grove At One o'clock.
-ear in Duplm and adjoining
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Awarded Teaching
Fellowship At U.N.C.
William Gordon Kornegay, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Kornegay of
Warsaw RFD No. 2, has been award
ed the Teaching Fellowship of the
University of North Carolina School
of Education. Dean Arnold Perry
announced today. The $1800 fellow
ship was granted by the Graduate
School with the faculty .of the
School of Education making the
selection.
Kornegay has taught in the city
schools of Gastonia, served four
years as Instructor in the U. S. Air
Force and written several educa
tional articles, two of which have
been recently published in The
High School Journal, an education
al magazine featuring articles by
educators throughout the nation.
Mr. Kornegay is now serving as
president of the U.N.C. Chapter of
Phi Delta Kappa, a national honor
ary education fraternity. He is
currently working on his doctorate
in education, and will begin - his
teaching -thities in September.
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HelcyisdayFor
Lt. Johnny Helms
First Lt. Johnny C. Helms, 25.
husband Of the former Theo Hol
lingsworih of Kenansville was kill
ed m an Air Force bomber crash
last Friday in Virginia.
Helms was a navigator on a B57
which was on a training mission
over Camp A. P. Hill, Va.
Capt. Robert E. Pittman, pilot
of the plane was also, killed.
Helms was a graduate of the
ROTC program at East Carolina
College, Commander of the units
Drum and Bugle Corps; secretary
and president of Alpha Phi Ome
ga leadership fraternity; vice presi
dent of the college band; president
and vice president of the college
glee club, a member of Circle K and
summer sports editor of the student
newspaper, the East Carolinian.
Memorial services for Lt. Helms
and Capt. Pittman were held Mon
day at 3 p.m. in the Main Base Cha
pel, Langley Field Virginia, con
ducted by Chaplain John C. Wal
lace and Chaplain John P. Tho
mas. Final rites for Lt. Helms were
held at Monroe Tuesday at 4 o'clock
conducted by Rev. Lee R. Spencer,
Methodist minister assisted by Dr.
Drane, Episcopal minister. Grave
side rites were conducted at Lake
land Memorial Park by the Cha
plain and Honor Guard of Pope
Field.
In addition to his wife Helms is
survived by a seven months old
daughter, Karen Lynn and his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Helms
of Route 6, Monroe.
Free Car Check
Service Given
Voluntary. Inspection of autos in
Wallace and Warsaw Is moving a
long nicely. In Warsaw the inspec
tion program is sponsored by the
Jaycees and in Wallace by the
Moose Lodge. The organizations,
acting in a patriotic safety spirit
consulted the highway patrol and
local officers and the job was be
gun. In Wallace during the first
three days 974 cars voluntarily
drove by for inspection. There were
only 71 rejected and they were for
minor troubles. .Yesterday inWar
saw about 100 cars were checked
but further details were not learn
ed. If your cat has not been check
ed for safe driving go to oho of
these towns and have it checked. It
will not cost you one penny.
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funeral services
PRICE TEN CENTS ' ;
PRICE TEN CENTS
BY PAUL BABWICK
A new addition is to be construct
ed and joined onto the present Du
plin County Agriculture Buildings
according to E. E. Kelly, chairman
of the Duplin County Board of.
Commissioners.
The new structure will be con
structed on the north side of the
building and be in an 'L' shape.
The purpose of the addition is to
provide quick additional and ade
quate space for the County ASC
office.
A Hieeting was held in the agri
culture building recently to deter
mine what, if anything, could be
done to eleviate the crowded and
inadequate conditions in the ASC
office.
Those present left the decision
up to the County Commissioners
by a unanimous vote. A cross
section of the county was present,
including the old building commit
tee of the present agriculture build
ing. This action came on tne neels of a
letter received by the ASC Office
Manager Sam Brown from Horace
Godfrey, State ASC office manager,
advising that more space was need
ed 'now' in order to carry out the
ASC program effectively.
In his letter, Godfrey said, 'Since
the programs are for the benefit of
Duplin County people and are ad
ministered without cost to the local
County government, we feel that
adequate free-rent space should be
provided by the local government."
He further added, "The operation
of the program is jeopardized by
our present inadequate quarters and
we do ot feel that the farmers at
Duplin County should be penalized
through errors that might be made
as a result of inadequate space.'
Several suggestions had been
made prior to the mass meeting
which included the renting of the
Dail Building, in Kenansville, or
the use of a temporary basts 0
the auditorium In the agricuur
building. - '' v
However. Horn Demonstration
and 4-H representatives' f the
County let it be known at the meet
ing that they would not submit to
the use of the auditorium on Snyr
basis. They pointed out that iuch
had been the case before and tha--it
took 'a long time to get the ASC?
out so we could use the auditoTMnxT
Mrs. Walter Rhodes, speaking
for the Home Demonstration Club
women, said, 'If the ASC starts us
ing this auditorium again, we dont
know when we'll get it back. We
waited long enough this time and
we're not going to give it up now.
If we do, we're going down fight
ing.' Lewis Outlaw stated that he was
in favor of raising the - taxes as
high as necessary to get the money
to build an adequate structure tor
the County ASC. This move did not
get too much support, but the Com
missioners took the entire problem
under consideration and have come
up with the construction angle
without raising the taxes.
Leroy Simmons, president ef the
Duplin Farm Bureau, pointed out
that through the cooperation on
the part of everybody concerned
that adequate space could be pro
vided and sooner than everybody
realizes.
Melvin Cording, of Wallace, and
former chairman of the Agriculture
Building Committee, said that the
County is not only cramped in the
ASC office, but all County offices
are crowded. Our schools are cram
ped and we need more space badly.
We need to give our children bet
ter educational facilities.'
So. now that the Commissioners
have decided to build, it looks like
the ASC office will probably re
main in its present location until
the new building can be construct
ed. Man And Car Are
In Tough Luck '
Over Whiskey
Maryland Lee Holmes, 47 years
old, from Route 2, Richlands learn
ed the hard way this week that it
does not pay to bootleg whiskey
in Duplin County.
He was apprehended by Sheriff
Ralph Miller and Deputy Douglas
Shivar transporting six jars of non- .
tax paid whiskey. He was on his -.
impounded. ;
Holmes is out of jail on a $750
bond. He will be tried in County ,
Court in the term which opens May .
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He was apprehended in Lime
stone Township. Monday evening ( .
after the Sheriff's Department had Jy
been lookihg for him for about two ;
weeks as the result of a" tip. 1 ,
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konstructea
Heard
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