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VOL. No. XXXVII No. 27
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 2,1949
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20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
ELKIN HIGH’S
FINALS BEGIN
, SUNDAY NIGHT
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J. C. Gwaltney To Deliver
Baccalaureate Sermon
CAST FOR PLAY NAMED
Class Day To Follow Tuesday;
Graduation To Be
Thursday Night
GRADUATES ARE LISTED
Elkin High School’s commence
ment exercises will begin Sunday
with the baccalaureate sermon to
be held in the Elementary School
Auditorium. Class Day exercises
and graduation exercises will fol
low on Tuesday and Thursday
nights.
The Rev. J. C. Gwaltney, pastor
_yof Elkin Valley Baptist Church,
will deliver the baccalaureate ser
mon Sunday night. The Rever
ends Robert Tuttle and George
Farah will take part on the pro
gram.
Class Day exercises will begin
at 5 p. m„ Tuesday with a Class
Day play, “A Southern Rosary.”
Those taking part in the play
will be Danny Travis, Winnie
Luffman, Sue Shugart, Oliver
Rushing, Jenny Transou, Jean
Brown, Jack Pardue, Joan Olsen,
Sam Shugart and Louisa Roth.
Graduation exercises will be
held at the Elementary School au- 1
ditorium at 8 p. m., Thursday,
June 9. Dr. Clyyde A. Erwin, state
superintendent of public instruc
^ tion, will address the class. The
Rev. Ralph Ritchie, Claude Far
rell and N. H. Carpenter will take
p,art on the program along with
Sue Harris Shugart, valedictorian,
and Winnie Frances Luffman,
salutatorian.
Seniors to be graduated, their
officers, marshalls and mascots
are as follows:
Jenny Transou, president: Hal ‘
Stuart, vice-president: Winnie J
Luffman, secretary; and Bob Law- ,
( rence, treasurer. (
Mascots are DeLaine Utley and .
Jerry Carpenter.
Marshalls are Myzelle Stanley,
chief; Jean Luffman, Eva Brine
gar, Nadene Luffman and Anna (
Katharine Dobson.
Class members are: (
Virginia Lee Transou, Hal Mar
tin Stuart, Winnie Frances Luff
man, Robert Samuel Lawrence, ]
Evelyn Faye Transou, Sara Lil- '
( lian Martin; Jerry Ann Wall, ]
Vanice Mildred Gentry, Philip
Jones Mathis, Dixie Jean Carter,
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Fourteen Permits i
Issued At Dobson !
_ ]
^ Saturday was a busy day in the (
Register of Deeds’ office at Dob
son. Nine couples applied for li- ]
censes to wed. s
By Tuesday 14 couples had been
issued permits, who were as fol- ;
lows: Benjamin Kelly Graves, 26,
and Barbara Ami Wrenn, 23. both '
of Mount Airy; Richard Floyd
Leach, 22 and Mary Elizabeth 1
Taylor, 20, both of Mount Airy:
Roy Webb, Jr., 24, Rutherfordton,
and Peggy Lee Walters, 18, State
Road; Charles Junior Reece, 21,
Elkin, and Josephine Holt, 16, (
Dobson: John L. Mayhcw, 26,
Iaeger, Va., and Anita Jean Clif
ton, 21, Welsh, W. Va.; Alexander
Green, 16, and Tishie Bell Rogers,
19, both of Mount Airy; Edgar D. ,
Mabe, 22, Ararat, Va., and Virgin
ia Tate, 21, Mount Airy; Don Ray
Gentry, 21, and Arlene Jolley, 22,
Glade Valley; Fred Murphy, 23, J
Boonville, and Lois Marsh, 18, 1
Yadkinville; K. N. Askew, 41, (
Louisburg, and Carrye H. Jones. 1
35, Whitehead; Robert Lee Adams, 1
27, Galax, and Ann Beamer, 22, 1
Mount Airy; Jame^ Clyde John- 1
son, 22, and Lola Annie Mayes, ’
16, both of Mount Airy; Theodore
Van Eaton, 22. and Ola Jean i
March, 22. both of Elkin (color- 1
ed); and Joe Conrad, 36, and Ella 1
Mae Hairston, 24, both of Mount
Airy (colored). 1
Contest Winner To !
| Speak To Kiwanis
Walter Stinson, of Boonville, :
district winner of the public
speaking contest sponsored by the
North Carolina Bankers Associa
tion, will speak on “Soil Conser
vation’’ at this evening’s meeting
(Thursday), of the Elkin Kiwanis
Club. Young Stinson was also
the recent winner of the district
award in the Future Farmers of
America public speaking contest.
The program has been arrang
f ed by Hubert Willis, chairman of
the Kiwanis agricultural commit
tee.
Last week a large group of Ki
wanians and tlieir wives and
guests, met at Camp Albert But
ler. i
NEW FHA OFFICERS — Elkin High School officers of the Future Homemakers of America were in
stalled in an impressive ceremony, Friday evening at the high school gymnasium. They are, left to
right, Miss Carlen Wiles, historian; Miss Greta Cheek, vice-president; Miss Lucy Luffman, parlia
mentarian; Miss Betty DeBorde. president; Miss Helen Hutchins, treasurer; Miss Jo Barnett, reporter
and Miss Loretta Collins, secretary. Prior to the installation of officers, the FHA club entertained
the faculty members and student council at a wiener roast. (photo by belli
MAN REPORTED
ROBBED OF CAR
rwin Citian Says Hijackers
Forced Him To Drink
Intoxicant
2AR SHOVED OFF BANK
Armed men took a Winston
Salem man's car Sunday morning
ifter forcing him to drink an in
oxicant. The auto was found la
er at the bottom of a 75-foot
mbankment between Thurmond
nd Doughton.
Jerry Floyd, who gave his ad
Iress as Polo Road, Winston-Sal
m, told the story to Highway Pa
rolman D. J. Caudle of Elkin
vhen the officer answered his
elephone plea for assistance.
Floyd said he picked up two
nen at a stoplight in Winston
Salem about 4 a. m. while en
oute to work at the Winston
Steam Laundry.
After entering the car, the two
nen pulled a gun, Floyd related,
ind ordered him to drive on. They
breed him to drink a liquid
vhich tasted like flavoring ex
ract, he added, and he remember
ed nothing more until he found
limself beside the road about two
niles from where the car was la
er found.
Patrolman Caudle brought
;,loyd into Elkin where he caught
l ride back to Winston-Salem.
The car was believed damaged
ibout $400.
ROYALL RITES
TO BE TODAY
Service To Be At Liberty
Knob Union Baptist
Church At 11 A. M.
WAS 75 YEARS OF AGE
Funeral services for Francis
Marion Royall, 75, of State Road,
vill be held this morning (Thurs
layl at 11 o’clock at Liberty Knob
Jnion Baptist Church. The Rev
erends Ford Walker and Guy Cox
vill officiate and burial will fol
ow in the church cemetery which
s known as the Royall Cemetery.
Mr. Royall died Tuesday morn
ng after a two day illness. He
vas a son of the late Thomas and
Martha Brooks Royall.
Mr. Royall was twice married,
irst to Miss Almedia Sidden, who
lied. In 1930 he married the for
ner Miss Flora Brooks, who sur
vives. Other survivors include
wo daughters by the first mar
iage. Mrs. Hort Brooks of Thur
nond and Mrs. Sam Wooten of
iVhitehead; four daughters and
)ne son by the second marriage,
Mrs. Ransome Woodle, Mrs. Her
nan Royall and Mrs. Watson Car
eer, all of State Road; Mrs. Clar
ence Golden of North Wilkesboro
md Oscar Royall of Mount Airy;
14 grandchildren; 10 great grand
children; two brothers, George
"lovall of Floyd, Virginia, and W.
Ei- Royall of Blacksburg, Virginia,
and three sisters. Mrs. Walter
Slusher of Floyd. Virginia. Mrs.
Luther Kivett of Graham and
Miss Jane Royall of State Road.
Except for the 1946 crop, na
tional rye acreage this year is the
smallest In 75 yearg.
GUEST SPEAKER—Dr. J. Lem
Stokes III, pastor of St. John’s
Methodist Church, Rock Hill,
S. C'., formerly of this city, will
speak at the Methodist young
Adults Annual Fellowship Din
ner, Friday evening at 7 p. m.
at the Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A.
YADKIN SCHOOL
ERECTION SET
Contracts Expected To Be Let
Within Next Few Days
For Additions
TO ;{ COUNTY SCHOOLS
Within the next few days con
tracts are expected to be let for
the erection of an addition to
school plants at Yadkinville,
Courtney and Boonville. This is
a part of the $480,000 building
program already under way in
Yadkin County, which was made
possible by the passage of a bond
issue by election last summer.
When the present program is
completed, Yadkin County schools
will be greatly improved in hous
ing and teaching equipment.
Among the new buildings erect
ed will be a cafeteria, science
building with laboratories, and li
brary study hall at West Yadkin;
additional class rooms at Boon
ville and Courtney, plus library
and science facilities at Courtney,
a new gymnasium at Fall Creek,
a library and library study hall,
science department, four addi
tional class rooms, and a gymna
sium at Yadkinville, and addi
tional facilities at East Bend.
Work is already under way on
the plant at West Yadkin. A fea
ture of this addition will be a
cafeteria which will seat 500 stu
dents.
Mostak Fans 13,
Hut Elkin Loses
Wytheville’s Pete Zoldak bested
Elkin’s John Mostak Tuesday
night in a hard-fought battle at
Memorial Park, 5-3. Both pitchers
fanned 13 men.
Wytheville took a lead in the
first inning and added one in the
second but Elkin evened the count
in the same frame. 3-3. The
Statesmen pushed across a couple
on the sixth, however, and the
ball game remained :;o to the end.
North Wilkesboro won a 10-inn
ing decision over Mount Airy, 8-7,
and Radford edged Galax 5-4.
A reformed French thief, Eu
gen Vidcoq, established the first
official detective bureau in 1817.
WMU TO MEET
HERE FRIDAY
Association To Convene At
First Baptist Church
At 10:00 A. M.
MRS. WOOD TO PRESIDE
The Elkin W. M. U. Association
will meet Friday at the Elkin First
Baptist Church beginning at 10
a. m. The theme of the meeting
will be “That The World May
Know.”
Mrs. R. C. Wood, of Route 1,
North Wilkesboro, will preside
over the session.
During the opening worship
period, Miss Peggy Nichols of
North Wilkesboro, will sing, “God
So Loved the World.” A quartette
composed of Mrs. G. H. Tatum,
Mrs. Howard Ford, George Litt
man and J. Fuller Moseley, will
sing a selection.
Mrs. Florence Lide, a mission
ary to China, will speak on “That
the World May Know.”
Others taking part on the pro
gram during the day will be Mrs.
Robert Transou, Mrs. Earl James,
Mrs. Lottie Burch, Mrs. G. W.
Creed, Mrs. J. C. Brown, Mrs. F.
M. Norman, Mrs. C. N. Myers, all
of this city; Rev. L. M. Cook of
Ronda, Mrs. J. D. Wyatt of State
Road and Rev. Lester Johnson of
North Wilkesboro.
Special music for the meeting
will be presented by Mrs. G. H.
Tatum, Mrs. J. H. Beeson, solo
ists and Mrs. J. Livingston Wil
liams, violinist.
At the noon hour, luncheon will
be served by the Womans Mission
ary Society of the First Baptist
Church.
Officers Capture
Whiskey Runners
Two men, an automobile, and
60 gallons of non-taxpaid liquor
were captured in an early-morn
ing haul Friday morning east of
Yadkinville by Ucal officers.
Herman Ray Maxey, of Route 2,
Guilford College, ind Paul Willis,
of near Greensboro, were the two
men caught by Sh Tiff Bill Mox
ley, Patrolman J. V/. Williamson,
and three deputy sheriffs.
The two made bond to the Sep
tember term of Yadkin Superior
Court.
HONOR STUDENTS — Sue Harris Shugart, left, and Winnie Lee
Luffman will lead the Elkin High School Class of ’49 at graduation
exercises Thursday, June 9. Miss Shugart was named valedictorian
and Miss Luffmui, salutatorian. iphoto* it kkomon>
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SERVICE BOARD
TAKINC FINAL
DRAFT MEASURE
Ten Days Notice Given To
Delinquent Registrants
DRAFT ACTION PLANNED
Those Late In Returning
Questionnaires Must An
swer Immediately
DELINQUENTS LISTED
The Surry County Draft Board
gave notice this week that dras
tic action will be taken on regis
trants who have not returned
questionnaires.
Mrs. A. D. Folger, secretary of
the board, said yesterday that the
list now being published simul
taneously over the county would
contain names of men who are
delinquent in being located by the
board or who have failed to re
turn questionnaires.
If these men do not communi
cate with the board within the
next 10 days, their names will be
turned over to higher authorities
immediately for drafting into the
service.
Names of the delinquents are
as follows:
Mount Airy—Laurence Henry
Bowman, Raymond Anderson,
John Jay Nunn, James Oliver
Hatcher, Jr., Lewis Edward Smith,
Junior Martin Reedy, Sherman
Smith, Nathan Wade Shelton,
Smith, Pete Scott (two by same
name*, Garnett Fonrow Ques
inberry, James Jester Tate, Wil
liam E. Barber, Herman Shinault,
John Ed Clark, Alvin Lee Hiatt,
Jr., John Edward Ester, James
William Childress, Joseph Reece,
Lonnie Otto Jackson, Pete Scott,
James Monroe Martin, Robert Ce
cil Bowman, William Allen Col
lins, and James William Conrad.
Elkin—Billy Darel Casey, Roy
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DATE OF NURSE
SCHOOL IS SET
Second Nursing Class To Be
Held At Hugh Chatham
Memorial Hospital
JUNE 20 IS TENTATIVE
Monday, June 20, has been
set aside as a tentative date for
the beginning of the second class
in the school of practical nursing
at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hos
pital, according to an announce
ment made yesterday by Mrs.
Anne Arnold Cain, co-ordinator
of the school of practical nursing.
In announcing the opening date
of the school, Mrs. Cain reviewed
the requirements for admission to
the class, which are as follows:
must be a citizen of the United
States: must be in good physical
condition, be of good moral char
acter, 17 years of age, a high
school graduate, and must show
ah aptitude for nursing arrived at
by certain tests.
Students must pay a fee of
$15.00 for uniforms and books,
but it is possible for them to earn
as much as $50. to $75. (includes
room, board and laundry) per
month while training.
A girl may live at home while
taking the training, if she is able
to provide her own transportation.
The practical nursing course
should be of special interest to re
cent young high school graduates
interested in the nursing profes
sion.
The class is limited to 12 stu
dents. Anyone wishing to enter
the class should contact Mrs. Cain
as soon as possible.
Issue Of Road, School
Bonds Faces Showdown
Saturday At N. C. Polls
PLAN EXERCISE
FOR STH GRADE
T. C. McKnight To Address
Commencement At Elkin
Elementary School
WEDNESDAY AT 8 P. M.
T. C. McKnight, general secre
tary of the Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A.
will deliver the address to the
eighth grade commencement ex
ercises at Elkin Elementary
School, next Wednesday at 8 p. m.
Joyce Cochran is valedictorian
and Sarah Glenn Boyles, saluta
torian. Charles Edwards is class
poet.
Those to be graduated are as
follows:
David Lee Hayes, Paul Gwyn,
Bobby Holloway, Mickey Wagon
er, Betty Thomason, Shirley Ann
Lawrence, Lu Senia Mounce, Bet
ty Ellen Harris, Lucy Ann Ball,
Patsy Ann Holcomb. Fiances Ann
Russell, Betty June Gentry, Henry
Walters, Frank Chatman, Johnny
Belle, Parks McBride, William
Marion Allen, Jr„ Patsy Ruth
Francis, Emaline Hayes, Frances
Kay Guyer, Polly Ann Dudley.
Patsy Ruth Atkins. Oma Marie
Tilley, Edna Mae Guyer, Glenda
Spicer, Roger Collins, Jack Gen
try, Charles Eldridge, Errol Hall,
Gilbert Lowery, Betty Tuttle, Kit
ty Cranford, Lafayette Martin,
Peggy Jean Adams, Marian Vir
ginia Simmons, Kathryn Osborne,
Ann Durham, Polly Price, Tommy
Spirnkle, C. E. Councilman, Jr.,
Fred Eidson, Jr. Bobby Reinhardt,
Dan Miller, Patricia Anne Hanes,
Bonnie Tilley, Dorla Dean Hin
son, Betty Jean Holbrook, Betty
Jean Felts, Faye Wilmoth. Mary
Martin, Janet Walker, Paul Guy
Lewis, Buddy Gaither, J. L. Lowe,
Jr„ Howard Hayes, Ronald Jen
nings, Hilda Hanes, Jacque Miller,
Barbara Cane, Jacqueline Darnell,
Mabel Brinegar, Shirley Helton,
Emaline Mitchell, Thomas Groce,
John Eldridge, Carl Benge, Char
les Ashby, John D. Haynes, Jean
Bowman, Carol Rose Peters, Jerry
Ann Felts, Carol Stuart, Wanda
Tulbert, Lois Wagoner, Patsy Lou
Martin and Angelene Holbrook.
LEAF REVENUE
RECORD HIGH
Tobacco Farmers Get About
Half As Much Per Pound
As Does Government
TAX RECEIPTS GIVEN
Washington, May 30—The far
mer who grows tobacco is getting
only about half as much money
out of it as the government's tax
collectors, the Agriculture Depart
ment reported today.
In a review of the tobacco sit
uation, the department estimated
that combined federal and state
tax receipts from tobacco would
hit $1,720,000,000 during the fiscal
year. This would be a record high.
The department said the total
received by growers for their to
bacco during the same period
would be $985,000,000, or more
than in any previous year except
1947.
Of the total estimated tax
"take,” the states probably will
get 23 per cent, the department
said, compared with a prewar av
erage of 8 per cent.
Federal taxes on cigarettes and
cigars were increased in 1942 and
in recent years some states have
taxed tobacco for the first time.
The department predicted that
cigarette consumption this year
probably will equal or smash the
record last year.
Less cigar tobacco may be con
sumed, however, since "cigar con
sumption is more responsive than
cigarette consumption to changes
in consumer income,” the depart
ment said.
Government price supports for
tobacco probably will be 4 to 6
per cent lower on the 1949 crops,
the department said. The supports
will be fixed this year, as last, at
90 per cent of parity.
But parity, which reflects farm
ing and living costs, has declined
and "some further decline by
June and September may be in
prospect,” the department said.
June and September are the
months in which the tobacco sup
port prices are computed in terms
of dollars and cents.
Members Elect
Alexander New
Lions President
CHARLES ALEXANDER
Charles Alexander was elected
president of the Elkin Lions Club
Monday night. He succeeds E. E.
Shore. Jr., and will serve for the
1949-50 term.
C. C. Wright was named 1st
vice-president, Lewis Alexander,
2nd vice-president and Tom Par
nell, 3rd vice-president.
Other officers were, Dwayne
Irwin, . treasurer; Glenn Lewis,
secretary; Francis Jarvis, Lion
tamer; and David Brown, tail
twister.
Directors named were K. V. Mc
Leod, Ted Griffin, Livingston Wil
liams and James Burcham.
siamsprInce
TO SPEAK HERE
Wan Waithayakon Will Ad
dress Lions At Luncheon
At Noon, Tuesday
ALSO MORMON SINGERS
Prince Wan Waithayakon, Siam
ese Ambassador to the United
States and Siamese delegate to
the United Nations, will speak at
a Lions Club luncheon at the Gil
vin Roth Y.M.C.A. Tuesday.
Prince Wan is a graduate of
Kings College, Bangkok, Siam:
Marlborough College and Balliol
College of Oxford. England. He
received a Litt. D. degree from
Laureat, Ecole des Sciences Poli
tiques of Paris, France. He speaks
English fluently.
He has recently returned to the
Royal Siamese Embassy at Wash
ington from a visit to his govern
ment in Siam.
Also on the same program will
be an internationally-known quar
tet representing the Mormon
Church of Salt Lake City. The
group is celebrating the 100th an
niversary of the Mormon's West
ern movement of pioneers.
Members of the Lions and civic
leaders will attend the luncheon,
but the public is generally invited
to the after-dinner speaking and
entertainment.
Hamptonville Man •
Passes Tuesday
R. Columbus Royal, 73, of
Hamptonville, died at the home of
a daughter early Tuesday morning
following two years of declining
health and one week of serious
illness.
He was the son of the late
Isaac and Eliza Vanhoy Royal,
and was married to Elizabeth
Vanhoy in 1908, who survives.
Othat survivors arc three chil
dren, Mrs. Lindsay Long and Carl
Royal, both of Hamptonvile, and
Mrs. Enoch Cook, of Winston
Salem; two brothers, John D.
Royal, and Thomas P. Rayol, both
of Jonesville; 13 grandchildren.
Graveside funeral services were
held Wednesday at 3 o’clock at
Pinnix Cemetery, with the Rev.
F. A. Wright officiating.
Members of 4-H Chibs also are
achieving unusual success with
their swine projects, the county
agent said, and all of them are
looking forward to the Pat Stock
Show to be held at Williamston
May 12-13,
Usual Polls
To Be Open
For County
Surry County citizens will join
the rest of North Carolina Satur
day in voting whether or not they
approve the proposal for $200,
000,000 for state bonds on roads
and schools improvement.
Polls will be open at the usual
voting precincts in the county,
and will be held at the Fire House
in Elkin, opening at 6:30 a. m.,
and closing at 6:30 p. m.
Should the measure pass, Sur
ry County would be allocated
$580,859 for school building and
$2,424,000 for road building.
School and road bond bills pass
ed by the 1949 General Assembly
allocate those amounts to be
spent in the county, provided that
the people authorize the issuance.
For school building Surry would
get $250,000 as its equal share of
a $25,000,000 appropriation by the
General Assembly plus $330,859
i as its per-pupil share of the pro
ceeds from the school bonds. The
per-pupil share established by the
General Assembly is determined
on the basis of the 1947-48 daily
membership.
The amount that would be spent
in the county for road building,
if issuance of the bonds is favor
ed, is set forth exactly in the road
bond bill.
Proponents of the proposal last
week pointed out that roughly
one- third of the miles traveled by
North Carolina school buses are
paved. The report shows for Sur
ry, 548.9 total road mileage car
rying school bus routes, 190.0 to- *
tal bus route mileage paved, giv
ing 34.6 percent of bus mileage
paved. The North Carolina aver
age is 33.4 percent.
B1BLESCHOOLS
WILL BE HELD
Both Deep Creek and Pilot
Knob Churches To Start
Sessions June 6
ARE FOR CHILDREN
Vacation Bible Schools are to
be conducted at Deep Creek and
Pilot View Friends Churches be
ginning June 6, and continuing
through the week, closing Friday,
June 10.
The sessions will be held at
Pilot View in the morning from
9:00 until 11:30, and at Deep
Creek in the afternoon from 2:00
until 4:30.
All the children in the Church
communities are invited to attend
the school whether they are in
these Sunday Schools or not, and
parents of the children are asked
to make it possible for them to be
present.
The themes for the different
departments will be: Beginners,
"What God Made For Us.” Pri
mary, "God’s Family, How to Be
long To It.” Junior, "The Christ
ian’s Time and Talent,” and In
termediate, "Answering The Why’s
of Young People.”
The teachers and helpers at
Deep Gap will be, Susan Shore,
Nancy Reece, Nora Shore, Beatrice
Shore, Helen Picket, Vonnie Shore,
Anh Shore and Willinea Wooten.
Those helping at Pilot View will
be, Lawrence Williams, Gertrude
Hutchens, Ila Martin, Lura Mae
Spear, Jessie Williams, Doris
Shore, Betty Sue Zachary, Dovie
Rollins.
There will be Bible memory
work, Bible stories, songs and
games.
The closing program of the
School will be given at Deep Creek
on Friday evening and at Pilot
View on Saturday evening, at 7:30
at both places.
90 Cases Docketed
For Surry Court; j
McSwain Presiding
Judge Peyton IVfcSwain will
preside at the June term of
Surry County Superior Court
which will begin Monday.
More than 90 cases are on
docket for trial.
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