VOLUME XVII NO. 14
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COMMITTEE SAYS
“NO” TO MOVING
THE LOST COLONY
Special Committee in Greens
boro Vote That Westmin
ster College Proposition
Be Rejected
It will be good news to an over
whelming number of people in
North Carolina, that a proposal to
set up a counterfeit Lost Colony
in Princeton, New Jersey, got its
first set-back on September 13,
' when the committee appointed to
consider the matter.
The Committee met in Greens
boro, and made a report that will
be submitted to the directors of
The Lost Colony. The report of
(this Committee has been sent to
Chairman Bill Sharpe, by C. Syl
vester Green of Durham. It is as
follows:
The Special Committee appoint
ed at the meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Roanoke Island
Historical Association held at
Manteo on Saturday, August 18,
■, 1951, met in Greensboro Thurs
day, September 15, 1951, to con
sider the proposal of the West-i
minster. Choir College that “The ,
Lost Colony” be exhibited in'
Princeton under the auspices of
the College. i
A copy of Mr. Ted Cronk’s pro
posal on behalf of the Westminster
Choir College was prepared and
sent to each member of the Board
of Directors of the Roanoke Is
land Historical Association that
the Westminster proposal not' be
accepted.
The Committee asked that you
be advised that this decision was I
based on the following facts: i
1. There has been expressed an |
overwhelming sentiment in favor
of leaving “The Lost Colony” at
Roanoke Island. The expressions
indicate that it is considered an
indigenous show and that through
its presentation on Roanoke Island I
there is the magnification of a
shrine that is not portable. They
believe that some of the spiritual
significance would be lost when it
is transplanted in any other set
ting.
2. It was the feeling of many
who expressed an opinion and es
pecially on the part of the mem
bers of the Committee that “ ‘The
Lust Colony’ is not ours to give
away.” It was given to the State by
the author and created out of the
pt'de and personalities of the peo
ple of North Carolina. Through
the years these people have in
vested their money and effort with
the idea that “The Lost Colony’
is oi North Carolina a"d therefore
shoula be kept in North Carol’ra.
" There was evident feeling
that “The Lost Colony” is one us
North Carolina's top tourist at
tractions and that specifically it is
“the” top tourist tourist attrac
tion in the eastern part of North
Carolina. There was grave fear that
unv transfer of locale on any bas
is would undermine the siibsiannal
icarist appeal that it now enjoys.
4. It was recognized that if “The
Los' Colony” were presented out
side its original setting the entire
ci ncept upon which it has been
created and operated would te
completely changed. Uijder the
concept that it is indigenous, North
Carolina through the Legislature
and the Council of State has made
various financial investments in its
production. There is grave doubt
that these tax sources could be
persuaded t,o perpetuate any sort
of a program that js actually only
part-time in North Carolina and
part-time in another state.
5. It was also felt that Ihe mov-
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IT’S MULLET TIME NOW
ALONG THE DARE COAST
Some excellent hauls of mullet
have been made by commercial
fishermen along the Dare coast
recently. Commercial fishermen
have also been landing bluefish
and “puppy-drum” in nets. One of
the best catches reported in the
Roanoke Island area was made by
Capt. Willie Etheridge and his
crew of Wanchese early this week.
Hundreds of pounds of blues, mul
let qnd small drum were taken by
the Etheridge crew, according to
reports.
RARE “GOGGLE-EYED” FISH
CAUGHT AT OREGON INLET
A rare fish for North Carolina
waters, one known as “goggle-ey
ed” or “Albacore” Tuna, was land
ed by an angler stopping at The
Sea Ranch a few days ago, while
he fished in the Gulf Stream aboard
one of Sam Tillett’s charter boats.
The strange fish, identified by
Frank Stick, of Southern •Ghores,
a noted artist who is now drawing
a series of fishes for a book he
plans to have published, was the
first of its species ever landed by
an Oregon Inlet charter boat, inso
far as could be determined locally.
THE COASTLAND TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF THE WALTER RALEIGH COASTLAND OF NORTH CAROLINA
DARE COUNTY PUPILS
TO VISIT STATE FAIR
Two Buses Will Leave From Man
teo, Friday, October 19 With
School Children
North Carolina State Fair, Oc
tober 15-19 has been uppermost in
the minds of 4-H Club members for
the past two weeks. Already three
' chartered buses have been filled
i with reservations for young North
* Carolinians’ Day, Friday, October
19.
Buses will load at the bus sta
tion at 7:00 a.m. on the morning
of departure. Buses will stop en
route at points of interest and will
in time arrive in Raleigh to visit
the State Capitol, Museum, Hall of
History and get to the Fair
Grounds about 4:00 p.m. The bus
es will be loaded after the fire
i works at 10:00 p.m. and return
to Manteo.
I Parliamentary procedure was
discussed during regular monthly
meetings of 4-H clubs during the
past month and officers elected in
each club as follows:
Avon—Milton Midgett, presi
dent; Warren Gray, vice president;
Melleitta Scarborough, secretary;
■ Jimmy Williams, program chair
man.
I Buxton Jr.—Shirley Willis, pres
ident; Connie Basnett, vice presi
dent; Lloyd Scarborough, secre
tary; Shirley Barnett, program
chairman.
Buxton Sr.—Jackie Farrow,
president; ‘ Sheila Gibson, vice
president; Rita Scarborough, sec
retary; Betty Ann Williams, pro
gram chairman.
| Hatteras—Roberta Byrd, presi
dent; Lida Stowe, vice-president;
I Winona Peele, secretary; Sonja
.Oden, program chairman.
Kitty Hawk Jr.—Jackie Tillett, I
president; Martha Leary, vice-1
president; Susan Sanderlin, secre- j
tary; Barbara Haywood, program
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$30,000 STOCK
ISSUE ALLOWED
HYDE POWER CO.
Engelhard Plant Permitted
by Utilities Commissiorv
to Finance Expansion
Announcement has been made
that the Engelhard Power & Light
Company of Engelhard has been
granted permission by the N. C.
Utilities Commission to sell 300!
additional shares of preferred
stock at a par value of SIOO a
share. The Company has been per
mitted to issue to its stock holders
a common stock dividend of one
share for each outstanding share.
The Engelhard Power & Light
Company which was organized in
1935 by P. D. Midgett, who is ,
president of the company, has
played a tremendous part in the
development of Hyde County and
particularly Engelhard in the past
17 years. It now serves nearly all
sections of the Hyde County main
land and the communities of Stum
py Point and Manns Harbor in
Dare.
The constantly, increasing de
mands of its consumers, due to
the use cf electrical appliances
has outgrown the original capital
of the corporation to supply. It is
an industry vitally essential to-the
-welfare of its region, and its ex
pansion can mean continued devel
opment and improvement of Hyde
County’s resources and opportuni
ties as no other single factor might
contribute. The investment of home
capital in tjais enterprise is one .
that challenges the public spirit
of the region and the company’s
contemplated expansion promises
a good investment for patriotic
people who wish to earn a fair in
come while keeping their money
at home.
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i‘hard, is with the navy in Japan,
! now. He has been in service nearly
r a year and overseas a few months.
■ Before entering the navy, he at
r. tended Engelhard high school.
TO HEAD DARE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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WALLACE H. McCOWN
President
Choice of these active Manteo men, and members of the Dare County
Chamber of Commerce to serve’ for the coming year was made Monday
night at a meeting in the community building in Manteo, attended
by 15 people. Directors elected were A. H. Ward, Archie Burrus,
M. K. Fearings, Jr., Mrs. Julia Gray, Miss Jimmy Gray of Kitty Hawk.
The meeting discussed participation of the organization in the pro
posed Dare County Tourist Bureau. The Dare County Chamber is now
faced with the task of raising upwards of $2,000 to take care of its
commitments, which include some S7OO in bills now owing.
SURFSIDE BINGO TO
GIVE IT ALL AWAY
All Stock Will Be Given Away
Sunday Starting at 2 P.M.
Announcement comes from Al
Mater that all stock in his Surfside
Bingo will be given away next
I Sunday, and next week he plans to
i restock with the food line. Doors
I will open at 2 p.m. Sunday, and
■players will have their choice of
Brizes each game.
For Friday night, every other
game will be a meat game. Such
meats as Smithfield hams and ba
cons, turkeys, etc., will be given
away. On Saturday night every
game will feature meats such as
mentioned above. There will be
more special awards on Saturday,
as is stated elsewhere in this
week’s paper.
FROM EAST TO WEST THERE
IS DISTRESS OFT EXPRESSED
One of our good friends of the
coastland is Clarence W. Griffin,
editor of .the Forest City Courier
!in the mountains of Rutherford.
He is a former pupil of Mrs. Lu
cetta M. Willis of Manteo, back
in her teaching days in the west,
and often visits Manteo. His pews
paper carried quite a long article
on the subject of setting up a
counterfieit Lost Colony- in New
Jersey, some weeks ago, and the
i following is his recent editorial
comment opposing the proposition:
Losing The Lost Colony?
It has been proposed that “The
Lost Colony” be presented at
Princeton, New Jersey next sea
son. There are many advantages
to taking it out of its natural
setting some declare. Yet it seems
to us that it should stay and be
enacted where it .was very real
history in the days of Sir -Walter
Raleigh.
It is true that more people would
have an opportunity to see it, more
publicity and more financial re
turns would all be a part of the
picture, but what price the gain,
if we lose the spirit of the drama
in taking it frpm its natural set
ting?
We are one of those individuals
■who likes to go to Manteo again
and again and see the pageant. To
day when there are so many false
isms, “The Lost Colony” gives us
new inspiration and courage as we
again see brave early settlers. The
colony really was never lost in
that the movement of the drama
lived on and out of it grew Ameri
ca. *
We really believe much of the
beauty effectiveness of the drama
“The Lost Colony” would surely
be lost if it were removed to sur
roundings not associated with its
history.
DICK SCARBOROUGH JOINS
QUINN’S MANTEO STORE
, Richard J. Scarborough, former
ly associated with W. M. Meekins
in operating a service station in
Manteo is now, with Quinn Furni
ture Company in Manteo, and will
travel the Outer Banks for thi
firm. He is a native of Avon and
lives near Manteo.
Phillip Quidley recently left the
firm'to take up ministerial studies
in Brown University.
JONES-LEARY BINGO
INSTALLS HEATING
* In preparation for cooler weath
i, er, the Jones-Leary bingo has in
f stalled a heating system in their
i. stand. At present they are open
- nightly, at 7 and open at 2 in the
afternoon on Sundays.
MANTEO, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,1951
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ERNEST E. MEEKINS
Vice-President
GOOD MEETING OF
BUXTON HD CLUB
AT MRS. MIDGETT’S
County Council at Rodanthe
November 1; Next Bux
ton Meeting Oct. 24
The Buxton Home Demonstra
tion Club met at Mrs. Pearl Mid
gett’s President, Tuesday night,
September 18th. “God Bless Our
Homes” was sung and the Club
Collect was repeated.
During the business session Miss
Mary Kirby told of the rag doll
contest to be held in November,
suggested more take part in it, and
asked that more try to get book
reading certificates. Plans were
discussed for the County Council
meeting at Rodanthe, November 1.
The meeting was tiirned over to
Miss Kirby and she gave a kitchen
demonstration on “Making Good
Cornbread Better.” She made
“hush puppies” and showed meth
ods of measuring, mixing and
cooking the ingredients. She then
told of the nutritional value of en
riched cornmeal and showed charts
to stress the importance of buying
enriched cornmeal instead of the
ordinary type. Miss Kirby gave
each member some recipes of the
different types of cornbreads. '
After the demonstration a
“brain-teasing” game was played
by the group and delicious refresh
ments were served by Mrs. Pearl
Midgett and Mrs. Paula Fulcher.
The next meeting, October 24th,
.will be held at Mrs. Minnie Jen
nette’s and Miss Kirby has planned
a very interesting program on
“Furniture Arrangement.”
Members present were: Mrs.
Pearl Midgett, Grace Basnett,
Laura Hooper, Edna Barnett Thel
ma Gray, Nina Hehl, Paula Ful
cher, Leola Rollinson Vivian Fron
tis, Martha Bigelow, Lillie Turner,
Cynthis Rollinson and two guests,
Mrs. Eva Dixon, Buxton and Mrs.
H. E. Powers, Raleigh.
PEGASUS CLUB TO
FLY TO NAGS HEAD
Nags Head.—The Pegasus Club,
one of America’s outstanding avi
ation groups, will return to Nags ■
meeting on September 28. The del-
Head for their annual autumn
egates will arrive in their own
planes. About 40 persons aboard
20 planes are scheduled to attend
the meeting, which will again be
held at The Carolinian. The planes
will land at Manteo Airport on
. nearby Roanoke Island although
i some of the smaller ones will prob-
- ably use the Carolinian airstrips.
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LANDS TWO TARPON, FIRST of
SEASON AT CAPE HATTERAS
j Raymond Basnett of Buxton,
who last year at this time caught
two large striped bass off the point
s of Cape Hatteras, Tuesday of this
" week got bigger game while surf
casting, and landed two tarpon,
I the first of the season, one weigh
ting 65 pounds and the other 42
1 pounds.
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s HUNTING SEASON FOR QUAIL
IN ATLANTIC TOWNSHIP AREA
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This newsnaper is advised by
2 Mr. H. F. Perry of Kitty Hawk
that the hunting season for quail
- this year will be from December
-1, to January 15 in Atlantic Town
r: ship. This area comprises Duck,
V Kitty Hawk, Colington. The Nags
s J Head area also comes under the
i same regulations.
OLD BUILDINGS
YIELD $5,000 FOR
MANTEO AIRPORT
Sale of 28 Unused Structures
Monday Will Aid Rehabil
itation of Facility
The sale of 28 old buildings not
used for airport purposes at the
Manteo Airport, which was held
Monday afternoon brought in more
than $<5,000 to be used in rehabili
tating the airport facilities for op
erating the flying field, which in
cludes the hangar, office building,
lights, and runways.
Successful bidders included Star
Lumber Co. of Chicago, 10 build
ings; Kellogg Supply Co. of Man
teo, three buildings; H. C. Ferebee,
Camden, ,N. C., six buildings; W.
D. Perry, Kill Devil Hills, eight
buildings; M. L. Daniels, one build
ing; M. L. Daniels, Jr., one build
ing.
Buyers have 90 days in which to
remove the buildings.
CRUSADE FOR FREEDOM
MAKES FIRST QUOTA HERE
The first community to raise its
quota in North Carolina for the
Crusade for Freedom caravan
which came into Manteo Saturday
was Dare County, Chairman J. L.
Murphy states. With Director Rey
nolds Saturday was Miss Phoebe
Weston. Demonstrations were
made of balloons used in distrib
uting literature across the iron
curtain in Europe. Melvin R. Dan
iels and Major Murphy addressed
the gathering near the courthouse,
which was met by a local commit
teo Saturday. Dare’s quota was
$60.34.
UNUSUAL CATCH IS
MADE AT COLINGTON
Colington.—o. R. Steffens, 420
Lexington Ave., New York, and
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Levan, Nut
ley, N. J., fishing in the Nags
Head fresh ponds here did some
fancy angling here this week and
Something that no one else had
ever done. In the fresh waters
they caught a two pound sheeps
head. The catch amazed the an
glers and also the natives of the
island famous for its black bass
Ishing. The party, fishing with
Capt. Henry Beasley, landed 12
large mouth bass in a single day
of fishing and the largest weigh
ed above three pounds.
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CROATAN SOUND WATERS
ALIVE WITH STRIPERS
Manteo.—Master Sergeant Mag- 1
ee Thomas of the U. S. Army, vis
iting his parents here this week I
indicated that the waters of Croa- *
tan Sound, especially in the vicin- I
ity of Wanchese Wharf near the
east shore, weer literally alive with
striped bass and trout. Trolling in
the area, Thomas reported that he
and members of his family had as
many as four fish on lines at one
time. The stripers, locally known
as “rockfish” and also the trout
were taking Bucktail lures the day
they fished. Stripers are also being
landed in the Manns Harbor area
of Croatan Sound.
FORMER HOOVER SECRETARY
FISHING IN DARE COUNTY
Lawrence Ritchey, of Washing
ton, D. C.. former Secretary to
President Hoover, is fishing in the
vacinity of Oregon Inlet this week,
with a party of friends and they
are stopping at the Cherokee at
Kill Devil Hills. Mr. Richey recall
ed his visit here m 1926 when with
Mr. Hoover, then Secretary of
Commerce, he visited Kill Devil
Hills. At that time they could not
drive, so made the trip about the
1 county in a Coast' Guard boat op
erated by Ned Etheridge and the
late W. B. Midgett.
NEW MANTEO HOMES FOLLOW MODERN TRENDS
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AMONG the many newer Manteo homes the residence of Mrs. L. S.
Parkerson on Main Street attracts particular notice because of its
completely modern construction, and its and comfortable
' arrangement. Adjoining it is a three-story apartment building erected
by Mrs. Parkerson.
I $2,000 FUND IS GOAL SET
TO KEEP UP ACTIVITY OF
DARE CHAMBER COMMERCE
New Officers Undertake Considerable Task
at Annual Meeting Wednesday Night;
Three Women Named as Officers; Business
Men Will Be Canvassed in Effort to Raise
Funds for Work of Chamber and of Tour
ist Bureau.
BAPTISTS SEEK
MISSION FUND
f OF SIOO,OOO
North Carolina’s marked con
trasts in geography, climate, cus
toms and traditions, from the rug
ged mountains down to its broad
coastal plains and on to its “outer
banks” area find parallel also in its
wide differences in religious life
and church population. For exam
ple, one city, Kannapolis, has sev
enteen Baptist churches alone in
its immediate area, while in Eas
tern Carolina another city almost
as large, Kinston, has only one
Baptist church. One entire county
in the extreme Eastern part of the
State has only one Baptist minis
ter in its boundaries to serve ev
ery Baptist Church in that county,
which has less than one thousand
members of that denomination in
its whole area. By contrast, anoth
er county up in the Western Pied
mont area, has sixty Baptist
churches with over 22,000 mem
bers. Down in East Carolina, Pitt
County, with over sixty thousand
population, has only seven Baptist
churches; and Pitt is located in the
vast Roanoke Association of seven
heavily populated counties, having
a total of over 350,000 people, or 1
nearly one-tenth of all the popula
tion in North Carolina, and this
area, or Association, has less than
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PHILIP QUIDLEY PREPARING
TO ENTER THE MINISTRY
Philip Hale Quidley, son of Mr. j
and Mrs. George H. Quidley, Man
teo, has matriculated to the Fresh
man class of John Brown Univer
sity, Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
This is his first year there where
he is majoring in Bible.*
He is a graduate of the Manteo
high school.
John Brown University is an in
l terdenominational school featuring
i three basic types of training for
i every student.
FORMER SHIPMASTER NATIVE
OF ROANOKE ISLAND DIES
I Chauncey Meekins, 58, son of
the late Ben F. and Nancy Hooker
Meekins of Roanoke Island, and
husband of Mrs. Joy Parker Meek
ins, died Tuesday morning at the
family residence in Norfolk where
he had resided for the past 30
years. He is survived, beside his
wife, by one brother, E. N. Meek
ins of Raleigh, a sister, Mrs. S. D.
Lester of Norfolk, Va., a daugh
ter, Mrs. Nancy M. Ballance, and a
grandson, Brian Chauncey Bal
lance, all of Norfolk.
Funeral sei-vices were conducted
Wednesday at 2:30 at the grave
side in Manteo cemetery, Rev.
Frank B. Dinwiddie, Baptist pas
tor, officiating. Pallbearers were
■ R. Bruce Etheridge, W. H. Ether
idge, Horace Dough, O .C. Ward,
i! D. V. Meekins and Dr. W. W. John
: ston.
1 The deceased had been ill for
t 25 years following a stroke sus
i tained in the Mediterranean area
■ while he was master of a mer
i chant ship. He had followed the
1 sea all his life.
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Wallace McCown, Manteo attor
ney, was elected president of Dare
County Chamber of Commerce at
the organization’s annual meeting
in the Community Building here
on Wednesday Night. Succeeding
Alvah H. Ward who headed the or
ganization since a re-activation
meeting last May 3, McCown, im
mediately launched a campaign to
raise $2,000 for current financial
needs of The Chamber of Com
merce.
In taking over the leadership
of the organization, McCown sta
ted:
“The Dare County Chamber of
Commerce, through its officers and
directors for the year 1951-52 will
strive to accomplish the following
objectives.
1. To put the organization on a
sound financial basis by discharg
ing all past obligations, and incur
ring new obligations only in line
with the funds available for work
this year.
2 .To assist in every way pos
sible the organization of the Dare
Tourist Bureau, which will handle,
to a great extent, much of the ad
vertising and publicity work per
formed by the Manager, Aycock
Brown, of the Dare County Cham
ber of Commerce, and paid for by
that organization.
3. To find and promote ideas for
the progress of Dare County, inclu
ding the beach areas, the mainland,
the outer banks and Roanoke Is
land.
4. To cooperate with other or
ganizations in the County for the
purpose of improving relations
between the residents of Dare and
our many visitors and tourists.
It is the hope of the President
that every citizen of the county,
; not already affiliated with some
other group, will work with us in
accomplishing these objectives.
Dare County is growing each
year, because of one all-important
factor—the appeal of the Dare
Coastland to the traveling public.
Let us combine our efforts to make
| this appeal greater and to insure
' that those persons coming here
will return again. Such achieve
ment will richly reward our efforts
and will establish our ( Dare Coast
land as the most popular vacation
land in Eastern America.”
The current financial needs in
clude a few hundred dollars in
past obligations and SI,OOO as a
financial investment in the new
Dare County Tourist Bureau which
‘ is now in the organization stages
under the leadership of Lawrence
L. Swain, Manteo, David Stick,
Kill Devil Hills and M. L. Burrus
of Hatteras.
Swain and Stick were present at
the meeting to explain the pro- "
gress that has been made to date
in raising a budget of SIO,OOO ne
cessary for the creation of the
Dare County Tourist Bureau. The
organization’s creation by October
1, was still slightly more than
$2,000 short of its goal, but both
Swain and Stick, who were sche
duled to meet with their steering
committees at the courthouse here
on Thursday morning were hopeful
that the budget would be raised in
order that the impartial news, pub
licity and promotion organization
■ would be creaited on or before
October 1.
At the Wednesday night meet
ing a new slate of officers were
i elected. E. E. Meekins, a former
director was elected vice president
of the Chamber of Commerce, suc
ceeding H. Travis Sykes of South
ern Shore at Kitty Hawk. Mrs.
Rennie Williamson was elected
treasurer to succeed Archie Bur
rus. New directors elected to serve
one year were Miss Jimmie Gray
of The Croatan Hotel, and Mrs.
Julia Gray of Virginia Dare Doll
House. Also serving for one year
with them will be Major J. L. Mur
phy. A. H. Ward, M. K. Fearing,
Jr. and Archie Burrus were elected
as directors to serve two years.
k A total of $275 was pledged by
persons attending the meeting as
follows: David Stick, $50.00; D.
V. Meekins, $50.00; A. W. Drink
water, $25.00; A. H. Ward, $50.00;
Fearings, Inc., by M. K. Fearing,
Jr., SIOO.OO. To raise the remainder
of a $1,725 goal immediately var
ious persons at the meeting in
’ eluding, E. E. Meekins, L. L. Swain,
Mrs. Julia Gray, M. K. Fearing, Jr.,
' i Wallace McCown, O. J. Jones, A.
iH, Ward and Archie Burrus, *-
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