Demoraaic Wacom Bellefonte, Pa., August 28, 1931. F. GRAY MEEK Editor Te ts.—No communications Corresponden published unless accompanied by the real name of the writer. —Until : further rates: Terms of Sul notice at the following Paid strictly in advance - - $1.50 Paid before expiration of year - 1.75 Paid after expiration of year - 2.00 Published weekly, every Friday morn- ing. Entered at the postoffice, Belle- fonte, Fa. as second class matter. In ordering e of address always give the old as as the new address. It is important that the publisher be notified when a subscriber wishes the paper discontinued. In all such cases the subscription must be paid up to date of cancellation. A sample copy of the ‘Watchman’ will be sent without cost to applicants. FIFTY YEARS AGO IN CENTKE COUNTY Items taken from the Watchman issue of September 2, 1881, ~—Miss Catherine Dunlop, a vener- able lady, who, we believe, was once called the “Belle of Bellefonte” and inspired many poetic effusions by her charms, died at the residence of her nephew, J. Dunlop Shugert Esq. last Saturday. -—At a recent meeting of the Walker township school board a very capable corps of teachers was elected and a slight advance in sal- aries granted. The board also took steps to increase the term to six months, instead of five. The present scale of prices to teachers is $30.00 per month. —Dr. William T. English, of Pitts- burgh, who learned the trade of a printer in Bellefonte years ago and worked at it in Philadelphia after- ward to pay his expenses through Jefferson medical college, arrived in Bellefonte jQuterday and is visiting his sister, Mrs. orris Furey, in Spring township. ~The new railroad from Penna. Furance to the Scotia ore mines will be completed in about two months. —The universal cry is for rain. Is a merciful Providence going to al- low his helpless creatures to burn up? —Dr. McIntyre, of Lock Haven, accompanied by his little daughter, dropped in to see us on Tuesday morning. He was on his way to Fillmore to see his father. —The annual reunion of the Cen- tre County Veteran club will be held at Spring Mills on September 10. —Last Sunday, James Riter killed the daddy rattlesnake of them all up in Dry Hollow, above Glen Har- ris. It measured 5 ft, 2 inches and had twenty-four rattles and a but- ton. Inside of it were two seven inch trout and it had a large toad in its mouth. Riter rendered its fat for the oil, which he says is good for rheumatism, dyspepsia and sore eyes. —Our colored friends will hold a bush meeting in Valentine's grove, near the toll gate. It will begin to- morrow. —There must be terrific waste of water in Bellefonte. The works are now pumping six hundred thous- and gallons daily and we are quite sure there is no such natural con- sumption. While it is not necessary to save water here it does seem too bad that other communities that are actually suffering for want of it couldn't have our surplus. In Rich. mond, Va. they are paying 5cts. a bucket for it, while all over Centre county farmers are hauling water or driving their stock miles to get it. —There is a spring at the mouth of Birch Lick hollow, up near Glen Harris somewhere, that has a super natural appearance at night. Isaac Lucas, one of P. B. Crider & Son's jobbers, was dipping water from it one night when he noticed a vapor rising on the top of the water that sparkled like fire. It is a heavy vapor that can be gathered in the hand. When this is done it stays bright for awhile then disappears, leaving an oily deposit in the hand. ~The old Mill Hall furnace, which Capt. Austin Curtin recently leased, is about ready to be put in blast. ~The 8th annual picnic of the Pa- trons of Husbandry will be held on top of Nittany mountain on Septem. ber 10th. It will be a basket picnic and everyone is invited. —The members of the Reformed church will hold a festival in the vacant room next door to the Watch- man office to-night and to-morrow night. It is for the benfit of the furnishing fund of their new church building. —On Saturday, August 27th, all Hebrews operating stores or other business in Bellefonte closed such places from 2 to 3 in the afternoon. During that period they assembled with the entire Jewish population of the town in Sternberg’'s hall where they prayed that President Garfield might be spared to his country. —On August 25th Alem B. Hall and Miss Nancy E. Keatley, both of Unionville, were married by Rev. W. O. Wright, at Milesburg. ——Last week the Watchman mentioned the fact that Chester H. Barnes had resigned as supervising principal of schools at Sheffield, Warren county, to become superin- tendent of schools at Bridgeport, Montgomery county. It now trans- pires that his predecessor at Bridge- port is also a Centre county man Earl E. Smull, born and raised at Smullton, in Brush valley. given his release at Bridgeport to become supervising principal school at Jenkintewn. Mr. Smull who is a brother of Mrs. Lester L Meek, of Bellefonte, is a product of the Miles township schools. He later graduated at Franklin and ard Valentine passed away at her home on west Curtin street, about four o'clock on Monday afternoon. (She had been an invalid for several years and her death was the result of general debility. Miss Valentine was the last lineal descendant of a family vitally con- nected with the early industrial and civil life of Bellefonte. A daughter of Abraham S. and Clarissa Miles Valentine she was born in the house on south Potter street, Bellefonte, now the borough home, on April 20th, 1852, hence was in her 8Cth year. She was educated at the Westown boarding school and the Bethlehem Moravian Seminary. Aside from her school days all her life was spent in Bellefonte. She was a member of the Society of Friends and though by nature pos- sessed of a retiring disposition was a delightful conversationlist and one of the old school ladies in this age of feminine equality and free- dom. She was one of a family of ten children and the last to pass away. Her only survivors are her sister-in- law, Mrs. H. C. Valentine, and a number oi nieces and nephews. Pri- vate funeral services were held at her late home, on Curtin street, Wednesday morning conducted by Mrs. Elizabeth Beach, burial being made in the Friends cemetery. il i BURROWS.—William H. Burrows, who for fifty-six years was a rail- road mail agent, most of which time he spent in service on the Bald Eagle Valley railroad, died at his home, in Tyrone, on Tuesday evening, following a long illness as the re- sult of a stroke of paralysis. A second stroke, last Friday, resulted in his death. He was born in Williamsport in April, 1843, hence was in his 89th year. He married Miss Sarah Mil- ler, of Lock Haven, who died in 1913. During his service as mail agent Mr. Burrows and family lived for a few years in Bellefonte, mov- ing from here to Tyrone. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A, of Tyrone, and various other organizations. He was vice president of the Tyrone 1 Building and Loan Association. He is survived by the following children: William H. Burrows, of Niagara Falls; James M., of Pon'i- ac, Mich; Mrs. A. C. Woods, of Bal- timore; Misses Lavinia and Nancy, at home. One son, Paul Bur.ows, was killed during the World war. Funeral services will be held this (Friday) afternoon, th: remains to be taken to Lock Haven for burial I n WEAVER. —Alexander Bowman Weaver died at his home at Survey- or, Clearfield county, on August 16th, following an illness of several years. He was a son of John F. and Re- becca Reed Weaver and was born in Clearfield over 74 years ago. During his life he was engaged in lumber- ing, was in the mercantile business a number of years and served four years as postmaster in Clearfield. He was also a surveyor and did con- siderable of that work up until his late illness. As a young man he married Miss Nannie G. Harris, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John P. Harris, of Bellefonte. She died a number of years ago leaving one daughter, Mrs. Mary Child, of Washington, D. C. His second wife was Mrs. Nannie Shaw Woods, who died two years ago, leaving three children. He also leaves one brother and three sisters. Funeral services were held at his home at Surveyor on August 18th, burial being made in Hillcrest cem- etery, Clearfield. WINTERS are. Catllerine Win- ters, wife of W. E. Winters, died at her home in Altoona, at 8 o'clock Sunday morning, following an illness of some weeks with a complication of diseases. She was a daughter of Charles I. and Caroline Stamm and was born at Boalsburg a little over forty years ago. In addition to her husband she is survived by an infant son, Don- ald Hugh Winters. She also leaves the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. T. E. Forshey, Mrs. J. E. John- ston, Mrs. J. W. Gramley, Mrs. W. H. Conrad, Mrs. Clifford Clapper, Miss Mayme Stamm and Dr. W. P. Stamm, all of Altoona, and B. E. Stamm, of Philadelphia. Funeral services were held at her late home, on Tuesday afternoon, by Rev. J. W. Francis, burial being made in the Rose Hill cemetery, Al- toona. ———————— A ————— ——-A8 Octavius Roy Cohen might say our good colored friend, Jimmie Matthews, was 80 excitable, last Friday evening, it was hard work for him to extemporate succinctly. It was getting along toward supper {time when a big seven passenger car drew up in front of his domi- cile, on St. Paul street, and the two companied by her son Philip and services. : ‘men in it proved to be his son Phil. ip, who had not been home for three years, and Mrs. Matthew's brother, Martin Stone. They had motored here from New York where both |men are now located. And while we are writing about Jimmie we just wonder how many people in country as Al Matthews. He has been in the boxing game for nine years jand must have some class as his ‘skill in the ring is frequently broad- cast over the radio. Albert now is VALENTINE.—Miss Mary Blanch- THE GRANGER'S PICNIC ‘on exhibit. STRUCK BAD WEATHER. The Grangers have been out of luck again. Their big fair and en- campment at Centre Hall has not been seriously inconvenienced by the threatening weather, but there is no denying the fact that sunshine by day and moonlit nights do contribute greatly to the enjoyment of such af- fairs. Last year they had a severe rain and hail storm on Tuesday. It rained hard again on Wednesday. Thursday was a fine day, however, and the crowd in attendance was va- riously estimated of from twelve to fifteen thousand. While there has not been much rain on the encampment this year it has been just threatening enough every day since Tuesday to keep many away and cause those who are there to cast anxious eyes skyward. Yesterday, the usual “big day" of the week, the weather was fair in the morning but rain started about noon and there was a fcreboding sky. Traffic officers reported at noon that the attendance was about two thous- and less than that of Thursday last year. The program as announced in the Watchman last week has been car- ried out to the letter and while the daily attendance has been nearly as large as usual, on all sides the silent observer catches signs of depressed times. Down concession row there were crowds, Wednesday evening, but the refreshment stand or gaming device that had any patrons in front of it was the exception. One conces- sionaire, who bad an unusually fine lay-out, didn't turn his wheel once in half an hour. He was looking despondently at the passing throngs and singing to himself: “This old game, ain't what it used to be.” The merry-go-round and the Ferris wheel were loaded with young folks and the two big “Bingo” games had all boards taken, but aside from them we saw little evidence of spending. And right in the height of what should have been a good business period for the fakirs the lights went down so low that all the games and catch-penny schemes were left too dark to work. What happened must have been on the special wiring circuit for the encampment, alone, for the permanent lights on the ground and in Centre Hall were bright as usual. The exhibits are growing more com- prehensive and better in quality each year. The shows of pigs and cat- tle, principally by the Peters Bros. of Stormstown, and The Penns Val- ley Stock Farms, were fine. The products of the farm, garden, home economics and vocational training schools all show the interest, care and study of those who have them Those interested in the various vocations might profitably spend hours comparing what others have accomplished with the results of their own work. Generally speaking the exhibition and encampment has been a great success. The weather and the times have taken the edge off it only in the sense of curbing the spirit of jollity that is the usual il- Jluminant of such gatherings. ——— A — ————— CIVIL WAR VETERANS HOLD 57TH REUNION. Just twelve veterans of the Civil war were in attendance at the 57th annual reunion of the Centre County Veteran club, at Grange park, on Wednesday. They were William Colpetzer, B. F. Hoy, Miles M. Mor- rison, Capt W. H. Fry, A. K. King, W. H. Bartholomew, Andrew Imel, John Griffith, David Williams, H. H. Hewitt, F. A. Haupt and Simeon Bathurst. Mr. Bathurst was the oldest of the dozen veterans, having passed his 92nd anniversary, while Mr. Colpetzer was the youngest, 84 vears old. The average age of the twelve men is 87 years. | Comrade Bartholomew, president of the club, called the veterans “to arms” at 10.30 o'clock and after the reading and approval of the minutes of the meeting a year ago, appoint- ed the usual committees. The vet- erans were guests of Logan Grange at a sumptuous dinner. At the meeting in the afternoon addresses were made by Congress. man J. Banks Kurtz, of Altoona; ‘Rev. H. V. Grubb, of Bellwood, Rev. | |C. C. Shuey and Rev. J. Max Kirk- | | patrick. All the old officers were elected for the ensuing year. | ~ —Mrs. H. 8. Taylor is making prep- ‘arations to move to State College lon or about September 15th, where | ‘she has leased an apartment, in or- | (der to make it more convenient for her daughter, Miss Margaret, who has been employed in one of the! | departments at the College for some time past. Mrs. Taylor will be ac- | her daughter, Mrs. Mansfield and the | latter's son Hugh. She has rented | "her home, on east Linn street, to | | Dr. E. 8S. Maloy, who will move there | |as soon as it is vacated by the Tay- | {lor family. The Hayes T. Darby | {family are also making arrange- | ments to move from the Crider | advantage of home comforts while | | attending College, where she has | been registered as a student. Mr. | | Darby, an official of the Federal | Match company, will commute be- | Marshall college and received his in San Francisco and is liable tobe |tween Bellefonte and State College. | degree of M. A. at the University of Pennsylvania. a star partner in a bout most any time. —Subscribe for the Watchman. | lowed » THREE PEOPLE INJURED IN TWO AUTO ACCIDENTS. Three people were injured, one of them seriously, in two auto acci-| dents on the concrete highway, in Bald Eagle valley, on Sunday after- noon at the Plum Grove school house between Snow Shoe Inter- section and Unionville. John G. Hackenbrack and Raymond Deitz, both of Bellefonte, were driving up the valley in Hackenbrack's car. In some way the driver lost control, ran off the road and crashed into a telephone pole. Hackenbrack had both upper and lower jaws fractur- ed, a possible fracture of the skull and was badly cut and bruised about the head. He is in the Centre County hospital where his condition is regarded as serious. Deitz also suffered head injuries, cuts and bruises, and is in the hospital, but his condition is not at all alarming. The second accident occured when the driver of a car from Brookville failed to make the turn at a curve in the highway and the car ran off the road and upset. One of the par- ty, Mrs. Margaret Finch, suffered lacerations of the head, but after being treated at the hospital dis- pensary was able to continue the trip home. THRIFT CORP. DIRECTORS ELECTED ON TUESDAY. Stockholders of the proposed Cen- tre County Thrift Corporation held a meeting, at the Penn Belle, Tuesday evening, and adopted a constitution and by-laws as a governing basis of the organization. A board of di- rectors was also elected. Several persons were considered as manager of the Corporation but no decision was reached, although a Jeannette man seems the most likely choice. Several locations for the new bank are also under consideration but no definite selection has yet been made. To date 96 men and women have subscribed for stock in the Corpora- tion and made their initial payment, 51 of whom are residents of Belle- fonte. The directors elected are as fol- lows: John M. Bullock, George H. Hazel, D. M. Kline and W. H. Brouse, Bellefonte; L. D. Fye, Rus- sell F. Stein and Forrest L. Struble, State College; W. W. Kerlin, Centre Hall; Dr. W. J. Kurtz, Howard; J. H. Turner, Julian; H. R. Hickok and C. R. Anderson, Pittsburgh. An application for a charter will be made within a few days. MRS. ROLAND BUTLER PAID INSURANCE ON HUSBAND The West Penn Power company, on Monday, delivered to Mrs. Ro- land Butler, of Howard, a check for $3,500, the amount of accident in- surance the company carries against possible fatal injury of any individ- It will be recalled that on the eve- ning of August 2nd Mr. Butler was electrocuted by coming in contact with a live wire of the West Penn company which was sagging within several feet of the ground. While the accident happened on a private right of way neither the Power com. pany nor the Insurance company made any protest against a settle- ment; in fact the payment was vol- untary. ~The bugle and drum corps of the DuBois post of the American Legion, enroute home from the an- nual convention at Easton, spent a brief time in Bellefonte on Sunday afternoon. They traveled in an Ed- wards Transportation company bus and were rather set up over the fact that a member of the post, George J. Proesl had been elected department commander. The bugle and drum corps of the Brooks-Doll post, of Bellefonte, also returned home on Sunday afternoon. -——Another new grocery store and meat market is to be opened in Bellefonte, in the room in the Bush Arcade formerly occupied by Eckel's meat market. It will be a branch of the Arrowhead stores, similar to the one conducted by Mrs. Thomas Hazel, on Allegheny street. ———— A ——— i — IN BELLEFONTE CHURCHES UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH. Sunday school at 9.30 a. m.,, R. R. Davison, Supt. Preaching at 10.45 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. by the pastor. Mo subject: “The Family of God: Fellowship Maintained.” Evening subject: “Christ Jesus, Our Substitute.” Brotherhood Monday evening. Official board Tuesday evening at 7.30. Election of officers. Prayer and Bible study Wednes- day evening at 7.30. i Junior Endeavor Saturday at 3! o'clock. i Special music at all preaching G. E. Householder, Pastor. | BELLEFONTE METHODIST CHURCH. | Church Bible school, C. C. Shuey, Supt., 9.30, with special events and stirring study. League, 6.30, special topic and prepared leader: other events. Worship, 10.45, pertinent preaching, a trifle vigorous: 7.30 He was Bellefonte know that his eldest son, house, on east Linn street, to State union meeting, preacher, Rev. Robert Albert, is the light weight colored College in order that their daughter, Thena. of prize fighter known throughout the Clara-Mona Darby, might have the travelers, week-end visitors are al- All weicome. Commercial most always found in this congrega- tion for worship. Wednesday, mid- | week congregational meeting, fol- | church school board meet- | ing. esday, Sept. 1, outing at Hecla park, Volunteer Women Bible | class. —Get your job work done here. | open PINE GROVE MILLS Budd Noll is away on a brief trip to New York City. i W. A. Daugherty made a business trip to Tyrone, last Thursday. Miss Florence Port spent last week visiting relatives in Milton. Farmer C. T. Homan transacted business in Bellefonte, on Monday. Mrs. L. R. Porter is spen the week with relatives at Neff's Mills. Roy Barto is shy a good horse, which died as the result of lock jaw. Warren Bailey came up from Mill Hall and spent Sunday with his fam- ily. The new store room, on Wall street, is about ready for the plaster- ers. i Mrs. Carrie Peters has gone Clarksburg, Missouri, to visit friends. H. N. Meyer Bellefonte, Thursday. Harry Bailey has the contract for painting the Haugh farm buildings, near Scotia. Carey Shoemaker and family are down in West Virginia on a week's camping trip. Harry Reed and wife, of Hunting- don, spent Sunday at the Reed pa- rental home here. Mr. and Mrs. John Eckley are i to old of last and daughter, were in our town ‘away on a three week's visit with friends at Bellwood. Mr. and Mrs. Alf Henninger, of Oak Grove, were in town, Saturday, doing some shopping. E. C. Close has leased the Harry Meyer: garage, at State College, as a sto: .ge place for trucks. Mr:. Carrie Weiland is nursing a sore hand, the result of getting it caught in a clothes wringer. Mrs. Esther Ritchie and daughter Joan, of Altoona, are visiting Mrs. Hannah Osman, on the Branch. Paul Sunday has been at Strouds- burg, this week, attending the State convention of the P. O. S. of A. C. M. Fry and wife motored down from Altoona and spent Sunday at the Granger's picnic, at Centre Hall. Mrs. Philips will vacate her apart- ment in the Everts block, next week, and return to her home, near Julian. Miss Minnie Collins, trained nurse of Philadelphia, is spending her va- cation with her father, W. A. Col- lins. It is rumored that J. E. Bressler will quit the farm, in the spring, and thereafter live a retired life at Boalsburg. H. L. Harpster, wife and baby son, James Edward, spent the middle of the week at the James Peters home, in the Glades. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel I. Corl, of Pine Hall, spent several days, Jast week, with the Robert H. Goheen family, at Baileyville. Thomas E. Mallory, a Pennsy en- gineer, with his wife, is spending his summer vacation in camp in the Adirondack mountains. Pine Grove and Spruce creek ball teams opposed each other at the Grange fair, Monday afternoon, Pine Grove winning 10 to 5. The Pine Grove ball team * will’ play another game with the colored giants, of Mt. Union, next Thurs- day afternoon, at 4 o'clock. John Hess spent several days, last week, at the Modock hunting camp in the Seven mountains. He is now able to get around on crutches. The O'Bryan sale of household goods, on Saturday, was fairly well attended but bidding was not brisk. The sale amounted to $386.00. Mrs. Esther Gregory and two daughters, Jessie and Laura, of Al- toona, were recent visitors at the Howard Musser and Harry Kocher homes. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Daughe:ty, of Altoona, were here last week visiting Mr. Daugherty’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Daugherty, who recently moved into their new hume, on Main street. The J. L. Shank family attended the Shank family reunion held at the old homestead, at Runville, now oc- cupied by Joseph Kepler, on Sunday. Four generations were present, the oldest being 88 years old and the youngest 11 months. Dr. R. M. Krebs, who has been in ill health for the past three years, has been taken to the Odd Fellows home at Ford City. He was accom- ed there by his nephew, Hall rebs, his nurse, Mrs. Ella Cox, J. W. Bailey and A. B. Tany. Harry McCracken and Isaac Harp- ! ster have returned from their 10,- 1 000 mile trip with the Pennsylvania farmer's excursion which took them south to Mexico, west to the Pacif- ic coast and home through the northern part of the United States. Ferguson township schools well on Tuesday, September 8th, with the following corps of teachers: Pine Grove Grammar.—A. B. Corl. | Pine Grove Primary—Mary Bur- well. Pine Hall-Maude Miller. Krumrine—A. L. Bowersox. Oak Grove—Ella Henninger. Marengo—Ella Bressler. Tadpole—Mae Kyder. Centre—Ella Gingerich. The Branch-—Margaret Glenn. White Hall—Ella Livingstone. Baileyville—Priscilla Wasson. WINGATE, A little daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Barnhart, at the home of Mrs. Barnhart's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lew Davidson, last Friday morning. i Last Thursday morning Mrs. Frank Peters, who has been quite ill for | | several months, made an attempt to get up and fell to the floor. She is now under the care of a professional nurse. Callers at the Mrs. Lydia Irwin home, Monday evening, were Dr. and | Mrs. George Tibbens, of Beech Creek, Mrs. A. G. Herr and two] step daughters, Mrs. H. B. Wither- | ite and daughter, and Betty Kane, of Williamsport. BELLEFONTE ACADEMY WILL OPEN SEPT. 15. The Bellefonte Academy will open it's fall term of the 1931-'32 school year on Tuesday, September 15th, at 9 o'clock with the strongest faculty it has had in years, as follows: James R. Hughes, A. M., Headmaster (Princeton University) Language and Oratory Helen E. Canfield Overton (Formerly of Minneapolis High School) English, Grammar, American History, Civics, Commercial Law and Prob- lems in Democracy, Isabella S. Hill, Ph. B. (Wesleyan Univ. Columbia Univ.) English. Rhetoric and Literature. Charles S. Hughes, A. B., (Princeton University Junior Mathematics, Howard Thomas, A.B, (Bucknell University) Biology and Physical Geography, B. Ralph Summer A. B., (Penna State College) Ancient History, English History and Plane Geometry John P. Hoyt, B. S. (Middleburg College) Higher Mathematics William Gutteron (University of Nevada) Mathematics Daniel N. Perkins, A. B. (University of New Hampshire) Latin and German Edward C. Traylor, A. B. (Mississippi College) French and Spanish Arthur H. Sloop, A. M, (Dickinson College, University of Michi- gan, Columbia University) Physics and Chemistry. William Gutteron Dire tor of Athletics, WE SUGGEST That You Shop At Your Home Stores First And Come to Booster Stores For The Things Your Home Merchants Cannot Supply Altoona Booster Stores PLEASE NOTE: ALTOONA BOOSTER STORES OPEN ALL DAY THURSDAY STARTING THURSDAY, SEPT. 8. Closed All Day Labor Day Monday, Sept. 7 School Days Will Soon Be Here! BOOSTER STORES CAN SUPPLY TO GOOD ADVANTAGE THE NEEDS OF BOYS AND GIRLS Going Away Teo School, As Well As Those Attending School At Home. Everything that is required in the way of Apparel is now being shown in the very latest Styles. All oth- er School Needs are also shown in wide variety, making it possible for par- ents to make satisfactory selections. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS ARE ALWAYS OFFERED FOR SUBURBAN DAY Which Is Observed Every Wednesday By Altoona Booster Stores! ATTEND THESE ALTOONA LABOR DAY ATTRACTIONS: Dedication of The Cathedral of The Blessed Sacrament, Starting at, 10 A. M. ALTOONA SPEEDWAY RACES Starting at, 2 P. M. 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