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DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY MARCH 7,
1930
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY COMMUNITY WEEKLY IN LUZERNE COUNTY
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
“TELL YOUR FRIENDS
ST. PATRICK'S PARTY
MARCH 13
or
FORTIET YEAR
Yard and Garden Contest to Open Here:
Every Home Invited to Join and
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Every Contestant Will Be Repaid By
More Enjoyable Surroundings in
the Community
“YOU WIN IF YOU LOSE”
Valuable Prizes Offered to Those|
Beautifying Their Places of Resi-
dence
To give every home in this com-
munity 'more attractive surroundings
so that living will be more enjoyable,
a healthier environment for all citi-
zens will be created and the entire
community. will be improved and beau-
tified, a community-wide yard and
garden contest will be conducted here,
it was announced today. The Mit.
Greenwood Kiwanis Club is sponsor-
ing the campaign.
Every family in the community is
invited to enter this big contest and
help make it a community forward
morement. There is no entry fee.
Small home yards and gardens wil!
have an equal chance with more pre-
tentious grounds in winning one of
the many valuable prizes offered, as
the contest is so arranged that each
all will compete at no disadvantage.
Every entrant will be greatly bene-
fited by joining this big community
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beautiful movement even if hedoes |
not win a prize. This ‘fact is ‘em-
phasized by the contest slogan: ‘You
‘Win If You Lose.”
Township Boys
Upset By Fast
Kingston Team
&
Defeat at Kunkle Puts Township Boys
Out of the Running For First Place
in Bi-County League
Another upset was recorded in the
Bi-County I.eague last Friday night at
Kunkle when Kington Township de-
feated Dallas Township 29-23. The
Trucksvllle boys showed vast improve-
ment since the first game
the two teams. The contest was fast
and hard fought from the beginning.
The score at the end of the first half
was 15-18 in favor of Dallas.
Midway in the third quarter a Dal-
las player became confused mo-
mentarily and scored a field goal for |
his opponents.
still in the lead at the time. This
unfortunate incident was, without
doubt the turning point in the game.
Kingston Township then took on new
life and romped off to victory. Coach
Hazletine, however, has molded a fast,
aggressive team which is capable of
¢ causing trouble for any team in the
league. Ross and ‘Morris of Dallas
Township played a fine brand of ball,
particularly in the first half. The
Rowland brothers were outstanding
for Kingston Township. The result
of the game places Lehman in second
place and Dallas Township in third.
Tonight Dallas Township plays
Monroe Township at Beaumont.
Only one other game remains on the
schedule. That is against Take Town-
ship on the IL.aketon floor. {
St. Dztricl's Party
Thursday Night
Everything is in readiness. for the
big St. Patrick’s party which will be
held in the Dallas high school audi-
torium Wednesday night by Shaver--
town Branch of Nesbitt Hospital
Auxiliary.
The date of the party has been
changed from Saturday, March 15, to
Thursday, March 13, so that more
people can attend. Members of the
committee in charge made the change
in date so that all merchants and
other business persons who might be
busy on Saturday night could attend
the affair.
Included in the night's program will
be a variety of entertainment num-
bers, all kinds of games. and booths
where candy, pastry and other deli-
cacies can he purchased.
The auditorium will be attractively
decorated "in St. Patrick’s day colors.
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and there will be something doing
every minute.
A ye en
MINSTREL REHEARSAL
Members of the cast and all persons
wishin gto have a part in the fire-
men’s minstrel show are asked to meet
at the high school building tonight
at 8:30. It is important that all
persons interested in the production
attend this meeting.
CHICKEN DINNER
Members of the Ladies’ Aid Society
of Dallas M. E. Church will hold a
chicken dinner in the church Wednes-
day, March 12, at 5:30. The local so-
ciety is farmed throughout this section
for the excellence of these dinners
and everything points to a capacity
attendance at this one.
Dyer Lauderbach
AUCTIONEER
Call Dallas 209
between |
Dallas Township was |
Make Grounds More Attractive
COW WITH WINDOW
IN SIDE IS DEAD
Homestead
Pennstate Jessie is
dead.
Four years of important experi-
ments in vitamin and bacterio-~
logical research came to 2n end
with the passing of the famous
Penn State cow with the window
in her stomach. During that time
it was learned that a cow could
manufacture her own vitamin B
in the rumen, or first stomach,
when her feed contained none of
the vitamin.
Pennstate Jessie became the
best known cow in the world dur-
ing the time she was making con-
tributions to science. Newspapers
all over America and in many for-
eign countries carried stories
about her. Requests for informa-
tion about the part she played
and the results obtained came to
State College from scientists all
over the world. Thousands of
people visited the college to see
her in the past four years.
School Building
To Be Completed
Directors Also Approve New Cur-
ricalum For Upper High School
Classes
Plans for the addition of the
twelfth” year to the high school cur-
riculum were discussed at the meet-
ling of Dallas borough school board
| held in the high school
| Tuesday night. Other business in-
cluded payment of all bills and dis-
cussion of plans for the completion of
unfinished classrooms on the second
foor of the high school building.
One New Teacher
Georg 3owen, . principal of the
school? fr Ai a tentative course of
study for the four high school classes
and the two upper classes of the]
grammar school. The change in|
couses is made necessary by th
adoption of the junior-senior higl
school system for the school year
1930-31. There will also be the addi-
tion of*an elective business course for
grades nine to twelve. The board ap-
proved the addition ' of one new
teacher to the elementary grades and
this matter was referred to the teacher
committee. Principal Bowen said that
it would "not be necessary to add an
additional teacher to the staff of the
high school even with the enlarged
schedule for the coming term.
Courses of Study
As approved, Mr. Bowen's tentative
course schedule is as follows:
Seventh year—English, arithmetic,
U. S. history, geography, spelling, pen-
manship.
Eighth year—Engilish, rnathematics,
civics, geography, spelling, penman-
ship.
Ninth year—English, algebra, civics,
ancient history, general science, Latin,
junior business training.
Tenth year—English, algebra, mod-
ern history, biology, Latin, bookkeep-
ling.
Eleventh year-—English, plane geo-
metary, American history, physics,
German or French, bookkeeping.
Twelfth year—English, public speak-
ing, solid geometry, trigonometry,
problems of democracy, chemistry,
German or French, stenography and
typewriting.
Some of the subjects
and some elective, pupils
quired to complete the
units of work required by
are required
being re-
number of
the State.
In wall years periods are provided for
music, art, health, home economics
for
the girls and shop work for the
boys. ;
Completion of Rooms
During the discussion relating to the
completion of class rooms, the build-
ing committee presented figures on the
cost of the completion of three rooms.
These figures were found to be less
than the board had expected. Witn
this in mind the board instructed the
building committee to have Architect
Podmore submit detailed
specifications for the
the entire floor.
not be needed next year and for this
reason some of the directors expressed
the belief that it would be ‘more eco-
nomical to finish only a few of the;
rooms at this time. Other directors
held to the belief that it would be |
at’ one time than to finish them in
groups. Final decision will be made
after the bids are received. It is
planned to have the work done this
summer during the school recess so
that the rooms will be ready for use
next fall.
Bills Paid
Bills were ordered paid as follows:
Interest on notes, $50; J. R. Oliver,
merchandise, $1.11; J. H. Frantz, coal
hauling, $20.85; . Scott-Foresman Co.
books, $5.55; American Book Co.,
9.
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$5.79; H. A. Whiteman, stationery, $
H. G. Phillips, pencils, $19.20; elec-
trical repairs, $12; Empire Mfg. Co.,
merchandise, $3; Dallas Water Co.
$57.40; Luzerne County Gas and Elec-
tric Corp., light and power,
Iron Fireman, stoker rental, $25.
$278.31.
BRANCH MEETS TODAY
Members of the Shavertown Branch,
Nesbitt Hospital Auxiliary, will meet
this afternoon at 2 at the home of
Mrs. ‘A. W. Blase of Shavertown. The
president has asked that all members
be present since there is important
business to be discussed,
Total,
building on |
, world; twelve pure bred Angus cows,
planning to attend the Livestock Field
Livestock Day At
Conyngham Farm
On March 12th
Farmers of This Com Community Plan to
Attend Interesting Exhibit at Hay-
field [Farms
Many Luzerne County farmers are |
Day at Hayfield Farms, owned by J.
N. Conyngham, at Lehman, March 12.
The Hayfield Farms is one of the
outstanding livestock farms in East-
ern United States, containing some of
the best animals in the country. Time
and again the Conyngham’s Clydesdale
horses have obtained the highest
awards in the annual International
Livestock Show held at Chicago each
year.
In addition to the fifty-five Clydes-
dale breeding horses, there are one
hundred and forty-five steers, fifty
pure bred Chester-white brood sows,
thirty-five Black Faced sheep, twenty
Welsh sheep, one hundred twenty-five
pure bred Shropshire ewes, fifteen
Shetland ewes, ‘seven breeding don-
keys, imported from the Isle of Sar-
dinia, the smallest donkeys in the
thirty pure bred Short-horn cows;
twenty-two head of Scottish Highland
cattle, there are only two herds of
this type of cattle in the United
| States, thirty head of imported Irish
donkeys, wild deer and too many other
thing's to mention. There are seven
hundred acres of farm land.
Starting at 10 a. m.,
of the farm will be made. |
Lunch at noon.
1:15 p. m., short talks will be given
by William Connell und L. €. Madison, |
sheep and swine specialist from State |
College. After these talks, oppor- |
tunity will be given to inspect the
an inspection |
farm further.
All farmers in Luzerne county and |
nearby counties are invited to attend |
this field day and see the outstanding |
| record
Dallas ‘Rotary
Attends Inter-
Club Meeting
Journey to Tamaqua Last Monday
Afternoon and Hear Address By|
International President—Fifty Clubs
Represented
On Monday evening last Dallar Ro-
tary attended an inter-club meeting at
Tamaqua, Pa., at which time fifty Ro-
tary Clubs of the Iifty-first district
joined in paying honor to the Tama-
qua club which had attained a record
of fifty-three weeks on hundred per
cent meetings in point of attendance. |
The meeting was attended by over
eight hundred Rotarians, having ‘many
prominent guests, men active in pub-
life life in Pennsylvania.
Judge George W. Maxey of Lacka- |
wanna county was one of the speakers
and gave an interesting address..
The Tamaqua Club presented a re-
view of its many activities sponsored
by the club during the last five years,
including a boys’ band of fifty pieces,
a fife and drum corps, boys’ club,
crippled children, health clinics,
athletics and many others of a like
nature.
A brief minstrel skit was presented
by the club, it being composed entirely
by members of their club.
International President Gene New-
som of Durham, Nerth Carolina, was
presented by the president of the Tama-
qua club and his speech was a master-
piece. He spoke on the objects of Ro-
tory, told of the Sixth Object and In-
| ternational peace and what part Ro-
tary is playing in bringing that about.
Rotary through its members repre-
senting in a good measure the busi-
ness men of the world are working to
hat end. He spoke of club activities
and the danger of some clubs in over-
looking many of the important activi-
ties of Rotary and just being active in
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one or two things.
He praised the Tamaqua club for its
of perfect attendance each
week covering a period of a year and
one week, this record being broken by
| and interesting livestock farm of the the serious illness of one of its mem-
| east.
| bers.
¢ Dallas Borough Council Passes New
Building Ordinance But Votes “No”
On Land Purchase For Sewage Plant
plans ana
completion of |
The entire floor will |
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cheaper to complete all of the rooms |
$76.41; |
Councilmen Vote Two to Five For Passage of Building Ordinance Over the
Veto of Burgess J. Harry Anderson—Many. Businessmen Cri
of Council
By a vote of five to two Dallas
borough council passed the new build-
ing ordinance over the veto of Burgess
Harry Anderson. Councilmen voting
against the ordinance were Hildebrant
and Parrish. Council also voted
against the purchase of land for the
future erection of a sewage dispcesal
plant.
The building ordinance calls for the
appointment of a building inspector to
pass on plans for all buildings which
will be constructed at a future time
in the business section of Dallas.
Such buidings are to be of fireproof
construction and all plans must meet |
the approval of the building inspector,
whose fees will be paid by the owner
of the proposed building. The pur:
pose of the crdinance is to reduce the
fire hazard in the congested businei:
section of the community.
There has been considerable discus-
sion for anl against the passage of
such an ordinance. A number of local
business men are of the opinion that
the ordinance was passed not so much
with the welfare of the borough at
heart as with the desire of the council
to say who shall and who shall not
Cope Endorsed
By Dallas Twp.
School Board
Directors Plan to Give Full Publicity o
to All
Meetings
Township School Board,
.At the meeting of Dallas township
school board held Monday night in the |
high school building
I church parsonage,
plans were made |
to give full: publicity to all meetings of |
the board so that taxpayers will have |
full knowledge of the board's activi-
ties. The school board, through this |
publicity, hopes to keep the taxpayers |
in touch with all board activities and
thus do away with fictitious reports |
and rumors which
board meetings.
| ing
Dr.
| town M. E. Church, Brotherhood of St.
frequently follow
Directors present were Mosier, |
Montross and Husted. Director |
Devens was absent due to illness in
his family.
principal,
suggestions contributed
success of the meeting.
Following the regular business ses-
sion, when all bills were ordered
paid, there was a short discussion on
M. J. Girton, supervising’
was also present and his
much to the
who the board should support in the]
coming election of a county superin-
tendent of schools. The unanimous
decision of the board was to support
the present superintendent, A. P.
Cope.
Upon the question of Philip Kunkle,
bus driver, the board advised that he
was not obliged by law or contract to
carry students living east of Miseri--
cordia trolley station. Complaints
from the Fernbrook séction concerning
school busses were acted upon. Fre-
quently these busses are late and often
overcrowded. The cry
icize Action
dc business in Dallas. Others main-
tain that the ordinance will work a dis-
tinct benefit to the community
through the reduction of fire risks.
A report was made at the meeting
that the State Department of Health
has again recognized the borough
board of health and all health matters
in the borough will be handled by the
local hpard and its health officer, J. H.
Frantz.
It is known that residents who live
in the region south of Dallas boroug |
have complained against the: state of
affairs in Dallas borough which al-
lows sewage to be dumped into. the
open stream which cuts through Dal-
las borough. At certain seasons of the |
year when the creek is low the condi- |
tion of the stream is of such a na‘nrve |
as to be a dangerous menace to heaitl.
Should an epidemic of typhoid or
other disease break out as result of
this system of sewage disposal 1t is
likely that the borough would fazz a
situation more costly than a tar-
sighted plan to take care of the Dal-
las sewage problem in a healthful and
sanitary way.
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To Organize
Church Base
| Lehman "Girls
Win: and Tie ie Lote
For First Place Honors in the
Bi-County Basket Ball League
CUT FROM LIST
The nublishers of the Post are
pleased with the response received
to the notices sent out to all sub-
scribers more than one year in
arrears. Many of these sub-
scribers have sent in their re-
newals by mail, others have made
personal calls to the office and
had their subscrintions renewed.
Where there have been errors the
Post has always taken the word
of the subscriber and corrected
them according to subscribers’s
records. We are assuming that
subscribers who are in arrears aiid
who haven't written or called
our office, want the paner discon-
tinued. We are, therefore, cut-
ting more than fifty subscribers
from the list this week.
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Fire Destroys
W.M. Major Home
Short Circut In Attic Causes Blaze
Which Consumes Beautiful Farm
Home at Lehman
Fire originating from defective elec-
tric wiring completely destroyed the
beautiful farm home of W. M. Major
on the IL.ehman Centre-Meeker road
early Tuesday afternoon. All of the
furniture and thousehold equipment
with, the exception of that in one bed-
room was saved by neighbors who
hurried to the scene soon after the
fire was discovered. Only a small
amount of insurance, $2,200, is said to
have been carried by Mr. Major on
the home.
The fire was discovered by Mr. Ma
jor’s son, Burton, as he was leaving
the house after dinner. Seeing smoke
curling from underneath ‘the eaves of
the building he rushed back into the
house to the attic. The smoke was so
thick that he was unable to get near
the flames or to throw water on them.
Other members of the household came
to his assistance but seeing that notn-
spect and equipped with electricity
| had hardwood floors throughout.
Ball League
At a meeting of the Brothorieod of
t. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Shaver-
town, held Monday evening at the
plans for the for-
mation of a baseball league among
the churches of the Dallas district
were made. This league will be ‘made
up of the Men’s Clubs of the various
churches willing to paly twilight ball.
Various churches mentioned as will-
to go along on this plan were
Place’s Bible Class of the Shaver-
Paul's Lutheran, Primitive Methodist,
Church of the Prince of Peace, *St.|
Bs il Trucksville M. E. and Dal-
s M. E.
committee appointed to get in
touch with the various church organi-
zations is made up of “Red” Schwartz
and George Hunt. They are at present
working out various plans and any-
one who is interested in the formation
of a league is requested to get in
touch with these men so that they can
find out how many are willing to take
part in the league.
If it is impossible to get a team or-
ganized in each of the church organi-
zations it might be posible that a team
could be organized by combining two
or more churches. The time is short,
so everyone is urged to get going on
this splendid idea and make the Dal-
las district church league one of the
best organized ball leagues in the
county.
for economy prevents the use of aun
other bus for this section, although
of taxpayers | Board meeting adjourned at 10:20.
one could be used to good advantage. |
‘sity for
Just a few minutes before the dis-|
covery of the fire, Mrs.) Major had!
been in the attic which she used as a | of the band.
place to dry laundry. There had been
‘were only able to gain
Lake Boys’ ‘Team Defeats Lehman
Boys to Tighten Its Hold On First
Place in Bi-County League
SEASON NEARS CLOSE
Play-off For Girls Team Will Be
Staged On Neutral Floor Should
Both Teams Win
In three exciting games in the Lek
man gymnasium © last Friday the
Laketon boys’ varsity defeated the
home team by the score of 14-9, while
the Lehman girls were victorious by
te score of 31-29. The score in the
game between the second teams was |
15-12.
In the boys’ game, the downfall of ?
the home team came in the third
quarter. In that session Laketon
scored six points while Lehman was
scoreless. In the last half the locals
six points
while their opponents picked up five.
It was a fast contest, marred only by
inaccurate shooting on the part of
oth teams. Since Dallas Township
lost to Kingston Township there is nb
longer any mathematical possibility
that Laketon will be routed from first
place.
The girls’ game was certainly the
fastest and most interesting ever seen
on the local floor. It was nip and tuck
until the last minute. of play. The re-
sult created a tie for first place in the
league. Each team must play one
more game, and shonld both win, a
play-off will have to’ be staged on a
neutral floor.
The Lehman scrubs kept up their
tradition of winning in a close game
which also had plenty of thrills. :
More than three hundred persons
were in attendance at the games and
the new bleachers were packed tu
capacity. - The excellent work of the
cheering sections was an added fea-
ture. The scores:
Boys’ Game
Laketon
ing could be done, immediately began
the removal of furniture, bathroom | e G. FE.
fixtures and other household equip |Z aon: 2 Ese ex web g >
ment. . Phil Se de
No Water Available © Secher. 1 Shee ee 2 2
An alarm was immediately sent to P Kuchia CARE Re ih 0 8
the Dr. Henry M. Laing fire company, Yai BT i aad 0 3
which responded at once. When the ie RGR Eh HR 0
fire company reached the scene the re Ga ar
Whole Upper STOTY GF the house was in| Totals .. i
flames. Because of lack of water ;
| there was little the fire fighters coula | : F. Pts
so but play a stream, of chemicals on Sutton, f. z B
the rapidly burning building. Major, f. 2 2s
By this time a crowd of four hun-| Rogers, f. 1 1
drew school students, neighbors and | Brown, c. 1 x
men from Dallas had gathered and Johnson, Br tiie, 0 0 0
many of them assisted in removing | Busiloski, g. ........... 0 0 0
furniture from the house. 4: — mr ied
A telephone call to Harvey's Lake | Totals \..u.. Nh be, 2 5 9
asked that fire company to stand in| TEL
readiness in case the nearby home- | Girls’ Game
stead or barn should catch fire. With | Laketon
the additional hose from Harvey's | : Bh i
Laake it was believed that the com- |L+ Kocher, f. ..c........ 9 1
bined line of the Dr. Henry M. Laing |Hausch, f. ............. 3 4
company and the Harvey's Lake com- Balavage, c. ........... 0 0
pany could pump water from a creek | Allen, S. Coovnnnnnii 0 0
a half mile away. A strong southwest | 1088 gins, c. .........LL 0 0
| wind, however, blew the flames away OD€Yy, 8 ............... 0 0
from the surrounding buildings al- 73 7m
| though sparks and burning embers als ............ 12 5
were blown for .a distance of half a Lehman #
mile. i i,
Built Twenty-eight Years Ago | Conner, 00) 38 dicieieie ae nbs 6 1
The home was one of the finest in Johnsons £. ............ 8 2
this section of the county and was | Stolarick, Co vrrnniaan 0:40
built twenty-eight years ago by Mr. Eni 8.60 Jou Jan, 0
Major and adjoined a house in which Anson, sg LCL d0 LTA 0 0
he was born and where his daughter, | Searfoss, I 0 0
| ‘Mrs. Alfred B. Sims’ family now “Hives. | I ry
| Running around one side of the house | Totals ........... 0. 14, 3
were wide verandas facing a beautiful | TO FORM BAND
sloping lawn shaded by maple trees. | Pe rh
| The home was modern in every re-| Aj students interested in, the or-
| ganization of a school band are asked
(2nd modern plumbing and heating, and | to meet at the Dallas Township voca-
| tion school this morning at 10 o'clock.
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Instruments will be furnished to all
i students wishing to become members ,
Instruction will be free.
Prof. H. Rich of Wilkes-Barre will be
no evidence of fire in the attic at thai | {na director of the band and practice
time. Mr. Major is justice of the
| will be held once a week throughout
peace of Lehman township and then remainder of the school term and
sympathy of the Post and the. entire
community is extended to him in his
loss.
NO
PAY-UP SUNDAY
AT DALLAS M. E.
The sermon topic for
the Sunday |
morning service at Dallas M. E.
Church will be “The Meaning of
Lent.”
To satisfy all the financial obliga-
tions of the M. E. Church during the
conference year ending April 1, the
official board has decided to hold a
“pay-up Sunday” next Sunday at
which time all members and contribu-
tors who have not yet completed their
customary payments are asked to pay
them so that there: will be no neces-
last-minute solicitation of
funds to complete the fiscal Year.
Last year at conference time there was
found to be a deficit and the church
officials are desirous of avoiding such
a, condition again. Many of the mem-
bers of the church pay to its support
in one annual payment and not a few |
hold this off until the end of the fiscal
the treasurer. The officials of the
them treasurer. The officials of the
church desire to close this year’s ac-
counts early to make room for the
taking of next year's subscriptions be-
fore conference.
On Tuesday night there will be a
| meeting: of the official board and all
| members are urged to be present.
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L. A. S, TO MEET
The regular meetng of the Ladies’
Aid Socity of Dallas M. E. Church wil
b held Thursday, March 13, at 12:30
at the church. Members of the re-
freshment committee are: Mrs. J. E.
Hildebrant, Mrs. Claude Cooke, Mrs.
Wesley Daddow, Mrs. John Frantz
and Miss Marguerite Frantz.
COMMITTEES MEET
Chairmen of the various committees
of the Dallas Club of United Sports-
men held a brief meeting Wednesday
at Higgins’ College Inn to discuss the
election of a board of directors for the
club.
lle
SOCIETY TO MEET
Dallas Y. W. M. S. will meet with
Mrs. C. A. Jones on Tuesday night. Al
members are urged to come dressed as
children. A special program has been
arranged.
c 0. ‘Brown
3 AUCTIONEER
Telephone
. Call W. D. Gay’s Store
CENTERMORELAND
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