1931-07-17; Clare Sentinel

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THE  CLARE  SENTINEL
CLARE  SEN
■> Official   Paper of
Clare and Clare County.
Established 1878
GLARE MICHIGAN, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY, 17, 1931
New Series, Vol. 39, No. 3$
CLARE VOTERS TURN
DOWN NATURAL GAS
FRANCHISE TUESDAY
<s-
Campaign  Developed   Info
One of Hottest Seen Here
for Many Years
Large   Vote    Decides   Against
Question 281 to 238. Artificial
Gas to be Continued
The natural gas franchise as proposed by* the Gas Corporation of
Michigan and submitted to the people
of this city last Tuesday was rejected
by a-vote of. 281 to 238.
The campaign, which started nearly
three weeks ago, developed into one
of the hottest seen here for many
years and was  only decided by the
^heavy vote polled at Tuesdays spec
rial election.
\ J. A. Pierce, wno was assisted by
Jw. Somerville in the campaign for
the gas company, states that the plant
at Mt. Pleasant will be remodeled for
the handling of natural gas for that
city, and that according to the present
plans for Clare, a small plant for the
manufacturing of artificial gas, will
be built on their property on south
McEwan street from which we will
receive our supply.
It is understood that people living
on Vernon hjll and along the line to
Mt. Pleasant will be furnished natural
gas at the rate accepted bs Mt. Pleasant.
SEVENTY-SIX PRESENT
AT HARVEY REUNION
SUNDAY, JULY TWELFTH
Seventy-six attended the reunion
held at the farm home of Mr. and
Mrs. C. D. Harvey, July 12th. A
bountiful pot luck dinner was served
On the lawn.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs
Nelson Hicks and family, Mrs. Jane
Steavenson, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Johnson and family, Wm. Cunningham, Mr. and Mrs, Basil Harveyj Calvin Harvey and son, Bernard, all ot
jplint; Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Stemple
""Tand daughter, of Saginaw; Mr. and
Ijjjrs. John Searight and family, oi
Clare; Milton Searight and wife, of
Clare; Mr. and Mrs. Walter May and
family, of Detroit.
Among the guests were represented
four generations, all in the best oi
health. The largest attraction of the
day was the two sets of twins, the
little two daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Hicks, and the little sons of Mr. and
Mrs. C. J. Harvey, of Hatton,
Plans Were made for a larger reunion next year, which will be held
on the second Sunday in July.
LOOMIS RESIDENT
DIES SUDDENLY
NEW SOUND DEVICES
RECENTLY REPLACED
AT IDEAL THEATRE
Since the erection and opening of,
the new Ideal Theatre in August ol
last year, Mr. and Mrs. John Asline
have not been content with just a
new home for-moving picture fans,
but have from time to time added
new equipment. Clare Js very fortunate to have the privileges of enjoying "talkies" and this improvement
was- far in the lead of many towns
our equal in size.
Just recently another device to improve the sound was installed repro
duciug sound on film instead of o-j
disc are heretofore used. This adds to
its clearness and give a natural tone
of the speaker's voice. \
The ventilation system is also so
arranged that the air is properly circulated and the auditorium is kept
cool at all time.
This is just another steps to keep
in progress with the times and to
give the public the best of service.   '
GRAND RAPIDS MAN
WEDS CLARE GIRL
SATURDAY MORNING
Francis   Jackson   Becomes
Bride of Henry Sempowski
at Church Service
DAIRYMEN TO PICNIC AT
STATE PARK SATURDAY
The Clare Dairy Herd Improvement
Association and theitf families wiJi
meet at Wilson State Park, Harrison,
for a picnic dinner Saturday, July
18th. The, Gladwin and Midland As
socia,tion members are invited to joir
the Clare group, .
The occasion marks the completion
of the first year's test of the Clare
Dairy Herd Improvement Association.
Election of officers for the new year,
the annual report of the years work
by the tester, Lloyd Heckle, and an
address by Mr. A, C. Baltzer, Extension Dairyman for Michigan State
College are features of the program.
The Association cordially invites
all dairymen and 4-H dairy club boys
to join in the day's program. If inter
e„sted in dairying, come and hear
what the association can do for you.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
RECOMMEND CUT
IN SCHOOL BUDGET
Dr. F. W. McKnight Chosen
as Member of Bpard to
Succeed Mrs. Mercer
Funeral Services for John Allen
Held M3nday.  Interment
Made at Evart
John Allen was born March 17,
1837, at Belfast, Ireland, and departed this life at Loomis, July 10, 1931,
at the age of ninety-four years, three
months  and  twenty-three  days.
At the age of twenty-one he was
jiSjflted in marriage to Hulda Smith
Tc|this union ten children were born,
three boys and seven girls.
At the age of seven he came to
Canada and fifty-three years ago
came to this Country and located on
a farm south of Sears, and moved to
Loomis thirteen years ago.
At an   early   age   he   joined   the
.Methodist church and has devoted hjs
life to this cause.
His companion and four children
preceeded him in death a number of
years ago, Liza J., Jessie S., Freeman
S., and Anna.
He was a kind and loving father a
beloved neighbor and leaves to mourn
their loss six children Edward J.
of Sears; Millie, and Martha, of" Oregon; Margaret and William, of
Loomis; and Maude of Evart, beside
nineteen grandchildren and a host of
friends.
The funeral was held from the
home in Loomis at 11:00 a. m. Monday with services at the church in
Sears at 2:00 o'clock and intermenls
made in the Evart cemetery. Rev. A.
p. MacDonald officiated.
TO THE MOTORING PUBLIC
I have opened ay new gas Station
located one-quarter, mile 'west of
Clare on U. S. 10 and am ready to
serve the public with. Gulf gasoline
and motor oils.
•^it trial tank will be convincing and
appreciated.
*--■/ Lawrence Gibis.
At St*. Cecilia's Catholic Church
last Saturday morning a pretty midsummer marriage took place, when
Francis Josephine, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Jackson became
the bride of Henry Sempowski, son
of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. B. Sempowski,
of 1145 Bridge street, Grand Rapids,
the pastor, S. J. Morrison, officiating.
Little Junior Jackson, brother of the
bride and Jimmie Brisbois, of Sag
inaw, nephew of Fr. Morrison were
the servers. The bride", given in marriage by her father, wore a gdwn of
blue silk crepe, modeled on princess
lines, the sleeves of the jacket were
edged with black fur and a black lace
straw hat completed the costume.
She carried a bouquet of pink rose?
and bridal wreath.
Miss Rose Marie Jackson attended
her sister as bridesmaid and wore
white crepe with a white hat. She
carried an arm bouquet of pink roses
and white daisies. Attending Mr.
Sempowski as best man was Robert
Jackson, brother of the bride..
The mass was sung by L. W. Jackson, the bride's father. Mrs. Joseph
Smolenski sister of the groom, sang
the Ava Maria and O Salutaris at the
offertory and communion. After the
ceremony a breakfast was served at
the Doherty Hotel. The tables wero
beautifully, arranged with flowers,
blue and white tapers and place
cards.
The bride 'was born in Clare, attending the Clare Public schools until the
fourth grade when she enrolled at St:
Henry's Academy, south of Clare, to
study music and completed her school
work, graduating in '24. The following
two years were spent at Marywood
College, Grand Rapids studying
piano and voice, receiving her music
diploma and life certificate. After
teaching one year in Charlevoix, she
entered Central State Teachers College at Mt. Pleasant, continuing her
music and received her B. S. degree
in '28. She was a successful teacher
of music end art in the Flushing
Public schools for two years. The
past year she has spent in Clare and
has a large class of pupils taking,
voice and piano. Francis has a very
lovely voice and is always gracious
and willing to respond when called
on any occasion for entertainment.
Mr. Sempowski is a graduate ot
Grand Rapids Union high school. He
studied pharmacy at Ferris Institute,
Big Rapids, has taken some work at
the University of Michigan and is
now completing his course at Central
State Teachers College and will receive his degree at the end of summer school,
Out of town guests at the wedding
included Mrs. M« F.- B. Sempowski,
Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Smolenski and
daughters, Jean Und Mary, of Grand
Rapids; Mr. and Mrs, Warren Hale
and son, Bob, of .Chicago; Mr. and
Mfg. Geo. Poppins .arid Mr, Baul Mun
son, of Mt. Pleasant; Misses Marjorie
and Monica McConnell, of Rosebush;
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. McKerring, Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Rumsey and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank McNally, of Flushing.
Mr. and Mrs. SempowBki left Saturday morning for a trip to Ann Arbor
and Detroit, returning' Monday.
QUEEN CONTEST
SELECTION IS
■"   MMfaCITY
MissNeenahCrigier to Compete for Honor as Miss
Eastern Michigan
A committee composed of Rev. Albert Dawe, E. H. Sternaman and
Jesse Hampton chose Miss Neehah
crigier as Clare Queen to compete at
the East Michigan Water Carnival to
be held at Bay City July 30, 31 and
August 1st, for the honor of being
named "Miss Eastern Michigan".
Miss Crigier is the nineteen years
old daughter of Mrs. A. S. Crigier,
and is of the blonde type. She has a
very pleasing personality and Clare
can justly feel proud of this young
lady as its representative. She is employed at the Barnes Cafe.
Miss Maxine Jones chosen as her
alternate, appeared very charming before the committee with her dark curly hair and neat suit.
NINETY-ONE GIVEN
DENTAL TREATMENT
AT FARWELL CLINIC
Dr. Shilling Now  Working
at Harrison for Four
Weeks Period
Dr. A. V, Shilling, completed his
two weeks work at Farwell, and moved to Harrison Tuesday where he
will set up for a period of four weeks.
From there he will come to Clare for a
period of six weeks. Making a total
of twelve weeks in the county.
Dr. Shilling's services are made
available through the Children's Fund
of Michigan which is financed ' by
Senator Couzens.
The Work at Farwell was supervised by R. F. Tyndall, Supt. of Schools,
and Lucille Halstead acted- as clerk
and assisted Dr.  Shilling.
A total of ninety-one different boys
and girls reported for dental attention during the two weeks periods
with six repeats making a total of
97 sittings. The work was offered to
139; of this number 106 returned the
request cards, or about 91 per cent
of those who wanted the dental work
reported for it. From this high per
ceutages it seems evident that the
people appreciate this service which
the Children's Fund of Michigan provides. *
Following is a partial summary of
the work done at Farwell:
Prophylaxis   (cleaning teeth)
was given to 91
Deciduous  extractions 1(33
Permanent  extractions 20
Silver Nitrate treatments S
Pulp capping 1
Cement base fillings 10
Silver Amalgam  fillings 128
Synthetic porcelain fillings 9
It is also of interest to note, that
the value of this work based upon
charges as made at the U. of M. Dental department where only materials
used are charged for, would be approximately ?450.00. On this basis the
total value of the Work in the county
will be approximately $2500. Thus it
would appear that the $130 appropriated by the County Board of Supervisors is a very good investment.
At the close of the clinic at Harri
son Dr. Shilling will be in Clare for
six weeks.
Cards will be sent to parents who
must return them at once signifying;
that they desire treatment for their
children. Upon the return of these
cards, another card will be mailed
giving the day the child is to appear
for treatment. Parents are urged to
be prompt in keeping these appoint
ments thereby enabling those in
charge of the-work to accomplish th">
desired results.
There was a very gooef attendance
at the annual school meeting, which
was held in the school auditorium on
Monday evening, July i^h,  1931.
Dr. Mulder, president of the Board
of Education called the j meeting to
order shortly after 8:00 o'clock.
There were about 125 Voters present.
The minutes of the last meeting,
were read and approved, and a financial statement was read bfy the secretary which showed a balance of fourteen thousand dollars.     f.
With this substantial (ibalance on
hand the Board of Education recommend that twenty-eight thousand
dollars be raised through taxation
which is two thousand lej|s than last
year.  . _ fef
Dr. McKnight and Mrs|| F, Hoch-
uietler were elected members of the
Board of Education. ?;'
A detail report will b£ 'submitted
to Sentinel readers by Secretary,
White for next week's issue.
CHALLENGE TO
HOMEMAKERS IN
RURAL DISTRICTS
Contact   and    Cooperation
Help Farm Women to Do
a Better Job
Since no profession is or such great
importance to. the welfare of society
as that of homemaking, women everywhere are turning to whatever
sources offer them the best aid in,
preparation for the task confronting
them. Through the United States
Department of Agricultural and its Extension service, much needed assistance is being offered to farm women.
This service is available even in the
most remote and inaccessible communities if they but ask for it through
their state Agricultural colleges.
No longer need the inexperienced
mother trust to tradition and the stories told by well-meaning relatives in
the upbringing of her child, nor doet
she need to work in an inconvenient
kitchen frequently as large as a whole
modern home, Through better buy-
inanship, her clothing dollar is made
to extend still farther. She can bring
beauty and harmony into her home
by changing the arrangement and applying principles of art in its furnishing.
Beginning with a small staff but
with fine enthusiasm and whole hearted interest Mrs. Louise Campbell
took over the direction of home
economics extension at Michigan
State College in 1920, when war time
needs created emergency situations.
A splendid program was developed
with the aid of specialists and of
home demonstration agents in many
counties. From that time until today
growth of home economics extension
work has been steady and continuous. The first work was with occassional scattered community group
meetings of the lecture-demonstration
type with little follow-up work to indicate effect or spread of influence.
Now a state wide system reached in
1930, 67 counties in Michigan and a.
total of 28,250 women.
Women have found that an inter
change of ideas results in the solution
of many common problems. Through
the pooling of their interests and
problems many communities are
working out programs based on fundamental needs which will build better homes and make for a more satisfying! country life.
In 1930 there Were 894 communities
studying    home    economics    courses
with 10,136 members  completing  the
Continued on Page Four
LOCAL PEOPLE CELEBRATE
53 WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mr, and Mrs, U. S, Pringle, who reside at 502 Pine street were pleasantly surprised Thursday, July 2nd
when relatives and friends called a*
their home to help them celebrate the
event of their fifty-third wedding ,an-
niversary, the principals • of which
were U. S. Pringle and Laura H. Martin, both of Farwell in 1878.
The day was spent in visiting and
many instances and stories of the
early days of Clare county were
brought back to the minds of the
aged couple and were entertaining to
the young. A bountiful pot luck dinner was served at noon and plenty
of good music was furnished by the
Erter family during the day.
Among,those present from out of
town were Mrs. Ella Proctor and 'S.
Ross, of Hersey, boyhood friends of
Mr. Pringle sixty years ago.
McKAY-MERCIER GASSER
NO. SEVEN COMES IN 'AT
FIVE MILLION CUBIC FEET
NAME CONTEST
OPENED FOR NEW
GOLF COURSE
Party Submitting Best Name
Will Receive One Year
Membership
The new golf course for Clare is in
need of a name. Tuesday, August
18th' has been chosen as the closing
date for a contest to give this new
recreational enterprise an official
title. One golf enthusiast suggests.
"Orchard Hill Golf Course." This is
very appropriate but all will be given
an opportunity to 'improve on this,
suggestion.
One year free membership will be
awarded for first choice and a sixty!
day membership as second prize. I
Names should be mailed to the Golf;
Course Name Committee, in care of
Theo. Bowler, Clare, and same will'
remain sealed until above date when
a committee of either three, five or
seven persons will decide the winners.
Length of name will not be considered in rules but will be by the committee chosen.
Rules for contest will appear in
these columns next week.
GRAIN FED TO COWS ON
PASTURE MAY DETERMINE
YEAR'S PROFIT OR LOSS
-
Shortage of pasture and lack of
feed,, not hot weather or flies alone
cause the milk flow to decrease.
Cows which lose fifty pounds or more
of butterfat production in the year
lose profits for their owner. This
amount of butterfat is easily lost during the pasture season.
Graining cows lightly while on pasture pays, first, ^through maintained
production during the summer season, and second, higher production
the year around.
Even under low prices, cows making small amounts of milk and fat are
prohibited from making "a profit, consequently efficient production is necessary under present  conditions.
Members of herd improvement associations who keep records known
that cows producing at an efficient
rate.during the year are more likely
to yield a, profit than cows producing
at a low level.
The cows tested in Michigan herd
improvement associations averaging
over 300 pounds fat during the year
make twice again the amount of
profit compared with the average
Michigan cow.
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With   Approximately    13,-
000,000 Feet Now Developed in Field, Pipe Line
is Assured to Large
Cities
DRILLING TO BE CONTINUED
IN THE NEAR FUTURE
EXTENSION CLOTHING
GROUP OPEN NEW
YEARS WORK IN CO.
AT TBE IDEAL THEATRE
Where   it  is  always  cool
Thur., Fri., 16-17—Woman Hungry
—Star east—An all Technicolor—
Western.
Sat., 18—Under Suspicion—Lois
.Moran.
Sun., Mon., 19-20—Only Saps Work
—Richard Arlin and Mary Brian—
Funny title, isn't it? But the fuh just
Starts there. There are hilarious situations, and laughs galore, and a
romance between a boy and girl you
love.
Tues., Wed., 21-22—Kiki—Mary
Pickford.
Coming—August 2-3—Geo. Arliss in
—Millionaire—9-10 — Front Page —
11-12—Secret Six.
MRS. LETTIE GRAVES
NUMBERED WITH
THOSE 0TBEY0ND
Esteemed   Woman   Passes
After Years of Service
in Community
Mrs. Lettie Graves, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Alger, was born near
Brighton, Ontario, March 9th, "1851,
and died at her home on East Fifth
street at 6:45 p. m., July 13th, 1931.
being 80 years, four months, and four
days old.,
When a girl of twelve years she
came with her parents, five brothers
and two sisters to Michigan, living
for four years near St. Clair.
In, 1868 the family moved to Vernon
township, then a wilderness, and
made their home on' the farm which,
is now known as the Thayer farm,
until December 1870 when they mov
ed to Clare.
In April 1871 slie was married to
William Dewar. In July of that
same year they moved to Reed City,
and later to Ludington where her
husband died in January 1875.
In January 1877 she was married to
Edward. Ironmonger who died in September 1880. To this union three,
children were born, two dying in infancy, and one lived to be nine years
old.
In 1887 she married George Graves,
of St. Louis, where they lived for ten
years, then moving to Clare where Mr.
Graves died in April 1910.
Mrs. Graves is-survived by one sister, Mrs. C. H. Sutherland, of this
place, and sixteen nephews and
nieces, and is mourned by a great
number of friends.
The passing of this esteemed lady
removes one from our city that was
mother to many. In earlier years she
took- several children into her home
and provided for them until they
were able to be independent, and always enjoyed companionship of
youth. .     .
The funeral service was held at
the home, Rev. Albert Dawe, pastor
of the Congregational^ church officiating and burial was' made in the
Cherry Grove cemetery with x Mr.
Chas. Thurston and Son in charge.
Those who attended the funeral
from out of town were Frank Brown
and wife, of Detroit;' Mr. and Mrs.
David Dennie, of South Lyons; Mrs.
Stanley McClellen and two children,
of Highland Park, and Mrs. Isabell
Kelley, of Ferndaie.
Goal Set to  Have  Eighty-
five Per Cent  of .County
Enrolled in Classes
The second year classes of the
Home Economics Extension Clothing
Group opened in. the home Economics
room of the Hayes Agricultural
Schopl at Harrison, Friday, July 10,
with sevon communities from different parts of the county represented
by their chairman and leaders.
The morning' session was opened
by Mrs. lone H. Bush, County Chairman, an introduction of each member
present, and a very clevej' stunt song
led by Miss "Irene Taylor, instructor
from the Michigan State College,
Lansing, helped the class members to
get better acquainted.
P. D. Gibson, County Agent,
through whose efforts, this Extension
work from the State College was
bi ought to our county, pointed out
the location of each group and explained the sections of the county
from which there might still be hopes
of forming classes. He also told the
Club women of some of the other
organizations which he hoped this
group would sponsor for the benefit
of the younger folks and the men.
Miss Taylor gave a splendid talk
on the duties of the chairman. Tellins,'
them the things she hoped they
would strive for this year in thei>
group. The secretaries were given
keen inspiring advise too, and it wr.e
then decided to set a few goals to
work toward this. year.
One was an Achievement Day attendance of at least three hundred.
Last year when this work was
brought to a close and the years'.-
achievements shown in interesting
displays, and a program held at thp
high school building in Clare it was
estimated two hundred were present.
This year the members hope for an
increase of 100 on that day. They
hope also to pursuade the local merchants in each community to cc
operate with them in purchasing the
type of materials they are taught by
these extension lessons to feel the
need of. The last goal was that 85'
per cent of the county enrollment
in these classes be accredited finishers, thereby obtaining second year
certificates from the Extension Department of the State College.
The afternoon session was devoted to the careful taking of the
measurements ofi every member of
the class and discussion of different
makes of patterns, 'also an interesting lesson on alterations of a pattern, how to make it longer or
shorter, and three ways to make it
fit a stooped or round shouldered person.    .e
The next lesson will be held at the
Hayes Agricultural School in Harri
son August 4th.
The -lesson given then will deal
with the cutting of a simple dress
from a commercial pattern. • It was
also planned to have a picnic lunch
at the Wilson State Park at' this
time. /
The McKay-Mercier gas field was
again the scene of much excitement
early Wednesday morning when gas
well No. 7 A came in wjth an exceed-,
ingly good force of gas.
The vein was struck at a depth of
1402 feet and was drilled in three and
one-half feet. At this point an official test was taken which showed
that 3,500,000 feet of gas was escaping every twenty-four hours. Driller
Mcintosh prophesied that by drilling
a little deeper the flow could be
increased and accordingly this was
clone. Another test was taken and
the capacity had. increased to 4,750,-
000 feet and as we go to press' the
well has cleared itself and was flowing over 5,000,000 cubic feet of dry
gas.
So great was the flow of gas coming from the five inch pipe that
pieces of money tois-cl into the
mouth would, be thrown many feet
into the air, while several men who
held their hands three feet above the
mouth were struck with small pebbles that either brought the blood or
a blister by the extreme force they
were thrown. T"?? r?c!: pressure
was quoted as  620.
The new find is located on the Jas.
Bicknell eighty acres, lying 2500
feet south of the McKay-Mercier No.
one or on the north half of the southwest quarter of section six in Grant
township.
Messrs. McKay and Mercier are
elated over their latest development
as their field can now produce over
thirteen million  feet of natural    gas
hich assures them of a high pressure line as an outlet to the larger
cities. The equipment will be moved to the original location of No.
Three on southeast corner of section
thirty-one of Hatton township, which
gasser was destroyed by the continued drilling for oil, and another well
drilled.
Have you anything to SELL—-Try
a Clare Sentinel liner next week.
S
GILCHER REUNION AND
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED
AT SHERIDAN HOME
Parents   Have   Retired    From
Active Labor on Farm Occu*
pied Forty Years
The third annual family reunion of
the Geo. Gilcher, Sr., family was held
at the beautiful farm home of Mr.
and Mrs. Gilcher in Sheridan township on Sunday, July 12th.
The event also was in the form of
a birthday gathering in honor of Mr.
Gilcher's 68th birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gilcher have lived on
the same farm for a period of fifty
years and now in their declining
years are enjoying' the fruits of past
years of labor and industry. While
still occupying (.lie old home they no
longer engage in active farming but
lease these productive fields to neighboring farmers and Mr. Gilcher enjoys raising a nice garden and working among his  flowers.
The entire family of four daughters
and one son were present at the
event together with all their grandchildren to the number of twenty-five.
A sumptuous dinner was served in
the orchard adjoining the house to
which all did ample justice.
Those present from a distant were,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Buckler and sort
Roy, Jr., of Flint; Mr. and Mrs. A .
Coomes and daughter, of Detroit;
Mrs. Linda Howard and twb children,
of Ludington; Mrs. Emma Rillett and
family, of North Bradley and Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Gilcher, Jr., from Flint
AN APPRECIATION
We wish to thank our friends and
patrons for their sympathy and cooperation during the days Our store
was closed.. v
Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. -
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Miller-
MID-SUMMER SALE
A drastic cut in wall-paper price*
on all patterns now in stock.
». S. M. Carrier,
New location 708 North, McEwan.
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