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HERE N
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Dr. W. T. Gist will be out of
town for two weeks beginning
Tuesday, June 15. During this
period Dr. J. J. Allen will be
available to Dr. Gist’s patients.
Dr. Gist will be back in his of
fice on Wednesday, June 30.
The Flower Judging School,
sponsored by the Rome Federat
ed Garden Clubs, was held on
Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week, with Mrs. Jesse Fort, of
Griffin, and Mrs. Maud Jacobs,
of Carrollton, Ky., conducting
the classes. The school was held
at the First Baptist Church Sun
day School Annex.
Many from towns surrounding
Rome attended the school.
A round and square opening
dance will be held at the Hitch
ing Post, Mentone, Ala., from 8
to 12 (CST), at which time the
Smith Brothers Band, with How
ard Kane at the piano, will fur
nish the music.
The Hitching Post is operated
by the Smith Brothers.
The dance spot has been com
pletely renovated recently, ac
cording to proprietors, who state
that a large crowd is expected
for the opening dance.
The Ninth Annual Ram and
Lamb Show and Sale at the
Coosa Valley Livestock Barns,
Rome, is to be held beginning at
10:30 a. m. today, according to
J. O. Carden, director of develop
ment.
After the judging of regular
exhibits, the sheep judging con
test, which is open to everyone
excepting County Agents and Vo
cational Teachers, will be held.
The lamb grading demonstra
tion will follow at 11:45 a. m.
The afternoon’s session will
open with the sheep shearing
demonstration at 2 p. m. and the
ram and lamb auction will con
clude the day’s events at 2:30
p m.
Among the 1,600 students at
Washington University, St. Louis,
Mo., who received degrees at
commencement exercises at 9:30
a. m. Tuesday, June 8, in the
Field House was Robert Earl Da
vison, of Summerville, who was
awarded the degree of doctor of
dentistry.
As of June 1, 1948, the U. S.
Coast Guard instituted a pro
gram of enlistments and re-en
listments into the U. S. Coast
Guard Reserve. Only former male
members of the Coast Guard and
Coast Guard Reserve between
the ages of 17 and 45 are eligible
for enlistment or re-enlistment
at this time.
Former members of the Coast
Guard and the Coast Guard Re
serve who desier enlistment at
this time will be enlisted in an
inactive status ofr a period of
three years. Applicants will be
enlisted in the same status as
that held on discharge as regards
rating, pay grade, etc. Interested
personnel should apply at the
nearest Coast Guard Recruiting
Station.
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licenses have been is
sued to the following by Ordinary
J. W. King: James Vaughn and
Opal Helton, Bobby Lee Cook
and Vinovi June Hayes; N. C.
Morris and Faye Houter; Joe
Manis and Alice Connell; Ray
mond R. Thompson and Verg
Pettit; Lester Oakes and Thelma
Flipps.
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Homeland Harmony Quar
tet will present a concert at the
Summerville Courthouse at 8
p.m. Saturday, it has been dis
closed.
The Trion Chapter, Order of
the Eastern Star, is sponsoring
the appearance.
R. D. Davison, of Summerville,
has been awarded the contract
to construct the two-classroom
addition to the Summerville Col
ored School and the four-class
room addition to the Chattooga
Training School, at Holland, ac
cording to the County Board of
Education.
Davison’s low bids were $4,500
for the Summerville school, and
$8,500 for the Holland School.
EVENING BUSINESS
SCHOOL OPENS HERE
Evening classes will be con
ducted at the recently organized
Summerville Business School on
Monday and Wednesday nights,
according to Mrs .May Stover,
commercial instructor. Hours will
be from 6 to 10 p. m. at the Sum
merville High School.
The school is sponsored by the
Chattooga County Board of Ed
ucation and courses offered in
clude typing, shorthand, book
keeping, business English, spell
ing and secretarial.
Credit will be given on high
school credits and a certificate
will be awarded at the comple
tion of courses, it was stated.
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VOL. 63; NO. 23
SHERIFF GETS 18 MONTHS
MRS. ELLEN FREEMAN
ARRESTED IN BROWN
MURDER CASE HERE
A preliminary hearing on the |
case of Mrs. Ellen Brown Free- j
man, 25, who was arrested last |
Wednesday on a warrant charg
ing her with the murder of her
sister-in-law almost a year ago,
has been set for 2 p. m. Thurs
day, according to Sheriff A. H
(Tiny) Glenn.
Mrs. Freeman, who is held in
connection with the murder of
Mrs. Laura Katherine Brown
here last July 26, was arrested
at Hogansville, in Troup County,
by Georgia Bureau of Investiga
tion Agent C. B. Simmonds, and
E. J. (Sandy) Clower, Solicitor-[
General of the Rome udicial Cir
cuit.
In a brief interview at the jail
Over $2,000
Raised in
Crusade Drive
The Crusade for Children
; drive launched in Chattooga
County the last week in May to
taled over $2,000 from the latest[
; reports.
J. A. Byars, chairman of the,
Trion community, announced
’that Trion contributed a total of
$1,635.22, however all contribu
[ tions have not yet been received.
An estimated $350 has been re
ceived in Summerville by Chair
!man Mrs. J. R. Burgess; Jim
Leath, Dickeyville chairman,
$150; Jim Floyd, Pennville chair
man, sll3, and more than SIOO
from other areas.
The drive is still in progress
with several communities still
not reported. A quota of $4,500
I was allotted as the Chattooga
I County quota, and from reports
listed above it is estimated that
approximately half of the quota
; has been received.
mks Josie Johnson
DIES LAST SATURDAY j
Mrs. Rosie Lee Gifford John-
Ison, 56, died at her home, Route
3. Summerville, Saturday at 5
p. m„ after several months ill
ness.
She is survived by her hus- [
band, Mark E. Johnson; two
daughters, Mrs. Edna Phillips,
Miss Evelyn Johnson. Summer
ville; three sons, Carl, J. 8., and
John H. Johnson, all of Summer
ville; seven grandchildren also
survive.
Funeral services were conduct- •
ed at the South Summerville
Baptist Church Sunday at 4 p.m.
with the Rev. E. L. Williams, of
Chattanooga; the Rev. W. M.
Steel, pastor, and the Rev. Floyd
Higgins officiating. Interment in
the Summerville Cemetery.
J. D. Hill Funeral Home of
| Summerville in charge.
Mrs. Burton, 85,
Dies at Trion
Mrs. Jane (Grannie) Burton, I
85, died at a Trion hospital at I
3:15 p. m. Monday following a
lengthy illness.
Mrs. Burton, who made her
home with her daughter, Mrs.
Walter Elliott, of Summerville,
had resided in this county for 15
years.
She was born in DeKalb Coun- I
ty, Alabama, on April 7, 1863,
daughter of the late Andrew
Jackson and Victoria Palmour
Sizemore. Mrs. Burton was an ac
tive member of the Church of
Christ, before she became ill.
Survivors include two sons,
Sam Burton, of Henegar, Ala., i
and McKinley Burton, of Dut-|
ton, Ala.; two daughters, Mrs. I
Ethel Hawkins, of Shannon, and [
Mrs. Elliott, of Summerville; one
[niece, Mrs. Cindy Hass, of Shan
jnon, and three nephews, Jess,
[Levi and Bill Sizemore. Twenty
four grandchildren, several great
[grandchildren and a number of
j great - great-grandchildren also
I survive.
Funeral services were held at
1 p. m. Wednesday at the Sum
merville Church of Christ, with
Andrew Pilgrim and W. A. Black
officiating. Interment was in the
Friendship Cemetery, Sand
[Mountain, Ala.
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1948
[Thursday, the accused woman
I declared that “I haven’t done
anything.” She declined to per
mit a photographer to snap her
picture.
Wearing a faded blue cotton
dress, the attractive blonde
young woman was conversing
with her husband in the jail
cell.
Solicitor-General Clower quot
led Mrs. Freeman as saying an
unidentified “big man” slew her
sister-in-law between 1 and 2
a. m. while the two women were
sleeping in a room in the Free
man home with the three chil
dren. Their husbands were at
work in a mill at Trion. He also
stated that they “hope” to make
another arrest “before too long.”
Trion Vacation
Bible School
Opens June 14
Daily Vacation Bible School
[will begin at the First Presby
[ terian church in Trion at 9 a.m.
June 14.
The Bible School is open to
[ children of all denominations
Ibetween the ages of 4 through 14.
It will last two weeks with
hours from 9 a. m. to 11:30 a. m.
The Rev. Leßoy Obert, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church
will be director.
Registration will be held at
the Presbyterian Church from
9:30 a. m. til 10:30 a. m. Satur
day, June 12.
HYDEN ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF THE
MEDICAL SOCIETY
Dr. W. U. Hyden was elected
president of the Chattooga Coun
ty Medical Society Tuesday eve
ning at the regular meeting of
the group, which was held at
I John’s Place. Dr. Hyden succeeds
Dr. G. H. Little, who was host to
i the group.
Other officers elected were as
follows: Dr. H. P. Holbrook, vice
president; Dr. William T. Gist,
secretary-treasurer; Dr. J. J. Al
len, delegate to the Seventh Dis
[ trict Medical Society.
The group passed a resolution
I declaring Dr. W. B. Hair an hon
orary life member of the Society
|and honoring him for his “many
I years of unselfish service to suf
[ sering humanity.”
The meeting was opened with
[ the invocation given by Dr. R
N. Little, and during the busi
ness session the Society decided
to hold meetings regularly on the
first Tuesday of each month.
Two scientific papers were
[read and discussed prior to the
round-table discussion of recent
advances in medicine.
After the meeting the group
adjourned to the home of Dr. G.
H. Little, where entertainment
and refreshments were provided.
PUBLIC HEALTH
REPRESENTATIVE TO
MEET WITH GROUPS
M. Schubert, of the State
Board of Health, will be in Chat
|tooga County next week for the
I purpose of meeting with civic
groups in the interest of pro
moting a food sanitation pro
gram in this county, according to
|W. A. Kemp, local public health
sanitarian.
Mr. Schubert will meet with
city officials on Monday, it was
stated, and he will address the
Summerville Lions Club at their
i regular meeting at 7 p. m. Tues-
I day, at Riegeldale Tavern, Trion,
j He also is scheduled to meet with
| the County Commissioners on
[Monday, June 21, it was dis
| closed.
According to Mr. Kemp, an or
dinance of the U. S. Public
Health Service recommends that
all public eating establishments
be graded, and it is necessary
that the County Board of Com
missioners pass a local ordinance
calling for this protective meas
ure.
The school lunch rooms also
will be graded under the pro
gram, it was stated.
Mr. Kemp asks the public to
co-operate by contacting their
County Commissioners and urg
ing passage of this ordinance.
Raids Staged in County Saturday
Bv State Patrol, Solicitor Clower
Hartline Gets
15; Knight
18 Months
Chattooga County Sheriff A. H.
(Tiny) Glenn, 74, and Gilmer
County Representative Edd
Knight, were sentenced yester
day to serve an 18-months’ pris
on sentence for conspiracy to de
fraud the Government and vio
late Federal liquor laws, while
their co-defendant. General Gor
don (Jack) Hartline, of Summer
ville, on the same charge, was
given a 15-months' sentence.
The trio was sentenced at
12:45 p. m. yesterday by Judge
Robert Russell in Northwest Dis
trict U. S. Federal Court at
Rome.
A motion to the judge for a
new trial was turned down, how
| ever, the case will be appealed
to Appellate Court, New Orleans,
La., it was learned.
Glenn and Knight were placed
under a $3,500 bond, while Hart
line’s bond was $2,000. All three
posted bond.
They were found guilty by the
Federal jury on May 21 after
three hours deliberation. The
jury was composed of 10 white
men and two Negroes.
County 4-H
Winners Named
Winners in the Chattooga
County 4-H Project Contest were
named Friday at the annual!
County Elimination Contest held
i this year at the dining room of
I the First Baptist Church.
All first place winners will at
tend the district project meet
ing at the University of Geor
[gia, Athens, in July.
Winners in the Public Speak
ing Contest were as follows:
Junior girls, Iris Toles, Menlo:
junior boys, Cuye Morrison, of
Lyerly; senior girls, Hazel Toles,
Menlo; senior boys, James Mit
chell, Menlo; Elaine Bullard, of
j Lyerly, won second place in the
| junior girls contest.
Carlton Hawkins, of Gore, won
| a trip to Athens on the forest
fire prevention demonstration he
presented at the meeting.
Edith Garvin, of Menlo, won
first place in the quick bread
contest, while Yvonne McCul
lough, also of Menlo, was first
place winner in the yeast bread
contest. Betty Jean Vaughn, of
Berryton, won second place in
the quick breads, and Julia Ann
Garvin won second place in the
yeast breads, with Sara Kling
taking third place.
In the dress revue, Yvonne
McCullough and Edith Garvin
were winners in the senior and
'junior revues, respectively.
Other winners in the dress I
revues were as follows: Second,
'senior, Julia Ann Garvin; third,
[Hazel Toles; fourth, Sara Kling, |
'all of Menlo; second, junior, Bet- [
ty Jean Vaughn.
Judges were Mrs. David Hen- [
j ley and Miss Willie Lee Powell. [
Other guests included Walter |
Neville, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Mor- |
i rison, Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Nor- ■
man Garvin and Mrs. B. E. Neal. I
Miss Juanita Burkett, County I
Demonstration Agent, was in
charge of the contest.
Winners were awarded prizes
through the courtesy of local
merchants.
SERVICES HELD FOR
MRS. DONA BULLARD
Mrs. Dona Etta Bullard. 72, of
Summerville, died in Trion at 7
p m. Monday.
Mrs. Bullard is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. Florence
Adams and Mrs Earl Newsome,
both of Summerville; one son, J.
B Bullard, of Lyerly; one sister,
Mrs. Carrie Morrison, of Lyerly;
two brothers, Ben and Alex Rey
nolds, of Summerville. Fifteen
grandchildren and eight great- [
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services were conduct- |
ed at the Lyerly Baptist Church ,
at 3 p. m. Wednesday, with the I
Rev. W. M. Steel and the Rev. B.
D. Ricks officiating. Interment
was in the Lyerly Cemetery. J.
D. Hill Funeral Home of Sum- I
merville in charge.
Clower Calls for Glenn's
Resignation; Answer Is ‘No’
The following is the speech de
livered by Solicitor-General E. J.
(Sandy) Clower on a Rome radio
station at 1:30 p. m. Wednesday:
I “Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends
“As your Solicitor General, I ad
dress these remarks particularly
Ito the law-abiding citizens of
Chattooga County. As you have
perhaps already heard, your
sheriff—the man whom you
elected some three and one-half
years ago to serve you in the en
forcement of your laws, in the
maintenance of law and order,
in the investigation and prose
cution of criminals, in the serv-
I ice of the processes of your courts
—was today sentenced in Fed
eral Court, after having been
convicted by twelve good men
and true, for having conspired
when bootleggers, distillers and
racketeers in general to flout
and defy the liquor laws of this
State and nation. His actions
made a mockery of the law, and
created disrespect, rather than
respect, for the law. In private
conversation he once told me
that the reason he was defeated
for Sheriff in the last primary
■ was that when he was elected
[ to his present term it was on a
I platform containing a promise
|to the people that he would rid
the county of bootleggers and
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Quail Raising
Is Project in
The County
Several residents of Lyerly are
participating in a wildlife proj
ect by accepting quail eggs and
letting their bantam hens hatch
them, according to Walter Ne
ville, Assistant County Agent.
Three hundred quail eggs were
I obtained from the State Game
land Fish Commission and have
j been distributed to the follow
ing: Andy Brady, four hens;
[Eobbie Vaughn, two hens; Mrs.
Joe Reid, 11 hens; Billy Green,
one hen; and Bobbie Woodall,
one hen.
After the quail are raised to a
certain age, they will be placed
on the restricted areas surround
ing Lyerly.
Mr. Neville explains that no
hunting is allowed on these areas
for two years and that during
that period a good supply of
[quail should be produced.
The wildlife project is under
the direction of the County
I Agent’s office and the County
[Wildlife and Conservation Club,
of which W. H. Smith, of Lyerly,
[ is president.
BUSINESSWOMEN’S
CLUB PROPOSED
FOR THIS AREA
Mrs. Mamie Taylor, president
I of the Georgia Business and Pro
i fessional Women’s Club, will
imeet with local women here on
Wednesday, June 30, at 7:30 p.m.
at John’s Place, to discuss the
organization of a Summerville
Business and Professional Wom
en’s Club, according to Mrs. Ray
mund Daniel, Executive Secre
tary of the Chamber of Com
merce, which is promoting the
idea of such a club.
All persons interested in aid
ing in this organization are
asked to contact Mrs. Daniel at
Phone 239. to make reservations
for the dinner meeting.
Other projects proposed by the
Chamber of Commerce include
the formation of a Retail Mer
chants Bureau, which will be
discussed at the next meeting of
the Commerce members.
A co - operative advertising
campaign for the merchants and
| businessmen this summer also is
being fostered by the group.
The organization of a local
Building Loan Association is be
ing discussed throughout the
I county and the Chamber of Com
merce hopes to assist in this or
ganization, Mrs. Daniel states.
• [ moonshiners, and that he hadn’t
. lived up to his promises. Anyone
) knowing the situation in Chat
: I tooga County will certainly agree
| with the Sheriff, at least in this
5 instance.
“Not only has he failed to en
’ force the liquor laws of this
f State, he has formed an unholy
• and unlawful alliance with those
' whose everyday vocation is the
i violation of them. How then can
[ anyone longer haw the slightest
- shred of confidence in him as a
: law enforcement officer? How
, ■ can anyone have respect for the
- law, when the servants of the
• people, chosen to enforce the
; law, show such deep contempt
■ for it as to violate it, and encour
i age and blink at its violation, all
i for a bribe. For these reasons
I and many others, I now call
! upon the Sheriff to do one last
decent act before he begins his
; sentence: RESIGN IMMEDIATE
; LY. Resign so that someone in
II whom the people have expressed
i their confidence may be placed
: in this most important position; '
■ resign so that justice and right j
I may prevail over injustice and
’ [evil; resign so that the lives and
I property of the citizens of your I
I [ county may be properly protect
- 1 ed by someone with a sense of
II duty and responsibility to the
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Mr. England to
Address Local
Wildlife Club
s i E. L. England, district soil
. conservationist for eight North
-1 [ west Georgia counties in the
i Coosa River Soil Conservation
. | District, will be the speaker at'
the monthly meeting of the
Chattooga County Wildlife and ,
J Conservation Club ■at 8 p. m
> [ Monday at the Lyerly School i
. Auditorium.
; Mr. England is anxious to have
. as many farmers present as pos
. [ sible as he will discuss the prob
. lem of adequate feed for quail.
An acre of bicolor has been
1 planted on the farm of Roy Rag
-1 land, W. H. Smith, president
‘ stated, which will be distributed
| to farms in the county without
3 cost this fall, and will provide i
5 'adequate winter food for quail,
j The state has furnished
1 through the county agent more
than 300 quail eggs for hatching
1 and there are now setting under
r , bantam hens and will be released
' in pairs on the game preserve
’| when they are eight weeks old, i
’[Mr. Smith said.
[ As has been customary at pre- 1
I vious meetings of the club, there I
will be a movie on wildlife at:
i Monday night’s meeting and the ■
I members, as well as the public. [
are urged to attend.
Public Health Nurse
To Be Employed Here
A health nurse is expected to
i [ be employed for the new Chat
tooga County Public Health De
| partment by July 1, according to
I j Miss Elsie Crosby, of the State
| Department of Health.
The Chamber of Commerce [
has assisted Miss Crosby by ob-
I taining residence for the nurse [
| and seeing that an automobile
I will be available for her use.
NOTICE
: I By resolution of City Coun
s cil, effective June 1, 1948. there
will be a 50 cents per month
' charge on each sewer connec
“ tion in the City of Summer-
■ j ville.
Applications for sewer con
: nections by the residents of the
city of Summerville may be
; made in the same manner as
I applications for the use of wa- '
< ter are made.
Attention is directed to those
I desiring to have sewer or wa-
• ter connections that no such
; connection can be made law-
• fully except under the direc-
• tion of the City of Summer
ville.
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CIRCULATION
THIS WEEK
$1.50 A YEAR
Following the spectacular ra
dio-commanded Georgia State
Patrol raids on “dry” Chattooga
County Saturday, and the sen
' fencing yesterday of Sheriff A.
H. (Tiny) Glenn to 18 months in
prison, Solicitor-General E. J.
(Sandy) Clower called for the
. resignation of Glenn as sheriff
of Chattooga County.
Sheriff Glenn, in a statement
■ to The News yesterday afternoon,
; declared emphatically that he
would not resign.
In a 15-minute radio broadcast
over a Rome radio station early
yesterday afternoon, the Solici
tor-General called for Glenn’s
resignation, stating that “his
actions made a mockery of the
law and created disrespect, rath
er than respect for the law.”
Clower said that the sheriff
had not only failed to enforce
the liquor laws of this state, but
he had also “formed an unholy
and unlawful alliance with those
whose everyday vocation is the
violation of them. How then can
anyone longer have the slightest
shred of confidence in him as a
law enforcement officer?”
The Solicitor General stated
that he was asking Judge Claude
H. Porter to call a grand jury
into session “with the hope that
some immediate relief for your
situation can be worked out in
i the event that Sheriff Glenn,
conspirator or bootleggers, will
not resign. There is away to re
move him from office, in fact
[two or three ways, and I intend
[ to pursue both remedies if nec
essary.”
j “In closing, I want to com
mend you for having elected a
Isplendid young man and faith-
I ful officer as your next sheriff.
I hope to have the pleasure of
working with Reuben Lyons on
' many other raids.”
Lyons defeated Glenn by a big
[majority in the March 10 Demo
| cratic Primary. Glenn was third
man in the race, with Frank
Fisher taking second place.
Clower also paid tribute to the
Georgia State Patrol for their
"splendid co-operation in this
raid.”
Bootleggers Raided
A surprise attack on alleged
oootlegging joints was launched
Saturday by six cars of State
Patrolmen from all over North
Georgia, with Solicitor-General
Clower personally assisting in
the raids.
Eleven different spots were
searched, with 23 illegal slot ma
chines, a large quantity of whis
key, wine and beer being con
(fiscated, and 12 persons being
I arrested in connection with the
alleged illegal operations.
Solicitor-General Clower, who
this week accused Glenn of fail
ure to co-operate in the raids,
stated that Glenn and his offi
cers w’ere not notified of the
"aids nor requested to partic
ipate in them, however, that
| when the loot was brought to the
courthouse to be unloaded the
[ Sheriff didn’t assign any depu
: ties to assist in the unloading.
“He suggested that we store it
in a shack that could easily have
been kicked in or out,” Clower
■ declared.
After Clower’s statement that
he’d had no co-operation from
the aged Chattooga County Sher
iff, Glenn stated it was a “lie.”
The $4,000 worth of machines
are stored in the Floyd County
Courthouse, according to Mr.
Clower, who states that he ex
pects to take an ordinance from
ithe judge “within a day or two”
Ito destroy them. The whiskey,
wine and beer was turned over
to state revenue agents Tuesday,
it was learned.
Ralph James, of Chattanooga,
Tenn., owmer of the slot ma
[ chines, will plead guilty on Fri
day, June 11. in Rome, accord
ing to Solicitor-General Clower.
“However.” he stated, “this
will not relieve those operating
them of their responsibility in
the matter.”
In reply to Glenn's charge that
they didn’t get all of the whis
key, Clower stated that he knew
[it. and that “if anyone should
know about it, Glenn certainly
[should because he is a friend to
practically all the bootleggers in
the county.”
He then challenged the 74-
year-old sheriff “to get the rest
of it and bring it down when he
copies to Rome Wednesday (yes-
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