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REGISTER OF PHYSICIANS, DENTISTS AND MIDWIVES
-. W. B. Arkills, Fredericksburg ; age 29.
January 17, 1883-Henry C. Aldrich, Nashua ; age 26.
December 13, 1886-A. P. Anderson, Elma ; age 36.
January 26, 1880-A. Babcock, New Hampton ; age 36. August 5, 1880-I. K. Gardner, New Hampton ; age 34.
August 5, 1880-H. M. Mixer, New Hampton ; age 52.
January 7, 1881-C. M. Bittings, Nashua ; age 39.
December 13, 1886-M. O. Bumm, Elma ; age 28. December 13. 1886-D. S. Byers. Clarksville ; age 54. August 23. 1889-Z. Z. Bryant, Sumner ; age 50.
June 20, 1891-Ira W. Bouldin, New Hampton, age 34.
March 4. 1889-F. C. Blanchard, dentist, Nashua ; age 26.
August 9, 1886-A. E. Clark, dentist, New Hampton.
August 6, 1900-David Agnew Crawford. New Hampton. -, E. H. Dunn, Elma ; age 28.
November 17, 1890-C. W. Dennis, -, age 34. November 1I, 1895-E. G. Dennis, Chase City : age 30.
December 17, 1896-Eber H. Devoe, Chicago : age 37. May 30, 1883-J. T. Ferguson, dentist, New Hampton. . September 15, 1894-Charles C. Fowler, New Hampton, age 25. Francis Feeney, New Hampton ; age 23 ..
August 24, 1880-C. Hewitt, Lawler ; age 34.
August 3. 1881-Delos Hulbert, Ionia ; age 26.
December 15, 1881-D. H. Henny, Nashua ; age 44.
August 4, 1884-J. D. Horton, Nashua ; age 24.
January 8, 1887-C. T. Harvey, New Hampton ; age 27.
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June 30, 1892-M. B. Hill, New Hampton ; age 31.
January 2, 1893-Alfred Grant Hopkins, New Hampton ; age 48. August 2, 1883-O. M. Landon, Lawler ; age 28. April 15, 1898-Walter B. Lockwood, dentist, Nashua. , John A. McClurg, Ionia ; age 36. J. B. McEnaney, Waucoma.
September 7, 1881-Catherine Nobles, midwife, Nashua ; age 71.
August 9, 1880-E. H. Olmstead, New Hampton ; age 53.
March 24, 1881-B. B. Olds, Ionia ; age 27.
May 21, 1889-E. E. Overfield, Elma; age 28. , W. S. Petts, Fredericksburg ; age 50.
March 12, 1892-John A. Rawlins, Bassett; age 28.
May 25, 1894-Charles N. Rathbun, New Hampton ; age 24.
July 3, 1895-Robert E. Robinson, Frederika ; age 25. August 27, 1895-Edwin N. Johnston, Fredericksburg ; age 26.
July 29, 1880-D. M. Sage, Bassett ; age 34.
August 3, 1880-F. T. Scofields, Ionia ; age 44.
October 2, 1880-F. O. Sherwin, Lawler ; age 27.
October 23, 1880-L. A. Straus, Nashua ; age 24.
December 13, 1881-N. Spaulding, Nashua ; age 67.
January 2, 1882-John L. Shepherd, Lawler ; age 32.
March 9, 1887-C. H. Sipple, dentist, Charles City ; age 21. , F. W. Simons, N. Washington ; age 32.
November 17, 1890-W. Franklin Stender, Des Moines ; age 40.
September 6, 1895-L. D. Shambaugh, Alta Vista : age 32.
November 9, 1880-S. S. Troy, Nashua ; age 48.
December 10, 1880-L. M. Tucker, Nashua ; age 57. December 10, 1880-Lennee Tucker, Nashua ; age 21.
February 9, 1886-L. W. Taylor, Fredericksburg ; age 24.
February 1, 1894-F. C. Trumpan, Elgin ; age 22.
July 24, 1891-W. S. Vespers, Elgin ; age 38.
July 9, 1886-G. W. Von Berg, Charles City. September 1, 1880-A. H. Wight, Ionia ; age 37. November 8, 1883-J. Waters, Nashua ; age 57.
April 5, 1886-E. C. Weeks, dentist, Nashua. September 4, 1902-James F. Tarpey, Elma ; age 31.
February 2, 1903-John C. Hastings, Bailey : age 26.
October 12, 1903-Catherine N. VanVelzen, New Hampton ; age 37. October 2, 1903-George D. Sitzer, Des Moines ; age 33. September 4. 1905-Howard D. Fallows, Waucoma ; age 22.
November 18, 1905-Sherwood B. Zollar, Fredericksburg ; age 24. December 4, 1905-Walter M. Blowers, Waterloo ; age 25. October 28, 1907-John F. Shallenburger, Chicago; age 28.
January 24, 1908-Patrick H. Hastings, McIntire ; age 29. April 8, 1908-Louis P. Rich, Frederika ; age 28.
September 8, 1908-John McDannell, Glen Haven, Wis .; age 26. April 27, 1909-Rose Barbara Meyer, New Hampton ; age 23. April 19, 1910-Alex D. Mckinley, Waterloo : age 32.
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May 27, 1910-Byron Lewis, Jewell; age 35.
September 27, 1911-Nathan F. Hawk, Marathon ; age 50. June 17, 1913-Frank C. Sauerbrey, Strawberry Point ; age 25. May 29, 1915-Marle Joseph McGrane, Elma ; age 26. May 23, 1916-John W. Donnell, Kansas City, Mo .; age 38.
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INTERSTATE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE, NEW HAMPTON
HIGH SCHOOL, FREDERICKSBURG
CHAPTER XVI
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES, CHICKASAW COUNTY
FIRST SCHOOL IN COUNTY, 1852-THE EARLY SCHOOLHOUSES AND EQUIPMENT- QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS-THE SCHOOLMASTER OF OLDEN TIME-COURSE OF STUDY LIMITED TO THREE "R'S -REVIEW OF OLD RECORDS OF COUNTY SUPER- INTENDENTS-FIRST MOVEMENT TOWARD GRADED SCHOOL SYSTEM-SALARY OF TEACHERS IN 1880-PRESENT CONDITION OF CHICKASAW COUNTY SCHOOLS- CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS-STATISTICAL REPORT-THE CHURCHES OF NEW HAMPTON AND IN COUNTY.
The first school in Chickasaw County, if the memory of the oldest inhabitant is not at fault, was at the old Village of Bradford, in the year, 1852. The first schoolhouse was a very cheap structure built of logs, with clapboard roof, and with very little effort expended in the way of comfort or convenience of interior appointments. It was the typical log schoolhouse of pioneer times, but it was suffi- cient for the educational purposes as regarded in those times. It was in the days when "lickin' and larnin'" were the essential requirements in securing an educa- tion. It was in the days when the schoolmaster was more important than the teacher. In the employment of the schoolmaster his physical build, and his quali- fication to wield the birch was more essential than any educational qualifications that he might present. As to the educational qualification, it was sufficient if the teacher could "cipher" as far as the "rule of three," and was qualified to make a "goose-quill" pen. The three "R's"-"readin' ritin' and 'rithmetic." was the regu- lar course of study in the days of the log schoolhouse.
But it was from this small beginning and crude methods of giving instruc- tion that the great school system of the present time has grown. It was in this same little Village of Bradford that there was an established institution of learn- ing a few years later, a school that sent out students who took high rank in the professions and in educational lines. The old Bradford Academy, of which a detailed history is given elsewhere in this volume, wielded a beneficent influence in the community during its existence, and its influence is still felt and manifested as the forerunner of the higher education that maintains in the county at the present time.
It is to the credit of the early settlers that about the. first of their concerns after locating a homestead and securing a home, was to make provision for schools
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for their children. So it appears in every community of early settlers that a school of some sort is started very soon after settlement is made. The early schools were apparently independent movements, organized and directed by the commu- nities in which they were planted. There does not appear to be any record indicat- ing anything like concerted action or system of schools until about 1858. What- ever records there were prior to that time were loosely kept and are at this time unintelligible. The system of school records, like everything else that is worth while, is a process of development and adaptation to the condition of the time, and the application of intelligent thought.
From the records it appears that in 1859 there was apportioned for the perma- nent school fund of Chickasaw County the sum of $720.41 ; the school tax col- lected for that year was $453.92.
J. C. Strong was the first county superintendent of schools having been elected to that office in 1858. From his report, filed October 3, 1859, showing the num- ber of persons of school age, between five and twenty-one, in the county, it appears that there were 720 males, and 699 females, a total of 1,419. One year later, the report of G. J. Tisdale, then the county superintendent, shows 743 males, and 748 females of school age, a marked increase in the number of girls in one year, according to this count.
The earliest records in the office of the county superintendent of schools begin on the 20th of October, 1862, on which date it appears that the board of super- visors appointed Thomas N. Skinner superintendent, in place of J. A. Sawin, who, it seems, had vacated the office to which he had been elected in 1862, by leaving the state. It appears that Skinner immediately proceeded to the duties of the office to which he had been appointed, as the same day he went to Bradford to attend a teachers' institute.
Records for examinations for teachers' certificates comprise the greater por- tion of Skinner's entries, together with itemized accounts of his expenses and sums due for official services. He was also quite busily engaged in visiting the schools of the county, according to his records. It also appears from his records that he was not sparing in his criticism of schools and teachers that did not measure up to his standard of requirement, and he put his criticism down in black and white on the records in his office. For instance, it is noted, that one teacher is "not well qualified"; in one school the room contained "no flowers or anything to make it pleasant"; another is "too full a school for the house." Then there are "a poor teacher, not fitted for the school"; a school that is "not neat"; a teacher that "hasn't energy enough for teaching successfully"; another whose "orthography is poor, and needs more education." And so on throughout the record, the comments and criticisms are found concerning every teacher and school in the county.
The first movement that appears on record to adopt a graded system for the schools is in a resolution by the board of supervisors, at their June session, 1863, when the county superintendent was directed to "visit and grade the various schools of the county, agreeably to the instructions of the secretary of the state board of education, and that the schools be so graded that the pupils may advance in any one study when found to be so qualified."
The first teachers institute recorded was on October 3, 1864, when the follow- ing appears in the record:
PUBLIC SCHOOL, LAWLER
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PAROCHIAL SCHOOL, LAWLER
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"Agreeably to notice, teachers met at New Hampton to open an institute. In- stitute opened at 2 P. M., and organized by selecting F. D. Bosworth, chairman, and D. F. Callender, secretary. J. L. Enos had been selected as lecturer, and to conduct the exercises during the session of the institute. The order of exercises was read and then the meeting adjourned."
Upon reassembling the following day the institute took up the work as out- lined in the program the previous day and continued in session for the entire week.
COMPENSATION OF TEACHERS, 1880
From the report of 1880 it appears that there were sixty-four male and 168 female teachers employed in the schools of the county, and it also appears that none of the teachers was overpaid, according to the following schedule of com- pensation per month in the several townships :
Townships
Males
Females
Bradford
$23.77
$23.47
Chickasaw
27.34
19.05
Deerfield
23.75
24.46
Jacksonville
21.75
20.14
Utica
22.36
18.85
Dayton
29.50
20.60
Dresden
22.33
23.27
Fredericksburg
26.66
19.46
New Hampton
24.54
20.19
Richland
28.25
21.70
Stapleton
22.15
19.90
Washington
24.25
24.74
Independent Districts
Chickasaw
27.50
25.00
Fredericksburg
28.50
Ionia
35.00
25.66
Lawler
53.33
32.50
Nashua
80.00
35.00
New Hampton
50.00
25.63
PRESENT CONDITION OF CHICKASAW SCHOOLS
An examination of the records in the office of the county superintendent of schools shows that at this time there are in the county 104 one-room rural schools ; and two rural schools of two rooms each. These are at Bassett and Chickasaw.
Town schools: New Hampton has twenty-three teachers, with P. C. Lapham as superintendent, at a salary of $1,800 a year. The course of study is English, Latin and German, with a normal training and commercial department.
Nashua has fifteen teachers, with H. S. Bell superintendent, at a salary of $1,500 per year. The course of study in the Nashua schools is the same as in New Hampton. Both New Hampton and Nashua are accredited schools.
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Fredericksburg has seven teachers, with C. E. Baldwin as superintendent, and has the English course of study.
Lawler has six teachers, with H. B. Hetzler as superintendent at a salary of $1,425 per year. English course of study. Both the Fredericksburg and Lawler schools will be accredited this year.
Ionia has five teachers, with E. S. Handley as superintendent at a salary of $900 per year. Has one course of study.
Alta Vista has four teachers, with A. O. Vaala as superintendent at a salary of $1,000 per year. This is a two-year high school approved by the department of public instruction, as is required of all high schools.
See Parochial High School under New Hampton Churches.
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS
There is one Joint Consolidated School District, school building located in Cald- well, Floyd County. The district comprises 2438 sections ; 1778 in Floyd and the remainder in Chickasaw. This district was organized in the spring of 1916; school has been in operation since September 10, 1917. The cost of building was $20,000. They have five acres of land on which building is located. The school has five teachers and a two-year high school course.
The Big Four Consolidated School District was organized in the spring of 1914, and is comprised of four independent school districts-numbers 3 and 4 in Fredericksburg Township, and numbers 7 and 8 in Stapleton Township. There are 171/2 sections in this district ; the school has four teachers.
July 8, 1916, the Consolidated District of Saude was formed and the election of the district was legalized March 7, 1917. The district is not yet organized. About twenty-three sections comprised in joint consolidated district.
June, 1917, the Consolidated District of Crane was organized, comprising 261/8 sections. This district has voted bonds for the completion of the organization.
MODERN RURAL SCHOOLS
The schools that have been classed as modern in the rural schools of the county are those that have modern buildings and all of the approved modern equipments, as designated by the Department of Public Instruction. The schools that measure up to these requirements in Chickasaw County are the following :
In Utica Township, District No. 7.
In Jacksonville Township, District No. I.
In Washington Township, Districts No. 7, 8, and 9.
In Dresden Township, District No. 8.
In Fredericksburg Township, District No. 6.
LIST OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS
Following are the names of those who have served in the office of county superintendent of schools, of Chickasaw County, and the year of service, since the organization of the county :
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CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SCHOOL, IONIA
ST. BERNARD'S CONGREGATION, ALTA VISTA
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J. C. Strong, 1858-59; G. J. Tisdale, 1860-61 ; J. A. Sawin, elected 1862, office vacated and Thomas N. Skinner appointed for unexpired term. F. D. Bosworth, 1864-65; J. C. Johnson, 1866-69; W. P. Bennett, 1870-71; J. F. Grawe, 1872-75; W. D. Collins, 1876-79; H. A. Simmons, 1880-81 ; J. A. Lapham, 1882-85 ; O. A. McFarland, 1888-89; W. J. Nugent, 1890-94; C. S. Cary, 1894-98; J. A. Bishop, 1898-1902; T. J. Wormley, 1902-04; F. J. Conly, 1904-09; E. J. Feuling, 1909- 13; Esther H. Swenumson, 1913 -.
STATISTICAL REPORT, CHICKASAW COUNTY
The provisions of the Iowa school laws are that the state pays to a two-room consolidated school the sum of $250 towards the equipment required, and $200 annually ; to a three-room consolidated school the state pays $350 towards the equipment required, and $500 annually ; to a four-room, or more, consolidated school the state pays $500 toward the equipment, and $750 annually.
In her last report Miss Esther H. Swenumson, county superintendent, submits the following statistics taken from the superintendent's annual report to the state department, relating to the schools of Chickasaw County :
Number of School Townships. 4
Number of Independent District Townships 8
Number of Sub-district Rural Schools 40
Number of Independent District Schools 65
Number of City Independent Districts I
Number of Town or Village Districts 7
Number of Boys between 5 and 21 years 2,393
Number of Girls between 5 and 21 years. 2.318
Total number of Boys and Girls between 5 and 21 years. 4,71I
Number Enrolled in All Schools of the County 3,322
Average Daily Attendance. .2,608
Average Cost of Tuition per Month per Pupil. $3.54
Total Amount Paid to Male Teachers $12,170.28
Total Amount Paid to Female Teachers $62,927.84
Total Amount Paid to Secretaries $858.63
Total Amount Paid for Fuel, Repairs, etc. $18,998.1I
Outstanding School Bonds in County $76,200.00
Amount on hand in Teachers' Fund July 1, 1916 $31,610.10 Amount on hand in Contingent Fund July 1, 1916 $10,066.66
Number of Teachers employed who hold State Certificates of Diplomas 19
Number who hold Ist Grade Uniform County Certificates 25 Number who hold 2nd Grade Uniform County Certificates .90 Number who hold 3rd Grade Uniform County Certificates 21 Number who hold Provisional Certificates. 14
Number of Teachers employed holding Special Certificates. 3 Number Teachers employed hold'g Normal Training Certificates. 12 Total Number of Teachers employed .. 184
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NEW HAMPTON CHURCHES
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The First Congregational Church, of New Hampton, was organized February 14, 1858, by Rev. J. C. Strong, who was at that time pastor of the church of that denomination at Bedford. The charter members were: Gideon Gardner, Naomi Gardner, Harrison Gurley, Isabella Gurley, Julius H. Powers, James D. Colt, Amelia Colt and Jason Morton. The congregation had no regular pastor until 1862, when Rev. Thomas N. Skinner assumed the pastorate, and continued until the summer of 1864, preaching every alternate Sunday at Fayette. The first church building was commenced in 1863 and completed in 1866. The present church building was dedicated July 4, 1886, and has since been remodeled and interior appointments added. Following Reverend Skinner was Rev. Harvey Adams, who served until December 25, 1870. He was succeeded by Rev. Thomas Boyne, 1871. Others who have served as pastors were, Rev. J. M. Riddington, Rev. C. A. Marshall and Rev. E. C. Moulton. The present pastor is Rev. Burton E. Marsh. Present membership 160.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized January 10, 1859, but had no regular pastor until 1867. In the spring of that year Reverend Wolf, of Fort Atkinson, was appointed to this charge and held services here every two weeks. He was followed by Reverend Damon, who located here and held services regu- larly every Sunday. In 1873 the first church building was erected on the corner of Locust and Court streets, and this served as a house of worship until 1909, when it was razed and a fine brick and stone structure was built. This is the present church building which was dedicated January 23, 1910. Rev. Edward A. Lang is the present pastor. The present membership is 220.
GERMAN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
This church organization was effected June 20, 1874. The first pastor was Rev. Henry Hess, and the first church was erected in 1879. A comfortable par- sonage was built a few years later. The present pastor of this congregation is Rev. S. Scherff. The membership is small but liberal in their contributions for the support of the church and its various activities.
There was a German Evangelical Church organized in 1870, and built a church. But on account of the removal of most of the members to other places the organi- zation was disbanded. The church building was sold to a Jewish society and converted into a synagogue, in 1895. On account of divisions in the congrega- tion, and other causes, the organization was abandoned and the church building sold and removed.
BAPTIST CHURCH
The Baptist Church was organized February 10, 1893, and held their meetings in various buildings until 1894, when the present church building was erected on Chestnut Avenue. The present membership is 164. The present pastor is Rev. T. J. Giblette.
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ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, NEW HAMPTON
BAPTIST CHURCH, NEW HAMPTON
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, NEW HAMPTON
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ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
St. Paul's Lutheran Church is located on Water Avenue. It is a fine brick structure and was dedicated December 2, 1900. The congregation is composed of about four hundred members, and has a large Sunday school, Lutheran League and Mutual Aid Society, and all other organized auxiliaries pertaining to the work of the church. The present pastor is Rev. J. G. Ide.
ST. MARY'S PAROCHIAL HIGH SCHOOL
The origin of St. Mary's parish dates back to October 1, 1890, when a num- ber of good, zealous, energetic, God-fearing German Catholics, feeling the need of having their children instructed in their holy religion in a language with which they themselves were familiar and could therefore assist in instructing them, took steps to establish a parochial school in which the German language should be taught.
These parents fully realized that the education of a child must begin at home, that it belongs to the father and mother to plant in the souls of their offspring the first seeds of the faith; that they must lay the foundation of that spiritual edifice which by degrees will be raised therein, and that they could not do this satisfactorily in a language which they did not well understand. Therefore on October 18th of the same year a school committee was elected. The names of the committee were as follows: Henry Holschlag, Sr., Henry Benken, John De- Bettignies, Nicholas Delsing, Joseph Benken and J. N. Hoffman.
These men went to work energetically to find a suitable location for the build- ing. They selected a beautiful site south of the business part of town and leased the ground from E. T. Runyon. The work of erecting the school building was immediately commenced and in January of the following year (1891). the struc- ture was complete and John M. Kekeisan was employed as teacher. He was followed by Theodore Fink, and he by M. J. Padbarg.
On the arrival of Rev. B. H. Forkenbrock in 1894 he procured the services of the Franciscan Sisters, and since September of that year the school has been taught by them under his fatherly guidance and supervision.
Under their control, the school thrived and grew so rapidly that in 1897 the old building was replaced by a beautiful veneered brick structure-60x32 feet and four stories high.
Fred Heer and Son, of Dubuque, furnished the plans and John Steger of Dyersville was the contractor who had charge of the job. W. T. Mahoney of this city had the contract for the stone work and the subcontract for brick work. The heating plant was put in by E. T. Gillen of New Hampton.
The work on this building was commenced in April and its dedication took place on the 14th day of November in the same year. During the dedication services the solemn High Mass was celebrated at 10 A. M. by Rev. F. J. Brune, of Alton, Iowa, assisted by Rev. J. S. Bauman of the Sacred Heart Church, Dubuque, as deacon, and Very Rev. G. W. Heer of Dyersville, as subdeacon.
Rev. J. S. Bauman preached the sermon in the German language and Very Rev. G. W. Heer preached the sermon in English. These reverend gentlemen expatiated largely upon the beauties and advantages to be derived as the result
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of a christian education. They covered the ground thoroughly, yet concisely, and their eloquent efforts were eagerly listened to and highly appreciated by one of the largest assemblages ever brought together in St. Mary's Church.
As the congregation increased in the number of its families, the school in- creased also in the number of pupils until it was no longer capable of accom- modating all of them. Accordingly in 1908 a large addition 34x60 was added. The magnificent structure as it now stands is considered one of the finest build- ings of the kind in this section of the country. Much credit is due to the zealous, self-sacrificing pastor, Rev. B. H. Forkenbrock and his congregation for its erection.
It is an all around up-to-date building and has all modern improvements which contribute to make a school an ideal place of learning. It serves not only the purpose for which it was intended, viz., a resort where the children of the parish, removed from baneful influences may acquire that knowledge which will enable them to become useful citizens and faithful Christians; but it will stand in future years, in testimony of a zealous, energetic pastor, who spared nothing to advance the lambs of his flock to the completion of a high school and normal course, and send them forth upon their careers, not only with a store of knowledge, but with the value of well trained characters and the seed of faith implanted in their souls, thus to stand before their fellowmen examples of learning and morality.
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