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The society held services in Hodges Hall for a short time, and in the Mission church after that. Rev. Clark Bateman was the first regular minister to hold serviees for the society, he being at the same time the minister for the Christian church at Storm Lake. The services of this church have always been eondueted by the ministers of the Christian church in Storm Lake, except at times when a minister from some other point has been seenred. The church building, twenty-four by thirty-six. was erected in October, 1900.
A Sunday school was organized at the same time as the church society ; Mrs. M. A. Hovenburg was superintendent ; Miss Mertie Maggs, secretary. There was an attendance of about forty.
The present trustees of the church are O. A. Lawrence, Sam Stangland and Mrs. S. J. Bradfield. The latter is also the clerk. The present member- ship is twelve, many of the members having moved away since the organization of the society.
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THE DANISHI LUTHERAN CHURCH.
The Danish Lutheran church society was formed in Alta at a meeting held on February 22. 1880. Forty-two persons composed the charter membership. In 1887 the society erected their church building. twenty-four by thirty-six. costing one thousand dollars, and was built by subscription.
Rev. Amos Johnson was the first minister for the church. Following him. the different pastors in succession are: Revs. H. Jorgensen, H. Jensen. II. Knudsen. A. Kjolhede. H. W. Bondo, and P. Rasmussen. Services are now held once a month.
G. Lauridsen was the first secretary for the society; Nels Christensen is at present serving in that capacity.
LA COTERIE.
La Coterie in Alta was organized in October, 1894, composed of twelve ladies as charter members. Mrs. Emily Mallory was instrumental in forming the club. The stated object for forming the association was "literary advance- ment and social culture." their purpose being to pursue studies helpful and practical for the every day activities of life, as well as to gain information along literary lines. The club now belongs to the State Federation, having become federated in 1896. In their studies for the past year they have pursued a varied program, consisting of literature, household economics and child study.
The furnishing of the rest-room in the opera house is one of the worthy accomplishments of the ladies of La Coterie. They have also undertaken to sce that the room is supplied with reading matter.
The club is at present composed of twenty-three members, as follows: Mrs. Zada Benson, Mrs. Lizzie Cameron, Mrs. Lillian Conner. Mrs. Fannie Christen- son, Mrs. Ida Curtis. Miss Grace Clemons. Mrs. Carrie Denio. Mrs. Lizzie Edwards, Mrs. Selma Ellyson. Mrs. Emma Hadden, Mrs. Emma Herbert, Mrs. Libbie Hall, Mrs. Sadie Isbell. Mrs. Mary Kidder, Mrs. Ina Larsen. Miss Minnie Olson, Mrs. Hanora Rader. Mrs. Mary Richardson, Mrs. Lena Schultz. Mrs. Bessie Tinknell, Mrs. Abbie Wall. Mrs. Anna Wilkinson, and Mrs. Ara Willfong.
THIE G. A. R.
The Alta branch of the Grand Army of the Republic is known as the Steven A. Hurlbnt Post No. 82. The following veterans constitute the membership of the Post at the present time: C. MeMullen, commander; R. Breecher, senior vice commander; W. E. Partridge, junior vice commander; Edward Nute. chaplain ; C. Stamm. officer of the day; B. F. Breman, officer of the guard; W. HI. Cox, adjutant; T. A. Jones, quartermaster: Chas. Bassett, sergeant-major ; Sam Stangland. Gus Johnson, T. E. Sprague and JJ. Wilkinson.
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I. O. O. F. LODGE.
Alta Lodge No. 388, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, was organ- ized on the 18th day of December, 1878. The following men composed the charter members of the order : A. W. Seymour. Park M. Jenks, J. Q. Burkholder, H. C. Kelso. C. T. Steever. Lewis Wheelock, J. A. and Nils Anderson. The first regular meeting place of the lodge was the present hall. They ocenpied this, however, but a few years when they rented the hall over the Bank of Alta. They contracted for this hall for ten years, but ocenpied it for several years after that. and then moved back in the original hall which they now occupy.
The lodge has an enrollment of seventy-three members at present. and the officers are as follows: Geo. II. Watson, N. G .; J. A. Blom, V. G .; C. H. Johnson, secretary; Henry II. Peterson, treasurer; Win. Smith. R. S. to N. G .; Lonis Christensen. L. S. to N. G .; L. E. Peterson, warden ; Harley Olson, con- ductor: A. A. Adams, R. S. to V. G .; Ilenry Popham, L. S. to V. G .; Marius Jensen, R. S. S .; M. W. Beights, O .G .; C. E. Cameron, I. G .; Donald Hill. Louis Christensen and Harley Olson, trustees.
REBEKAH LODGE.
Sinnmit Rebekah Degree Lodge No. 121. was instituted in Alta October 21. 1892. The charter membership was composed of the following persons: C. E. Cameron, Lizzie S. Cameron, S. F. Keith. Mary Keith, A. Conner, Martha J. Conner, C. C. Corl. Augusta Corl, Wm. M. Smith, Mary M. Smith, Hans Howalt, Lizzie Howalt, S. G. Stout, Hannah M. Stout. W. L. Clemons, W. C. Clemons, J. W. Bard, Eliza F. Bard.
The lodge meets in the I. O. O. F. hall. The last report showed one hundred and nine members, of whom the following are the present officers: Mrs. Fannie Zeilman. N. G .; Mrs. Viola Allen, V. G .; Miss Pearl Maggs, secretary ; Miss Belle Emarine, treasurer; Miss Mande Knight, warden ; Miss Phoebe Popham. conductor: Mamie Gurney, O. G .; Mrs. Minnie Peterson, I. G .; Mrs. Hannah Rader. R. S. to N. G .; Mrs. Mary Adams. L. S. to N. G .; Miss Lulu Christensen, R. S. to V. G .; Mrs. Julia Kislingbury, L. S. to V. G .; Mary Smith. chaplain ..
MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA.
Alta Camp No. 3051, of this order, was organized on the 19th of June, 1895 with twenty-two charter members as follows: A. A. Adams. J. E. Boles. A. C. Binnie, II. H. Darrah, H. F. De Vries, Hans Howalt, Fred Hunt. G. H. Ingham. Jens Jensen. Peter Jensen. S. F. Keith, Edw. Larsen, A. Moffatt, P. Morrissey. Geo. Oleson. Samuel Parker, S. Pence, W. E. Sanders, Frank Scott, F. G. Tinknell. John VanBuskirk. and Wm. Zeilman.
The present officers of the lodge are P. R. Moser, consul; G. Z. Davenport. advisor; W. R. Hateh, banker; F. G. Tinknell, clerk; F. G. Carpenter. eseort ; Wm. Zeilman, manager; Sherman Oakman, watchman; Emil Carlson, sentry;
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Dr. J. W. Morrison, physician. There is an enrollment at the present time of one hundred and four members.
THE MASONIC LODGE.
Masonry began in Alta when Pomegranate Lodge No. 408 was instituted. They became a chartered lodge June 9, 1881, having been granted their eharter on that date. For a while before this, they worked under dispensation. Of the first officers. C. T. Steever was master; R. T. MeDonald, senior warden; and G. Gerner, junior warden.
There are sixty-one members in the order at the present time, and the officers are composed of the following men : W. J. Seivers, worshipful master; G. A. Benson, senior warden; J. W. Morrison, junior warden; G. C. Isbell. secretary; P. Morrisey, treasurer: V. E. Herbert. senior deacon; G. De Vries, junior deacon: S. E. Stanfield. senior steward; G. T. Hollingsworth. junior steward; David Burns, tyler.
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR.
Alta Chapter, No. 138. of the Eastern Star Lodge, began its existence on the 5th day of October 1893. The charter membership of the order was com- posed of the following persons: F. S. Berry. M. J. Conner, Ina Conner, K. A. Crowell. M. J. Forney. M. Heggblade, M. Gerner. M. Jones, Effa Jones, M. J. Minard, IT. L. Weston. F. E. Wadsworth. A. Wilkinson, Mrs. James Yuill. S. Wikinson: J. M. Berry, E. W. Crowell. A. Conner, W. C. Gerner. A. P. Heggblade. C. L. Jones. J. W. Minard, Pant Weston, James Wadsworth. J. Wilkinson, N. C. Wilkinson and James Ynill.
The present membership of the lodge numbers one hundred and thirty- eight ; the officers are constituted as follows: Mrs. Hilda Bell, worthy matron ; V. E. Herbert, worthy patron; Mrs. Zada Benson, associate matron; Mrs. Libbie Hall, secretary; Mrs. Hattie Weston, treasurer; Mrs. Sybil Clark, eon- Inetress: Mrs. Carrie Denio, associate conductress: Mrs. Martha Conner, chap- lain : Mrs. Flora Wadsworth, warden : G. M. Bell. sentinel ; Miss Leonie Delay. Ada; Mrs. Beatrice Bowen. Ruth ; Mrs. Elva VanBuskirk, Esther; Mrs. Emma Herbert. Martha : Mrs. Mary Jones, Eleeta.
KNIGHTS OF PYTINTAS.
Ilercules Lodge No. 375, of the above named order. was organized March 23, 1893, with the charter members whose names follow: Paul Weston. J. W. Bard, F. F. Goodness. S. F. Keith. HI. A. Darrah. A. P. Ileggblade. I. F. Schultz, F. K. Bohne, Win. II. Fowler, Thomas Walpole, C. P. Corneliussen. George Wharton, Geo. Gurney, L. C. Mc Williams. W. D. Dice. Henry Snyder. John Urbon, Ralph R. Michael, and M. W. Beights.
The lodge has grown in membership until at the present time one hun-
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dred and twenty-five have been initiated into the order. The following persons constitute the present offieers : G. F. Tinknell, P. C. C .; C. A. VanBuskirk. C. C. Chas. Dahl, V. C .; A. J. Skelton, K. of R. & S .; Wm. Farrow, prelate; Jacob Enemark, M. at A .; Roy Millard, I. G .; Elmer Benson, O. G .; and J. N. Emar- ine, trustee.
DEGREE OF HONOR, A. O. U. W.
Buena Vista Lodge No. 59, Degree of lIonor, was instituted on the 14th day of August 1900. The persons whose names follow composed the first offieers of the order: Mrs. Beatrice Biglin, P. C. of HI .; Mrs. Mary Clemens, L. of Il .; Mrs. Dessie Willfong, recorder; Miss Stella Pence, receiver; Thos. Willfong. I. W .; Mrs. Ara Willfong, C. of II .; Mrs. Maggie VanBuskirk, C. of C .; Mrs. Elizabeth Stetson, financier; Thos. Biglin, L. U .; Earnest Stetson, O. W.
There are about sixty members in the order at the present time, with the officers constituted as follows: Mrs. Ruth Dagger. P. C. of H; Mrs. Zada Ben- son, C. of II .; Miss Minnie Olson. L. of II .; Mrs. Rose Lichtenburg, C. of C .; Mrs. Beatrice Bowen, recorder; Mrs. Julia Kislingbury, financier; Mrs. Minnie Peterson, receiver; Miss Gertrude Pence, usher; Mrs. Sophia Cox, I. W .; Mrs. Tillie Wagner, O. W .; Mrs. Mamie Gurney, organist.
BUENA VISTA LODGE NO. 248. A. O U. W.
The above named order became a chartered lodge on the 9th of May, 1884. The following men were elected the first officers: S. G. Ilall, P. M. W .; F. B. Browne, M. W .; F. J. Stoekwell, G. F .; James Bruntlee, O .; Thos. Wal- pole, recorder; G. A. Proctor, financier; T. Alderson, receiver; R. Bradfield, G .; C. E. Roby, J. W .; J. A. Johnson, O. W.
The officers at the present time are J. R. Weeks, P. M. W .; Lars Larson, M. W .; John Higgins, overseer; E. E. Jones, recorder; E. W. Clemons, financier ; HI. J. Lichtenburg, receiver ; C. P. Holmes, Guard; James Staple, inner watch ; Ira Carrington, outer watch; C. II. Johnson, trustee; C. W. Ellyson, medical examiner. The present enrollment is more than one hundred members.
THE DANISH BROTHERHOOD IN AMERICA.
Faderlandet Lodge No. 224, of the Danish Brotherhood was formed October 3, 1905, and began under the direction of the following men, who were the first officers of the order : Neils Christenson, P. P .; Lars P. Nelson, P .; Bertel Nelson. V. P .; Peter Jensen, S. ; Soren Neilsen, T .; Hans P. Smith, G .; Andres Ander- son, I. G .; Christian Jensen, O. G .; and Neils Thygeson, T. R.
Twenty-six members are now enrolled in the order, of whom the following are officers: Martin Molgaard, president; Oscar Seow, viee president: Peter Jensen, seeretary; Bertel Nelson, treasurer; Martin Anderson, conductor; Nels Nelson, trustee; Peter Johansen, inner guard; Jacob Christensen, outer gnard.
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KNIGHIT OF MACCABEES.
Nokomis Tent No. 89, of the order named above, was organized JJuly 21, 1900. The first officers elected were : L. P. Nelson. Com .; W. I. Ilay, Lt. Com .; L. S. Kucker, R. K .; Ilans Howalt, F. K .; II. P. Sanford, Chap .; S. C. Stang- land. Sergt .; W. E. Sanders, physician ; W. JJ. Poulter. M. at A. ; JJ. II. Anderson, 1st M. of G .: Olaf G. Olson, 2nd M. of G .; H. A. Hille, sentinel ; J. A. Rucker. picket.
The lodge is now practically disbanded, having held no meetings for several years.
ROYAL NEIGIIBORS OF AMERICA.
On February 24, 1906. there was formed in Alta the lodge of above name with the title "Iligh View" No. 2807. The following persons were charter members of the order: Maude M. Anderson, Henry D. Anderson, Martha B. Anderson, Mae Emarine, Bessie M. Burt, Sara E. Couneil, Golman Z. Daven- port, Lizzie K. Davenport, Sylvia Hollingsworth, Philip R. Moser, John W. Morrison, Emma S. Moser, Fae E. Newcomb, Bert Rucker, James A. Rueker, Elton Snorf, Esther M. Snorf, Christina Snell. Fannie Zeilman. and Wm. Zeilman.
The lodge has met but little since their organization : they are under sus- pension at the present time.
I. O. O. F. ENCAMPMENT.
High Point Encampment No. 202, of the Oddfellow lodge was organized on the 16th of March, 1904, with five charter members composing the following named persons: Allen Gates, Henry Popham, Henry Peterson, Nels Christensen, and Louis Christensen.
There are about thirty-two members in the Eneampment at the present time ; the elective officers are : Henry I. Peterson, C. P .; M. W. Beights, Il. P .; 1. Moser, S. W .; Frank Dalziel, J. W .; Harley Olson, seribe; Henry Popham, treasurer.
REMBRANDT.
The town of Rembrandt. in the southeastern portion of Barnes township, was established the year the M. & St. b. railway was built through, or in 1900. The following year the town was incorporated and at the present time L. II. Green is mayor. There is no school in the town, but a rural school is elose by, serving the purpose of a graded school until the population will warrant the establishment of an independent district, and with the steady growth of the populaton this will be but a matter of a short time. The Little Sioux Valley church is three miles west of Rembrandt and until this spring there has been
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no church in the town. On Sunday, April 18, 1909, a new Methodist church was dedicated with appropriate services. Geo. A. Mair will be the first pastor. There is a Woodman lodge in Rembrandt which was recently established and has a growing membership.
All lines of business have been well represented since the organization of the town, and at present there are three elevators, of which one is a farmers co-operative company and two line elevators. The Lane-Moore Luni- ber Company has a yard with B. Bonnichsen as manager. A. C. Schluntz deals in live stock and farm implements. R. Siefkin has a meat market. Geo. E. Foval is proprietor of the hotel. G. A. Spiegelberger is postmaster and con- duets a hardware store. Harlodsen & Hegna and the Rembrandt Mercantile Co., with 11. O. Lee and H. F. Welmerling, jr., as managers, condnet general mer- chandise stores. W. A. Seeley, M. D., is the resident physician. The Rembrandt Savings Bank is in charge of 11. C. Berger, the cashier. J. C. Stickel conducts a drug store and the Northern Telephone Company has a local exchange. The Rembrandt Creamery burned to the ground a few years ago but is now rebuilt and in operation, better and larger than before.
The business men of the town are active and wide awake and their relation with the surrounding community is excellent and trade in all lines is increasing.
TRUESDALE
This station, also located on the M. & St. L. line of railway, is situated in Washington township, six miles north of Storm Lake. The town is not incor- porated. A Methodist church was erected there in the early days of the town and is yet flourishing with George A. Moir as pastor. There is no school in the town. Among the business houses are the Rankin-Berry Mercantile Com- pany, general merchandise; Warren & Bucknole, general merchandise; George Tutt, hardware; Henry Steinhilber, machinery; T. F. Pettit, hotel and restau- rant; two elevators and one lumber yard; M. T. Fletcher buys live stock. A Woodman lodge is located at Truesdale. Although the town is not incorpor- ated a voting precinet has been established there.
SULPHUR SPRINGS.
The village of Sulphur Springs was established in the pioneer days of the county in Providence township, but has never attained the growth its founders hoped for as it is situated between the larger towns of Storm Lake and Newell. A Presbyterian church is located in the village, supplied by Felix Ross, a student in Buena Vista college at Storm Lake. There are two elevators and one lumber yard doing a good business. Ed. Mornin & Son and S. II. Davis conduet general merchandise stores. A. C. Woodruff is the resident physician.
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NEWELL.
The first settlers on the present site of Newell came there in the year 1869, but it was not until the following year, when the railroad was built through the county, that the town began to assume any definite form. In the month of June a station was established with E. W. Stetson as representative of the Du- buque & Sioux City railway company, the predecessor to the Illinois Central. In the month of August the town was laid out in lots and these were placed on sale immediately following. C. J. Gregg became the first station agent under the Illinois Central management and served for some time.
The first business men to cast their lot with the new town were George B. Sargent, a merchant, who opened a stock of general merchandise in a small building which was erected the same summer that the town was established. Messrs. Sweezey and Stetson that summer also opened a lumber yard and agri- cultural implement house. In the fall G. W. Stevens opened his railroad hotel to accommodate the traveling publie, which in that early day was quite numerous. Many people were coming into the county to look for land, and many stopped at Newell, seeking farms in the fertile Coon township, which then embraced Providence, Newell. Coon and parts of Grant, as they are at present constituted.
G. B. Sargent was the first postmaster and Jesse J. Allee was his assistant. Mr. Allee also loaned money and bought and sold county warrants and notes. The first building to be erected in the town was the Sweezey & Stetson lumber office, while N. W. Condron built the second. Mr. Sargent built the third, which was his store building with a hall in the second story, and for some years this was the largest structure of the kind in the county. Hon. E. Criss, of Sac City, built the Newell hotel, and in and near the town several residences were also constructed that first year of Newell's history as a municipality.
Business at once began, and it is said that Sweezey & Stetson shipped the first car load of grain ever sent from the county in the month of Angust, 1870. Other business firms engaged in trade, among which was L. H. Gordon, lumber yard; O. H. Hazard, general merchandise, Orson Lee, saloon, and L. II. Bunker, a harness shop. In 1872 11. E. Harris and N. W. Condron opened a bank and real estate office, doing a good business from the beginning. Two grain ware- houses were built in 1872 and B. 11. E. Sickles built a kiln and commenced to make bricks. This was the first in the county.
Thomas Kannally was the first section foreman and he held this position for eight years until he removed to a farm which he bought north of town.
Newell was incorporated in 1876 and at the first election L. H. Gordon was elected mayor. The council was composed of O. Il. Hazard, S. A. Parker, E. G. Chandler, W. A. Welch and L. T. Sweezey. Mr. Gordon acted as mayor for two years, being succeeded by K. I. Alexander. Since then F. P. Moulton, E. W. Foy, G. L. Dobson, William Borman, P. H. Judge, W. Il. Mentor, II. S. Hunter, E. H. Cunningham and Gny E. Maek have served as mayor. The present city government is as follows: Guy E. Mack, mayor: Geo. W. Chaney, treasurer ; J. 11. Williams, clerk ; J. C. Brown, assessor ; M. W. Layman, marshal ; and F. G. Redfield, J. T. Norton, Il. C. Rogers, H. A. Vogel, J. M. Brooks and
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W. A. Waterman, members of the council. Mr. Waterman has served his town for twenty-five years as a member of the city council.
A gas plant and system of water works were established about 1901.
From the beginning Newell was handicapped in her growth by the topog- raphy of the country upon which the town was built. In times of high water the town would be surrounded by water, almost cutting it off from outside eom- munieation. Nothing could be done as an absence of "fall" prevented natural drainage. But finally the citizens took the matter in hand and by the expendi- ture of a great deal of money a system of artificial drainage was devised, whereby a canal or large ditch, nine and one-half miles in length, with four miles of branch ditches, was constructed to carry off the surface water deposited from the surrounding country. This proved effective and has proved of great value in a material and sanitary way. This project was bitterly opposed by many of the people who were immediately interested, but the men who proposed it gave their personal guaranty of the cost and pushed the project through. When it was completed and the immense benefit it conferred became known, everyone was satisfied and pleased with the result. Jesse J. Allee was the prime mover in this, as well as in many other movements for the benefit of his town and community.
From the earliest times Newell has had a splendid location for business. In early days the town was located on the direct and main traveled road from Spirit Lake, Spencer, Sioux Rapids and other northern Iowa towns to Sac City and Carroll. This brought immense patronage, as the road was bridged and about the only thoroughfare from the north to the south part of the county. Later its contiguous territory has remained unrestricted and it has today a fine and prosperous country with which to trade.
Many of the old settlers, who came to the county forty years ago, still reside in and about Newell, and they look with pride and satisfaction to the high degree of material welfare that the once swampy land has attained. As an illustration Mr. Allee has given the briefest ontline of the life of William Porath, who came to Newell in the early '70s. He was poor, nature had been unkind to him and left him a cripple, and with nothing, but an indomitable determination to succeed, he commenced life under adverse circumstances. He assisted in the Stevens Hotel, worked out by the day, and finally, accumulating a small sum of money, bought a piece of land that seemed to be irreclaimable. But he went to work and reclaimed it, and he succeeded so well that in the years that have gone he has gathered about him enough of this world's goods to make him one of the wealthiest of Buena Vista county farmers.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The earliest records of the schools of Newell are missing, consequently all data as to its organization is gleaned from memory from the oldest residents of the town. The first school was organized sometime in the year 1870, and the building was situated abont one-half mile from what is now the present site of the town. In 1871 the school was held in the town proper, and this building
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was either moved into town or a new one was built in the southwest portion of the town. This building was occupied for about seven years, when the school was moved into a new two-story, two-room briek building, which had been erected for a courthouse. Newell was not then the county seat, but the question of estab- lishing a permanent county seat was still being agitated, and the people of Newell erected a building to be used as a courthouse with the hope of inducing the county seat to be established there. The contest resulted unfavorably to Newell, so the building was turned over to be used as a school. The old wooden building was sold and used as a residence for thirty years, having been torn down in 1908. The school continued to occupy the brick building for over twelve years, during which time a small frame building was erected, to accommo- date the increasing number of scholars. In 1889 a brick building of four rooms was erected, forming the melens of the present structure. When the school began its occupancy of the new building, the other buildings were sold and converted into dwelling houses. An addition of two rooms was erected in 1898, making the present structure of six rooms. The several removals of the school bespeak of a steady growth which the school has always had. The enrollment at the present time averages two hundred, of which forty-six are in the high school. The school contains a good library, put in in 1899 partly by donation, but chiefly by subscription.
C. K. Dukes took the superintendeney of the school in January. 1894, re- maining for six years, until his death in 1900.
J. E. Cundy was superintendent of the school for two and one-half years, resigning to take up the duties of his present position of county superintendent of schools.
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