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107-Orr, Anna Cain. 108-Balderson, Sophia Gurtler. 109-Fairmount, Luella Linnabary. 110-Prairie View, Gladys Jester. 111-Brush College, Stephana Bond. 112-Thomas, Gladys Sharpe. 113-Barklow, Alta Dough- erty. 114-Sunrise, Leota Dolen. 116-Perll, Mary Van Verth. 117-West Point, Lela Doering. 118-Stony Point, Bernice Livingstone. 119-Lily Creek, Tresa Juenemam. 120-Liberty, Lyla Roepke. 121-Pauley, Eldon Weller. 122-Brammer, Gertrude Whiteside. 123-Bommer, John Brand- enburger, Jr. 124-Prairie Center, Dora Tucker. 125-Pleasant Hill, Min- nie Burks. 126-Pleasant Ridge, Myrtle Millick. 127-Crane. Willa Wat- kins. 128-Schroyer, Esther Vering. 129-Fairfield, Mary Warders. 130 -- Midway, Netta Hafner. 131-Mt. Hope, Blanche Sharpe. 132-Sunnyside, Ruth Willey. 133-Triumph, Helene Thompson. 134-Lamb, Edna Buckles. 135-Riggert, LeNora Rombeck. 136-Hatten, Julia Wendel. 138 -O'Brien, Ralph Bair. 139-Enterprise, Grace Sandborn. 140-Mina, Velma Winney. 141-Scully, Netta Vogel. 142-Cedar Ridge, Norma Tyler. Jt. I-Windy Ridge, Sadie Gosper. Jt. 2-Spring Valley, Ralph Har- per. Jt. 7-Swede Creek, Paulina Osner.
TWO-TEACHER SCHOOLS.
22-Lillis, Leo Mackey and Rosa Hayes. 42-Home, George Marshall and Marie Keller. 63-Herkimer, Alma Mollinger and Grace Thomas. 79- Vliets, Ross Griffis and Maude Arnold. 88-Winifred, Lottie Waymire and Rosa Seematter. 115-Bigelow. Robert Shope and Eva Johnson.
BARNES IIIGHI SCHOOLS.
DISTRICT NO. 2-IRVING.
O. W. Kunz, superintendent : F. J. Wood, principal : Frances Lomuller, high school; Emma Hadorn, sixth. seventh and eighth: Eva Webb, fourth and fifth1; Irene Stone, first, second and third.
DISTRICT NO. 3-BLUE RAPIDS.
J. H. Houston, superintendent : Harriet Landers, principal; R. B. Am- brose, high school; Edith Folz, high school: Grace Ulrich, high school; R. E. Carlson, eighth : Elsie Schmidler, seventh ; Floretta Dailey, sixth : Edna Bald-
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win, fifth; Hazel Rucker, fourth; Nettie Crissman, third; Esther Axe. sec- ond; Bertha Waters, first; Mrs. S. E. S. Vawter, primary; Rexford Clarke, seventh; Adah Lerhr, music.
DISTRICT NO. 12-VERMILLION.
C. Kraemer, superintendent ; Ruth Thomas, principal ; Hulda Froom, high school; Blanche Woodward, seventh and eighth; Maude Smith, fourth, fifth and sixth; Mabel Woodward, first, second and third.
DISTRICT NO. 137-SUMMERFIELD.
J. J. Fowler, superintendent ; Ethel Henry, principal; Edith Arnold, high school; Ethel Kissack, seventh and eighth; Emma Craven, fifth and sixth; Carrie Hughes, third and fourth; Maude Samuelson, first and second; Ross Campbell.
DISTRICT NO. 29-BEATTIE.
John Menehan, superintendent; Florence Totten, principal; Iowa Jones, high school; Viola Malm, high school; Will Stosz, seventh and eighth; La Verne Conger, fifth and sixth; Martha Calhoun, third and fourth; Bessie Thorne, primary.
DISTRICT NO. 56-AXTELL.
C. I. Smith, superintendent; F. Chilcott, principal; J. J. Bollin, high school; Florence Hudson, high school; Margaret Russell, high school; Edna M. Danner, district school; Minnie E. Mack, eighth grade; Myrtle Temple. sixth and seventh ; Mary McKnight, fourth and fifth ; Mary O'Neil, second and third; Anna C. Olson, primary.
DISTRICT NO. 4-MARYSVILLE.
C. O. Smith, superintendent ; Etta Beavers, high school; F. M. Unruh, high school; Ethel Mallonee, high school; Beulah Jevons, high school; Hazel Richards, high school; Carl White, high school; Dorothy Waite, high school ; Neva Kissell, music; Clara Froom, eighth; Nina Kirkwood, seventh ; Mildred Kirkwood, sixth; Veda Smith, fifth; Mande Thomas, fourth; Anna Schmitt, third : Mabel Montgomery, second ; Mildred Paxton, primary ; Mabel Newman, first and second (ward).
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DISTRICT NO. 17-WATERVILLE.
C. B. Vernon, superintendent ; Jesse Seaton, principal ; Martha Sellards, high school; Helen Coolidge, high school: Mabel Lamereaux, eighth grade; Mabel Nider, sixth and seventh: Ivan Nichols, fourth and fifth; Ruth Rice, second and third; Margaret McDonald, primary.
DISTRICT NO. 20-OKETO.
P. N. Schmitt, superintendent ; Frank Menehan, principal; Dorothy Waters, seventh and eighth: Minna Scott, fourth, fifth and sixth; Mildred Briggs, first, second and third.
DISTRICT NO. 35-FRANKFORT.
R. L. Hazzard, superintendent ; Duncan McRuer. principal : John Cannon, high school; Bessie Curry, high school: Maud Lourey, high school; Georgia Hoffman, high school; Katherine Zook, high school; Esther Zeininger, dis- trict school; Howard Heleker, seventh and eighth: Winifred Shearer, sixth ; Bess Shafer, fifth; Eva Lathrop, third and fourth; Hazel Haskin, second: Verna Smith, first.
COUNTY BOARD OF EXAMINERS.
Miss Harriet Landers. Blue Rapids: C. Kraemer, Vermillion; W. H. Seaman, Marysville. Regular examinations are held on the last Saturday of October, the last Saturday of January and last Saturday of June, together with the Friday preceding cach such Saturday.
OFFICERS OF THE COUNTY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
President, Harriet Landers, Blue Rapids ; vice-president, R. L. Hazzard, Frankfort; secretary, Etta Beavers, Marysville; treasurer. W. H. Seaman, Marysville. The executive committee consists of the officers of the asso- ciation.
OFFICERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARDS' ASSOCIATION.
President, Frank Lann, Axtell: vice-president. E. O. Webber, Marys- ville : secretary-treasurer, Mrs. P. C. McCall, Irving.
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SUMMARY.
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GOLD MEDAL AWARDS.
Twelve years ago, Marshall county inaugurated a plan of offering, as an incentive to better attendance upon our public schools, a gold medal as an award for seven years' perfect attendance. For the school year 1915-16, thirty-three medals were presented. The following named pupils received medals :
Walter Goin, Beattie: Ruby Graham, Beattie: Walter Gurtler. Beattie; Glen Swanson, Waterville: Carl Steenson, Waterville; Florence Godfreson. Waterville; Walter Stewart, Waterville: Marcellus Leslie, Frankfort; Esther Caldwell, Frankfort; Wanita Fowler, Frankfort; Argie Logan, Frankfort: Eva Myers, Frankfort : Anna B. Holt, Home : Frederick Dexter, Home ; Clar- ence Genschoreck, Home: Lawrence Genschoreck, Home; Ella Genschoreck. Home : Freda Dettke, Home : Myrtle Fincham, Home : Rosa Seematter, Home: Elnora Wanamaker, Blue Rapids: Creta Swanson, Blue Rapids: Wallace Koppes, Carden: Marie Kral, Vliets; Victor Hoerath, Herkimer: Clarence Remmers, Herkimer; Iner Polson, Vermillion : Edla Polson, Vermillion ; Grace Buckles, Vermillion : Elva Morrill, Summerfield : Jakie Wagner, Summerfield ; Raymond MeLarnen, Summerfield: Verne Franks, Irving.
IIONOR STUDENTS OF MARSHALL COUNTY.
Jennie Rea Dilworth, Summerfield, common school valedictorian ; Edythe Gould, Irving, high school spelling: Esther Ross, Axtell, high school declama- tion : Earl Frost, Blue Rapids, high school oration.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Of the 5.162 pupils attending school in the county, 684 have been neither absent nor tardy during the year 1915-16. The county roll of honor for that school year shows the number of pupils and the number of consecutive years of their attendance as follows: 331, one year: 156, two years; 121, three years : 113. four years ; 80, five years : 46. six years : 30, seven years.
Vesta Bickle, Mabel Smith, Myrtle Smith, Thomas Warders, Lucille Whan, of district No. 4. Marysville: Clara Brock, of No. 56, Axtell; Albert Poggeman and Howard Moore, of No. 137, Summerfield; Esther Mapes, of No. 48, Mount Pleasant, Waterville-eight years each.
Lily Shepard and Jessie Summers, of No. 2, Irving: Anna Saville, of No. 3. Blue Rapids : Elsa Schwartz, of No. 4. Marysville; Jennie Bell, of No.
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36, Marysville; Marie Cecile Plunkett, of No. 53, Summerfield-nine years each.
Lillian Cottrell, of No. 2, Irving, and Bruno Schwartz, of No. 4, Marys- ville-ten years each.
Sidney Osborn, of No. 35, Frankfort, has the honor of having attended school for thirteen consecutive years, without missing a single day or being tardy.
JOHN MACDONALD.
It would be ingratitude on the part of the historian not to speak of the good work done by John MacDonald, for the schools and teachers of Marshall county. He came to the teachers' meetings and county institutes and brought hopeful and cheering messages to the overworked and underpaid teachers of early public school work in the county. His Western School Journal was an education to the young teacher, dealing as it did, with all the perplexing problems of pedagogy. A winged pilot has borne him across the bar, but those who felt the inspiration of his presence and profited by his wise counsel, have not forgotten him.
Marco Morrow has paid the following tribute to his memory :
"Across the dark but peaceful chasm which death has interposed between us and the soul of John MacDonald, we waft a fond farewell. Scotchman, American, Kansan; educator, editor, linguist, writer and teacher-you were more than all that; you were a friend of man; you were beloved by your fellows beyond most men. We shall miss your genial humor, your sparkling wit, your kind spirit, and your sterling common sense. No man in Kansas journalism was ever more universally respected; no memory will be more greatly revered. Farewell, John ; we know that all is well with you."
CHAPTER AV.
CHURCHES IN MARSHALL, COUNTY.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
In the days of the settlement of Marysville, churches did not thrive to any great extent. AAn early historian puts it very nicely: "The population was in some measure of a transitory nature and society was much subject to the influence incident to a constant tide of emigration and travel."
To this statement may be added the fact that a large proportion of the population were engaged in holding conversations similar to one which, accord- ing to tradition, once took place between the governors of North and South Carolina.
It has been hinted by some that the first church erected in the city, was because certain citizens of other portions of the county declared it a "burning shame" that they were obliged to transact business in a town so devoid of morality as to neglect to provide a house of worship. And that because of this complaint subscriptions were taken and a church erected.
Tradition has it that the first religious services held in Marysville, were in a saloon, in the summer of 1857. There is sufficient evidence that at least the saloon was here. The Methodist church, South, had a small church house and the first sermon preached in it was by the Rev. Mr. Millice, of that denomination. In 1859 Rev. Mr. Robbins, of the same church, held services in Ballard & Morrall's drug store.
In the summer of 1800 two ministers of the same church, Reverends King and Duncan, bell revival meetings lasting two weeks in the Barrett House. When the war broke out this organization disbanded, but church services were held whenever an itinerant minister came this way and these services were always well attended.
The Marshalls were religions people and there were at all times some people in the town who kept alive the religious faith.
The priests soon searched out their flocks and held mass and gradually the desire for churches and regular services grew.
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MARYSVILLE.
An organization of the Methodist church, North, was perfected in 1866 by Reverend Woodburn of Manhattan, with five members, three of whom were Mrs. L. J. Swearengen and I .. Keefover and wife. Meetings were held in the old court house, also in the old frame school house. Among the early preachers were Reverends Tennent, Tenney and Taylor. The mem- bership was small and became discouraged.
At the annual conference held in Leavenworth in the spring of 1879. Rev. A. J. Coe was appointed to the Marysville circuit, which included Marys- ville, Oketo and Deer Creek. The class at Marysville was then composed of Thomas Hughes and wife, Mrs. Swearengen, Bates, Cooper and Linley, and Miss Hattie Linley.
The presiding elder instructed Coe to come to Marysville and build a church. This seemed almost a forlorn hope to Mr. and Mrs. Coe and they were told by the church that it was an impossibility. Tom Hughes, then the editor of the Notes, gave the only encouragement. Reverend Coe began his services in Waterson's Hall and preached to a small congregation. He talked of a new church and by hard work raised nine hundred dollars and started to build. It was uphill work, but finally the church was completed and on the day of dedication the entire amount was raised. A hearty revival was held that winter and some fifty accessions were made to the church. After the congregation had a home the church prospered.
When the new bank, which afterwards grew into the First National Bank, was first established, a young man by the name of Colin Southerland was assistant cashier. He was a member of the Methodist church and induced a brother banker in Osceola, Iowa, to present the little church with a bell. This banker's name was Ziegler and a few years ago he was living in Los Angeles. Many able ministers served this church, among others, Rev. Thomas Scott, a man of great courage and forcefulness, a "poet and a scholar." No pulpit in Marysville has ever been filled by an abler man. He sleeps in the Marysville cemetery.
On October 31, 1902, Rev. W. C. Hanson came to Marysville from Robinson. He was a splendid business man and a good pastor. A new building was needed. He finished the present fine church home now occu- pied by the Methodists.
The money was raised by popular subscription and the building cost six thousand five hundred dollars. It is forty-four by seventy-three feet, with a
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basement under the entire building. The auditorium is forty by forty, and there are two large Sunday school rooms. The church will seat two Inindred and seventy-five people. There are three stained-glass windows, which add greatly to the appearance of the building.
The present pastor is Rev. A. R. Williams and the church membership is one hundred and seventy.
There is a large Sunday school, numbering one hundred and thirty pupils, with eighteen teachers. E. F. Boxall is superintendent ; F. M. Unruh, assistant superintendent : Adamantha Newton, secretary-treasurer. Other auxiliary societies are the Epworth League and Ladies Aid.
BLUE RAPIDS.
A partial organization of the Methodist church was perfected in the winter of 1870-71, by Rev. M. D. Tenney, with sixteen members. Occa- sional services were held during the year, in different halls, until 1876, when a church was built of native limestone, at a cost of two thousand two hun- dred dollars. This church was built under the pastorate of Rev. E. W. V'an Deventer. In 1889 a parsonage was built.
Rev. Thomas Scott, of Marysville, served this charge during the years 1900-01. 111 1905, Rev. I. C. Wilson came to the church and remained for six year -. He rebuilt and enlarged the church at a cost of six thousand dollars. This church was dedicated on December 19. 1909, by Bishop W. A. Quayle, assisted by District Superintendent W. C. Hanson.
Since that time the parsonage and church have been re-decorated, electric lights installed and other improvements made. The membership of the church has grown from sixteen charter members to two mindred and twenty- five.
The present officials are: Trustees : H. F. Kaump, Clyde Rodkey. M. P. Robinson, John Frost and Charles Palmer; stewards, J. L. Rodkey, F. E. Austin, E. U. Bright. John Blair, Mrs. Susan Bendel and II. F. Kaump. Present pastor, F. A. Whittlesey.
Sunday school superintendent. J. H. Houston; secretary, Florence Bright : treasurer, H. F. Kaump; librarian, Mrs. J. L. Moorhead ; pianist. Blanche Houston; class leader, Mrs. A. A. Austin. Membership, two hun- dred. Woman's Missionary Society has eighteen members ; Epworth League. twenty-eight: Ladies Aid Society, twenty-five. The church and Sunday school are prospering.
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FRANKFORT.
On September 24, 1869, Rev. S. M. Hopkins, of New York, arrived in Frankfort. The city consisted of thirteen residences and stores. Consent was obtained from the railroad company to hold meetings in the depot. A class of thirteen was organized, consisting of Mrs. S. M. Hopkins, Jessie L. Hopkins, J. S. Kelley and wife, and others. Doctor Clutter acting as superintendent, a Sunday school was gathered from among people living in the vicinity and religious services held every Sunday. Late in the winter meetings were moved into the school house and in March, 1870, Reverend Hopkins was appointed pastor. During the year Rev. G. W. Gault and Reverend Lairey assisted in the work. A large section of country was included in the work of that pastorate. About one hundred dollars was raised for furnishing a library for the Sunday school. This was the first public library of which there is any record in the county.
In 1871 a promise of two lots was secured; eight hundred dollars was subscribed and foundation was laid for a new church. In March, 1871. Reverend Gray was appointed to the charge at Frankfort and Centralia, with a residence in Centralia.
Rev. Charles Parker, of Irving, came to Frankfort and organized a Union church, including Presbyterian and other denominations, and the idea of building a Methodist church for a time was abandoned. From that time until 1876 the preaching was done by the following pastors, alternating with laymien: Rev. William Knipe. Nichols, Price, A. J. McKee and Spencer. In 1877 Reverend Hopkins retired and Reverend Zimmerman was installed. He set to work to build a church, raised money to pay for a lot and withdrew his charge from the Union meetings and established a Methodist organization and Sunday school in Brady's hall.
A building committee was appointed, and in March, 1878, a new pastor, Reverend C. H. Koester. was installed. At a called meeting two hundred and fifty dollars was subscribed for a church edifice. This was augmented the next morning by one hundred and fifty dollars. As a result of a peti- tion the railroad company presented a lot to the members, and on this lot a parsonage was built. Mr. A. J. McKee gave the use of a room over his building, then known as the First National Bank building, for the use of the congregation. The Sunday school grew rapidly and soon this hall became too small. The church accepted an offer from the Presbyterians of the use of their church in the afternoon. In March, 1880, Rev. E. H. Bailiff
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commenced his pastorate in the Presbyterian church, and again agitated the question of building. Mr. A. J. McKee donated the lots on which the pres- ent church now stands. The new church home was dedicated in 1881 and completed in 1887. In 1884 a storm and cyclone damaged the building so that it had to be replastered and painted and new windows put in. In 1890 the church building and parsonage were worth about four thousand five hundred dollars.
The building was destroyed for the second time by a cyclone and the present structure erected in 1896. Valuable improvements have since been made and the property is now valued at ten thousand dollars. The present church has eight rooms-auditorium, three lecture rooms and four rooms in the basement. The present membership is four hundred. The Sunday school membership is three hundred. The ladies aid and missionary socie- ties, adjuncts of the church, and the Senior and Junior Epworth Leagues are prominent factors in the life of the church. The present pastor is Rev. L. R. South.
AXTELL.
The officials of the Methodist Episcopal church at Axtell are : Bishop, W. O. Shepherd; district superintendent, S. L. Buckner ; pastor, P. B. Knepp; president official board. J. G. Sitler ; Sunday school superintendent, W. S. McKnight : superintendent primary department, Mrs. George T. Whitcraft ; superintendent home department. Miss Janie Keegan; superintendent cradle roll department, Mrs. F. M. Wolf; trustees-C. H. Baker, A. E. Gaston, George W. Reed, Charles Phillips and W. F. Rabe; stewards. J. G. Sitler. C. H. Baker, George W. Reed, G. W. Keller, E. H. Harrison, Carl G. Newton, George T. Whiteraft, Miss Lou Brawner, Miss Janie Keegan; class leader. Lee Davis: president, Ladies' Aid Society, Mrs. W. F. Rabe: president, Ep- worth League. Miss Florence Sitler; superintendent, Junior League, Mrs. P. B. Knepp.
The present membership is two hundred and seventy-seven. All the departments of the church are in a healthy condition. The average attendance at Sunday school during 1916 was one hundred and thirty-six. There are forty-five members in the home department. and thirty on the cradle roll. During the same time the Epworth League had an average attendance of forty.
The church property consists of a frame church building valued at eight thousand five hundred dollars and a frame parsonage valued at three thou- sand five hundred dollars.
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WATERVILLE.
Services were held by Methodists of Waterville as early as 1868, when the depot was used as a meeting house.
In the winter of 1868 Rev. M. D. Tenney organized a church with nine members, among whom were J. D. Farwell, W. J. Johnson, M. T. Bennett, J. W. Pierce, and their wives. For the first years meetings were held in the depot grain house, railroad coaches and school house. In the summer of 1871 a church edifice thirty-six by seventy feet was erected at a cost of six thousand dollars. Rev. M. Spencer was the pastor until 1873, when he was succeeded by Revs. J. M. Sullivan, former Gov. N. Green, R. Wake, W. R. Kister and Rev. S. Brooks, when the congregation had grown to sixty-five members. The present membership is two hundred twenty-six. The pastor is Rev. E. M. Paddleford. The trustees are. C. A. Palmer, William McKelvy, Frank Thorne, Henry Honstead, William Fitzgerald, P. S. Vickery, and William Mapes. The stewards are, L. A. Palmer, dis- trict steward: Myrtle McKelvy, recording secretary and treasurer: William Fitzgerald, J. D. Farwell, Mrs. P. T. Vickery, Mrs. Eli Peterson. Miss Effie Bair, Miss Hannah Anderson, Samuel Anderson and P. T. Vickery.
This church is in a united and flourishing condition. The ladies aid society donates two hundred dollars toward the running expenses of the church. The missionary society raises four hundred dollars for home and foreign missions, and the Sunday school pledges fifty dollars to the same work, and last year gave sixty-one dollars and sixty-four cents.
The Sunday school has a membership of one hundred and eighty-five. Gene Gorder is superintendent, Mildred Bartlow, secretary, and Anna Nider, librarian, with J. D. Farwell, secretary, over all the work. Olive Wilson has charge of the infant class, which numbers forty-two. Both international and graded lessons are used. Twenty-eight dollars per month is required to furnish the school with supplies.
SUMMERFIELD.
This church was organized in Summerfield by Rev. A. E. Chadwick, and chartered in 1889. The first trustees were: John A. Sipe, John L. Magaw, Charles Sipe, Charles Ester, James Beecham. There were thirty members at the time of organization. The congregation is united, and the
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church prosperous. The parsonage and church property are valued at about five thousand dollars.
The present officials are: Trusteees. E. I. Locke, J. T. Briggs, Charles Tarr, Edw. McKee, John Winney. J. 11. Russell, I. E. Abert, W. W. E. Packard, and R. G Shue: stewards. Charles Packard, Mrs. Charles Tarr. Mrs. W. E. Glick, Mrs. C. H. Roper and R. G. Shue. Rev. J. M. McGuire is the pastor.
There are one hundred thirty-five members in the Sunday school ; J. T. Briggs, superintendent. The Epworth League has a membership of thirty. the Junior League, nineteen.
IRVING.
The Methodist Episcopal church of Irving was organized in 1867 by Reverend Devaul. That same year work on a church edifice was begun. but was abandoned for lack of funds, and in 1871 a stone building was pur- chased. Later, as the church grew, services were held in the Presbyterian church. Some of the early pastors were: M. D. Tenney. T. B. Grey. B. F. Smith, W. H. Underwood, E. W. Vandeventer. S. A. Green, G. W. Miller, S. L. Hunter and C. S. Freark. The church has prospered. In 1882 a parsonage of six rooms was built and in 1884 the present church was erected. The present membership is sixty-eight. The membership of the Sunday school is one hundred one. F. E. Barber is the present pastor.
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