Norwood annual report 1945-1947, Part 56

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1945
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1008


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News of Board and Staff


"Thumbnail Sketches of the Board of Trustees" have appeared about each board member as a heading for our monthly booklist. Able service in this capacity is of prime importance and the town needs to know more about it.


This summer, Miss Barbara M. Heslam, Branch Librarian, completed her studies, and received the degree of B.S. from the Columbia University School of Library Service.


Mrs. Thacher Hallet, a college graduate with some business experience, came to our staff as Assistant, following Miss Hazel Traquair, who resigned to be married.


At present, we have no Adult Department Librarian, whose duties are conse- quently divided among several. Miss Eaton's part is to take reference questions when referral is needed; to recommend reference books needed for purchase, and to assist in fiction purchase.


Vital services behind the scenes have included Miss Martha C. Eaton's skillful cataloging; the records work - never better done than by Miss Helen W. Crocker; Miss Shirley Day's efficient secretarial work and assistance to the Cataloger; and Mr. C. Bernard Pearson's fine work in building upkeep.


In addition to committees elsewhere mentioned, the Librarian served on the Library Committee of the Adult Education Council of Greater Boston; on the Adult Education Committee of the Massachusetts Library Association; and the American Library Association Council. The Junior Department Librarian served as Secretary- Treasurer of the Round Table of Children's Librarians; and represents the Old Colony Library Club on the M.L.A. Membership Committee.


Junior Department


Miss N. Dorothy Shumaker, Junior Department Librarian, reports that:


JUNIOR HIGHLIGHTS - named by our young patrons - came into being in February. It is issued bi-monthly during the school year, and brings library activi- ties, book news, quizzes, etc., to library users and non-users.


The GOOD TIME READING CLUB encouraged boys and girls at the main library and branch to have a good time with good books during summer vacation hours. Each member received a paper clock on which his reading progress was


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recorded. At an evening party, which brought the Club to an end, 52 members were presented with certificates of merit for having read twelve or more books.


Through the courtesy of the World Book Encyclopedia, plans were made for lectures on the use of an encyclopedia to be given to grades 5-8 of all schools. Only one school benefited from this, as the company was unable to complete the lectures before schools closed for summer vacation.


Twenty-six story hours, 1,123 books sent to the schools, library instruction to all sixth grades, were other ways of keeping alive interest in good reading.


Five children's books in Norwegian and a scrapbook arrived from Tonsberg, Norway, as a "thank-you" for the Treasure Chest sent from this library in 1945. The Boston Treasure Chest Committee asked to have these books exhibited at the New England Library Association Conference.


Hospital Branch


Together with other library service areas, there was a decided gain in book use by patients and hospital personnel. Mrs. Eleanor Johnson is in charge. She was pre- ceded by Miss Hazel Traquair, whose work was supervised by Miss Eaton. We are also indebted to the skilled assistance of Mrs. Harry Fraser and the volunteer service of Mrs. Louis Balboni and Mrs. Harold Alden. More than once, bedside service has led to patients' joining the library after their recovery.


Word has come about the intention of a Norwood organization to give the library a new hospital book truck.


South Norwood Branch


Miss Barbara M. Heslam, Branch Librarian, reports that:


The enlarged reading room, increased bookshelf and closet space, venetian blinds and gayly colored draperies are welcome improvements at the South Norwood Branch. Townspeople inspected these changes at Open House on April 15th when Mr. Peter Cafaro, president of the South Norwood Merchants' Association, spoke on "South Norwood Today and Tomorrow." A window display of pictures of South Norwood of yesterday and today with plans for South Norwood tomorrow was in keeping with this talk. A second display, "Our Friendships Hold World Peace" featured treasures sent from fifteen different countries to South Norwood people and what they, in turn, are doing for those in distant lands.


Highlighting usual book requests have been those of students for church history and United Nations material, and that of a local storekeeper for aid in conversing with an Italian war bride.


Bi-monthly lists of new books added to the branch collection appeal to children and adult readers alike.


A small group of South Norwood leaders, invited to propose and discuss ways of further developing services at the branch, planned for organizing the "South Nor- wood Community Club." They adopted the following purposes: to further the ex- change of ideas; to promote good fellowship; to encourage interest in art and culture; and to strengthen interest in community development.


The Long View - Past, Present, and Future


Miss Jane A. Hewett's death was commemorated at the library, following her having been the beloved librarian for 41 years, then its Librarian Emerita.


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Mr. W. W. Everett also died during the year, after leaving his mark on progressive library action. He had been a member of the Board of Trustees from 1920-1944, and its Chairman from 1932-1944.


?' The 75th Anniversary of Norwood had a week's celebration in all parts of the library. A most interesting exhibit of local material illustrating the town's growth appeared in the Adult Department; a history of the library was written for the Anni- versary number of the "Messenger"; the Junior Department had slides of Norwood at a Story Hour; and the South Norwood Branch devoted window displays to the life and progress of the neighborhood.


Two years ago, a "Ten Year Plan for Library Development" was prepared, to state goals, and the better to tie in present work with them. This plan centers on the three-point program of (1) a Community-centered library, (2) the use of modern approaches to readers' interests, (3) and building improvements.


The current report illustrates this year's carrying out of 1 and 2. 3, Building improvements, have also proceeded, with partly installed equipment for a Reference Room; a new oil-burning furnace, and an iron railing for the front steps.


Together we go forward. The Librarian knows and deeply appreciates the part contributed by the Board of Trustees and her associates on the Staff.


Respectfully submitted,


EDNA PHILLIPS, Librarian.


LIBRARY HOURS


Adult Department Weekdays 9 a.m .- 9 p.m.


Junior Department Monday-Friday 12:30-6 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m .- 6 p.m.


South Norwood Branch Tuesday and Thursday 12:45-6 7-9 p.m. Saturday 9-12 and 1-5:45 p.m.


Norwood Hospital Monday 1-4 p.m.


Trustees


Maude A. Shattuck, Chairman Mary L. Dunn, Secretary


Francis J. Doran Eugene Nelson


A. Marion Swain George H. Welles


Librarian


Edna Phillips


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Staff


Martha C. Eaton, Assistant Librarian and Cataloger


N. Dorothy Shumaker, Junior Department Librarian


Eleanor E. Johnson, Circulation Librarian Barbara M. Heslam, Branch Librarian Helen W. Crocker, Records Assistant


Esther C. Hallet, Assistant


Shirley Day, Office Assistant


Building Carl B. Pearson, Senior Building Custodian


Substitutes


Ruth R. King


Helen R. Fraser


Doris C. Allen


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REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD


At the first meeting in January, Roswell A. Norton was unanimously elected Chairman, and Lester N. Lechter was unanimously elected Secretary. The other members of the Board are Ludovic Fournier, Albert Nelson, and Owen Sullivan.


The Board acted upon the following zone changes:


(1) The Planning Board recommended that the zone on the corner of Beech and Winter Streets be changed from single residence to general residence. The Article was defeated at a town meeting in April.


(2) The Planning Board recommended that the zone on the westerly side of Sumner Street be changed from general residence to manufacturing. The Article was passed at a town meeting in April.


The Planning Board appeared before the Selectmen and convinced them that a bond should be obtained from all large developers.


The Planning Board hired John T. Blackwell to make a study and write a report in regard to the traffic situation in Norwood. The report was approved by the Board.


The Planning Board acted on and discussed the following projects:


1. Widening of Lenox Street


2. Extension of Nahantan Street


3. Extension of Shaw Street


4. Homewood Development


5. New roads for South Norwood


6. Eliminating of dead end streets


7. New town yard


8. Park developments


9. Pleasant Court extension


10. Parking problems


11. Improvement of roads


12. Enforcing of zoning regulations, etc.


The retiring members of the Board are Albert Nelson and Owen Sullivan.


Respectfully submitted,


LESTER N. LECHTER, Secretary.


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


School Committee 1947


Term Expires 1948


John J. Cavanaugh


235 Railroad Ave., Nor. 7-0679-M


Edward H. Thompson 1948


9 Gardner Road, Nor. 7-1785-R


James J. Curran 1949


347 Washington St., Nor. 7-1012-W


Anthony O'Donnell 1949


299 Railroad Ave., Nor. 7-0632-M


John F. Reynolds 1950


31 Oak Road, Nor. 7-0851


John F. Kiley 14 George St., Nor. 7-0198


1950


Organization Anthony F. O'Donnell, Chairman Elizabeth Syverson, Clerk


Committee Meetings


The regular monthly meeting of the School Committee is held in the Committee room, Room 100, Junior High School Building, at seven-thirty o'clock, on the third Wednesday of each month.


Superintendent of Schools Lincoln D. Lynch, 21 Florence Avenue, Telephone Norwood 7-1266


The Office of the Superintendent of Schools is at the Junior High School and is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day excepting on Saturday when it is open from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Telephone Norwood 7-0133.


Secretary and Clerks


Elizabeth Syverson, 68 Elm Street, Tel. Nor. 7-1461-W, Principal Clerk and Secretary to Department Head.


Elvie A. Schaier, 44 Highview St., Tel. Nor. 7-2227-R, Junior Clerk, Provisional.


School Calendar 1947-48


First term begins September 3, 1947, ends Dec. 19, 1947. 16 weeks


Second term begins January 5, 1948, ends Feb. 20, 1948. 7 weeks


Third term begins March 1, 1948, ends April 16, 1948. 7 weeks


Fourth term begins April 26, 1948, ends June 18, 1948. 8 weeks


First term begins September 8, 1948, ends Dec. 17, 1948. 15 weeks


Holidays


October 13, 1947 - Columbus Day


October 31, 1947 - County Teachers' Convention November 11, 1947 - Armistice Day


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November 26 noon,


27, 28 - Thanksgiving Recess


December 19, 1947 - Schools close for Christmas recess


January 5, 1948 - Schools reopen


February 20, 1948 - Schools close for mid-winter recess


March 1, 1948 - Schools reopen


March 26, 1948 - Good Friday


April 16, 1948 - Schools close for spring recess


April 26, 1948 - Schools reopen


May 31, 1948 - Memorial Day


No-School Signal 2-2


Repeated at 7:15 a.m. No forenoon session for grades 1 through 12 Repeated at 7:30 a.m. No forenoon session for grades 1 through 9 Repeated at 7:45 a.m. No forenoon session for grades 1 through 6 Repeated at 12:15 p.m. No afternoon session for grades 1 through 9 Repeated at 12:30 p.m. No afternoon session for grades 1 through 6 Repeated at 6:15 p.m. No session for Evening School


Note: When the No-School Signal is sounded, all street lights are illuminated for three minutes.


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


To the Citizens of Norwood:


The reports of the Superintendent, Principals, and Supervisors present vital facts related to Norwood schools. Items which the School Committee regards reportable and not included in the aforementioned reports are submitted herewith.


This statement, and the reports of school officers, taken together, are adopted as the Report of the School Committee, it being understood that such adoption does not commit the Committee to the opinions or recommendations made therein.


CHANGES IN PERSONNEL - 1947 Resignations


Mrs. Bertha Burrows, Peabody School, to teach elsewhere


Miss Mary A. Canning, Health Supervisor, to accept another position


Miss Grace M. Franklin, West School, retired Miss Christine Haeussler, Elementary Music Supervisor, to be married Mr. Steven J. Levanitis, Senior High School, position eliminated


Miss Priscilla Patey, Peabody School, to teach elsewhere


Miss Abby L. Smith, Junior High School, to be married


Miss Margaret Welch, High School Cafeteria helper, retired


Deaths


Miss Elizabeth Zurba, June 16, 1947, Principal Clerk and Secretary to Department Head and Clerk of School Committee


Military Leave


Mr. Henry F. Fairbanks, Senior High School


Promotion and Transfer


Elizabeth V. Syverson, from Office of Principal of Junior High School to Office of Superintendent of Schools


In Memoriam


ELIZABETH ZURBA


Born in Kovno, Lithuania, June 16, 1905; died June 17, 1947. Attended Norwood Public Schools, graduated from Norwood High School in June, 1924. Employed as clerk in the Senior High School Principal's Office from 1924 until 1925. In the Office of Superintendent of Schools as Assistant Clerk from 1925 to 1929. Head Clerk and Clerk of School Committee from 1929 until her death in June, 1947.


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Appointments


Miss Dorothy Blood, Peabody School, Beauty Culture Mrs. Lucille Coite, Peabody School, Foods Mrs. Doris Cullen, Balch School, Substitute, Grade 6 Mrs. Ruby Keown, Peabody School, Related Science Mrs. Mary Logue, Senior High School Cafeteria, cook Mrs. Jennie A. Mann, West School, Substitute, Grade 1 Mrs. Ellen Naughton, Senior High School Cafeteria, helper Miss Jean Robertson, Clerk, Junior High School, Provisional Miss Dorothy Sheehy, Junior High School, Substitute in Latin, English


Mrs. Grace M. Sprague, Shattuck School, Substitute in Grade 3.


Leave of Absence


Miss Gertrude Crowell, Balch School, Grade 6


Resolution Elizabeth Zurba


Elizabeth Zurba was an unusually capable and conscientious high school girl when she first entered the service of our school department.


From the date of this first appointment on February 20, 1924, until, because of serious illness, she was required to leave her work, she was known to all of us as one who loved her work and did it well.


Elizabeth Zurba was loyal to her friends, to our schools, and to her duty. No task was ever too difficult, or tiresome or unpleasant, if, to see it finished meant to her a fulfilment of her responsibility.


She was kind, thoughtful and fair and was so considered by all townspeople and others whose interests or activities brought them in close touch with her. A generous smile and a willing hand of helpfulness were for her the usual and spontaneou s response to any righteous appeal.


When death claimed her on Tuesday morning, June 17, 1947, following months of spirited and courageous suffering caused by devastating illness, we all realized that we had lost a true friend and helper.


We resolve that these, our sentiments, be spread upon the records of our School Committee meetings and that copies be sent to the members of her family and to the local newspaper for publication.


The Norwood School Committee:


ANTHONY F. O'DONNELL, JOHN J. CAVANAUGH, JAMES J. CURRAN, EDWARD H. THOMPSON, JOHN F. REYNOLDS, JOHN F. KILEY.


June 24, 1947


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Resolution Miss Grace Franklin


We, members of the Norwood School Committee, in appreciation of the excellent service rendered our schools and our Town by Miss Grace Franklin over a period of twenty-seven years, extend our best wishes for continued good health and fortune.


Mindful of the hundreds of little children whom it was always her pleasure to teach and in their behalf, we convey to her the message of gratitude for her devotion to her work and their best interests.


We trust that there are ahead for Miss Franklin, many years during which she may look back upon and derive much satisfaction from her excellent record as a servant of our Town and its people.


Norwood School Committee:


ANTHONY F. O'DONNELL, JOHN J. CAVANAUGH, JAMES J. CURRAN, EDWARD H. THOMPSON, JOHN F. REYNOLDS, JOHN F. KILEY.


October 30, 1947.


Appreciation


We, members of the Norwood School Committee, at this time, commend the employees of the Department for their willingness to perform, each according to his capacity to contribute, the many and difficult tasks which they have so generously undertaken.


ANTHONY F. O'DONNELL, Chairman, JOHN J. CAVANAUGH, JAMES J. CURRAN, EDWARD H. THOMPSON, JOHN F. REYNOLDS, JOHN F. KILEY, Jr.


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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


Herewith, I submit my twelfth annual report as Superintendent of Schools.


Again, as in other years, I would like to call to the attention of the School Com- mittee, the need for land-taking for future school use. It is true that our school enrollments are not rising to the point where the situation appears to be critical. However, straws-in-the-wind suggest that there will come in the not too distant future, a demand for new school housing.


Studies which have been made of population trends invariably indicate rising population figures. If, we in Norwood are to expect a share of the increase we must consider the problem of planning for it.


There are several areas in Norwood which, if developed for housing would create considerable pressure upon existing school facilities and the fact that, as yet no plan- ning has been done to meet the problem is to some of us a matter of considerable con- cern.


As I have suggested in other reports, it seems to me that the first action in this respect might well be land-taking in the vacant area opposite our High School. At this writing, there is already being constructed one house in one corner of this plot and it is known that other construction is planned for the same area.


It is to be regretted that it becomes necessary to recommend the closing of the Regional Veterans Education Center which the Town of Norwood has maintained so successfully these past few years. As the reader will note in Miss McDonough's report, there is nothing else to be done. It has been most successful and profitable.


In reports of other years, I have stated that, in my opinion, the first and most important job to be done in the elementary school is to socialize the child. This year as a result of favorable action on the part of the 1947 School Committee, the townspeople will have an opportunity to decide whether or not they will approve the establishment of a public schools kindergarten program. The parents of children who have been fortunate enough to have the advantages of kindergarten testify to its value as a most worthwhile institution.


Safety engineers, all over the nation, urge educational authorities to undertake at public expense the establishment of driver training programs. We, in Norwood, have completed preliminary arrangements for the inauguration of such a program. Mr. King, the Registrar of Motor Vehicles and his staff have arranged for teacher- training courses, easily available to Massachusetts teachers. Mr. Hayden, Mr. Fisher and I have completed arrangements in the matter of other details, so that the program should be underway before this coming summer.


As a result of additional and needed clerical assistance in the office of the Super- intendent of Schools, it has been possible this year to tie our elementary and Junior High School lunch program into the Federal Community Lunch Program.


The saving to families of children who are served milk amounts to approximately fifty dollars per week and additional benefits will accrue as the program expands.


Miss Jane O'Sullivan, Director of Nurses is working with a group of our teachers in the establishment of a Health Council, which holds for our schools, much promise. The program is approved and recommended by the American Medical Association.


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The Parent-Teachers Associations in our elementary schools have been most successful through the past several years. The recently organized Parent-Teacher organization of the Junior High School is well established and on its way to assist materially in bringing about better relationships between the school and the homes of the children in the Junior High School.


A similar organization is, in the writer's opinion, needed for Senior High School. Any institution which will make it possible for teachers to understand better the problems of the home and for parents to understand better the problems of the school will be helpful to all.


This, I believe, a Senior High School Parent-Teacher organization can do.


Conclusion


May I express to you, members of the Norwood School Committee, and to all my fellow-workers in the Norwood School Department whom I have called upon for help so many times this past and other years, and to the other Town officials upon whom I depend so much, my feeling of gratitude for your kind help and support.


LINCOLN D. LYNCH.


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Table I. School Department Receipts


Received 1947


Anticipated 1948


Tuition :


Other Municipalities.


$11,191.90


$11,000.00


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


3,703.80


3,700.00


State Reimbursement:


Vocational Schools.


14,950.92


16,000.00


Teachers Salaries (Regular)


20,802.50


20,800.00


Adult Education


729.00


725.00


Federal Reimbursement:


George-Deen and George-Barden Fund.


2,500.00


· 2,500.00


Smith-Hughes Fund.


715.00


715.00


Henry O. Peabody Fund.


23,188.76


25,000.00


Henry O. Peabody Sale:


Work and Products.


4,266.64


4,250.00


Massachusetts School Lunch Reimbursement:


Henry O. Peabody School


990.33


890.00


Senior High School.


2,510.23


2,300.00


High School Lunch Counter


12,265.33


12,200.00


Boys' Vocational Sale:


Work and Products


880.35


900.00


School Janitor Service


814.42


1,000.00


School Hall Rentals.


932.00


1,000.00


Miscellaneous:


Textbooks.


100.75


100.00


Practical Arts.


85.00


75.00


Telephone Toll Calls


22.98


25.00


Other.


38.47


25.00


Total


$100,688.38


$103,205.00


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TABLE II TEACHERS EMPLOYED


School


Sept. 1938*


Sept. 1939*


Sept. 1940*


Sept. 1941*


Sept. 1942*


Sept. 1943*


Sept. 1944*


Sept. 1945*


Sept. 1946*


Sept. 1947*


Senior High.


38


36


35


35


33


28


28


29


33


32


Vocational .


11


13


14


12


12₲


Junior High.


32


31


30


30


28


27


26


25


25


25


Elementary.


54


51


50


47


42


40


42


41


41


40


Specials.


3+


3+


3+


3₸


3+


3+


3+


3+


3+


3+


Totals.


127


121


118


115


114


109


112


112


114


112


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*It will be observed that all special teachers are reported in the units wherein their teaching is done. +Includes the Director of Adult Education, Art Supervisor and part-time teacher of Instrumental Music.


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Table III. Enrollment for Ten-Year Period (June Enrollments)


Year


Elementary


Junior High


Senior High


Voca- tional


Total


1937-1938.


1,244


673


714


2,631


1938-1939.


1,187


697


673


2,557


1939-1940


1,123


684


702


2,509


1940-1941.


1,089


659


706


2,454


1941-1942


1,051


596


70


2,347


1942-1943.


1,023


547


593


72


2,235


1943-1944.


977


558


544


88


2,167


1944-1945


1,000


559


525


97


2,181


1945-1946.


963


498


472


114


2,047


1946-1947.


932


458


527


123


2,040


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TABLE IV SCHOOL POPULATION TRENDS (September Enrollments)


Total


Year


Balch


Callahan


Shattuck


West


Winslow


Elementary


Junior High


Senior High


Voca- tional


Total All Schools


1938-1939


422


222


239


40


249


1,172


693


680


2,545


1939-1940.


396


201


230


47


234


1,108


674


702


. . .


2,484


1940-1941


370


208


222


45


235


1,080


658


708


. . .


2,446


1941-1942.


317


219


219


53


222


1,030


581


700


2,311


1942-1943


315


212


227


51


200


1,005


571


580


67


2,223


1943-1944


269


219


223


56


199


966


553


534


96


2,149


1944-1945.


259


209


228


54


189


939


540


492


109


2,080


1945-1946.


241


217


233


49


222


962


507


490


130


2,089


1946-1947.


249


216


217


50


205


937


473


514


138


2,062


1947-1948.


268


204


229


46


185


932


458


527


123


2,040


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REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE NORWOOD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL


I present herewith my second annual report as Principal of Norwood Senior High School.


Educationally Significant Aspects of Year


1. In these days when democracy itself is on trial, it is taken to be of supreme importance that each new citizen have ample opportunity to develop through his own experiences in school both competence and confidence in democratic processes. With this in view, new emphasis has been placed in the Senior High School during the year just passed on developing the attitudes, skills, and understandings which have to do with democratic group relationships. Class meetings have been scheduled regularly throughout the year. In these meetings and elsewhere, the philosophy of cooperative effort has been stressed again and again. Instruction and practice have been afforded in those parliamentary procedures which expedite group action. Class advisers have provided guidance in the preparation of reports of committees and of class officers. In short, many new efforts have been directed to making the concept of the democratic way of life meaningful and dynamic in the thinking of these boys and girls. Considerable success has attended these efforts. But this task is one of no mean proportions. The work will continue.




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