History of Stearns County, Minnesota, Volume II, Part 102

Author: Mitchell, William Bell, 1843-
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago : H. S. Cooper
Number of Pages: 1110


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District Number 105, where schoolhouse is located on the northeast corner of sec- tion 32, was organized in 1875. George Arnold, John Arnold and Christ Pallansch were the first school officers. Nicholas Schmit, later county surveyor, was the first teacher, his enrollment numbering about twenty pupils. The first building stood about one mile west of the present location. At present the enrollment num- bers seventy children. Teachers who fol- lowed Mr. Schmit were J. H. Bold, Jacob L. Hohmann, John Weyrens, John Fisch- bach, John H. Pallansch, Joseph Bold, Wil- liam Bold, Math Weyrens, Nicholas Steichen, James Lemm, John B. Maus, Ed- ward Arnold, John Walz, Josephine Stein, Caroline Hartz, Hannah Batz, Elizabeth Ungers, Susan Lahr and Clara Fischer. Ed- ward Arnold, who later taught this school and who is now principal of the school at New Market, Minn., attended here when a boy. Emil Enderle, cashier in a Watkins bank, and Henry Kremer, teacher, were also pupils ..


District Number 110, known as the Died- rich school, was organized in 1879. P. S. Weyrens was the first clerk, Christ Schuetz, director, and John B. Diedrich, treasurer. The teachers were John Wey- rens, Nicholas Schmit, Robert L. Abbot, Peter Befort, John A. Jacobs, N. K. Stein, Peter Weyrens, H. W. Lembeck, John A. Schritz, Ben Lemm, John Ivetz, John Walz, Nicholas Maus, Charles Schmit, Peter L. Danzl, P. J. Weber, Philip P. Lemm, Henry Lembeck, Mary C. Burns, Joseph Kruchten, Math A. Schmitt, Jennie Lacher, Max Grave, W. F. Kuehnl and Edna Brown.


District Number 134, known locally as the Richter school, was organized in 1887. Math Esplan was the first director, Henry B. Moeller, treasurer, and Michael Nies, clerk. Mr. Nies has held his office contin- ually for twenty-seven years. The teach- ers were Michael S. Weyrens, Joseph Poll- mann, Math N. Koll, Lena Turk, Hubert J. Miller, John A. Schreifels, Carl Schmit, Louisa Muggli, Joseph Lahr, Henry Lem- beck, Barney Eschpeter, James Jungels and Christine Moser. In 1908 a new, mod- ern schoolhouse, with a full basement, was erected, which has been fully equipped for the special state aid.


District Number 50, lying in the south- eastern part of the township, was organ-


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ized in 1892. The first officers were Mi- chael Noehl, John Koch and Frank Rausch. The teachers employed were Anna Stein, Caspar Loesch, Jacob Doetzel, John Jun- gels, John Weber, John B. Maus, John A. Maus, John Lang, Math Hurth and Henry Weismann.


District Number 190, the school in the village of St. Nicholas, was organized in 1901. John Theisen, John Stommes and Theodore Bachmann were the first school officers. Joseph B. Himsl, later county at- torney and judge of probate, was the first teacher. In the absence of a schoolhouse, instruction was first given in a small room above the sanctuary of the Catholic church, sixty pupils being enrolled. Other teach- ers were W. F. Kuehnl, Anna M. Karels and Sophia Kranz.


Lynden Township .- The first school in the township of Lynden was taught by J. K. Kingsbury of Vermont, in the winter of 1858 to 1859, in a shanty which had been erected for a groggery. This stood just outside the corporate limits of the village of Clearwater, in Stearns county. The fol- lowing summer a schoolhouse was erected near this grog shop, the funds being raised by private subscription. Marietta Vorse was the first teacher. School was regu- larly taught for a number of winters, but unfortunately only a few names of the teachers employed are known. These are J. Colgrove (father of P. P. Colgrove, Ph. D .. ), W. T. Rigby and A. C. Powers. Many years later the territory became a part of the Clearwater independent district and the schoolhouse was moved away and used as a town hall.


District Number 153, the Weyrauch school about three miles west of Clear- water, was organized in 1869. It was known as District Number 50 at the time, and embraced a smaller area than at pres- ent. However, in 1890 the people living in sections 19, 20, 29 and 30, which land was then a part of the independent district of Clearwater, desired to leave the latter or- ganization and become a part of District Number 50. This could not be accom- plished by set-off petitions, unless by most tedious proceedings requiring several years for completion, so a petition was pre- sented to the county commissioners, pray- ing for the organization of a new district, comprising all of District Number 50 and


the sections above mentioned. Being a new district, it must be given a new num. ber, the next in order at the time being 153. In this manner Number 50 became vacant and was assigned to a new district organized in 1892, which has been de- scribed in Luxemburg township. The first school officers of this district were D. D. Storms, A. B. Darling and Robert Lyons. Ellen Fuller was the first teacher, thirty pupils attending. At that time the school- house stood one mile south of the present location. When the district was enlarged, as already related, a new site was acquired and the new building, of brick, was erected on the present location. Some of the teachers employed were Emma Laughlin, D. D. Storms, Emma Walker, Calvin Whit- ney, Susan S. Storms, Aggie Mulholland, Fannie Locke, Addie B. Pinney and Miss Whittemore. Mr. Storms taught the school during four different terms and Miss Laughton was also employed for three separate years. This completes the list of teachers employed from the organization of the district up to 1877. After that year no records are available up to 1903, when John O'Ryan was employed. He was fol- lowed by Edward Mensinger, Bernard Win- kelmann, Josephine Stein, Henry Moeller, Edward Schmidt, Jacob L. Hohmann and Julia Vorpahl.


District Number 78, known as the Mooney school, was organized in the fall of 1869. H. G. Carlisle, Peter Valley and D. D. Miller were the first school officers. Francis Mooney, still living on a farm in the district, was the first teacher. At that time the schoolhouse stood on the south- west quarter of the northeast quarter of section 19, about one mile north of the present location. Thirty pupils attended. The present school site was acquired by condemnation proceedings after a strenu- ous fight in which the old site was twice selected by vote of the people. A com- promise for the present location was finally effected. Some of the teachers were Flor- ence Coates, Mary Connelly, Frank Sias, Mary Wolf, Ella McBride, Elsie Raymond, Mary Kelley, Anna Carey, Anna Masuch, Sarah Tessendorf and Glee V. Boldan.


District Number 169 was organized in 1893. George Stokes was the first director, F. J. Ponsford, treasurer, and Robert Lyons, clerk. Twenty-three pupils were enrolled,


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which number has steadily decreased since then. Hattie Stokes and Katherine Mur- phy, who later became teachers, attended this school. The teachers employed were Alice Ponsford, Jennie Barrett, Mary Ross, Sybil Clark, Nat Smith, Maud Smith, Julia O'Brien, Pearl Z. Linn, Theresa Godfrey, Alma Smith, Lola Brown, Wiley Warrick, Anna Proesch, Emma Lee, Minnie Boldan, Blanche Biggerstaff, Nellie White, Flora Murray, Effie Wolhart, Anna Zack, Mary Schwartz, Kathleen Hall, Hazel Phillipps and Irma Jones.


Melrose Township .- The first school in the township of Melrose was taught in what is now District Number 41, more gen- erally known as the Stewart school, situ- ated about three miles west of the city of Melrose. This district was organized in 1861, the school officers being Messrs. Doe, Taylor and Lindbergh. The first school was in a log building, which stood about three-fourths of a mile east of the present location. Originally this district comprised a large area, and remained a large one even after the Melrose district was organized. However, when District Number 165, which joins it on the north, was established the size and shape of the parent organization were so much altered that the location of the schoolhouse had to be changed. A new school building was erected, which is still being used. The first teacher was Mary Stiles, and among her pupils were Myron D. Taylor, later judge of the Seventh Judicial district and at present a commissioner of the supreme court of the State of Minnesota, and Charles A. Lindbergh, now and for many years member of congress from the Sixth congressional district. Dr. Oakford Kells, a prominent physician, and Luke Kells, a well-known attorney, also attended this school in their boyhood. Other pupils who later became teachers were Madge Kells, Marie Kells, Margaret Flahevan, Julia Foreman, Mayme Pallansch, Bertha Dodd, Nellie Graham and Alice Graham. Unfor- tunately only a few names of teachers em- ployed could be learned. These are Jennie Stabler, Sarah Faucet, Mary Bradley, Cora Bisbee, Isabella Duncan, Minnie Dobbs, Katie Allen, Maggie Nugent, Thomas Fla- haven, Thomas Lynch, Agnes Hansen, Madge Kells, Edward Dubois, Earl Ecken- rode, Mayme Donohue and Alice Graham.


District Number 73, whose building is known for many miles around as the Red Schoolhouse, was organized in 1869. C. W. Taylor, Frank Kent and George Grin- nell were the first school officers. The first school was taught by Alfred Town- send, fourteen girls and six boys attend- ing. Other teachers employed were Sylvia L. Townsend, Celestine E. Connor, Char- lotte Chance, Ada Von Valkenburg, Mrs. Anna R. Whitney, Carrie Foote, Thomas Davis, Bridget Collins, Susan Buchanan, Maggie Carr, Lizzie Collins, Faustina Den- nis, Gertie Miner, Lois Wheeler, Fannie Farrington, Anna Harmann, Frank Far- rington, Emily Hinkston, Carrie W. Bar- ton, Alice Galusha, Robert F. May, E. R. Lynch, Mary Hannan, Anna S. Christen, M. E. Hayford, Hugh Battenberg, Theo- dore Thielen, Anna McNulty, Erdina Small, Catherine Flahaven, Clara Jacobson, Anna Kennedy, N. Hilger, Fred Walz, Frank Herzog, Clara Sandbrink, Cecilia Betten- burg, Eulalia May and Martha Ziska.


District Number 164, whose schoolhouse is located on the southeast corner of sec- tion 13, was organized in 1893. John Rit- ter, Stephen Petermeier and John Terwey were the first school officers. A. C. Seifert taught the first term of school, seventeen pupils attending. Other teachers were Josephine Wimmer (who taught the school for six consecutive years), Sophie Kranz, Claire Christen, Louise Zenner, Clara Sand- brink, B. J. Herzog, Frank Herzog, Anna Schultenover and Anna Sandbrink.


District Number 165. called the Flahaven district, was organized in 1893. The first officers were John Flahaven, director; Henry Tiemann, treasurer, and George Rehkamp, clerk. Kate Wimmer was the first teacher, nineteen pupils attending. On the evening of December 5, 1901, the schoolhouse was destroyed by fire, but the erection of a new one was begun immedi- ately. The other teachers employed were Nicholas M. Phlepsen, T. J. Bentfield, Fred Christen, Kasper P. Loesch, Mary Krick, Henry J. Adrian, Nicholas Schmitz and Theodore Schulte.


District Number 187, known as the Hin- nenkamp school, was organized in 1900. The first officers were Joseph Niehaus, Bernard Hinnenkamp and Hermann Hin- nenkamp. Miss Hattie Himsl, now Mrs. J. P. Goetten of St. Cloud, was the first


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teacher, fifty-four pupils attending. The Rev. Father Hinnenkamp, pastor of the Irish Catholic church at Sauk Centre, at- tended this school when a boy. The other teachers employed in this district were Sophie Kranz, Frank Raab, Andrew Bauer, John Schwegler, Rose Rauch, Clara Sand- brink, and Anna Sandbrink. Miss Rauch later joined the Order of Franciscan Sis- ters at Little Falls, where she died in 1914.


Millwood Township .- District Number 89, also known as the Birch Lake and the Coe district, was organized in 1872. The school officers were Henry Coe, John Roth- well and George Arbuthnot. Anne Whit- ney was the first teacher. A log building was used and fifteen pupils attended. Other teachers were Ella Doty, Carrie Foote, Bridget Collins, Nellie Stone, Charles Litchfield, Jack McKenney, Lois Wheeler, Mary Hingston, Emma Reynolds, Kate Flahaven, Emma Bass, Maggie Bachmann, Jennie Campbell, Madge Murphy, Berdine Eldred, Maymie Donohue, Marie Jarvis, Martha Hurley, Floy Maguinn, Frances Spieker, Minnie Stanger, Esther Rembert and Fleurine Miller.


District Number 95, known as the Wens- mann district, was also organized in 1872. Henry Bergmann was the first director, Barney Barthle, clerk, and George Heide- gerker, treasurer. Bernardine Borgmann, now Mrs. John Hoeschen of Los Angeles, California, was the first teacher. School was taught in a little log building, unplas- tered and unpainted, containing a few long benches, a piece of blackboard and an old box stove. There was no well near the schoolhouse and the children were obliged to get their drinking water out of a small lake near by. Conditions were greatly changed for the better, however, in 1886, when a new schoolhouse, the present frame structure, was erected. Among the pupils who later attained prominence were A. H. Klasen, later judge of probate, and the Rev. Hermann, O. S. B., Prior of the St. Jolin's Abbey at Collegeville, this county. The teachers employed after Miss Borg- mann were Barney Barthle, Quirin Brady, Sylvester Weyrens, Anthony Joseph, Henry Klasen, George Haupt, John B. Harren, Victor Himsl, Andrew Kessler, Louis Gum- per, Joseph Wichmann, N. J. Harren, John Winkler, Mary Buttweiler and Philomena Harren.


District Number 94, frequently alluded to as the Himsl district because J. B. Himsl taught the school for a number of years, was organized in 1873. Unfortunately no early records are available, although it was at one time a very large district and had a large school population. The first school- house was a log building, situated about eighty rods north of the present site. Later a frame structure was erected which was moved to the present site. It soon proved too small for the large enrollment and was replaced by a larger building. The old schoolhouse is at present used as a dwelling for the teacher. Some of the teachers were J. B. Himsl, A. H. Klasen, Leonard Kremers, Joseph Gumper, Jacob L. Hohmann, Max Grave, Elizabeth Ungers, Michael Weyrens, Mary Schroeder and Anna V. Monn.


District Number 183, the Green Valley school, was organized in 1899. Hermann Ostendorf, Anton Schulte and Edward At- kinson were the school officers. Jacob Jacobs was the first teacher, being fol- lowed by Hermann Ricker, who still holds the position, this being his twelfth year. In 1914 Mr. Ricker was appointed post- master at Freeport by President Wilson.


District Number 194, the school at St. Rosa, was organized in 1901. Henry Rohe was elected clerk, Gerhard Arnzen, direc- tor, and Bernard Stoermann, treasurer. School was first taught in the basement of the new Catholic church then under construction. J. B. Himsl was the first teacher, thirty pupils being enrolled. The number of pupils has greatly increased since then, so that the erection of a two- room school building is being considered. Other teachers were Peter Stadtherr, Henry Stoetzel, B. A. Herzog and W. F. Kuehnl.


District Number 204, in the northeastern part of the township, was organized in 1909. The first school officers were Feodor Feierabend, A. Bergmann and H. M. Math- ews .. Anna M. Laughlin was the first teacher. Her successors were Elizabeth Cassidy, Esther Rodean, Ida Spencer and Stella Rassier.


Munson Township .- The first school in this township was taught by Henry Klos- termann in the village of Richmond. The building used was a log structure, origi- nally intended for a church. This was in


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the winter of 1859-60. It was a private school, the teacher's salary being raised by subscription. The district was organ- ized in 1862 and Mr. Klostermann contin- ued in the public school for several years, the same building being used. It was des- ignated as District Number 1 of the town- ship of Munson, but shortly after it was changed to Number 20. The attendance grew rapidly, and assistant teachers were employed as they were needed. The school was placed on the state graded list in 1903. Six teachers are employed at present. Fol- lowing Mr. Klostermann the following teachers were engaged: William Lenz, Robert Mockenhaupt, Anton Moosbrugger, Henry Emmel, Lucas Gertken (who taught in this school for thirty-one years), Phillip Goerger and Andrew Weber. Some of the assistants were John Jacobs, Philipp Lemm, Margaret Weber, Mary Tschumper- lin, Bertha Pallansch, Mayme Stangl, Au- gusta Reinhard and Mary Mimbach. In 1906 Sisters of the Order of St. Benedict took charge of the lower rooms.


District Number 71, the Rothstein school about three miles west of Richmond, was organized in 1864. Mr. Rothstein and Mr. Kost were members of the first school board and the first teacher was either a Mr. Maleiski or a Mr. Hasbrouck. The en- rollment then numbered over fifty pupils, which has steadily decreased ever since, only thirteen children being enrolled at the present time. Other teachers employed were Joseph P. Kruchten, Katherine M. Sauer, Mathilda Wimmer, M. S. Weyrens, Lucas Lembeck, Martin J. Jahn, Magdalen Eshpeter, Philipp Lemm, Pauline Ahles, Clara Barker, Victoria Glatzmaier and Su- san Lahr.


District Number 154, the Engelhard school four miles northwest of Richmond on the Farming road, was organized in 1890. The first school officers were John Ressermann, Jacob Engelhard and George Engelhard. August Richter was the first teacher, thirty pupils attending. Other teachers were Lucas Lembeck, John C. Heim, Jacob L. Hohmann, Henry Engel- hard, M. S. Weyrens, Michael Lutgen and John Jacobs.


District Number 163, known as Old Ros- coe, was organized in 1892. Martin Ley, Lambert Knese and Thomas Zaczkowski were the first school officers. Math J.


Hammes, now of Searles, N. D., was the first teacher, the present building being used. The other teachers employed were Barney Reiter, Frank Bock, Lena Maehren, Charles Lake, Kate Hilger, Marion Killian, Mathilda Lemm and Edith Hartel. A cot- tage for the use of the teacher was pro- vided a few years after the district was organized, but it stood untenanted for sev- eral years. It was entirely destroyed in the spring of 1913 when a bolt of lightning crashed through the building less than a minute after the children had left it after playing there during recess. Not a sound timber was left in the entire structure.


District Number 172, known as the Fien- hage school, about four miles west of Rich- mond on the St. Martin road, was organ- ized in 1894. Frank Fienhage, Joseph Schefers and Adolph Ressemann were the first school officers. John Meyer, now of Golden Valley, N. D., was the first teacher. Other teachers were Barney J. Korte, Ber- nard Willenbring, Nicholas Maus, Henry B. Haehn, Elizabeth Kamp, George Gug- genberger and John O'Ryan.


Maine Prairie Township. - The first school in this township was taught by Mrs. Alonzo Spaulding at her residence in the summer of 1857. It was a private ven- ture, a small tuition being charged. In 1859 District Number 28, known locally as the Atwood school, was organized. No schoolhouse was available for the first year, so Horace Greely offered a room in his residence. Marie Boobar of Fair Haven was the teacher. She boarded at the home of a Mr. Leavitt and a breaking plow fur- row was turned for her convenience in making the trip. This was the nucleus of what later became known as the "School- maam's Road." During the winter of 1859-60, however, the men living west of Pearl Lake cut logs and hauled them while there was yet snow upon the ground, and in the spring a log schoolhouse was erected on Martin Greeley's farm on the west side of the lake, Mr. Greeley donating the land on which the schoolhouse stood. The building was 16 by 25, chinked with clay, the several families providing their chil- dren with seats. Carrie Hicks, later Mrs. William L. Heywood, was the first teacher. In 1870 the site was changed to the pres- ent location a little to the southeast of Pearl Lake, where school was first held in


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an old frame shack. The present structure was erected in 1871. Ella Smith, one of the first to graduate from the St. Cloud normal school, was the first teacher in this new building. Some of the pupils of this school, who later attained prominence were M. F. Greeley, member of the state legis- lature in 1892; C. L. Atwood, president of the Security State Bank, St. Cloud, and E. W. Atwood, proprietor of a large book store in St. Cloud. Other teachers em- ployed in this school were Elizabeth Rice, Philena Fields, Ella Clark, Ida Watkins, Maggie Biggerstaff, Evelyn McKenney, D. E. Meyers, A. B. Stickney, Bertha Clark, John B. Statz, Clara Engels, Mary Jacobs, Olivia Bechtold, Alma Hanlon, Julietta Grossmann, Margaret Schommer, Anna Masuch and Mary Maus. At the 1913 state fair the first, second and third prizes for relief maps of South America were awarded pupils of this school.


District Number 29, known as the Ham- ilton school in the early days, was organ- ized in 1861. The first schoolhouse used was what was then known as a balloon shanty, i. e., a structure built of boards or slabs nailed vertically to a loose frame work. The building was rudely furnished, and it is said that for the first few years it was impossible to keep it warm so that the children suffered great hardships in their quest of learning. Later the building was encased with more closely fitting sid- ing, which greatly improved it. In 1876 a special meeting was held at which a new site, the present location, was selected. This is only a short distance from the orig- inal site. The sum of $400 was voted for a new building and the old one was sold for $95.50. This figure finds a parallel in other corresponding values offered at a meeting in 1881 at which the sum of nine- ty-five cents was allowed for cleaning the schoolhouse, and $1.50 for whitewashing the walls. At the same meeting the con- tract was let for building a fence around the school grounds, the specifications call- ing for seasoned white oak posts, boards to be square edge, with six nails in a board, with a hardwood or tamarack pole on top. The contract was let for $11. The first school was taught by a Mr. Dean of Fair Haven, who was followed by Julia Hicks. Another early teacher was E. W. Atwood (father of Clarence L. and E. W.


Atwood of St. Cloud), who taught this school for several terms. The hiring of teachers was not gone about in a haphaz- ard way. In the early days the monthly wages were governed by the attendance, one contract placing them at $28 per month if the daily attendance averaged twenty pupils, and $26 if it fell below. Some of the other teachers employed in this district were A. D. Doane, Nellie Kim- ball, Mabel Hamilton, Mrs. Julia Hulst, Evelyn McKenney, May Greeley, Kate A. Campbell, Eliza Greeley, J. A. Vye, Mi- chael M. Bormann, Addie Cossairt, Ethel M. Parsons, Jennie Perkins, Edith Patti- son, Arthur Buzzle, D. W. Spaulding, Cath- erine A. Mitchell, Clara Shoemaker, Cora Mathison, Ivy Boobar, Marie Walker, Alma Proesch, Maude H. Clement, Mary Hey- wood, Marie Heid, Sarah Ryan, Susan Ras- sier, Frances Mockenhaupt and Hazel An- derson.


District Number 30, known locally as the Farwell school, was organized September 7, 1861. The original area comprised eleven sections; however, this has been considerably reduced since. Unfortunately none of the early records are available and but little is known of the beginnings of this district. In 1861 thirty pupils were enrolled and the apportionment received from the state was $5.52. In 1863 and 1864 the number of pupils did not materially in- crease, but in 1866 the district was enti- tled to the state apportionment for 79 pu- pils. Some of the teachers employed in this school were Guy Moss, Mrs. R. R. Sweet, Mabel Cornell, Vernie Caylor, Mary Heywood, Bessie Jones, Mary Tierney, Helen Riordan, Alice Kenevan, Horace B. Chilson, Macie French, Blanche Phelps, Ruth Ritchie and Addie Johnson.


District Number 32, known as the Brown district, lies mostly in that part of Maine Prairie township which extends into the congressional township of Fair Haven. Al- though this district was organized in 1867, a three months' term of school had been taught the preceding year in an old barn which now stands a few rods north of the present schoolhouse on the George Linn farm. At the time when it was used for school purposes it stood over a mile north- west of the present location. A Miss Lang- don was the first teacher employed in this district, i. e., in the old building. After


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the organization of the district a school- house was erected on the present site. Valora Adley, now Mrs. Bickford, of Otter Tail county, was the first teacher in the new building. The first school officers were Samuel L. Young, A. Spaulding and Barney Allen. Other teachers employed were Minnie Belknap, Mary Heywood, Ada Snow, Carrie Rogers, Carrie Heywood, W. M. Whitney, May Kielty, A. R. Adkins, Mary Street, Elizabeth Rau, Gertrude Per- kins, Rose Von Levern, Maggie Kielty, Ma- rian Ellis, Ada Perry, Mary Heywood, Grace Marshall, J. C. West, Pearl Linn, Bernice Cline, Blanche Lyons, Louise Sco- bie, Aurelia Disselkamp, Clara Kirkebon, Bessie Manwell and Adeline Schreiner.




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