Greensboro (Guilford County, N.C.) city directory, 1942, Part 1

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PHIL R. CARLTON, Inc. SERVICE REAL ESTATE - RENTS - INSURANCE - BONDING


CARLTON BUILDING Opposite Court House Phone 8157


1872 - "Three Generations of Service"


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Contractors' Equipment and Supplies


SMITH-COURTNEY COMPANY


Machinery


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239-241 S. Davie St., Tels. 4558-4559


GREENSBORO, N. C .- RICHMOND, VA .- HICKORY, N. C.


Sporting Goods


ODELL


De Voe Paints


Corbin Hardware HARDWARE CO.


Barretts Roofing


Phone 4171


"The Carolinas' Greatest Hardware House


GEO. W. KANE


GENERAL CONTRACTOR


603 Jefferson Standard Building Dial 4239


Follow The Building of The Pyramid


"A Pyramid of Gold Set in a Foundation of Granite"


Illustrated on Page 34, Buyers' Guide


Hanes Funeral Home, Inc. 401 West Market Street Phone 5158


MORTICIANS AMBULANCE SERVICE Day or Night


7101 PHONE


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Dry Cleaners Launderers and


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Structural Steel and Steel Products BUILDINGS, BRIDGES, TANKS, CONVEYORS, WINDOWS, DOORS, ETC. ALSO MISCELLANEOUS AND ORNAMENTAL IRON WORK


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A complete line of Contractors' Equipment and Supplies carried in stock, including:


"Rex" Concrete Mixers


"Red Edge" Shovels and Picks


"Sterling" Wheelbarrows


"Toledo" Torches


"Yellow-Strand" Cable


"Littleford" Asphalt Heaters


"Allis-Chalmers" Tractors


"Allis-Chalmers" Road Machinery "Bucyrus-Erie" Shovels "Chicago" Pneumatic Air Com- pressors "Pioneer" Rock Crushers


"Push Brooms," etc.


"Diesel" Engines


Forty-two years' experience selling Road Machinery enables us to offer you lines of EQUIPMENT that will pay you best dividends on your money invested. Call on us.


E. F. CRAVEN COMPANY


"The Road Machinery Men"


Phones 2-1187 and 2-1188


401-3 Morehead Avenue


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CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1942 XXIX


Including Bessemer, Guilford College, Hamilton Lakes, Pomona and Starmount Forest


Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide; also a


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The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.


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DIRECTORY


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GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations .24 and 25


Airports


590


Alphabetical List of Names


25


Apartment Buildings 590


Associations and Clubs-Commercial 591


Banks and Trust Companies


594


Board of Education


193


Buildings-Office and Public


598


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor.


599


Buyers' Guide


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528


Cemeteries


599


Churches


600


City Government


193


Classified Business Directory


589


Clergymen


602


Clubs


604


County Government.


200


Fire Department


194


Golf Clubs and Courses


614


Halls


616


Homes and Asylums


617


Hospitals and Dispensaries


617


Labor Organizations


622


Libraries


624


Museums


627


Newspapers


628


Parks and Playgrounds


630


Police Department


194


Post Office


479


Railroads


633


Schools-Parochial


636


Schools-Public 637


Schools, Colleges and Academies 637


Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 638


Societies-Miscellaneous 639


Societies-Patriotic 639


State Government 352


Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders 645


Tourists' Camps 642


United States Government 479


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION


Page


Page


Acme Fuel Co .. right bottom lines 4 and 15 Amos Insurance Agency .. backbone, left bottom lines and 35 Belk's Department Store


.left bottom lines and 20


Benner & Fields ..... right side lines and 49 Berry Coal Co ... left top lines and 15 Binswanger & Co Inc ... left top lines and 28 Bishop Block Service Station .left bottom lines and 4


Bloodworth Motors Inc.right side lines and 6


Blue Bird Taxi 57 Bonitz John H .... left side lines, 16 and 31 Borden Brick & Tile Co Inc .. .left top lines and 10


Brewer Paint & Wallpaper Co . right top corner cards and 48


Brooks Lumber Co ... left side lines, 16 and 45 Burtner Furniture Co.right side lines and 26 Carlton Phil R Inc ....... front cover and 35 Carolina Ins & Loan Agency 33 Carolina Steel & Iron Co B Carolina Taxi Service .. left side lines and 56 Cecil C Marvin 18


Chandler Tire Co ..... left side lines and 4 Charis Distributor of Greensboro right top corner cards and 18 Cheek B S Co 49 Cheek J C Letter Shop .. left side lines and 43 City Welding & Spring Service Co .. .right side lines and 58 Class John F Vapo-Path Baths right top corner cards and 9 Clegg-King Motor Sales .. right side lines and 6 Clover Brand Dairies Inc .. right side lines and 19


Coble H L . back cover, left bottom lines and 17 Coble Sporting Goods Co.


Colonial Ice Co. .right side lines and 56


.right side lines and 15 Columbia Laundry Co .. right top lines and 41 Craft Floyd Hugh 37 Craven E F Co C Lassiter J Hal .right top lines and 12


Crawford W N & Co


.. right bottom lines and 37


Daly Geo F Inc. .left top lines and 6 Dick John R.right top corner cards and 30 Dick's Laundry Co ... front cover and 41 Dixie Fire Ins Co of Greensboro. 36 Love & Co .right side lines and 44 Lowman Motor Co ... left side lines and 7 Matlock Thos L ...... right top lines and 2 53


Dixie Lumber Co . ... right top lines and 45


Dixie Sales Co .right side lines and 7 Dockery Lumber Co .. left side lines and 45 Doggett J A Realty & Ins Co .left side lines and 52


Duke Power Co. .back cover and 50 Ellis, Stone & Co 20 Everett, Zane & Muse 2


F & G Refrigeration Service Co .right bottom lines and 53


5 Points Service Station 4 Fleming-Shaw Transfer Co 57 Flynt Studios 49


Forbis & Murray Funeral Home Inc


.right top lines and 24


Foust Henry P .. right side lines and 38 Fry Fielding L & Co Inc .... top edge and 32 Garvin-Stone Furniture Co.


. Gate City Bldg & Loan Assn .. .right side lines and 26


Gate City Electric Co .left side lines and 10


right side lines and 22 Gate City Motor Co Inc. .bottom edge, right top lines and 5 Gate City Paint Co . 48 Good Luck Coal Co .... left side lines and 9 Greensboro Broadcasting Co Inc 51 Greensboro Coca-Cola Bottling Co .right top lines and 9


Greensboro Ice & Coal Co. .. right side lines and 15 Greensboro Motor Car Co ..


.left side lines and 6 Greensboro News Co .. left side lines and 46 Griffin J H & Sons Roofing & Sheet Metal Works 54


Guilford Memorial Park .. right bottom lines and 12 Guilford Mortgage Corp ... right top lines


Guilford National Bank


and 52


. ribbon bookmark and Y


Guilford Piano Co. . right bottom lines and 46 H & H Clothing Co .... right side lines and 12 Ham Coal Co.backbone, left side lines and 14 Hammel Wm C A .... left side lines and 36 Hanes Funeral Home Inc .. front cover and 25 Harrelson Sign Co .. left bottom lines and 55 Higgins V B Co.left top corner cards and 18 Holland Furnace Co .right bottom lines and 26


Home Detective Co Inc.left side lines and 21


Home Federal Savings & Loan Assn


.back cover, left top lines and 11


Home Industrial Bank. . left side lines and 8


Hornaday Seed Co ....


.left side lines and 55


Hunt Coal Co


16


Ideal Laundry


.right side lines and 42


Investors Syndicate .... right top lines and 39


Jefferson Standard Life Ins Co.


.front edge and A


Johnson-Cornatzer & Aulbert


.left bottom lines and 13


Jones-Lewis Furniture Co Inc


26


Justice Dry Cleaning Co


left bottom lines and 42


Kane Geo W


front cover and 17


Kay Jewelry Co ... right bottom lines and 40 Keeley Institute of N C. . left top lines and 54 Kelly Oil Co Inc ... right bottom lines and 23 King Cotton Hotel. right bottom lines and 31 Koonts Kleaning Kompany Inc.


52 Lewis F D & Son ... right bottom lines and 16 Lewis & Routh Real Estate Brokers 52 Lewis & Stevens Inc .... left side lines and 38 Lindley Nurseries Inc


46


Matthew's Grill


McLeod Leather & Belting Co.


McMasters H C


left bottom lines and 46


9


Mendenhall's Inc .. right bottom lines and 10


Merrimon Ins Agency Inc


.right side lines and 38


Meyer's Department Store .


.left top lines and 21


Miller Furniture Co Inc. . left top lines and 27


Mitchell Insurance Agency Inc ....


.left top lines and 38


Mock Judson Voehringer Co of N C Inc


right bottom lines and 31


Montaldo's


right top lines and 14


Moore & Turner


.right top lines and 53


Morrison-Neese Furniture Co


.left bottom lines and 27 N C Diner 54 New Method Laundry ..... back cover and 43 Newman Machine Co Inc. 59 North State Chevrolet Co . left side lines and 7 Odell Hardware Co .front cover, right top lines and 29 Oettinger Lumber Co Z Office Supply Co ... .back cover and 3 Patterson Bros Inc 20 Personal Finance Corp.right top lines and 43


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Pet Dairy Products Co.left side lines and 19 Phipps Hardware Co Inc.left top lines and 28 Piedmont Hardware Co


.right side lines and 28 Pilot Life Ins Co ..... right side lines and 39 Pitts J R Lumber Co 45


Pullen A M & Co 2 Pure Oil Co ..... .right bottom lines and 23 54


Puritan Cafe


Radio Broadcasting Station WBIG


.right side lines and 50 Redden Thomas Gresham Inc .front cover and 37 Rhodes Furniture Co.left bottom lines and 27 Richardson Realty Inc


right bottom lines and 53


Rierson Bros left side lines and 58


Rock Creek Dairy .left side lines and 19 Salvation Army. .... right side lines and 59 Sancton & Dickerson 40 Saslow's Inc .right top lines and 40


Schenck Paul W 33 Schiffman Jewelry Co.right side lines and 40 Sears, Roebuck & Co


Security National Bank.


.back cover, left top lines and 8


Sineath Motor Co 3 Smith-Courtney Co


.. front cover, left bottom lines and opp 644


Page South Atlantic Bonded Warehouse Corp .. left side lines and 57 Southern Converting Co Inc


.right bottom lines and 55 Southern Dairies Inc .right top corner cards and 19 Southern Exterminating Co. .left side lines and 22 Stanley Heating Co 30 Starr Raymond Inc .... left top lines and 22 Starr Thomas M ..... left side lines and 18 Stone Joseph J & Co.right side lines and 47 Strand Allen E 3 Sullivan W H Co Inc. . right side lines and 30 Swaim Lumber Co .. left top corner cards and 44


Tatum-Dalton Transfer Co 57


Truitt Mfg Co.right top corner cards and X Turner Sign Co ..... left bottom lines and 56 Tysor Realty & Mortgage Co 39 Uptown Storage Garage ... right side lines Vanstory Clothing Co .... back cover and 13 West Bros Co 10


21 Wilkerson-McFalls Drug Co Inc left bottom lines and 22


Wilkins J D Inc .. right bottom lines and 48 Wimbish Chas C .front cover and 34 Wyrick S T & Co .... right side lines and 47 Younts-DeBoe Co ... .left side lines and 14


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INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1942 edition of the Greensboro City Directory, which also includes Bessemer, Guilford College, Hamilton Lakes, Pomona and Starmount Forest.


Confidence in the continued growth of Greensboro's industry, popu- lation and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Greensboro to the world.


The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the estima- tion of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and resi- dents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Greensboro Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the com- munity.


Four Major Departments


The four major departments are arranged in the following order :-


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 527, on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Greensboro and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation. A feature of this section is the designation of the number of children under Directory-listing age in each household.


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 60, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Greens- boro and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings de- scriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize them- selves with sources of supply. In a large commercial and industrial center like Greensboro, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 589 to 644, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all busi- ness and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable cata- log of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an im- portant part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Di- rectory than through any other medium.


THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 645 to 745. In this section the named streets are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the numbered streets in numerical order; the numbers of the resi- dences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designa- tion of homes and places of business having telephones.


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INTRODUCTION


Community Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the com- munity, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as per- petual and reliable advertisements of Greensboro and vicinity.


The Greensboro Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Greensboro City Direc- tory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.


MORE GOODS


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ANY OTHER MEDIUM


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GREENSBORO "The City of Charm"; "Pivot of the Piedmont"


WORLD WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM


Statistical Review


Form of Government-Council- city manager.


Population-59,319 (1940 U. S. Cen- sus). American-born, 99.8%.


Area-18.06 square miles.


Altitude-839 feet above sea level.


Climate-Mean annual tempera- ture, 56.9 degrees F .; average an- nual rainfall, 45.65 inches.


Parks-19, with total of 425 acres.


Assessed Valuation - $92,066,212, with $1.25 new city, and $1.48 old city, per $100 tax rate.


Bonded Debt-$6,413,961.


Financial Facts-3 banks, with total deposits of $32,268,263.11 (Dec. 31, 1941), and total resources of $34,- 742,168.04 (Dec. 31, 1941). Clearings for 1941, $326,243,000. 2 building and


loan association, with total assets of $7,244,449.02 (Dec. 31, 1941).


Postal Receipts - $612,423.47 (cal- endar year 1941).


Telephones in Service-Over 15,000.


Churches-122, representing 21 de- nominations.


Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $1,903,439 (1941).


Industry-Chief industries of city and county: Manufacturing and agri- culture, 252 manufacturing establish- ments and service industries, employ- ing 25,176 workers, paying wages of $19,607,164 annually, and having products valued at $88,993,154 an- nually. Principal manufactured prod- ucts: Denims, flannels, overalls, silk and cotton hose, fertilizers, cigars, machinery, pajamas, elastic fabrics, silk and rayon dress goods, millwork, sewer pipe and building tile.


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Trade Area-Retail area has ra- dius of 50 miles, and population of approximately 1,000,000.


Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 2 weeklies.


Hotels - 14, with total of 1,000 rooms.


Railroads-2: Southern and At- lantic & Yadkin.


Highways-U. S. 29, 70, 220 and 421. Also 7 hard-surfaced State highways.


Airports-Greensboro-High Point Airport nearby. 8 planes daily.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 2,800 persons. 7 mov- ing-picture theatres, with total seat- ing capacity of 6,000 persons. 1 le- gitimate theatre, with seating capac- ity of 1,540 persons. 3 golf courses.


City Statistics-Total street mile- age, 271, with 137.5 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 106; sewers, 203. Num- ber of water meters, 11,317; electric meters, 22,156; gas meters, 4,719. Capacity of water works (munici- pal), 12,000,000 gallons; daily av- erage pumpage, 5,187,000 gallons; miles of mains, 179.3; value of plant, $3,870,266. Fire department has 71 men, with 5 stations and 13 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $1,300,000. Po- lice department has 87 men, with 1 station and 18 pieces of motor equip- ment.


History


GUILFORD COUNTY: Settled by Ulster Scots, English and Welsh, Qua- kers and Germans, principally be- tween 1750 and 1770. The county was established in 1771, formed from


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Hospitals-5, with total of 350 beds.


Education-Institutions of higher learning include Woman's College of University of


North Carolina, Greensboro College, Bennett College (c), Agricultural & Technical College of North Carolina (c), and Immanuel Lutheran College (c). 22 public schools, including 2 senior high and 4 junior high. 2 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 10,168; in parochial, 238. Number of teachers in public schools, 338; in parochial, 9. Value of public school property, $4,500,000; parochial, $30,- 000; college, $7,685,000. 9 institutions of higher education in county, with 4,000 to 4,500 students. 45 urban pub- lic schools.


Public Libraries-3, including branches, with total of 150,000 vol- umes (including college libraries).


parts of Orange and Rowan counties and named after Frederick (Lord North), Earl of Guilford. 624 square miles. Population, 153,916 (1940 U. S. Census).


GREENSBORO: County seat, chartered 1808, located in exact geo- graphic center of county; named for Gen. Nathaniel Greene, hero of the Battle of Guilford Court House. Com- prises 18.06 square miles. U. S. Cen- sus figures show steady growth: 1890, 3,317; 1900, 10,035; 1910, 15,- 895; 1920, 19,861; 1930, 53,569; 1940, 59,319. American-born, 99.8%. 27% Negro.


POINTS OF HISTORIC INTER- EST: Battleground National Park on site of the Battle of Guilford Court House. Here Gen. Greene so crippled Lord Cornwallis that he was


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UNION RAILROAD STATION


forced to surrender at Yorktown. Generally regarded by historians as the "turning point of the Revolu- tion." Maintained as a national park. Historical museum and many monu- ments of battle heroes on grounds, including that of Gen. Greene, Win- ston, Caldwell, and the famous "giant," Peter Francisco.


Birthplace of O. Henry (Wm. Syd- ney Porter), internationally-famous short-story writer. Bronze tablet on Masonic Temple identifies the loca- tion. O. Henry exhibits at Public Library, O. Henry Hotel, and Mann's O. Henry Drug Co., 121 S. Elm St.


Dolly Madison's well-identified by bronze marker near Guilford Col- lege.


Birthplaces of Dr. David and Ra-


chael Caldwell, identified by bronze markers on Friendly Road.


Greensboro Historical Museum on Cypress Street-first building south of Aycock School.


Government


Assessed valuation of all property in Guilford County, $177,333,697. Tax rate, $.75 per $100 (1940). Total population, 1940 Census, 153,916 (largest in state).


Guilford County is administered by a commission of five elected at large. It is generally regarded as one of the best-managed counties in the state, being frequently pointed to as a model by the North Carolina Insti- tute of Government.


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GUILFORD COUNTY COURT HOUSE, GREENSBORO


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Greensboro, county seat, is admin- istered by a non-partisan council of seven nominated by districts elected at large. The council employs a full-time experienced city manager. For many years the council has been composed of successful business and professional men of demonstrated capacity in their private undertak- ings.


The council has directed municipal affairs upon well-established busi- ness principles uninfluenced by par- tisan political considerations. Good management is reflected in nation- ally-recognized superiority in public health administration; reduction of fire losses and low insurance rates; the salability of municipal bonds; low tax rate (according to Nation- al Municipal Review, Greensboro's tax rate was lowest in U. S. or Canada among cities of 50,000 to 100,000 population); efficient police protection; unusually good water supply; clean, well-paved streets; modern sewerage and sanitation facilities. These and other evidences of good government have given to the city an atmosphere of enterprise and well-being which causes it to be enthusiastically pointed out as "a good town." Assessed valuation of property in Greensboro, $92,066,212.


Old city tax rate, $1.48; new city tax rate, $1.25.


Education


GUILFORD COUNTY has nine in- stitutions of higher education, with approximately 6,000 students. Fifteen modern consolidated rural public high schools and 45 urban public schools; total enrollment, approx- imately 35,000.


GREENSBORO: The Woman's College, University of N. C., ranks high among liberal arts colleges in America. Founded in 1891. Ad- vanced schools of music, art, dra- matics, home economics, physical education and secretarial science. Grants bachelor of arts and science degrees and offers graduate work. Dr. W. C. Jackson, dean.


GREENSBORO COLLEGE (Meth- odist): For 100 years has been highly regarded as a liberal arts school for young women. Music, dramatics, and cultural courses lead- ing to bachelor degrees. Dr. Luther Gobbel, president.




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