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The State convention was held in Norristown in 1908. Auxiliary societies were formed. The Plymouth Meeting Suffrage Club organized June 21, 1905, at the home of Mrs. Helen C. Hovendon, with Miss Helen Corson Livezey, president ; Miss Martha Hovendon, secretary ; and Mrs. Albert Rubicam, treasurer. Their meetings continued until they joined the Woman Suffrage Party of Pennsylvania, May, 1915, and entered into active work with the Suffrage Party of Montgomery county. The last officers of the club were: President, Mrs. George Corson; record- ing secretary, Miss Emily Corson ; corresponding secretary, Miss Martha M. Hovendon; treasurer, Mrs. H. Oscar Young.
The Norristown and Collegeville Association was formed in 1905, with: President, Mrs. Mary R. Livezey; vice-president, Mrs. Mary S. Landes; recording secretary, Mrs. Martha E. Platt; corresponding sec- retary, Miss Ellen L. Thomas; treasurer, Mrs. Sarah H. Longstreth. This association remained active until May 8, 1919. The officers at this time were: President, Miss Katharine Preston; vice-president, Miss
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Helen E. Richards; secretary, Miss Nancy C. Cresson; treasurer, Mrs. Sarah H. Ross.
The County Association after twenty-five years of successful work disbanded May 23, 1913. The officers at that time were: President, Miss Ellen L. Thomas ; vice-president, Mrs. Mary R. Livezey ; recording secretary, Mrs. Ada F. T. Dean; corresponding secretary, Miss Martha M. Hovendon ; treasurer, Miss Anna B. Thomas.
The Woman Suffrage Party of Montgomery County was formed in 1913, with the following board of officers: Chairman, Mrs. J. Howard Brown, Ardmore; vice-chairmen, Mrs. George Corson, Plymouth Meet- ing ; Mrs. Mrs. A. M. Snyder, Ardmore ; treasurer, Mrs. James E. Barnes, North Wales; recording secretary, Mrs. James B. Marshall, Noble; cor- responding secretary, Miss Anna Mitchell, Ardmore. The party organ- ized for work in the four legislative districts of the county, with Mrs. W. M. Gehman, Jr., of Cynwyd, leader of the First District; Mrs. Car- rie S. Childs, of North Wales, leader of the Third District; and Mrs. Storb, of Pottstown, leader of the Fourth District. Meetings were held regularly for information and instruction of workers. Leaders further organized the boroughs and townships of their districts, and to each district was assigned a quota of money to be raised to meet the expense of county and of State work. Mrs. Brown as county leader was suc- ceeded by Mrs. A. M. Snyder, of Ardmore, and Mrs. C. W. Young, of Fairview.
The party continued active work until the passage of the National Amendment granting suffrage to women, and dissolved their organiza- tion March 6, 1920, when most of the women active in the party joined the League of Women Voters. Mrs. C. W. Young was president at this time and Miss Margaret P. Saunders treasurer.
The Montgomery County League of Women Voters was organized in Norristown, October, 1920. The League has for its object, "By informa- tion and education upon public questions, the principles and policies of political parties, and the qualifications of candidates for public office, to help make the woman's vote an intelligent factor in government." The first officers were: Chairman, Mrs. Herman S. Swartz, of Wynnewood; vice-chairman, Mrs. George Rea, Ardmore; secretary, Mrs. George Blair, Wynnewood; treasurer, Miss Margaret P. Saunders, Glenside.
Branches of the League are organized through the county. They form classes to study citizenship, committees to study local conditions, and hold public meetings for information and discussion. The member- ship of the League is about 2,000. The officers are: Chairman, Miss Gertrude Ely, Bryn Mawr; vice-chairmen, Mrs. M. W. Montgomery, Wyncote; Mrs. George Vaux, Jr., Bryn Mawr; Mrs. Aaron S. Swartz, Norristown ; Mrs. Wm. H. Russell, Ambler ; secretary, Mrs. Harry Kohn, Merion ; treasurer, Miss Margaret P. Saunders; directors : Mrs. J. Spen- cer Brock, Rydal; Mrs. Harold De Lancy Downs, Conshohocken; Mrs.
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Myrtle Freas, Whitemarsh; Mrs. T. Duncan Just, Ambler ; Mrs. Harry E. Kohn, Merion ; Mrs. E. O. Kriebel, Pennsburg ; Mrs. O. F. Lenhardt, Norristown ; Mrs. Paul Tappan, Ardmore.
The Children's Aid Society-This society was organized January 6, 1885, with the following board of managers: Mrs. James Hooven, Mrs. Thomas Foster, Mrs. Henry Lutz, Mrs. Franklin Sower, Mrs. George Holstein, Mrs. Hugh McInnes, Mrs. Reuben Hoffecker. The first offi- cers of the society were: President, Mrs. George W. Rogers; treasurer, Mrs. J. K. Weaver; secretary, Miss Belle Shaw. The Society has for its aim and purposes :
(1) The permanent removal of destitute children from pauperizing influences. The Society has no institution. Each child is provided for separately by being placed in a respectable private family, country pre- ferred. This method preserves the individuality of the child, creates domestic and social ties to bind it into permanent relations with the com- munity, and ultimately relieves the public of the child's support.
(2) To prevent the needless separation of mothers from their off- spring-legitimate or otherwise. Many unfortunate mothers, without money, friends or character, are rescued by the Society from pauperism or worse, and are made self-supporting by placing each mother and child together at service in respectable families.
(3) The removal of all children over two years of age now in alms- houses throughout the State of Pennsylvania into respectable private homes. The directors do not relinquish their own responsibility, but they accept the organization known as the Children's Aid Society to assist them in finding good homes, visiting them, and supervising them after they are placed.
It is to the interest of all tax-payers to have such children taken out of the pauper class as soon as possible and absorbed into the commu- nity. To carry on this work there is needed public sympathy as well as financial support.
The Society has sixty-eight children under its care, clothing them and exercising sympathetic interest in them as they visit them in the homes procured for the children. A day nursery is also supported for children whose mothers are employed during the day. Following are the present officers and managers: President, Mrs. H. M. Bunting ; vice-presidents, Mrs. Wm. J. Elder, Mrs. Nelson C. Cressman ; recording secretary, Mrs. J. Lawrence Eisenberg ; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Charles H. Brun- ner ; treasurer, Miss Elizabeth Huston ; board of managers: Mrs. George W. Rogers, Mrs. William L. Cresson, Mrs. Ezra Brown, Miss Martha Yerkes, Miss Emma Camm, Mrs. Horace Still, Mrs. O. F. Lenhardt, Miss Imogens Sands, Mrs. Nelson C. Cressman, Mrs. C. Townley Larzalere, Mrs. Mary Cresson, Mrs. William J. Elder, Mrs. Charles U. Brunner, Mrs. Norris D. Wright, Mrs. Joseph Fornance, Mrs. Ashley P. Hunter.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union-This work was organized in Montgomery county in 1885. The following women served as the
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first officers: President, Miss Margaret Whitechurch; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Joseph L. Richards; treasurer, Miss Mary Perry. The object of the Union is the overthrow of the liquor traffic, and their motto, "For God and Home and Native Land." To teach the evil effects of alcohol on the human system has been a constant endeavor of the Union, and one important result has been securing the enactment of laws com- pelling the teaching of the same in the public schools. Another early activity was encouraging school children to open savings accounts. Mrs. Sara L. Oberholtzer was the promoter of this movement, and was super- intendent of the work; she is now the National Superintendent of Thrift in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
The departments of work in the Union cover almost every line of uplift endeavor, and are organized in six divisions: (1) Patriotic serv- ice, covering legislation, work with soldiers and sailors, relief work, moral education, child welfare, suffrage, and Americanization. (2) Na- tional organizers, lecturers, national evangelists and work among the negroes. (3) Hygiene and preventive health work. (4) Scientific in- struction in schools and colleges ; parliamentary usage, Woman's Chris- tian Temperance Union Institutes, Sunday schools, anti-narcotic and medal contests. (5) Evangelistic, Sabbath observance, mothers' meet- ings, purity in literature and art, flower mission. (6) Social meetings,. Christian citizenship, peace, international arbitration, prison work.
Following are the Unions in Montgomery county with their presid- ing officers: Bridgeport, Mrs. Elizabeth Slingluff; Bryn Mawr, Miss Lida H. Ashbridge; Cheltenham, Mrs. Barbara Milligan; Collegeville, Mrs. E. A. Warner; Conshohocken, Mrs. Ella Nace; Crestmont, Mrs. John Love (Colored Union); Jenkintown, Mrs. Mary Seymour; Lans- dale, Mrs. Emma Stewart; Norristown, Mrs. Mary R. Livezey; North Wales, Mrs. Isabel Purcells ; Port Providence, Mrs. Belle Myers; Potts- town, Mrs. A. E. Richards; Willard, Mrs. Emma B. Conrow; Willow Grove, Mrs. J. Dyre Moyer ; Worcester, Mrs. Adelaide Hoffman.
Needle Work Guild-The Needle Work Guild of America has thirty branchies in Montgomery county. The object of this Guild is to collect and distribute new, plain and suitable garments to meet the great need of hospitals, homes and other charities, and to extend its usefulness by the organization of branches. The annual contribution of two or more new articles of wearing apparel or household linen, or a donation ot money, constitutes membership in a branch. Men, women and children may become members. Any member obtaining contributions from twelve persons (or the equivalent, twenty-two articles), and one money mem- ber, becomes a director.
The Guild was organized in Philadelphia in 1885, and the first branch organized in Montgomery county was at Cheltenham, in 1891, with Mrs. Robert Ellis Thompson as president, and a collection of 249 garments
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was made for that year. In 1899 the name of this branch was changed to Wyncote; in 1922 its collection was 2151 garments. The total num- ber of garments collected in Montgomery county in 1922 was 89,286.
Following is the list of branches in Montgomery county in 1923, with year of their organization and names of presidents :
Ambler, 1893, Mrs. H. P. Barnes.
Ardmore, 1894, Mrs. William H. Gibbons; 1923, Miss Martha L. Gibbons.
Bethayres, 1913, Mrs. D. H. Dannehower.
Bryn Mawr, 1895, Miss Gertrude S. Ely.
Cheltenham, 1913, Mrs. Francis R. Taylor.
Centre Square, 1921, Mrs. Courtland S. Morris.
Conshohocken, 1894, Mrs. Charles Lukens; 1923, Mrs. George N. Highley.
Cynwyd, 1915, Mrs. Stephen B. Tily.
Fort Washington, 1902, Mrs. U. S. G. Funk; 1923, Mrs. H. Wilson Stahlnecker.
Gladwyne, 1915, Mrs. Elwood Claypoole.
Glenside, 1903, Mrs. D. B. Flower ; 1923, Mrs. Frank B. Milnor.
Hatboro, 1900, Mrs. Hannah W. Logan.
Hatfield, 1916, Mrs. Israel Pickup; 1923, Mrs. Wilson C. Moyer.
Haverford, 1891, Mrs. Charles S. Crossman; 1923, Mrs. George W. Hansell.
Jarrettown, 1896, Miss Alice S. Roberts.
Jenkintown, 1921, Mrs. William H. Fretz.
Lansdale, 1901, Mrs. H. L. S. Ruth ; 1923, Mrs. Edward C. Spring.
Narberth, 1904, Mrs. R. H. Wallace; 1923, Mrs. F. H. Hewitt.
Norristown, 1894, Mrs. N. Howland Brown.
North Wales, 1897, Miss May A. Frantz ; 1923, Mrs. George W. Haag. Pennsburg, 1921, Mrs. W. H. Hunsberger.
Pottstown, 1896, Mrs. J. H. Loomis.
Royersford, 1908, Mrs. U. S. G. Finkbiner.
Souderton, 1914, Mrs. William Crouthamel; 1923, Mrs. Arthur H. Landes.
Schwenksville, 1921, Mrs. Horace P. Keely.
Skippack, 1921, Mrs. William E. Hoke.
Spring House, 1911, Mrs. J. Cheston Morris, Jr.
West Point, 1908, Mrs. Ellwood Hoot; 1923, Mrs. Joseph Nolan.
Willow Grove, 1912, Mrs. John W. Burke.
Wyncote, 1891, Mrs. Maurice J. Hoover.
Valley Forge Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution-The objects of this Society are to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American Independence, by the acquisi- tion and protection of historical spots, and the erection of monuments ; by the encouragement of historical research in relation to the Revolu- tion and the publication of its results ; by the preservation of documents and relics, and of the records of the individual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots, and by the promotion of celebrations of all patriotic anniversaries.
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The Valley Forge Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, was organized December 17, 1894, with the following officers: Regent, Mrs. Anna Morris Holstein ; vice-regent, Mrs. Charles Hunsicker ; treas- urer, Mrs. Joseph Fornance; secretary, Miss Katharine Corson.
The activities of the chapter throughout its twenty-nine years of existence have been zealously maintained in accord with the objects of the organization. The graves of seventy-seven Revolutionary soldiers in Montgomery county are marked annually with a fresh flag. Historical markers have been erected by the chapter in the cemetery of St. James' Church, Perkiomen. A boulder of native granite, erected June 6, 1908, bears the inscription: "This stone marks the burial place of a number of soldiers who died for the cause of American Independence, 1775-1783." Ex-Governor Samuel Pennypacker made the address at the unveiling ceremonies.
June 17, 1911, by permission of the Valley Forge Park Commission, an enduring granite marker was erected on the Valley Forge Camp Ground. The inscription reads, "In memory of unknown soldiers buried at Valley Forge, 1777-1778."
June 8, 1913, a marble tablet was placed on a building at Main and Ford streets, Norristown, inscribed as follows: "Near this site, Dec. II, 12, 13. 1777, Gen'l Washington camped and crossed the Schuylkill on a bridge of wagons, at Swedes Ford, on its way to winter at Valley Forge."
In June, 1901, the chapter completed the furnishing in genuine Colonial furniture of the room in Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge, used as his bedroom.
June 19, 1916, the chapter placed a prayer desk in the Washington Memorial Chapel at Valley Forge, bearing the following inscription : "To the glory of God and in memory of Anna Morris Holstein, who in war served the nation as a nurse, and in peace preserved Washington's Headquarters."
The chapter has joined in commemorating historical anniversaries and events, notably the 100th anniversary of the borough of Norristown, the unveiling of the monument to Washington in Fairmount Park, the erection of the marker by the Montgomery County Historical Society at Pennypacker's Mills, and dedication ceremonies at the Washington Memorial Chapel.
At the time of the Spanish-American War, comforts and supplies were sent to camps and hospitals, to the needy families of men who had enlisted from Montgomery county, and to Cuban sufferers. Two mem- bers served as nurses-Miss Martha McInnes, as a volunteer nurse at Camp Meade; Miss Mary Lee, as a trained nurse at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
At the entrance of the United States into the World War, the chap- ter as a unit entered into the work of the Red Cross and allied interests. Comforts were provided for the men entering the camps and active serv-
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ice, and generous contributions were given continually. A French orphan was adopted, whose support is continued.
December 14, 1919, the chapter celebrated its 25th anniversary with a service in St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, Norristown, where the anniversary sermon was preached by Rev. H. St. Clair Hathaway. A reception and tea was given December 16; an anniversary fund of $1,000 was raised toward a Chapter House.
The active membership of the chapter is 83, the non-resident 60. The chapter received upon its enrollment, in 1896, two "Real Daughters," Cath- erine Bowden, and Lucinda Valentine, daughters of Jabez Rockwell, a drummer boy with a Connecticut regiment, who had been with the Con- tinental army at Valley Forge. The present officers are: Regent, Mrs. N. Howland Brown; vice-regent, Miss Emeline Henry Hooven; record- ing secretary, Miss Isabella Walker; corresponding secretary, Mrs. H. Wilson Stahlnecker; treasurer, Miss Marie R. Yost; registrar, Mrs. Irwin Fisher ; historian, Mrs. Irvin P. Knipe; chaplain, Miss Mary Evans. Members of the board of management in addition to the above are Miss Martha Hunter McInnes and Mrs. William H. Slingluff.
Along educational lines they give annual donations to schools scattered through the southern mountains, and they have standing com- mittees upon Americanization and Patriotic Education, Historical Re- search, and Preservation of Records.
The Merion Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, was organized February 16, 1895, for patriotic and historic work. The first regent was Mrs. John F. Develin. There were thirteen charter mem- bers, one of whom was a "Real Daughter," Mrs. Louisa Heston Paxson, daughter of Colonel Edward Heston, a noted Revolutionary soldier, and widow of John J. Paxson. She was born February 16, 1801, and died March, 1899.
Merion Chapter has erected the following historic markers in Mont- gomery county : September 14, 1896, the spot where Washington's army encamped, September 14, 1777, five days before the massacre of Paoli. This memorial stands on the old Lancaster road, just above the Merion Meeting. On April 14, 1917, a tablet marking one of the original mine- stones on the old Lancaster road, laid out in 1690. This was the sixth milestone on the road, near the present 54th street, Philadelphia. In 1919 a tablet marking the site of encampment of Georgia Continentals, August, 1777, on the lawn of St. John's Church, Bala-Cynwyd. The chapter marks the graves of Revolutionary soldiers. During the World War all members were active in every kind of war work.
The chapter has fifty-six members. Present officers: Regent, Mrs. George J. DeArmond; first vice-regent, Miss Virginia Marshall; sec- ond vice-regent, Mrs. Sterling Edmunds; third vice-regent, Mrs. El- wood Beatty.
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Federation of Woman's Clubs-The Federation of Woman's Clubs of Montgomery county includes in its organization sixteen woman's clubs. It was organized at Ardmore, November 13, 1914, to increase by cooperation the civic and educational activities of the clubs, and to make more effective their work in the community. The first officers were: President, Mrs. Leonidas Beck; vice-president, Mrs. Dudley Bartlett; secretary, Mrs. Henry D. Cranor ; treasurer, Mrs. C. C. Van Buskirk.
The clubs in the Federation function through the three departments of Education, Public Welfare and Political Science, with the sub-divi- sions of Music, Literature, Art, Home Economics, Citizenship, Legisla- tion, Child Welfare, Americanization, and Juniors. Programmes of work and study and entertainment are arranged for bi-weekly meetings in the majority of the clubs, classes in the larger clubs meeting weekly. The training women have acquired through these opportunities is refunded to their communities in a cooperative and progressive spirit, and in civic and educational effort. As organized groups, women's clubs were drawn on in the period of the late war for important duties, providing chairmen for Red Cross work, Liberty Loans, Home Service Work, local councils of National Defense, Stamp and War Chest drives, Canning Centres, curb markets, war gardens, and food administration. Strong commit- tees from their membership served and worked in every department of war work. 1923 officers: President, Mrs. Richard J. Hamilton ; vice-pres- ident, Mrs. A. Conrad Jones ; secretary, Miss Alma Walton ; treasurer, Mrs. Charles Moyer.
The Ardmore Woman's Club was the first woman's club to organize in Montgomery county, December 19, 1894, with Mrs. Sidney Pool as president, and Mrs. Fred. Spaulding secretary. In the beginning years, stress was laid upon literary work, and this took large expression in the Free Public Library established by the club, and housed in their commo- dious and attractive club house. Special attention is devoted to the chil- dren's library. Lecture courses and classes in current events are directed by the club, and from year to year the growing activities of clubs have been taken on until all departments of club work are conducted. The library did effective service during the late war in distributing literature on food conservation, war gardens, and other government bulletins, also in sending books to Gray's Ferry Hospital, League Island, and overseas. Mrs. Richard J. Hamilton and Mrs. Dudley Bartlett directed this work.
The club membership is 258. 1923 officers : President, Mrs. Henry L. Reinhold, Jr .; first vice-president, Mrs. Howard Wayne Smith; second vice-president, Mrs. William T. Abell; recording secretary, Mrs. Loftus Hollingsworth; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Charles B. Pennypacker ; treasurer, Miss Rachel McCurdy ; president junior section, Mrs. Herman Fox.
The Colony Club of Ambler was organized in September, 1912, to Mont-14
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create among women an organized center of thought and action, tending toward intellectual and social development, and to promote such public measures as shall be conducive to the welfare of the community. The club cooperates with the North Penn Community Centre and has accom- plished much civic work. It has organized the Home and School League, created a scholarship fund in the Ambler High School, contributed books to the school libraries, held classes in citizenship, and has started the Colony Club Public Library. The club has a strong leader in legisla- tive work in Mrs. T. Duncan Just, who is also chairman of legislation in the Montgomery County Federation.
The club membership is 155. Officers, 1912: President, Mrs. Thomas Atkinson; vice-president, Mrs. Alexander Knight; recording and corresponding secretary, Mrs. G. W. Rogers; treasurer, Mrs. Reese Roberts. Officers, 1923: President, Mrs. Charles C. Mehler; vice- presidents, Mrs. J. H. Thomas, and Mrs. T. Duncan Just; recording secretary, Mrs. Thomas Atkinson; corresponding secretary, Mrs. M. McVicker, Jr .; treasurer, Mrs. Oscar Stillwagon; president juniors, Miss Elizabeth Acuff.
The Woman's Club of Bala-Cynwyd was organized May 22, 1912, to create an organized centre of thought and action and to study the topics of the day. The club has a large and talented membership. It conducts a Choral Society among whose members are professional musicians. It has a strong social service department, cooperates with the schools in furnishing school lunches, has established a public library, does literary work of distinction, and is working actively for a club house. Member- ship 260. Officers, 1912: President, Mrs. Leonidas Beck ; vice-president, Mrs. Arthur Quinn ; secretary, Mrs. Clarence Gardner. Officers, 1923: President, Mrs. Isaac Kershaw ; vice-president, Mrs. J. Samuel Stephen- son ; corresponding secretary, Mrs. H. J. Kelly ; recording secretary, Mrs. Thomas Mills; treasurer, Mrs. David G. Wilson; chairman junior sec- tion, Mrs. Edgar S. Gardner.
The Woman's Club of Bryn Mawr was organized in November, 1921, to stimulate a distinct atmosphere of friendliness, to promote the general culture of its members, and to advance the general interests of the com- munity. In the two years in which this club has been organized, it is expressing its community interest by raising a scholarship fund of $300 for a girl graduate of Lower Merion High School from the Bryn Mawr School District.
The officers are: President, Mrs. Joseph H. Morris ; first vice-presi- dent, Mrs. D. W. Horn; second vice-president, Mrs. M. P. Burlingame ; recording secretary, Mrs. Ralph Allen; corresponding secretary, Mrs. E. Y. Pennell; treasurer, Mrs. H. P. Wolfe. Membership, 27.
The Civic Club of Collegeville was organized February 5, 1920, to promote the welfare of the community. It is cooperating with contribu-
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tions to the schools and fire company, and in public health work. The membership is 75.
Officers, 1920: President, Mrs. Thomas Hallman ; vice-president, Mrs. Adele T. Miller ; secretary, Mrs. J. T. Ebert ; treasurer, Miss Hattie Fet- terolf. 1923: President, Mrs. Adele T. Miller ; vice-president, Mrs. Helen Neff Tyson ; secretary, Mrs. J. T. Ebert; treasurer, Mrs. Thos. McAllister.
Woman's Club of Conshohocken, organized in November, 1897, to form an organized centre for the moral, intellectual and social advance- ment of the club and the community. Literary work was emphasized in the early years of the club, and continues to have a large share in the programs. Cooperation is given to the Visiting Nurse Association, whose inception was due to the Woman's Club, to the Free Public Library, to the Playground Association, and to the Community Centre. The club organized the Home and School Association of Conshohocken through its educational committee. Membership 130.
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