The Mail-Journal, Volume 3, Number 51, Milford, Kosciusko County, 28 January 1965 — Page 1

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VOLUME 3

Paul L Kizer Temporary Postmaster At Milford

Paul L. Kizer, Milford restaurant owner for the past' 14 years, has been named temporary postmaster at Milford.

His name was submitted to the postal department by Indiana U. S. Senator R. Vance Hartke. a move which .assurehis appointment. K.z« r re e Mor Hartke dated January 1V which states, ‘ Thss is to inform you that 1 have today recommended y»;i to the post office department for the position of acting postmaster at Milford. Ind " The recommendation . was given to Senators Hartke and Birch Bayh last week. by Kosciusko county Democratic chairman Paul Conkle when he visited their offices during the 'Presidential inauguration Wth Conkle- at the time was Wayne Bucher, precinct committeeman in Van Buren 3. who favored K zer's appointment. The a;>;>o n!men*' was recQßtlv. r<commended *m chairman Cookie by Van Buren and Jefferson township committeemen at • a meeting at the Melody Case. Take Over Feb. I Kizer will take the post held by Eugene W Felkhcr for the past twenty eight and a half years Folk net’s retirement becomes rffei at mxhiuiht Sunday. January 31 Kizer will take over Monday, Feb 1. Note: A story on Fetkner appears on page 6 of this issue. A competitive examination will be held at some future date when Kizer will compete with other applitg for the permanent post ■ Kizer, who has owned the •Melody Case in Milford 14 years on Wednesday of this week, is past president of the. Milford Lions club, past president of Kosciusko Lodge No. 418. F and A M , patron of Order of Eastern. Star No 160. past president of the Milford Chamber of Commerce and past jiresident of Local 995. (’AW Democratic Me has been precinct committeemam erf Van Buren precinct 1 for the past 12 years, and js a delegate to the state convention. He hps, attended the past (our state ritmrenFather ®t Fpar ?. . Mr Kizer is married, to the former Kalher ne Longfellow. daughter of .Mr and Mrs Fred Lonpfel-. ■ they have four children: a son Jan. at home, a son James at Greenwood, Ind . two married daughter*. Mrs Frank 'Lois' Scott of Milfdrd. hnd Mrs Robert Rita’ She; re of Dunedin. To Give Tine Test At Milford School According to a letter received by the principals .of the .Milford schools. the county health nurse, Mrs. Hugh •'Barbara > Neer, will be at the schools on' Tuesday, Feb ,2. to give the Tine test for tuberculosis. The test will be given to grades one, 'four, seven. 10, and 12. plus all tho<e wiw intend to work in 4-H booths.' have jobs this summer handling food - restaurants, drive-ins, drug stores, etc * and those working in the school cafeterias. Mrs. Neer stated in her letter “Since there is no charge to the student for this test and there is the possibility of this test not being available through my office this summer, I would suggest they take care of this matter now.” Permission Slips Permission slips were passed out on Monday, and Tuesday of this week. Parents must give consent before the .tests is administered. Therefore the slips must be retimed to the school before Tuesday

111 At Milford Pack Meeting Monday Nite . ■ ? <

A total of 111 members and parents met at the Milford fire station for the January pack meeting of the Cub Scouts. Den 4) opened the meeting with the presenting. of the colors. America’s early trailblazers was the theme used by Den 2 in presenting their skit. Dens 1 and 7 combined their talents to tell how the Indians must have greeted the first settlers arriving on the Nina, Pinta and the Santa Maria Covered wagons and muskets were some of the projects shown that were made by the boys in Den 5. The boys in Den 6 each showed a different means of communication.

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) ,—— If . - J JF <3 JE A I PAI I. L. KIZER ’ Milford March Os Dimes Solicitors J Have Been Named Mrs Forrest Rarnser. chairman I of March of Dimes for the town I •it, Milford, released the names of j ' the will lie helping her soliciting dur.ng the next twp j weeks. They will be going from [ door to door. ■ Those" assisting are Mrs. Pau! j Maffiews. Mr- Duane Sprague, j Mrs James Allen. Mrs. Don Fox. Mrs John Reptogle. Mrs. Merril ! Rink, Mrs. Joseph Gerencser, Mrs ; L.iw rence Sawyer and Mrs. Karl! Hoover Mrs Ramser stated that anyone else wishing. to help solicit may I ' contact her. COLUMBIAN READING CIRCLE MEETS WITH MRS. WUTHRICH The Columbian Reading- club ,of j Milford met at the home of Mrs Harlan Wuthrich Monday, Jan. 25. Mrs Harry Dale Doty presided | during the business meeting. | L It was announced that the county j ■ music contest will he held Febru- - Mi. Thrixrt B.nimg.iri’hT read an interesting letter from Mrs | Dorothy Williams, who teat'hes in j Guana, South Africa I Mrs Robert Auer was in charge | of the program for the evening and j of (gve's Beauty Salon in Syracuse to speak about the new hair | . styles.= I Mrs Millers theme for the eve-’ ning was' into bar.ng”, tak-1 t*n from the new "sw;n<:'-' effre: Kiir' cut Hair paxes are becoming more anil more pop- •■.' ►- , ed into many styles Decorative clips, I pins and bows will be much in evidence this season. Mrs. Miller then demonstrated r the new style of cut with the help i of her model. Mrs, Yoder During the time that Mrs Miller was ing Mrs Yoder’s hair, a lively ques , tipn and answer period was held I The hostess served refreshments ■ to the 17 members and two guests. ! Mrs Don Charlton and Miss Gloria Slabaugh. present I — —L . I SYRACUSE GIRL IN ICC CHOIR Miss Elizabeth Geible of Syracuse, j i< a member M the Indiana Central College Choir ./which will give concerts in sevenvlllmois cities and in 1 Evansville on its annual tour. Jan- ( uary 30 to February 6. } Miss Geible islhe daughter of Rev. ' and Mrs. Merrill Geible of Syracuse. 1

Cub master Neil Farrell annoync- i ed the February pack meeting I would be a family pot luck supper 1 honor of Boy Scout week. The. time and place to be announced i later. , i Bobcat pins were presented to i : the parents of Rick E. Neff and < Roger Cannoc by Bob Spearman, i They in turn presented them to their SODS. The next committee meeting wffl be February 3 in the home <rf Mr. ; and Mrs. Farrell. , i Den 6 won the trophy for having | the most parents and friends present Den 3 then closed the meet- i ing with a song. •II

Consolidation of THE MILFORD MAIL (Est. 1888) and THE SYRACUSE-WAWASEE JOURNAL (Est. 1907)

Island Chapel Men Getting Magazines For State Prison The men of Island Chapel EUB j church located in the Hastings community west'of Milford are in the i process of collecting books and mag- : azines to be taken to the Indiana i state prison at Michigan City. Kenneth Haney, r 2 Milford, is i president of the El’B men and I can supply information or answer j questions on the drive, or contact your local church. Earl Himes at North Webster, or Rev. K. E. Robin- | son at Syracuse, t Two years ago at Christmas about 125 men from the church and community took a conducted tour of the prison. They wanted to help the prisoners and were told they could send I books and magazines. Last spring with the help of the other churches in Milford a ton of good reading material was collected from the area i and taken to, the prison. With this in mind the men are ai Cain asking the community to partitciapte in their collection of maga- ; ‘zmes. Bookstand magazines may be j taken to the local churches Sunday. I Jan. 31, and -will be taken to the ■I prison w ithin a few days. Wanted are Bibles, books dealing with psychology and philosophy, sic-! tion. detective. . western, historical novels, etc.. Look, Time. Post, Na- i jtaxial Geographic. Popular lies, church-literature (denomination-.; al. papers' and a limited number ofh I farm magazines are wanted. Not wanted are newspapers, women’s magazines, and none where liquor or sex are emphasized and no school books. MRS. MOREHEAD HEADS SOROSIS CLUB Mrs Glenn Morehead was elected j president of the Sorosis club at the' meeting held Monday evening. Jan. 25. in the social room of the Milford , 1 Methodist' church.' . Mrs otto Wiggs, president, conducted the business meeting, dur-1 ' ing which time election of officers , : for the next year was held New ’officers are as follows;■ Mrs. Glenn j I Morehead, president; Mrs. Forrest i Ramser, vice president; Mrs James ‘ding secretary; Mr< Fred Johnson, assistant recording [secretary-: Mrs. Law re;:, e M ■ corresponding secretary; Mrs. Thomas Miller, treasurer: and Mrs. Jacob [Tusing, Jr., reporter. I Mrs Wiggs then turned the meet-, | ing over to Mrs C. D. Barnes, who was in charge of the program Mrs Barnes gave interesting details a- . bout state parks of Indiana and an mtiTesting description of a Hoosier. She then asked James Stuekman of Milford to show his colored slides of the Indiazuk-state parks and nearby i \ Refreshments of gingerbread ’ with whipped i cream and coffee [ Were served by Mrs. W>ggs. Mrs Allen asked each njemher to bring a piixc of glass to display at the next meeting on February 8. which j will at thefbome of Nfrs. .George Wilson Mrs Parker Pr.end will be the hostess for the February 22, meeting ' j■ • — j Milford Chamber Os Commerce To Hold Noon Meeting ' i Beginning with the February 22 meeting ot the Milford Chamber of Commerce, the organization will hold its meetings at the noon hour. The February meeting will be held I at Rtbie s This and other important busi-1 oess items were discussed by the j Chamber of Commerce members when they met Monday evening. ; It was decided to put up a sign on state highway 15 telling where the business district is. t I A lengthly discussion was held on ’ the new school for the Lakeland Community School Coropration. The I members ’thought it would be good to have the building as close to Mitford as possfoie. Officers for the new year wiH not be elected until the April meeting and will be installed at guest night to be held in May. Present officers will continue until the April meeting. . AUTO SALESMAN AT NORTH WEBSTER Don Enyeart of Syracuse, relief officer on the Syracuse police department, is an auto salesman with Lakeside Motors. Inc., located south of North Webster Enyeart was former chief of the Syracuse police department.

Location Os New Lakeland High School Should Arouse More Public Interest (Editorial) There is a notable lack of public interest in the selection of the site for the proposed new Lakeland high school. . This is evident from what little one hears in public discussions, and in the few citizens the Lakeland school corporations who attend open meetings of the school board. • To date, the board has three sites under consideration — the Kline site, Ritter site and the Sutton site. The board voted at its Tuesday evening meeting to take under consideration three possible sites on the Wayne Bucher farm, located on the Dewart road. All of these sites merit our close scrutiny. An argument can be given for or against any one of them. What is alarming is that nothing is being said especially about , any of them. Prevailing board opinion to date appears to favor the Kline site, located on the southeast corner of the old Syracuse-Webster, road and county road 1000 N. Arguing against this site is Ralph Brubaker, representing district 1 (Plain township). He told the board Tuesday night he felt this site was not near the geographic center or student center of the school .corporation. He stood alone in his presentation. The board voted to proceed with soil borings, and this may have some bearing on a final site selection. The board has been abundantly fair in asking the public to attend its meetings, and in its efforts’ to get information to the public. It is the responsibility of such groups as PT A groups to hold meetings to discuss the sites under consideration to stimulate public interest. If this is not done public interest will most certainly flag. The important site selection is something that will prevail for the next fifty years in the Lakeland community, and should be thoroughly discussed before any final judgment is made.

FLAG AT TOWN HALLS FLY’ AT HALF MAST I The flags in area town halls and post offices are being flown at half mast in honor of Sir Winston Churchill of Great Britain | who died on Sunday morning. President Lyndon B. Johnson asked that all flags fly at half mast until Saturday, the day of burial of the English statesman. Civil Defense Unit Makes Fair Plans j The Syracuse Civil Defense unit, held its regular meeting Thursday evening, Jan. 21. in the fire station. The president, Thomas Gilbert, presided. A letter was read from Mrs. Max • Ganshom, Syracuse license branch manager, enclosing a check for one half the amount received from the sale of license plates. The first four numbers were sold to the highest bidder, the money going tq the Civil Defense and fire department. The insurance for the C. D. truck I and equipment was discussed and I reports heard from the three inI surance companies. Glen Scott Earl Money were to investigate furI ther and a report will be heard at the next, meeting. The members approved the donaI tion of a trophy for the Syracuse I police and firemen’s benefit fair parade. The C. D. wiM again provide i security guards for the big tent during the night. It wa’ suggested that two guards be on duty, each night. In the past they have had one The C. D was allotted space in j the tent and a discussion was held I on the type of concession to be use It sas decided to wait until some; catalogs on concession equipment | could be obtained to decide; The C D. members were on hand at the Syracuse school on Friday and Saturday night, to park cars at the basketball games, being played there. The members approved the motion for a card of thanks to be published in the local paper to the public for its help. The C. D. will meet the third Thursday of the month, the next meeting will be February 18. Committee for the police and firemen’s fair was appointed The members are Mrs. Ralph Knisley. Mrs. Thomas Gilbert and Mrs. Charles Dean. Mr. and Mrs. Dean served refreshments of cake and coffee at the close of the business session. Present were Thomas Gilbert, president: Mrs. Charles Dean, secretary: Glen Scott, treasurer; and Mr. Dean, Mrs. Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Knisley. Miss Dorothy Causer. James Ritter, and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Schlotterback.

TIH RSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1965

To Be Installed j As Worthy Advisor Os Rainbow Miss . Deborah Money, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Earl Money of i Syracuse. will be installed as worthy ’ i advisor of the Rainbow Assemble 74, , j Ligonier, during installation services to be held at the Ligonier Masonie I Temple at 6:45 p. m. Saturday, Feb. 16. ! i Other officers will also be installed j ‘ at that time. For her installation Miss Money has chosen Miss Vickie Firestone ; from Syracuse who is a past worthy advisor. and Miss Susan Staller and . -Miss Beth Geberin from Peru Rainbow Assembly who are past and present worthy advisors from their] i assembly, to ass.si. * ■ Miss Nancy Piank and Miss Pat ■ • I Mullins will be her musician and i soloist. ' Women’s Fellowship Make Cancer Pads The Women’s Fellowship of the Y Syracuse Church of the Brethren ■held its monthly meeting at the I church Tuesday evening, Jan. 19. i The president. Mrs, Everett Darr, | presided at the business session. ! Ijflr*. Joe Baumgartner had charge I of the devotional period. The rest of the evening was spent j | making cancer pads. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Art Wagner and Mrs. Eugene Gordon to the 22 members present. Annual Report For Town of Syracuse i Published The annual report for the town * of Syracuse for the year ending December 31, 1964, is published elsewhere in this issue of the paper, . The Recapitulation of ail funds shows the cash on hand January 1, 1964. as being $68,988.27. Receipts for the year 1964 amounted to $252,068.05 while the disbursements were $275,374.26 The cash on hand December 31, 1964, was $45,652.06. Syracuse, like other towns in the county did not receive any distribution from the county auditor’s office for the December taxes until after the first of January. In the distribution the town received $21,234.05 of which $44,900 had been advanced. The report was signed by Walter Calnon, clerk-treasurer.

School Board To Consider Three Sites On Bucher Farm

Members of the Lakeland school board voted Tuesday evening to take under consideration three sites on the Dewart Lake road, all,on the Wayne Bucher - farm as the possible location of the proposed Lakeland high school. Wayne Bucher appeared before the board at the superinteixlent's office to offer any one of three parcels for sale to the board. He.said ihe was appearing after being urgI ed by friends to offer the sites to I (be school corporation. I The first site offered is on the comer of the Dewart Lake road and county road 900 N. and forty acres more or less, are in that plot of ground. Mr Bucher said he would sell the ground for $450 per acre. Xo price was put on the other two sites, both located on the west side of Dewart Lake road and to the north of the first site mentioned. To Investigate | The board approved a motion to investigate the Bucher site.x at 8 o'clock Saturday morning. 1 • The motion to view the sites was j made by member William Pearl of : District 2. The same motion asked I that ground borings at the other ! three sites uqder. prime consideration (the Kline. Sutton and Ritter sites' be made on schedule. The nx>tion was seconded by C. W. Kroh, ’ member at large. . I | AU members voted for the motion I but Ralph Brubaker of district 1. I who stated he felt the ground bor- ; ings should not proceed until the , Bucher sites are thoroughly investiI gated. He said this could prevent ; | unnecessary additional cost to the taxpayers. . At one point Mr. Brubaker termed the Bucher sites “the most beautiful sites of all?‘ Mr. Kroh said he would not vote for aey_site on the Dewart ,Lake road. ' Mr. Brubaker made aarrOtion that [the board view the/Bucher sites I and have an architectural investigation made. His /motion did not i receive a second, / Mr. Bucher said his sites were 5 and one half/miles from Syracuse, Milford, anc Leesburg, and 6 l i> miles from North Webster. Mr. Brubaker’s exception to the Kline site was that “it is’3 and one half miles from Syracuse and over 10 miles from Leesburg. He appeared at tiie meeting with an elaborate map of the Lakeland school district, with roads lined in red and circumference circles drawn from reach of the four towns in the corj potation. His map showed the stu- > dent population center and the geo- : graphic center to be near the BuchI er farm. ! Mr. Brubaker said the Bucher I farm has- good roads from Syracuse. Milford and Leesburg, and that a county commissioner informed him that an extension of county road 800 N from near, the Sutton site west could be and would be made to shorten the "distance from I North Webster! Mr. Brubaker voiced himself as being against the Ritter site, because “it is not fair to North Webster, and land preparation is too expensive.” Purchase* Sole Interest In K-Mar Kitchens Chester McCuen became sole owner of K-Mar Kitchens, a cabinet shop located at 706 south Main street, Syracuse, in a transaction culminated January 1, 1965. The an- [ nouncement was made this week. I McCuen, a half owner of the business. purchased the other half from : Donald Ruple. McCuen and Ruple purchased the business from Keith I Cripe in June,. 1963. Change Name Mr. McCuen said the name of; the firm has been changed to McCuen Cabinet and Manufacturing Company. UNINJURED IN ACCIDENT SUNDAY NIGHT Mrs. Dean Wallace of r 1 Milford and two of her\children. Debbie and Danny, were uninjured when the car Mrs ’ Wallace whs driving hit a patch of ice on me Ireland road, south and west of South Bend, at 10:30 Sunday night and went down a steep embankment and into several small trees stopping just short at a large tree and a telephone pole. Damage to the 1968 Rambler Mrs. Wallace was driving was set at $360.

I " Scout Cabin Board Reaches No Decision

The Syracuse Scout cabin board met for its regular monthly meeting 3 at the Scout cabin Wednesday eve- ' ning and entered into a lengthy- dis- ’ cussion on the condition of the cabi “• - v . Mrs. Edward Coy asked for the , floor and stated before any further business was transacted by the board she thought members should , hear the recommendations of the Camp Fire Girls Association. • Mrs. Coy <was was told to read the j recommendations which are as follows: < i “The Camp Fire Girls Association, Inc., recommends the following: • That the Camp Fire Girls have the use of the smaller room exclusively as given them in the original plans for this building and that we know of no action taken to change this. . “That for this privilege we will be responsible for maintaining it both financially and physically. Meaning keeping it clean, doing minor repairs and sharing our load of the financial j burden that is now one of the comj plaints of .the cabin board. The arrangement to be t worked out immed- | lately with the l>oard. ' “We know that there are objecI tions to this plan but by taking our share of the financial load we feel [ that these problems especially of the den mothers can be solved by the board by installing dividers in the big room as done in many schools/ i churches, and other public meeting places. ‘ I j "That a drive be made by all sponI soring organizations, and that the cabin board and with the full co-op-era! ion of the Camp Fire Girls As- : sociation. to replace, with new, this ■ inadequate and outdated heating system by next September. I “And, last but not least, each lead!er should teach her group to have pride in this building and its fumish- ’ ings and that it is not a place to tear apart in one session. This is their responsibility and not the cabin I board’s. Signed Syracuse Camp Fire I Girls Association”. : There followed an hour and a half Mos discussion, during which time I most of the leaders were heard from as well as the board members. ' j The main issue being heat for the “ parge room and the use of the small- I ier room for the Camp Fire Girls. ■ 1 Everyone agreed that some sort 1 of heat was needed in the large ’; room. Billy Coburn, president of the ' Scout Cabin board, gave estimates ’ [of $3,000, $4.000,. and $5,000 he had ” received for a hot water system from local heating firms. •i Since the heatm.g plant upstairs - i was found'to be in a good and safe 1 ; condition by the state fire marshal, ■ it was decided to mqygpt downstairs to a small smraiie use it to

i heat the large room; j > i Although the cabiiy board did hot 11 fully agree on the/matter of the small use of the Camp ; Eire Girls, John Van Lou, Scout- . master, was in. favor of it so lung as . the small room would be open for , anyone renting the cabin or for ceremonies the Scouts may have since the small room contains the kitchen and one restroom. Cost of Operating Cabin President Coburn reported that the cost of oil for heating the cabin for ' one year was $264 and the total cost ,of maintaining and operation of. the cabin was $967 for a year. This brought to the floor several of the sponsoring organizations’ representatives. they had received no statement of expenditures for several years from the cabin board.' All they: had received F were statements of monies owed the I board. Mr. Coburn replied he ’ had been under the impression statements had been sent to each of the i sponsoring organizations. He has not (■been in office long and is not fam-, iliar with all the- board’s duties, intends finding out more. I He reported that a heating system ! that had been offered the cabin as a (Continued on page 8) ] OES Honors Past Matrons And Patrons Leesburg Chapter 287 of Eastern Star held its regular meeting Tuesday night. Mrs. Carl Ryan presided in the east. Nineteen past matrons and past patrons were honored. Refreshments were served in the dirrng hall following the meeting with Mrs. Gerald Waikel serving as chairman assisted by the star points. Election of officers will be held at e the next meeting, February ft. -

STORY HOUR AT SYRACUSE PUBLIC LIBRARY SATURDAY Mrs. Oscar Bjella, e'hildren’s department librarian of the Syracuse public library, has announced there will be a story hour bn Saturday, Jan. 30, at 1 o’clock.

Bobbie Stiver Competing For Honor Title Miss Bobbie' Stiver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.“ Dee'Stiver, Syracuse, is among 27 co-eds competing for the title of Honorary Colonel of the 16th annual Air Force ROTC Military Ball at Ball. State Teacliers college, Muncie. The ball is spemsbred by the Eddie Rickenbacker Squadron of the Arnold Air Society at Ball State. Syracuse Auxiliary | Presents Budget For Year 1965 The American Legion Auxiliary, i Wawasee Unit 223, met _Tuesday evening, Jan. 26, in the Legion hall. Die preside-I‘. Mrs. Charles Dean pres.ctod and r opened Avith the | rfedge to the flag, followed by pray- < er by the chaplain, Mrs. T. L. Kline. Reports were- heard from the various committee’s. Mrs. Dean read several Christmas cards from mem bers. She also reported that eight 'hristmas baskets had been delivered.

Mrs Dean presented t lie budget ’■ or the year and it was approved, e he general fund being $412, pop--3 ay fund The president then- ' iccepted the appointment by the "■ tated that Jfrs. Max Ganshorn has luxiliary as their representative to ’ the Syracuse police and firemen’s ’ iir board. 1 The Business and Professional Women’s club askfor permission to use the hall for a card party ; on March 5. they also wish to use the kitchen. The members approval this and Mrs. Dean will be present at the party. The auxiliary will be host a■’ain to the American Legion memle.rs at a birthday partv. The 46th birthday will be celebrated on Mar■h 20, with a carry-in dinner and oarty. A. committee was appointed for rhe arrangements for the party, they were Mrs. Agnes Stiffler, Mrs. T. L. Kline, Mrs. .Anna Davis, Mrs. Harry Coy and Mrs. Dean. The Auxilairy will have a float n the Syracuse parade and a committee to work on that will be nopointed later. Mrs. Dean closed the meeting and the chaplain read he praver. Refreshments were served The hostesses were Mrs. Leonard Nichols, Mrs. Roscoe Howard, md Mrs. Nelson Auer. TWO AREA MINISTERS ATTEND INDIANA GENERAL ASSEMBLY Rev. August Lundquist of Syrani.se and Rev. Richard Sumner qf Milford attended the Mondav session of the Indiana General Assembly at Indianapolis. * Rev. Sumner, pastor of the Milford Methodist church, stated that they met Lieutenant Governor Rob- : ert L. Rock and at least 75 per- ! cent of the legislators. ’Hiey were ■ also present for the passing of the > right to work bill. Rev. Lundquist is the pastor or the Syracuse Methodist church.

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