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Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Milford High
Senior Wins
First Prize
F Or E S S a y
Sally Ann Belts, Member
OF Graduating Class
Takes Top Honors IN
my True Security"
Contest.

A 17-year-old Milford High
School senior, Miss Sally Ann Belts
has won the state MY True Securi-
ty Contest.
The announcement was made
Monday night of this week at the
Dinner Bell Inn, Dover, when Ralph
p. Lutz, General agent of the Mu-
tual Benefit Life Insurance Com
pany in Wilmington, presented her
with a state trophy, 500 savings
bond and a wrist watch.
She will receive an all-expense
trip to Washington in June to
represent Delaware in the national
finals.
The contests was sponsored To-
cally by the Delaware Junior
Chamber of Commerce, and nation
ally by the U. S. Junior Chamber
and the insurance firm.
Miss Belts, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jarles H.. Belts of Chestnut
Knoll Acres in Milford, plans to
enter the University of Delaware
next fall as a chemical engineer
ing student.
n icdAch ia oSHOOl uhuAA ., anu q
member of the Avenue Methodist
Church, Milford, Miss Belts was
last years state Veterans of Fore
ign Wars essay winner and also
won honorable mention at the nat
ional awards program in Kansas
City.
Second prize in the contest and
a $50 savings bond were awarded
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Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Student Nurse Wins
Miss Milford Contest
Miss Patricia Louise Quinn
Will Vie For Delmarva
Title

The Milford beauty contest con-
Quoted by the Lions Club of this
city, came to a successful conclu-
sion on Wednesday evening of this
week, when Miss Patricia Louise
Quinn, age Is, daughter of 1t. Col.
and Mrs. Edward r. Quinn, Jr., a
student nurse at Milford Memorial
Hospital, was crowned Miss Mil
ford.
The contest was held in con-
junction with Lions Ladies' night
and was conducted on the stage at
Lulu M Ross, elementary school,
there were $50 lions and guests
present. William A. Miller, served
as chairman of the contest and
Robert A. Fischer, was master of
ceremonies.
The runner-up to Miss Quinn.
was Miss Barbara Hensley, senior
at Milford High School, other con-
lcoDtinueu on nage sevenD
Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Students Here To See
Some Driving Tests
April 1st Demonstration VIII Ex-
plOde Some Theories

Students at Milford will have
front row seats April 1st when
some of their classmates learn the
facts of Observation-Disclosures.
High School Principal, James E.
Atkinson, said the event will be
in the nature of test-demonstra-
tion, designed to disprove the old
notion that car can be stopped
on a dime"
Two students, a faculty member
and a policeman will take turns at
the wheel of specially equipped
car-and they'll bring it to an
emergency stop while travelling at
20, 80 or 40 miles an hour. Other
students will check the results.
The car is equipped so that dis
tances can be measured accurate
ly. An emergency signal light is
mounted on the hood and three pis-
tolls are fastened to the front
bumper. Aimed straight at the pave
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Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
World Famous
AT
Dover, April Ii
Guy Lombardo And His
Royal Canadians Will
Play For Smyrna RO-
tary Sponsored Dance.

One of the worlds greatest dance
orchestras, Guy Lombardo and his
Royal Canadians, has been obtained
ior a one-night appearance at the
new Dover Armory on April 13.
The popular bandleader is being
presented by the Smyrna Rotary
Club as a Embarrassing means to
finance the groups various COM
munity projects. W., l.. Wheatley
of Clayton, chairman of the dance
committee, states that tickets are
now on sale from any Rotarian, at
Burton's Garage, Smyrna Hard
ware, and Sayers jewelers.. They
may also be obtained by contact
ing Mr.. Wheatley or the Dover Off
ice of Laird, Bissell, and Needs.
According to Mr.. Wheatley, men,
berS of the Smyrna club felt that
the people in this area would en-
Joy dancing to the music of a
famous-name band, and plans were
initiated to contact such an aggre-
CATION. Guy Lombardo is one of the
few individuals ever to become a
legend within his lifetime. In musi-
cal circles he is regarded as so fab
dlous that a critic once remarked
he could fill auditoriums, night
clubs. theatres, dance halls, and
sell millions of records, even if he
were to use an orchestra consist
ing of only two fiddlesi and two
pianos. Year after year Lombardo
and his Royal Canadians have been
voted tops in official polls among
editors and the general public. His
orchestra has developed a distinc-
tive style that is Immediately iden-
tifiable to listeners. The Lombardo
orchestra now contains four Lom-
bardos, Guy, Carmen, Lebert, and
Victor. Kenny Gardner, who is
married to Guys sister Elaine, is
also in the orchestra as featured
vocalist. Lombardo's chief arranger
is Larry Owens, who formerly
played saxaphone in the orchestra.
Buddy Brennan, who together with
Fred Kreitzer comprise the famed
Lombardo Twin Pianos teams, also
writes many of the arrangements.
Dancing at the Dover affair will
be from $50 until one o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
State Student Council
Leaders Will Convene
Session Will Be Held At
Dover On April
9th

Delaware's first annual student
council leaders conference on hu-
man relations will be held in Do
yer on Monday, April 27, it was
announced yesterday, by Roland
Carey and David NJ Green, con-
ference co-chairmen. Mr.. Carey is
president of the Delaware Associa-
tion of Student Councils and a
senior at Seaford High School, and
Mr.. Green is president of the Del
aware State Education Association
and superintendent of the Dover
Special School District.
The conference, which is the first
of its kind in the state, is being
sponsored by the Delaware AssO-
citation of Student Councils, Della
ware Association of School Admin
istrators. Delaware State Educa-
tion Association, and the State De-
partment of Public instruction.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Free Polio Shots To
Soon Be Available

Free polio shots for adults and
pre-school children become avail
able on a statewide basis in the
next few days, as clinics get under
way in Middletown, Lewes, and
Wilmington. Last Saturday, March
81, saw clinics opening in Whining
ton and in Dover. The Fire Hall in
Lewes will be the site of the first
evening clinic in the second
chance" series sponsored by the
Medical Society of Delaware, State
Board of Health, and the Delaware
of the National Founda-
tion Volunteer physicians and
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Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Buccaneer Booster
Club Organized d Here

A group of men, fathers. guardi-
ans and friends of Milford High
School students, has organized a
Buccaneer Booster Club.
The objectives of the club are to
foster and promote a spirit of pride
in the scholastic and athletic
achievement of the students and to
support worthwhile social and
other leisure time activities.
The club meets the first We'd
nesday of the month at the High
School. The next meeting will be
Wednesday, April 1, at 700 p. m.
The school administration has
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Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Big Thursday
e-COming
Being Planned
At Slaughters
Week Of August 10Th
Through 23rd Has Been
Set Aside For Celebra-
tion AT Nearby Resort
Community.

Plans for the Slaughter Beach
Big Thursday Home Coming Cele-
bration August 10Th through 23rd
are rapidly taking form and the
sponsors of the event, The Memori-
al Fire Company of the resort town,
are highly pleased with the results
in arrangements so far.
Reorganized in the late fall of
1858, plans were laid for a modern
fire house by Christmas and while
not completed closed building of
concrete block construction was
achieved within the time set and
their two pieces of equipment were
housed for the winter, thanks to
the response of property owners
and we'll wishers for their contribu-
tions toward reaching the goal. The
funds received and added to the
cash on hand was not quite suffici-
ent to complete the first stage of
the p- eject, however, through the
winter months, other smaller fund
raising projects allowed a balan-
ced account to the work already
completed. Hope and dependence
upon belated grant from the State
Legislature for use in electric,
flooring and inside finishing have
retarded the final stages of COM
pletion before summer and a def
mite must for use during the cele-
bration week.
The Milford-Harrington Coast
Guard Flotilla will handle all ar
rangements and stage an opening
day Regatta with a boat parade
from Mispillion Light along the en-
tire beach front and return Invi-
tations to New Jersey and Della
ware organizations will be extend
ed together with craft of all class
es of the local Flotilla.
A carnival is planned for the en-
tire week. Professional boat races
are assured with the Nanticoke
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Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Blood Bank Interest
Is Shown By Parents
100000 Children May Be Affected
by Interest OF "Dadsc, "MOms"

If hard working members of
Parent Teachers Associations
throughout the city and state ever
feel that their efforts are in vain,
they can find inspiration and en-
couragement from a recent ex-
rerience OF the Highlands School
PTA here in Wilmington. At their
February meeting the program fea-
tured panel OF four speakers, in
cluding representative from the
Blood Bank of Delaware. AS di-
rect result of the meeting, infor-
nation on the Blood Bank is now
being brought to the attention of
the parents of over 100000 school
children throughout the state of
Delaware.
PTA members endorsed the
Blood Bank and recommended that
parents of Highlands School stu
dents become members. Then dur
ing a discussion period someone
asked: IF membership in the
Blood Bank of Delaware is a good
thing for parents of Highlands
Continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Over 900 attended
Community Choir
Concert Last Sunday
Theodore Dubois 'sSeven
Last Words OF Christ
Presented At Calvary
Church Under Direc-
tiOn OF Mrs. Norma
Heyde.

An audience of over 600 persons
crowded into Calvary Methodist
Church last Sunday to hear the
first Lenten Concert by the Milford
Community Choir. Under the able
direction of Mrs. Norma Heyde,
with Mrs. Alice Shaffer at the or
gan, the choir presented Theodore
Dubois "Seven Last Words of
Christ" The choir was composed
of 20 voices. from many of the
churches in Milford, and was the
result of a desire for a united
Christian witness among the
churches in the Milford area. 1t
had its beginning last fall with
at Christmas.
The Palm Sunday program began
with a silent professional by the
choir. The congregation seated, the
choir's rendition of the Bach's ma
iestic choral, o Sacred Head, Now
Wounded, swept over the listeners,
preparing them for the major can
tata which was to follow. From
that moment, and for the next so
minutes, the dynamic music of Du-
Bois thrilled and excited those
who heard 1t.
The music of the Seven Last
Words is cantata for choir and
soprano, tenor and baritone solo.
1t was written to paint vivid pic
ture of Christ upon the cross, with
the crowds around Him, denounc-
ing Him. Its music shows a cross
section of the heartless, the tender,
the sad, and the joyous who were
with Him in His last hours on
Good Friday. The work requires
constant voice control, smooth and
precise attacks and releases, and
a depth of feeling and understand
Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Chest X-Ray VIII
Start Here April 10

The 1859 Chest X-Ray Program,
sponsored by the State Board of
Health and the Delaware Anti
tuberculosis Society, will begin
operations in Kent County on FRI
day, April 10th, at Milford.
Again this year, the Sakimas
Tribe No. 10 Of the Improved Order
of Red Men will be in charge of
arrangements and publicity. Mr..
Edward c. Jester is serving as Gen..
eral Chairman and Mrs. James E.
Mills is Hostess Chairman. The
schedule for Milford is as follows:
Friday, April 10, 1:00-5:00 D. m.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Easter Promenade At
Rehoboth On Sunday
Several Thousand Visitors Are Ex.
pected To Participate In Festivities

Weather permitting. Rehoboth
Beach will be the scene this week
end of gala Easter observance,
highlighted by traditional Sunrise
Services and an Easter Fashion
Promenade. Several thousand visi-
tors, bedecked in Easter f1nery, are
expected to participate in the fes-
tivitieS.
Easter Sunrise Services will be
held on the boardwalk at Rehoboth
Avenue, beginning at 5:54 a. m. All
denominations have been invited to
participate. Mrs. Mae Hall McCabe
is chairman for this event.
Between 100 p. m. and p. M,
on the boardwalk, three out-of-
town judges will select winners in
the following categories: best
dressed lady, best dressed man,
best dressed couple, most unusual
hat, best dressed family group,
best dressed girl teenager, best
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Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Chief Executive Urges
All Delawareans To
Join In HOnoring The
The Mothers Of The
State During April.

In proclaiming the mouth of
April as Delaware Mothers Month,
Governor j. Caleb Boggs has urged
all Delawareans to join in honor
ing all mothers during this period.
The chief executive has pointed
out that, during April, citizen of
Delaware will be selected as the
1859 Delaware Mother of the Year,
becoming, according to Governor
Boggs, "the symbol of all Mothers
in the First State"
Governor Boggs also has called
attention to the fact that the Del
aware Mother of the Year will vie
with the chosen State Mothers of
all the other states, the District of
Columbia, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
for the honor of being chosen the
American Mother of the Year.
Competition for designation as
the 1859 Delaware Mother will
close this weekend, and the Del
aware Mothers Committee, headed
by Mrs. William N. Cam, of Will
mington, will announce the selec-
tion in early April. The 1859 Della
ware Mother, along with winners
from each of the forty-nine states,
the District of Columbia and the
American territories will be honor
ed during the Annual Mothers Con-
ference to be held at the Waldorf
Astoria, New York, from May 5
through May s.
The Delaware Mother of the Year
contest was inaugurated in 1850
when Mrs. Jonathan Willis of near
Milford was selected. Other state
winners have been:
1951-Mrs. William Riley Brown,
Wyoming; 1952-Mrs. Elizabeth S.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Many Plan 10
Attend Natl
COP Women S
Mrs. Joseph S. C. Mach,
Of Seaford, Is Della
ware Chairman For
The Washington Fete
On April IL And Is.

A glittering array of cabinet Off
cials, U. S. Congressman and their
wives will be meeting with Della
ware Republican women during the
Seventh Annual Republican WO-
mems Conference in Washington
next month, it was announced to-
day by Mrs. Joseph S. c. Mach,
Seaford, Delaware Chairman for
the Conference.
The parley will be held at the
Hotel Statler-H Hilton, April 1915.
Mrs. Mach, a director of the Chill
dren's Bureau of Delaware and a
former vice-president of the Del
aware Federation of Republican
Women's Clubs, said top-ranking
Republicans from the White House
and all Cabinet Members, with the
exception of hospitalized Secretary
of State Dulles, will attend the first
conference banquet, Monday night,
April 13, accompanied by their
wives.
The following night, a second
banquet will highlight addresses
by Republican House Leader
Charles Halleck of Indiana and
Senator Thruston Morton (R-Ky.).
r Representative Halleck was re-
Gently named to a 44-member Re-
publican Committee on Program
and PROCESS, set up by National
Chairman Meade Alcorn to examine
and clarity the long-range politi-
cal objectives of the Party. It is
quite likely that Representative
Halleck will have some report on
the committees progress when he
addresses the Women's Conference.
Mrs. Mach also pointed out that
President Eisenhower and Vice.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Mobile Chest Units
Are Ready In Sussex
Schedule For Countrywide Exam.
nations Are Listed

The Mobile Chest X-Ray Units,
operated by the State Board of
Health and the Delaware Anti-Tu-
berculosis Society, will be located
in Sussex County thru April 3rd
for community service. Industries,
schools and institutions will be
visited by special arrangements;
the community which
are open to anyone Is years of age
and over-have been scheduled as
follows:
Millsboro: Friday, March 90,
2:0O-5:0O p. m. and 6:O0-S:00 p.
m, Acme. Mrs. A. Wayne Burton,
General Chairman, Mrs. Wesley
Bullock, Hostess Chairman.
Georgetown: Friday. March 20,
2:0O-5:O0 p. m. and 6:00-S:00 p. m,
Acme Mr.. Robert d. Thompson,
Jr., General Chairman, Mrs. Ell
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Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27

Club of Seaford has made to enter
tain the State Convention of the
Federation on May 20 and 21st.
Mrs. Milton c. Manlave, General
Chairman for Seaford, announces
the following Committees to date:
Mrs. James Payne, Reservations:
Mrs. Fred Miles, Accommodations;
Mrs. Earl B. Tull, Platform ar
and Mrs. w. o. Gov
ey, Jr., Hostesses. Mrs. James n.
Baker is President of the Acorn
Club and is an ex officio member
of these committees.
Mrs. Joseph w. Ennis, State
Chairman of this Convention, urged
the club presidents to send the
names of their elected delegates to
Mrs. James Payne as soon as pos
sible. Mrs. Ennis announced that
five speakers of national reputa-
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Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Kent School Band
Concert Wednesday
Six Schools Represented In Affair
At Dover School

Sixty-six high school band mem
bers from six Kent County schools
were presented in concert on We'd
nesday night, March %, at 500 p.
m, in the new Dover High School
auditorium. Members of the band
were chosen on the basis of try
out conducted by the high school
band directors of the county.
Under the capable direction of
DR.. James Thurmond, the band re-
hearsed total of 13 hours during
their two-day stay before present
ing their concert Wednesday eve
ming. In addition, band members
practiced their music individually
for many hours prior to their ar
rival in Dover.
Guest conductor was DR.. James
Thurmond, engaged by the Kent
County Music Education Associa-
tion for the two-day affair. DIR.
Continued on page thirteen)
Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Bill Signed By April Named
Gov. Provides Mother sMonth
For Fire Code By Gov. Boggs
Four Sponsors And State
Fire Marshal w. r.
Favinger Present For
Ceremony.

Gov. ]. Caleb Boggs on Monday
signed into law the bill to create a
state fire code which he said will
reduce the threat of fires and
help protect our citizens from the
terrible consequences of fire."
In brief ceremony in his office,
the Governor signed the bill in the
presence of Fire Marshal w. r.
Favinger and the four sponsors. of
the measure, SB-7; Senators Hen
ry T. Price (D-Smyrna), Wilmer F.
Williams (R-Roselle), Walton HI.
Simpson (R-Camden) and Earl M.
Tull (D-Seaford).
Governor Boggs thanked the
General Assembly for its action on
the bill, which he had requested as
one of the major items on his IL
point legislative program. He said:
AN up-to-date and strictly en-
forced fire code is something Del
aware has needed badly for many
years. Efforts have been made in
previous sessions of the General
Assembly to accomplish fire code
legislation, but always with little
success. However, we all realize
now the urgent need for a state
wide code designed to prevent the
tragic loss of lives and property.
We have all shared the anguish of
our fellow Delawareans who have
lost loved ones through disastrous
fires in the past few years. 1t is
even more tragic in view of Fire
Marshal Favinger's contention that
many of these life-claiming fires
could have been prevented had haz-
ardous living conditions been elm
mated through an effective fire
code.
CONTINUED on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
New Exhibits Planned
For Zwaanendael
Museum Being Prepared For The
Influx OF Spring Visitors

New and different exhibits are
being planned at the Zwaanendael
Museum in anticipation of the in
flux of visitors which always ar
rive with the advent of spring.
A beautiful silver Communion
Service belonging to the Bethel
Methodist Church, Lewes, will be
this week for the first
time. A FIagon and two Chalices
presented to the church by Thomas
S. WiItbank, August 1872, and a
Paten presented by the Atlantic
Lodge, No. Is, IOOF, at the same
time are included. The corner
stone of the new church at Null
berry and Church Streets was laid
in 1870 and the building was COM
pleted in 1874. At that time the
Lodge building was direct
ly across the street and, no doubt,
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Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27

Tee tOr the l9bU WnlLe Rouse COn-
ference on Children and Youth. She
served on the committee for the
White House Conference on Educa-
tion i'm 1865.
Mrs. Brown is vice-president of
the National Social Welfare Assem-
bly,, a director of the National
Recreation Association, and a mem
ber OF the Women's Advisory Com
mittee of the National Foundation
formerly the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis).
In 1856 the u. S. State Depart
ment's International Educational
Exchange Service sent her to ia
pan to attend the Japan National
Congress of Parents and Teachers,
which was formed in 1852 with the
aid of the corresponding organiza-
ton in the United States.
CONTINUED on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Sunrise Service At
MarsIiaIps Pond
Program Sponsored By
Milford Ministerium
This Sunday

Easter Sunrise Service will be
held Sunday morning at 5:45 in
City Park at Marshalls Pond.
Everybody in the community is
invited to attend this service, which
is sponsored by the Milford Minis
terium.
For those who might wish to at
tend and feel that cannot exactly
locate Marshall's Pond and City
Park, it is at the southeastern end
of the city and is marked by signs.
There will be ample parking space.
Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27

the music world with their rec-'
ord of Mr.. Sandman" and
they have been the hottest proper
ty in the entertainment industry
ever since MIR. Sandman" sold two
million copies and marked only the
second time in the Hit Parade's
history that tune remained in
first place for twenty-one weeks.
Swarmed by hundreds of requests
for personal appearances the
Chordettes have been extremely
busy filling the various engage
ments. Some of the high spots in
their personal appearance sched-
ule include the annual TV and
Radio Correspondents Dinner in
Washington. d. c., where Presi-
dent Eisenhower thrilled to their
barbershop arrangement OF wait
Til the Sun Shines Nellie" plus
continued on page nine)
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John Q. Leach To
Address VIEW Here
Prominent Educator VIII Speak At
Blue Hen Post Banquet

Announcement has been made
that John G. Leach, prominent
educator and civic leader, is to be
the principal speaker at the an
nual Membership Banquet of Blue
Hen Post No. 6483, VF.W., and
Ladies Auxiliary, at the Post Home,
here, next Monday evening, March
both.
In announcing the identity of the
banquet speaker, Chairman Glenn
ent ]. Nevin expressed the pleasure
of his committee at having secured
the services of Mr.. Leach, whom he
referred to as lone of Delaware's
most outstanding citizens"
Mr. Neyin pointed to the long
list of accomplishments of Mr..
Leach citing, in particular, the fol-
lowing: vice president and direc-
tor of Goldey-Beacon School of
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Investment Classes
VIII Be Held Here
Announcement Made BY Laird, Bis
sell & Needs Co., BY Z. f. ISaacs

Edgar F. Isaacs, Jr., of Milford,
registered representative of Laird,
Bissell and Needs, stock brokers,
with offices in Wilmington and Do
yer, has announced that invest
ment and security class for folks
in this area will start on April 7th.
All persons interested in having
the present day investment and Sc
curity picture explained by a rep
resentative of this we'll known in
vestment firm, successfully doing
business in Delaware since 1891,
may register for the classes whicn
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Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Completing Plans For State
Parent Teachers COncJaUe

Mrs Roln Brown Los Angeles immediate pastpresident the
be held in Dover High School, April 10-11.
consulant Educa-
Milford chronicle., 1959-03-27
Convention Plans For State
Federation Are Discussed


Century m. meeting
opened Storey
by Mrs Bunting, of
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Chordettes viii Sing At
Kent SUSSEX Fair, July 81

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