Coal Creek Township
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(If you have any photos or records to add, please send them to me as an attachment Karen Zach)
Note: It is obvious some of these came from a book, but I have no clue what / where - I'm sorry :( Of course, it's not a complete listing of everyone who went to school in Montgomery County, but it's a wow index nonetheless and has lots of goodies for ya'!). Thanks to all who have contributed information, pictures, identification help and locations!!!!!
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Coal Creek Township Schools Index by letter
Coal Creek Township Schools
combined information-- New Richmond, Wingate consolidated to make Coal Creek Central (below).
(22 February 202) Coal Creek High Schools found in Phyllis Boone's "History of New Richmond" in the late 1800's: New Richmond, Dewey-Walnut, Brannon-Dazey, Oakland, Elmdale, Patton, Round Hill, Center, Taylor-Kentwood-Quinine-Cowan, Meharry Grove, Pleasant Hill, Grenard-Rake Pocket, Tailhoit-Thomas, Oklahoma. Thanks to Mike Bridge and Bill Boone for this extra work
- Teacher announcements for the 1900 winter term. Trustee Elbert Morrow has named the following list of teachers and the schools over which they will preside in Coal Creek Township the coming winter: Source: New Richmond Record 20 Sept 1900 p 3
- Township Trustees 1901 thru 1966 Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- 1878 -- (Atlas) Rg 5, First District School #8 (Teacher AW Wilson) - school was called Taylor; Kentwood; Quinine and Cowan's school.
- EARLY COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS Thanks to the collected works of Dr. Charles L. Arvin on the Monrgomery County Schools
- Coal Creek - Alumni - 1886 - 1903 listing
- Coal Creek Township - various articles - teachers/ graduates ...thanks to the Oppy Family for this and above Alumni list :)
- 1910 Coal Creek Township yearbook (has Wingate & New Richmond, Album will take time to load)
- 1915 Listing of teachers combined. Check out listings for ELMDALE, NEW RICHMOND and WINGATE from 1904 until they closed. Also, check below for some of the other earlier school.
- about 1900 in District #2 – New Richmond areaThese were the second district schools in Coal Creek by number.1. Meharry’s (Council Grove) sec2 north of Wingate2. Pleasant Hill (Wingate) sec153. Rake Pocket (Grenard) sec 26 was between Wingate and Elmdale4. Thomas sec 25 was south of Wingate on SR25
See Coal Creek Township on our "Towns" page, click here and scroll down!
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Coal Creek Township 1878 Atlas - School #3 the Brannon school was in the first district which supposedly housed schools 1-8 in Range 5 (Eastern 3/4 of the township) - it or another school may have also been called Bible's
Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- 1901-1902 Thomas Allen Resided at Elmdale
- 1902-1903 No Information available
- 1903-1904 No Information available
- 1904-1905 John Hutchinson Grades 1-8
- 1905-1906 Fred Chelen Grades 1-8
- 1906-1907 Clifford Coon Grades 1-8
- 1907-1908 No Information available
- 1908-1909 Tom Allen Grades 1-8
- 1909-1910 Oscar Swank Grades 1-8
- 1910-1911 Charles D. Fouts Grades 1-8
- 1911-1912 Charles D. Fouts Grades 1-8
- 1912-1913 Theron S. Banta Grades 1-8 Last Year Listed
Is the consolidation of all the schools in the township!
(20 January 2024) Coal Creek Central School Song Also includes: colors, newspaper, nickname and yearbook names. - thanks Bill Boone :)
- 1953 Coal Creek Central School Photos courtesy of Crawfordsville and Montgomery County History Facebook page - Terri Fiddler Barnes
- 1959 Sports Program for the February 20th Basketball Game between Coal Creek Central and Rockville. (4 pages) Thanks to Andy Rice for the submission!
- email directory Contact for Coal Creek Central High School Alumni
Teachers for the years featuring all 12 grades: 1953 thru 1966 (Township) AND 1966 thru 1971 (North Montgomery School Corp) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
Teachers for the years featuring grades 1 thru 8: 1971 thru 1979 AND 1979 thru 1988 (North Montgomery School Corp) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000 NOTE: The 1987-1988 was K-5 Grades only!
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ELMDALE SCHOOL ITEMS 1900-1901 Thanks to Andy Rice for the submissions!
- Source: New Richmond Record 22 Nov 1900 p 3An oyster supper and festival will be held at the Elmdale School building on Wednesday evening, Nov 29. Benefit of the School Library. Everybody cordially invited.
- Source: New Richmond Record 27 Sept 1900 p 5John B. Murphy is teaching the primary grades in the Elmdale School for the present until his brother, Matt Murphy is able to take charge of the school.
- Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 14 Dec 1900Elmdale School will organize a literary society Friday night.
- Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 6 Dec 1901 p 5Mat Murphy and Mr. Westfall gave an oyster supper at the Elmdale school building on Nov 27. The proceeds amounted to $20.60.
STATUS:
1904-1905 Non-Commissioned = Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
1910-1911 Elmdale School ROOM 1 2 names, see photo page. Thanks to Andy Rice for the submission!
1915 Listing of teachers Coal Creek Township
Elmdale School Teachers from the 1904-1905 school year thru the 1931-1932 school year when it closed. Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
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Section #26 - District #2, School #3 - may be same as Rake Pocket, Rake (Rape) Pocket School - Sec 26 - Range 5 - also called Grenard
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Located in Sec 32, on the Wayne./Coal Creek township line - never listed in the district schools
Coal Creek Twp - 1880 east of Wingate built -- it was known as #13 for many years but finally changed to Hormell
This school was built after 1880 - in Section #13 - but, it became #13 because (prior to 1880) the schools were in 2 districts- at this time they "became" 1 district & were numbered consecutively. The school was later called Hormell (This is Coal Creek) - thanks Suzie Z B :)
Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- 1901-1902 Mary Hormell resided in Wingate
- 1902-1903 no information available
- 1903-1904 no information available
- 1904-1905 John W. Smith Grades 1-8 Last Year Listed
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- This school was also called Council Grove (thanks again, Suz)
- Meharry’s (Council Grove) sec2 north of Wingate - about 1900 in District #2 – New Richmond area
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Mascot: Cardinals
Colors: Cardinal & Blue
(21 January 2024) New Richmond School Song Also includes: colors, newspaper, nickname and yearbook names. - thanks Bill Boone :)
- Baseball Article 1958 - - see Ladoga Baseball article 1958
- 1901 - play -- Source: New Richmond Record 14 Feb 1901 p 5 A dramatic production is soon to be given at Hollins opera house by the New Richmond school. The play, entitled, “Alabama” is copyrighted and is only given here by permission of the author, Augustus Thomas, to whom Prof. GB Welty had written to ask that permission. Alabama is of the higher cclass plays, ranking with “Shore Acres,” and its like. The date has not as yet been placed but will be about the last of February or first of March. Proceeds to be used for the school library.
- New Richmond school? -- tribute of teacher, Dan Murphy, to his student, Elmer Webb who passed away just two weeks before school ended.
- 1910 Yearbook as part of the Coal Creek Township - thanks so very much to Betty Westfall for sending this to me and my husband for scanning it
- 1927-1928 Basketball Team no names Thanks to Bill Boone for contribution!
- New Richmond High School Basketball Team, circa 1928 (Names Included)Source:Photo courtesy of Jean Harriman Miller , "A Pictorial History of Crawfordsville and Montgomery County, Indiana", Published in 2002 by the Journal Review, 119 N Green Street, Crawfordsville, IN 47933, page 103
- 1939-1940 Basketball Team with names Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- 1940-1941 Basketball Team with names Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
New Richmond School Teachers from the 1904-1953 school years, when it closed. At this time the students moved into Coal Creek Central. Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
School Years 1904 thru 1924 -- 1924 thru 1944 -- 1944 thru 1953 School closes and students move to Coal Creek Central.
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Source: Crawforsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana 7 October 1898 - After a year's silence our old school bell rings and the walls of the house resound with childish voices. George Vancleave is teacher. The trustee did not run a hack this year not because last year's experiment was a failure, or did not give satisfaction, but becase the enrollmnt justified employing a teacher this year - kbz
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Small school in Coal Creek - Sec 30 - there was also a town of Oakland but it had not been located until this point (August 2014) - we now wonder if the school was in the town?! - thanks Suzie B
(Coal Creek Twp) - thanks Ms. Suzie B :) -- this was the last of the one-room schools built in Coal Creek Township (built 1890). It was west of Elmdale in the middle of Sec 36. Cost of $600
In Section #36 - west of Elmdale. Built in 1890, this was the last of the one-room school houses. It was called Oklahoma School
Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- 1901-1902 John Smith resided in New Richmond Last Year Listed
- 1902-1903 no information available
- 1903-1904 no information available
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Coal Creek Township (1878 Atlas) Range 5 Sec 27 - teacher was Eliza Quick
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Pleasant Hill (Wingate) sec15 - about 1900 in District #2 – New Richmond area
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- Town and school in Section #26 Coal Creek Township -- Rake (Rape) Pocket School - Sec 26 - Range 5 - also called Grenard press the link and scroll down!
- Rake Pocket (Grenard) sec 26 was between Wingate and Elmdale – about 1900 in District #2 – New Richmond area
- 1878 - (Atlas) - Rake (Rape) Pocket School - Sec 26 - Range 5 - also called Grenard. Section 25 in School District #4 (Coal Creek Township) in 1878 - teacher was J.W. Ashby
- This school (about 1895) was located in Section 26 on land given by J.B. Pierce. Thanks Suzie
- Round Hill Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 5 April 1901 p 10“Round Hill” – Frieday being the last day of school at this place, the teacher, Bert Wilson arranged a programme. Many of the patrons gathered in to listen to the many and interesting declamations.
Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- 1901-1902 W. S. Vaughn Resided in Elmdale
- 1902-1903 No Information Available
- 1903-1904 No Information Available
- 1904-1905 Blanche B. Loman Grades 1-8
- 1905-1906 Mary Alexander Grades 1-8
- 1906-1907 Frances Epperson Grades 1-8
- 1908-1909 Lester Olin Grades 1-8
- 1909-1910 Charley D. Fouts Grades 1-8 Last Year Listed
Section #2 with the Meharry family as land donors. Thanks, Suzie
Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- 1901-1902 G. A. Larew resided in New Richmond
- 1902-1903 No information
- 1903-1904 No Information
- 1904-1905 Mabel Lynch Grades 1-8
- 1905-1906 Carrie Dettbenner Grades 1-8
- 1906-1907 Fred Chelen Grades 1-8 Last Year Listed
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In Section #8 the land was given by A. Brannon.
Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- 1901-1902 Lee J. Wheelan resided in New Richmond
- 1901-1902 J. T. Harrumann resided in New Richmond
- 1901-1902 Sam Jones resided in New Richmond
- 1901-1902 Mary Courtney resided in New Richmond
- 1902-1903 No information listed
- 1903-1904 No information listed
- 1904-1905 No information listed
- 1906-1907 John W. Smith Grades 1-8 Last Year Listed
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This school (about 1895) was located in Section 28 on land given by A. Brannon. Thanks Suzie - Note: there is also another #3 that was many years ago located on land of George Westfall. There were about four George's in the area at the time so I'm not venturing to guess which one gave the property.
Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- 1901-1902 Robert Cowan resided in Elmdale
- 1902-1903 No information listed
- 1903-1904 No information listed
- 1904-1905 Mary Alexander Grades 1-8
- 1905-1906 No information listed
- 1906-1907 Mary Alexander Grades 1-8 Last Year Listed
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This school (about 1895) was located in Section 30. It was also known as the Bible School and was located on 600 West. Note: There were two #4 schools (one of these may be ELMDALE) in Coal Creek about the turn of the 20th century (1900). The other one was on land given by Polly Meharry and was in Section 25 vs. 30.
Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- 1901-1902 M. J. Murphy resided in Elmdale
- 1901-1902 Marion Westfall resided in New Richmond
- 1902-1903 No information listed
- 1903-1904 No information listed Last Year Listed
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This school (about 1895) was located in Section 27 on land given by J. Patton. Thanks Suzie
Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- 1901-1902 Teacher - Fred Kincade who resided in New Richmond
- 1902-1903 No Information
- 1903-1904 No Information
- 1904-1905 Fred Chelen Grades 1-8
- 1905-1906 Thomas Allen Grades 1-8 Last Year Listed
This school (about 1895) was located in Section 26 on land given by J.B. Pierce. Thanks Suzie
For Teacher listing, see "Round Hill School", Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
This school (about 1895) was located in Section #19 and was on land given by Charles A. Dazey. Thanks Suzie
For Teacher listing, see "Center School", Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
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By 1901-1902 school this school was discontinued, Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
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Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- 1901-1902 Sadie Rust resided at Wingate Last Year Listed
- 1902-1903 No Information available
- 1903-1904 No Information available
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Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- 1901-1902 George Welty resided at Wingate
- 1901-1902 A. N. Foley resided at Wingate
- 1901-1902 George VanCleave resided at Wingate
- 1901-1902 Frances Montgomery resided at Wingate
- 1902-1903 No Information available
- 1903-1904 No Information available Last Year Listed
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Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- 1901-1902 J. D. Finney resided at Wingate
- 1902-1903 No Information available
- 1903-1904 No Information available
- 1904-1905 Thomas Allen Grades 1-8
- 1905-1906 Wm. Irvin Grades 1-8
- 1906-1907 Wm. L. Irvin Grades 1-8 Last Year Listed
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Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- 1901-1902 J. Hutchinson resided in Elmdale
- 1902-1903 No Information available
- 1903-1904 No Information available
- 1904-1905 W. Irvin Grades 1-8
- 1905-1906 Cliffford Coon Grades 1-8
- 1906-1907 J. D. Finney Grades 1-8 Last Year Listed
This school was built after 1880 - in Section #13 - but, it became #13 because (prior to 1880) the schools were in 2 districts- at this time they "became" 1 district & were numbered consecutively. The school was later called Hormell (This is Coal Creek) - thanks Suzie Z B :)
For Teacher listing, see "Hormell School", Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
In Section #36 - west of Elmdale. Built in 1890, this was the last of the one-room school houses. It was called Oklahom School
For Teacher listing, see "Oklahoma School", Teachers (There maybe earlier years) Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
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- Source: Sec 25, Coal Creek Township Range 5 - 1878 Atlas of Montgomery County
- Thomas sec 25 was south of Wingate on SR25 – about 1900 in District #2 – New Richmond area
- ~NEW~ (20230807) Source: CWJ 17 July 1896 p 9 – wild -man? Beast? Seen by many in the Bristle Ridge area – eats chickens from the henhouses, roots, small grains, - runs at great speed on all fours – grunts between a “hello” from man and a bark of a dog. Twice seen near Ludlow Thomas School house and near Bottenbergs farm – at the latter place its face was seen – that of an unkempt man with long hair and ragged beard. “Lord only knows what Bristle Ridge will spring on us next!”
- ~NEW~ (20230807) Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 4 June 1897 p 7: NUMBER THIRTEEN. Article on the Thomas family -- Micheal was a brother of Adam and the father of Dr. John M., William and Mike. He died in Ohio more than 75 years ago. The Doctor lived on a farm near town and was a prominent physician in his day, having a lucrative practice. He had an interesting family, the oldest of whom was Ludlow, who owned a farm two miles east of town, from whom the Ludlow Thomas school house derived its name. Ludlow was a prominent citizen here many years.
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Walnut Grove -- Purchased in October 1841 - 1/3 Acres in Coal Creek Township Section #11 for the purpose of a school. This was in the middle of Section 11 - the road does not exist any longer but on early maps it shows a road left New Richmond going East and the school was on the North side of the road. When the railroad was built around 1880 this road became part of the railroad bed and the Walnut Grove School relocated to the south side of present-day New RIchmond-Linden Road, placing the school on the northern line of Section 14.
Source: Montgomery Magazine April 1979 p 13 - a pupil gave a description of this chool after it had been moved. "There were two doors on the north, one for the boys to enter and the other for the girls. The Teacher's desk was at the entrance end of the building, with recitation benches facing it. Pupil's desks, most single but some double were behind the benches facing the teacher. A large heating stove sat in the middle of the room to roast the nearby pupils and freeze the far ones. There was no water at the school so the boys went to the house next door and carried drinking water. Behind the school was apond where students in the wintertime could shinny on the lake or skate." - thanks Suzie Zach Baldiwn.
* Added another 3 pictures on link
Mascot: Spartans
Colors: Gold & Blue
(22 January 2024) Wingate School Song Also includes: colors, newspaper, nickname and yearbook names. - thanks Bill Boone :)
- First School at Wingate Students in front of the school (sorry no names). Photo courtesy of James Slauter, copied by Joe Boswell and sent in by Bill Boone
- Wingate School around 1890s' with horse drawn Hacks waiting for students. Thanks to Bill Boone and the Crawfordsville District Public Library.
- Wingate first & second graders early 1900's?
- Unidentified Class with Names Possibly 1908-1909. After checking the names of the Teachers listed with picture and our lists of Teachers from Dr. Arvin, Karen and Jim think this around this time frame. Thanks to Andy Rice for the submission!
- Wingate vs Kokomo 1915 Basketball A photo inside the gym of teams and spectators. Thanks to Bill Boone
- Second and Third Class of 1919-1920 OR 1920-1921 By using the teacher's name, Mrs. Grace VanCleave, I checked our listing of teachers from Dr. Arvin and found the years she taught. There is a listing of all names from the back side of the Photo. Thanks to Andy Rice for the submission!
- Elementary Grades Third and Fourth Taught by Miss Byril Sloan. This is labeled as 1924, however according to Dr. Arvin, she taught the years 1920-1921, 1921-1922 and 1922-1923. Names are included on the back side of the picture. Thanks to Andy Rice for the submission!
- Wingate -- Freshmen class 1922-23 -- thanks to Dean Boyer for this one -- names on back : Fossy; Mason; Abel; Olive & Hughes
- Wingate - Basketball player about 1922-24 (anyone know him? Thanks so much to Dean B for this one, as well)..
- Wingate school - 1908 - court injunction against building -- Thanks muches to Mary K for this nifty little article !..
- Cool pic of a plate with the school on it - thanks to Paula Hedrick Davis on C"ville & Montgomery Co History Facebook page :) ..
- WINGATE HIGH SCHOOL PLAY PROGRAM "GLAMOUR GIRL" Presented by the Seniors, Friday April 13, 1945 Thanks to Andy Rice for the submission!
- Wingate School Teachers from the 1904-1953 school years, when it closed. At this time the students moved into Coal Creek Central. Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000School Years 1904 thru 1924 -- 1924 thru 1944 -- 1944 thru 1953 School closes and students move to Coal Creek Central.
- The Alumni Banquet Bulletin from Tuesday December 27, 1932? ( This was the first Tuesday December 27th after those that graduated in the late 1920's). These scans contain a "Roll of Membership", an advertisment from "Bower & Muthersbough" clothing, a short "History of Wingate High School", and stories of the Basketball teams of 1907,1913, 1914 and "Wingate U.S. Champs" Source: "COAL CREEK TOWNSHIP", prepared by Charles L. Arvin, April 2000
- Wingate Underclassmen who later became the first class at Coal Creek Central to graduate in 1954. Photo contains 9 students (2 are named) and the teacher. Thanks to Andy Rice for the submission!
- Sharp Dressed Wingate Men Dale Jones, unknown, and Russ Harris. Dressed in suits with with a polished car, could it be Prom Time? Thanks to Andy Rice for the submission!
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