The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 19, 1937 Page: 1 of 8
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District Governor
Presents Chatter
To Crosby Lions
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Visitors Here From Clubs
At Floydada, Plainview
and Lubbock; H. C. Pen-
der Presides At Meet
Crosbyton Lions Club became of-
ficially recognized by LKms Interna-
tional Tuesday rftght, when the
charter waa preaented the club by
District Governor JSlmer Elliott, of
Daihart. Guests from three other
clubs, Lubbock, Floydada and Plain-
view, along with the wives of many
o£ the visitors and local members,
brought the attendance to 7J& for
official Charter night far thi. local
organization. The affair waa held in
the basement of the First Methodist
church, and the banquet served by
the ladies of that church.
A talk on Lionism by District Go-
vernor Elliott, of Daihart, featured
the meeting, which was presided ov-
er by H. C. Pender, president of the
Lubbock club. Lion Elliott discussed
the code of Lions, and stressed the
fellowship and good works of the
organization. He outlined the rapid
growth of the organization from 50
clubs in 1917 to 2700 club at the pre-
sent. Lionism has also spread to oth-
er nations, he said, and he believes if
international peace is to come it will
be brought about by the efforts of
Lionism.
Following his talk he charged the
directors, the' Lion Tamer, and the
Tailtwister of the club, and outlined
their duties. In the absence of the
: president of the local club Emzy
Pieratt, due to sickness, the charge
to the president and the presentation
of the charter were received by Hu-
bert Curry, acting vice-president,
who made a short talk of acceptance.
Entertainment features of the pro-
gram were furnished by the tailtwis-
ters of the Plainview and Floydada
clubs, who cut off the ties of mem-
bers who refused to pay fines. Floy-
dada Lions Cowboy quartet received
the applause of the entire group
from the several selections they sang,
as did Mrs. Jack Douglass, of Lub-
bock, who entertained with a whist-
ling solo. —•
Presidents of all three visiting
dub* were present. They were H. C.
Pender, of Lubbock, who presided at
the meeting; Dave McCurdy, of the
Plainview club and Edd Johnson of
ihe Floydada club
F. F. A. PRACTICES
ON PLAY TO BE GIV-
EN NEXT FRIDAY
Mrs. Mae Post, Widow of Wiley
t, Becomes Crosby Land Owner
Parents of Widow of Fam-
ous Flyer To Make Home
In County; Mrs. Post Na-
tive West Texan
Mrs. Mae Post, widow of the fam-
ous flier, Wiley Post, who with Will
Rogers lost his life in an airplane
crash in Alaska, some two years ago,
is a land owner of Crosby county.
Mrs. Post was here Saturday with
her brother, Roy Laine, and filed
the deed to the property in. the name
of Mrs. Mae Post. The land, 320-
acres, is situated about ten miles
southwest of Crosbyton and was pur-
chased from the San Antonio Joint
Stock Land Bank.
Mrs. Post announced that her pa-
rents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Laine, and
her brother, Roy, would live on the
land.
Mrs. Post did not make a public
appearance here, but remained in
her car, while her brother filed the
deed to the land. It was recorded by
Miss Allyne McDaniel, assistant in
the office .01 the county clerk. She
left Sunday for Oklahoma City after
spending the night in Lubbock. She
will resume her secretarial course in
a business college in that city. Before
buying the land, her father had in-
spected land in five South Plains
counties and Oklahoma, and finally
decided on the Crosby county farm.
Mrs. Post received $25,000 from
Congress for the famous ship, Win-
nie Mae, in which Post "made his re-
cord breaking flights. She Jived in
Sweetwater before her marriage.
Mrs. Post is expected to be a fre-
quent visitor here now that her, -pa-
rents are to reside in Crosby county.
NOWLIN CALLS MEET
OF SCHOOL OFFICIALS
Harmful Legislation is Pro-
posed, He States
"There have been two Rural Aid*
pills introduced in the Legislature of
Texas for the biennum 1937-1939, ei-
ther of whicli in its original form
will mean disaster to tfie majority of
the rural schools of Crosby county in
the further loss of teachers or short-
ened school terms," says R. H. Now;
lin, county superintendent, in calling
a meeting of all trustees, county
board members, superintendents, prin
cipals, and any others interested in
the welfare of Crosby county schools
COUNTY GRANGES«
HEAR NATIONAL DE-
PUTY SPEAK FRIDAY
Local Degree Team To Ini-
tiate 65 Members At
Roosevelt School
The Ralls Grange and the East
Plains Grange, along with a delega-
tion from Kaigary, met with the Cros
byton Grange in the Grange Hall,
Friday night.
National Deputy Harold W. GauL-
rapp Wvis present and helped to or-
ganize a Pomona, or County Grange
in this county.
The Crosbyton Degree Team ex-
,to meet in the district court room ! amplified the First Degree in full
here Saturday, Feb. 20. The meeting
is called for 2:30 p. m.
These bills will be discussed, 'Mr.
Nowlin said, in order to inform the
Senator and Representative of this
district of the effect either of these
bills will have on the schools of the
county.
"Plain Jane" Is One of Com-
edy Plays of Writer
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Hie local chapter of the F. F. "A.
and the F. F. A. Sweethearts will
present one of the outstanding plays
of the year in the High School audi-
torium on Friday night, February 26.
Many who have enjoyed such plays
as "Here Comes Chailie,'' written by
•'ay Tcbias, the author of "Plain
Jane" will especially enjoy this one.
It is different and exciting from the
,, first. .
"Plain Jane" is a cowgirl from
sombrero to spurs, with a six-gun,
lariat and quirt, a pet rattlesnake,
and a wild bronco called Dynamite.
You can imagine the consternation
with which she is greeted by the
group of Eastern society relatives
when she descends out of the West
upon eccentric Aunt Emma and the
Marsdens. This freckle-faced, red-
haired Jane has been selected by
Aunt Emma to be the bride of one
of the Marsden boys—the one who
wins her—and there is a scramble
for her money. Jane who is naturally
warm-hearted and romantically in-
clined, finds herself in an atmosphere
°f frigidity, selfishness, and intrigue.
But pathetic as her situation may be,
«er boundless energy is a match for
v ?t.-3Tie many complications of plot
make a thrilling combination of com-
edy, pathos, character, heart interest
and hilarity. Everyone will want to
know how Dynamite helped to settle
the marriage question and how Ma-
pet anake caused a near
j*agedy. When one of the Marsden
®°ys appeals to the romantic side of
•jane, he gets along fine until he un-
fortunately reminds her that' she is
P ain. Then Ellen, the Irish cook.
Plays good fairy and helps'Jane era:,,
jjicate tan and freckles and shows
er how to make her carroty hair a
mass of silken curls. .That with
othes of the right type makes plain
a radiant princess. The Mars-
" all ait up and take notice
tL right wins her.
tovT°n,t misa "pl*ln Jane" say. its
.J0"*01"" When you are not softened
tn n?e pathos you will be laughing
' ,e Point of tears at the rumor.
CROSBY CAR OWNERS
CAN AID PLANNING
SURVEY OF TEXAS
Needed Information Given
on Cards at Collector's
Office Here
Womariless Wed-
ding Will Be Sol-
emnized Tonight
Big Social Event Attracts
Attention of Entire Com-
munity ; Many To Take a
Part in Festivities
Final plans have been made, the
rehearsal completed, and the wedding
of Miss Wallie (D. A.) Edwards and
Eddie (Emzy) Pieratt, will take place
as scheduled tonight at 7:$0 at the
high school auditorium. This wedding
by the way, will be a womanless af-
fair.
Sponsored by the Grade School
Parent-Teacher Association, and
embracing some thirty or more char-
acters, all business men and teachers
of Crosbyton, the wedding gives pro-
mise of being one 9f the most enter-
taining presentations of the year.
Proceeds from ticket sales will go to-
ward paying for the piano purchased
in the fall for the grade school audi-
torium. The ladies hope to secure
enough to make the final payment
on the piano.
Considerable comment has been
caused by the placards placed in
downtoWh show windows advertising
the production and having a picture
of one of the attendants at the wed-
ding. The bride and groom are also
represented in the pictures.
Some interest is also being shown
in the Madam Queen contest being
staged in connection with the wed-
ding. Each person in the wedding is
being sponsored by some business
firm as a candidate for Madam
Queen, „ the results to be announced
and the queen crowned following the
wedding tonight. The ladies, how-
ever, would like to see a rush of vo-
ters to the boxes over the city today.
It is for a good cause, .and votes are
a penny apiece.
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QUEEN PRESENTS
WEEK OF PICTURES
THAT DRAW CROWD
State-County
TREES AND SHRUBS
WANTED FOR NEW
PARK IN CANYON
holds revival meeting .
T®nnJson, pastor of the
irst Baptist church, leftTiere Mon-
whL v Kallervll1e. Wheeler county.
v£ I? wl ** engaged In a revi-
val meeting. The
continue fdFtwo
expected
The car owners of Crosby county
can aid tremendously in furnishing
information to the State-Federal
Highway Planning Survey for use in
working out a logical plan on which
future , road and street construction
will be based. Clay Henry, the Asses-
sor and Collector of Taxes, has been
given a number of post cards which
ask for fundamental information that
is needed in road planning, thus af-
fording the motorist opportunity to
participate in outlining his future
road program. These cards, to be
distributed, to car owners as they
pay their 1937 registration fees, re-
quire no postage and are self- ad-
dressed. The number of cards which
have been furnished Mr. Henry, was
judged according to the number of
motor vehicles which were register-
ed in the County during 1936. The
number of cards allotted to Crosby
county is as follows: 2,400 for pas-
senger automobiles; 500 for trucks,
"and 125 for trailers and motorcycles,
and 50 for owners of five or more
vehicles.
" The business of constructing and
maintaining highways, streets, and
roads has become a tremendous task
within recent-yearar"and it now sr-
fects the well-being of every citizen.
Obviously, every effort should be
made to plan our public road sys-
tem so that it will serve all car ow-
ners in an equitable manner and so
that the tax burden for roads will be
distributed justly. The information
sought on these cards is vital to the
establishment of an equitable, well-
rounded program. In order to work
out such a program, the Texas High-
way Department and the United
States Bureau of Public Roads are
conducting a State-wide Highway
Planning survey, and it is to the ad-
vantage of each county to partici-
pate to the greatest extent possible.
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EXPECTS PAYMENT IN MARCH
wi
1936 farm program will get their
payments some time In March, Ralph
Hoyve, cotfrity^nT7~*M Tuesday,
Bight hundred of the 971 applications
have already gone out, Mr. Howe
stated. v
PLAN NOW to attend the mightiest
of Shows, the Greatest of All Mail*1
cals, "The Great Ziegfeld."
form. The team is composed of Marie
Stockton, Doris Huddleston, Nell
Farris, Adelene Hodges, Allene Reed,
Reba Dickey, Madalene Edler, Mil-
dred Davis, Wade Ccott, R. H. Far-
ris, Doyle Moore, Odell Justus, Pat
Barrett, Clyde Hodges, Aimer Moore,
and Captain Wallace Heath. Miss j
Bier is to be one of the coaches and j
two others will be .elected soon.
The Degree team will initiate about j
65 members in the First Degree ot j
the Subordinate Grange at Roosevelt
school in Lubbock county Monday
night, February 2^. Perry Roberts is
chairman on the committee for trans-
portation for this trip.
GREATESTFIRE LOSS
IN TEXAS IS IN HOMES
STATE RECORDS SHOW
Most Deaths From Fire Al-
so Occur In Homes,
450 Die in 1936
Approximately 52 per cent of the
fire losses paid by Insurance com-
panies doing business in Texas for
the years 1930 to 1935, inclusive,
were losses that occured in the
home, and more than three-fourths
of the deaths from fire, occured fn
the home, which means that a large
proportion of all fires and most or
the deaths occur in homes,'Marvin
Hall, Fire Insurance Commissioner
of Texas, says.
During the year 1936 more than
450 men, women and .children lost
their lives from fire (exact number
of deaths in 1936 not yet available,)
and since 1922 to 1936, inclusive,
more than 4,990 lost their lives from
fire.
• Clothing ignited while standing too
close ot stove takes 50 percent of the
deaths, the highest in
highest is trapped'm buildings, 45
percent; next to this is kerosene
starting or quickening fires. Other
causes are: starting fires with gas-
oline, gas explosion, burned in auto-
mobile wrecks, crude oil explosions,
scalds, matches, and smoking in bed.
Most of the fires that occur in
the home are from simple and easily
preventable causes, says Mr. Hall,
and likewise, most of the deaths that
occur from fires are from simple and
easily preventable causes. ~ f
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JOE McDUFF MADE DIRECTOR
TURKEY IMPROVEMENT ASS'N
Jack Benny and Bob Burns
in Weeks Feature" The
Big Broadcast of 37
When "the boy friend" loses every
job he obtains because he cannot
restrain his impulse to push in the
laces of those who annoy him, What
is a girl to do?--With such a basis
for its story, "Kelly the Second" Hal
Roach-M-G-M all-star feature come-
dy, establishes a new record for laugh
ter production at the Queen Theatre
Saturday only. >
The action of this hilarious screen
Donations of Any Nature
That Will Grow Will
Be Appreciated
The Crosbyton Garden. Club is so-
liciting trees, flowering shrubs, hardy
perinneals, harder bulbs, etc., for the
new roadside park, designated by the
highway department as White River
State Park in Blanco Canyon, east
of this city.
Mr. Terry, supervisor, said the pro-
ject could use anything that will
grow. The dcpftrtm^ni Jias bought
5700.00 worth of trees and shrubs
but many more plants will be need-
ed to complete the planting.
Anyone interested in donating any
trees, shrubs, or plants notify Mes-
dames W. M. Romane, C. E. Roy or
W. M. Curry. The highway depart-
ment will send some one to dig the
plants if notified. Mr. Terry said
they planned to begin planting about
the last of the month.
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OLD SETTLER DIES
MONDAY AT HOME
SOUTH OF RALLS
John H. Wheeler, 64, Was
Brother of Com. R. M.
Wheeler
John H. Wheeler, 64, pioneer set-
tler of Crosby county, r died at his
home 16 miles south of Ralls at 7
o'clock Monday morning, following
a partial stroke of paralysis. ;
Funeral rites were held at .'the
Methodist church at Ralls at 3:30 o'-
clock Monday afternoon'with Rev. J.
Edmond Kirby conducting the ser-
vices, and with Will Marr Funeral
Home in charge of burial. ,«,*
Mr. Wheeler came to Crosby coun-
ty in the fall of 1890 from Handley,
Tarrent county. In 1900 he was mar-
ried to Miss Lela Smith, oldest daugh
-ter of "Uncle
first settler of Crosby county. Mrs.
Wheeler was born at Fort Griffin
and moved to tlje Rock House with
her parents in 1877.
Besides his wife, he is survived by
| two sons, Roy and J. A. Wheeler, of
j Ralls; one granddaughter; one bro-
i ther, Marsh Wheeler, commissioner
of Crosby county from Precinct i,
I and one sister, Mrs. J. S. Wayne, ol
| Cuero, Texas.
Several Crosbyton people attended
Totsr of $83,130*29 in Cur-
rent and Delinquent Tax
Collections Announced By :
County Collector
State and county tax collection*
for the current year, 1986, were con-
siderably more than for the year,
1935, according to information given
by John Haney, deputy tax collector, .
Tuesday after the final report of col-
lections was made.
TJie total collections from the 1936
rolls amounted to 162,740.00, repre-
senting 68 percent of the total a-
mount of the assessment, which is
*91,426.00.
The 1935 collections amounted to
$50,933.00, representing 56 per cent
of the assessed taxes collected, which -
was $89,680.00. ~"
The collections for January this
year, which is always the heaviest
month for collections, amounted, to
$35,666.47, compared with $29,30^.61
for the year 1935, or $6,364.86 more
this January than last.
Delinquent Collections
Delinquent tax collections took a
big jump over previous years when
it was revealed in the report that
$20,390 29 of delinquent taxes had
teen collected during the past four
months. In J935 there were only $8,-
361.i9 collected during the same
period, or $12,029.10 more in 1936
than in 1935. The cause for increase J
collections on the delinquent rolls, it
was said, was due directly to the
placing of . all delinquent taxes in the
hands of an attorney for collection.
This also helped on current taxes,
the office reported.
CITY TO HAUL OFF
CANS AND RUBBISH
DURING THE WEEK
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Citizens Asked To Place All
Cans In Convenient
Location
City authorities are requesting- all
citizens of the town to pile all oid
Hank" the. cans 4n the alley;? or.**®* -^o^ven-
ient place immediately after this no-
tice and they will be picked up by
the city truck some time next week.
This is important and is an oppor-
tunity for the citizens of the city to
dispose of an accumulation of old
cans around" the home. Burn trasn
and pile up only cans and rubbish
that cannot be burhed. Every person
should co-operate with the city auth-
orities in cleaning,, up the premises.
. the funeral, including Judges Ben F.
fare revolves around Molly Kelly and Hickg Judge Geo s Bond Sheriff
her fighting sweetheart, Cecil Calla-
han, a truck ^driver. Since pecil can-
not hold a job until pay day because
of his pugilistic tendencies, Molly
decides to make his weakness pay
dividends. She drafts "Doc" Klum, an
old-fashioned apothecary, as manager
installs herself as trainer and sets
out to make a ring champioh of Ce-
cil. The trio formed by Patsy Kelly
as Molly, Guirin 'Big Boy' Williams
as Cecil, and Charley Chase as "Doc"
Klum presents a fine comedy.
"Jell-O, everybody!" Thats a fami-
liar greeting, isn't it? It means that
Jack Benny, your favorite cdmedy
star and ours, is on the air, to bring
lots of laughs and unbeaBnjftrenter-
tainment to radio fans. Every one of
the Jack Benny and Bob Burns fans
in Crosbyton will thrill to the news
that Jack's in a new picture, more
hilarious, more entertaining and more
tuneful than ever before—and that
it shows at the Queen Theatre, Sat-
urday night preview, Sunday and,
Monday. It's called "The Big Broad-
cast of 1937," and Jack Benny and
Bob Burns have surrounded themsel-
list. Next, ves with an ace cast, including Geo.
Bums and Gracie Allen, Martha
Rajte, Sam Hearn, Shirley Ross. Ray
Milland, Frank Forest and Benny
Fields.
Seven of the season's hit songs, play-
ed by the top swing band of the'land
—Benny Goodman and his Orches-
tra. V'", ■
Joe McDuff, of the Fairview com-
munity, was elected one of the direc-
tors of the Ht-Plains Turkey Im-
provement Association at a meeting
trt Jfche organization in Plainview last
Crosby county appllc&hfirfor the i^urgday, February 11. W. AHPAtht-
er, Hale county, ,was elected .presi-
dent; m. C. Vineyard, Kress, vice-
president; and O. CL Shearer, Floy-
dada, secretary. " . (
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holds juveune court
Judge Ben F\ Hicks, County Attor-
ney Robert McKee, and Sheriff Jim
'Williams went to Lorenzo Tuesday
where they held a Juvenile court.
The tentacles of a clever black-
mail ring twine .closer and ckfser a-
bout a young girl of prominent fam-
ily who has inherited a newspaper.
The mahaging isditor swears he will
"never work for a femaje publisher."
When the girl gets into a terrible
jani that threatens her reputation
and life happiness, he helps her turn
thcrfables on the blackmailers and
crush them. That^Uis theme of Un-
iversal^ "the Girl oh the Front Page
which shows at the Queen next Tues-
day and Wednesday.
Edmund Lowe is the editor and
Gloria Stuart is the society girl. 1
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j.':
Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Matthews re-
tutned home Saturday from the Dal-
las wholesale markets. They visited
their daughter, Miss Bessie Lou Mat- ...
thews, a student at State University the changes in the 1987 program, Mr
at Austin, while they were gone.
Jim Williams, R. H. Nowlin, Robert
McKee, M. H. Thomas, Geo. E. Mayes
Edgar Allen and several others,
and wife of Mrs. Wheeler, Allen
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Lowrie,
of this city and Mr. Blanco,' attend-
ed the services, and were with Mr.
Wheeler before his death.
Early Sandstorms Mean ;
Early Rainfall For Dis-
trict, Some Predict Here
It-is an easy matter to forget from
one year to another just what hap-
pens, but it is the general opinion
that sand storms are coming a little
earlier this year than common. Dur-
ing the past week we are reminded
of the "shifting sands of time," as
tiny pebbles drift through the air.
This year's sand so far, however,
has been in the form of "dusters"
blown down from somebody else's
farms to the north, , of the variety
so much in evidence two years ago.
Very little soil has been reported
"blowing" in Crosby county.
One guess is as good-4UL smother,
and when the weather is different,
guesses increase. Some say that^as
the sand storms are coming early
this year, the rain's will come earlier,
probably in March. The average rain
fall in Crosby county for the past
ten years in February has been .45
of an inch, while in March the aver-
age for the period has been .69 of an
inch.
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.CAN REGISTER CARS NOW
v
Automobile registration is now op-
en, beginning the first of February
and continuing until April 1," accord-
ing to information from the afunty
tax collector's office.
It is likely that car owners will be
allowed to a place their license plates
on sooner this jrear than last, Clay
Henry, tax collector, said, and not
have to wait until April 1; aa was
the case last year.
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attends meet at plainview
Ralph Howe, county agent, . went
to Plainview Monday to Attend a
meeting of the 1987 farm program
officials. While there are not many,
the discussions were along the llhe of
Howe said.
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h. c. oldham leases
new sinclair sta.
Maxwell Stockton Will
Active Manager
Be
if
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H. C. Oldham, owner of the -Gap^
rock Motor Company, has leased
the new Sinclair Station on the
northeast corner of the square which
is expected to be completed within
the next few days. Mr. Oldham stat-
ed that the new station would be
opened for business on Saturday, Fe-
bruary 27.
Maxwell Stockton will be active
manager of the establishment and
he will be assisted at the, station by
Julias Martin.
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$3.00 Payment of School
Apportionment Is Made
- A payment of $3.00 on the state
scholastic apportionment was receiv-
ed Monday by R. H. Nowlin, county
superintendent. This makes a. total-
of $8.00 paid this year on the appor-
tionment of $19.00, Mr. Nowlin said.
6>/2 MILLION TONS
ON CONCRETE MAKE
DESERT A RESORT
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gallons of
A desolate desert region converted
into a vast playground by six and
cne-half million tons of concrete!
That's just one of the accomplish-
ments of Boulder Dam, which has
created the largest artificial lake in
the world—Lake Mead—a reservoir
large enough to supply each inhabi-
tant oh earth with 5,000
water! , ■■
These and other interesting facts
about Boulder Dam will be discussed
by -Ca¥V tli Wells in the Continental
Oil Company broadcast, "Exploring
America with Conoco and Carveth
Wells," which may be heard at 6:30
Saturday night, Feb. 27, over station
WFAA, Dallas. '
"Boulder Dam is transforming en*
ormous areas of the deserjjtato f
tile fanms," declares the internation-
ally known explorer, "and it will gen-
erate about four times as much elec-
tric power as Niagara Falls. Moun-
tains have been converted into islands
and sand deserts into bathing beach-
es. America's newest and most
tacufyr lake is
one of this
sure rjpsorts^'
greatest
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