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Stephen Roche with his children, Chris & Katie enjoying a slice of pizza on Broadway in 1996.
My dad loved to take us to Cabana Water Ice, Duffy's [I return at least twice a year for their fresh irish potatoes] the offices of The Gloucester City News (when he was employed there), and stores like the RxD Pharmacy [I'll always remember Al Zeises for his kindness] & McGroarty's News [which is where you'll find the best hoagies]. We'd go on walks down to the river where he'd tell us about Gloucester City's & Camden's amazing history.
GLOUCESTER CITY NJ-A recent article written by Bomber Bennett titled “Down the Store”brought back so many memories about my parent's store on Morris Street. Bomber didn't mention our store in the text of his story, but it is shown on the map that was published with the article as #5.
submitted by John McCormick...click photo to enlarge
The Gloucester City Colts 120 lb. team from 1956. The team was undefeated, untied and unscored upon. The identities as I remember are:
Back Row (l. to r.) Coach McKinney, Coach McKeever, Rich Huff, Jim Bennett, Alan Mester, Dick Wright, Unknown, George Thorpe, Tom Early, Rich Devine, Rick Sherrer, Coach Houser, Unknown.
Middle Row (l. to r.) Coach Mester, Jim Saxameyer, Unknown, Tom Baals, John McCormick, Skip Murphy, Woody Dooley, Jim DiCicco, Harry Ahern, Jack McKeever, Mike Flynn, Coach Hoover.
Front Row (l. to r.) Mike McKinney, Unknown, Fran Janette, Bill Elenbark, Herb Houser, Jim Newcomb, Ray Sherry, Mike Clemens, Bill Hoover.
(Editor’s note: These remarks were presented by Mr. Munn during the recent dedicationof the Freedom Pier on the Delaware River in Gloucester City..
Members of City Council, distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen:
To reach this part of the pier, where we are now, you have crossed over what, in my opinion, is one of the most historic properties in Gloucester City. The only other property with more outstanding history is Proprietors Park.
The history of this property pre-dates historical records. There is evidence here of native Indian occupation that dates back eight thousand years!
Group photo of the Williams, Devine, Mergenthal, Weber and Finanger familys. The reunion was held at Paul Devine's home on the Chesapeke Canal, Maryland. (continued click link)
Gloucester City was originally named Fort Nassau. The fort, located along the Delaware River, was first settled by the Dutch in 1623. The settlement was an ideal port location along the shores of the river used for travel and transportation. The city became the county seat of old Gloucester County for over 100 years. Once the county vacated the city, it transformed to an industrial hub along the riverfront. The birth of industry caused the need for development of housing and businesses catering to local and visiting patrons. Gloucester evolved from a small fishing community to a bustling city, which was incorporated in 1868. Today, Gloucester City is a global port city along the banks of the Delaware River.
Remembering when Gloucester City streets and side walks were children’s play grounds. Circa: 1920-1930...
The side walk games, ring around the rosie, hop scotch, jumping rope, double dutch with two or three girls jumping in and out of the double whirling ropes and London Bridges falling down. There was a boys’ game, Peggey, played on a wooden bench with pocket knives, with two blades open forming a tee, the knife was flipped trying to make it land on either blade. Large blade one point, small blade two points.
The one I was engaged to some how ended up in the back seat. I thought my world moved. The Chevy rolled down the hill into a ditch backwards. Backwards, that’s right we got towed. I’ll never forget all those memories, people, and places.
Billy and Connie, remember going to Clayton, Maryland (two times)? Reading all you write, Billy, makes me happy.
Msgr Lucitt (Big Ed) (inset) was the driving force behind the St. Mary's men’s Guild that was started probably by Msgr Brick during the depression. Both priests were similar in nature, great heart, passionate and when something went wrong they took no prisoners.
Big Ed was my first basketball and football coach in grammar school.
The men of the Guild made fishcakes on the first floor and delivered them and other food to the citizenship of Gloucester during those awful years of the depression.. During the war years, while I was in grammar school (St Marys), all the fellows were in the service
One of the community literacy projects supported by Rotary Club of Absecon-Galloway is the tutoring program for children of local service men. Terry (Bowe) Dougherty is the teacher, who runs the program in Galloway, NJ .
MAYBE, JUST MAYBE IT WILL HAPPEN! Approximately 100 people attended the official dedication of Freedom Pier, King Street and the Delaware River, Gloucester City on Saturday morning, Sept. 17. Besides being the former Coast Guard Base the site was also a U.S. Immigration Station at one time; thus the reason it is being called Freedom Pier.
cnbnews photo-from left Deacon Crosson, Mayor's Assistant Bob Bevan, Historian Dave Munn, Councilman Marchese
St. Mary’s Church Deacon Frank Crosson opened the ceremonies with a prayer followed by the playing of the national anthem. “Welcome all to this recreation destination, to be forever known as Freedom Pier,” said Councilman Nick Marchese, M.C. of the event.
Editor's Note: I needed some help with an article I was writing about Growing Up in my home town of Gloucester City. Gary Marcucci, a good friend, former resident of Gloucester City and graduate of Gloucester City High School, Class of '61 sent in this information about his fond memories of his home town.~B. Cleary
by Gary Marcucci
(cnbnews.net)The first place I hung out was VanStein’s, a little store near the corner of 7th and Market. The following is a list of the fellows that I remember being there:
Harry Wilson
Corky McNutt
Johnny Clifford
Tony McGrath
Jack Ahern
Tim Downey
Howard Dickson
Joe McCullough
Sam and Jim Chew
Joe Heimerel
Tommy Reed
Jan Ferry
Eddie Spolture
John Rowan
We used to play baseball at the lot right behind Hunter Street School. This is before Tee Ball and all other controlled sports. You got to play with guys three or four years older and learned the rules through your peers. It was great day to play ball there or maybe even go down to Charles Street at the field there and later go to VanStein’s and get a Pepsi and a bag of chips. The VanSteins were great. They used to take a bunch of us down to a lake in Deptford a couple of times a year to go swimming. On really cold nights, we would go down to Foster’s Laundry and stand by the hot vent. Can you believe we were hanging out at ten years old. Some of the guys were older but you learned your place.
The very first dance I remember going to was in the basement of Cissie Everhart’s basement. It cost a dime but you got potato chips, pretzels and soda.
Early Teens
I then moved to Gladys, a candy store, at Market and Sussex Streets. The guys there were:
Bill Kimmey
Jake Miller
Dick Fitzpatrick
Johnny Cobb
Frank Herman
George Cleary
Bob Bevan
Pete Pitzo
Albie Brandt
Joe and Ed DiGiacomo
Joe Brandt
Joe Battersby
John Ellenbark
We also had some girls that came around regularly.
Marie and Sissy Hagan
Nancy Johnson
Flossie Harris
Alberta Ellenbark
And some others I can’t remember.
The girls used to try and teach us how to dance in the back. I can remember Tutti Fruitti was popular and this was the first time I can remember dancing in public. Some of the guys were really good and then there was me.
About this time, we started going to the dances at Gloucester Catholic High School in their gym, Gloucester City High School and one place I remember in particular was St. Anne’s in Westville. As a matter of fact, a bunch of us used to hang out there at Beverly Hanson’s house. It was neat, their family had a monkey as a pet. Some of the girls we hung out with were:
Beverly Hanson
Terrie Manion
Donna Barton
Lois Grossinger
Bernadette Murphy
Middle Teens were spent at Tucker’s, at the corner of Cumberland and Joy Streets. Some of the regulars were:
Bill Kimmey
Jake Miller
Dick Fitzpatrick
Frank Herman
George Cleary
Bob Bevan
Pete Pitzo
Albie Brandt
Joe and Ed DiGiacomo
Joe Battersby
Jim Fritz
Joe Brandt
Billy Underwood
Denny Stinsman
Larry Pusey
Bill Tourtual
And so many others that would drop by on a semi-regular basis.
These were the times when we thought it was funny to put a lit cigarette in the cuff of somebody’s pants. Played a lot of pinball and football in the street as if your life depended on it. We continued going to the dances at Gloucester High and Gloucester Catholic and once in a while to the Gloucester City Park Dances.
Junior and Senior Year of High School
Finally graduated to Powell’s Luncheonette on Broadway near Cumberland. There was always dancing going on here too. Way too many people to mention who hung out there.
Now we had wheels and were able to go to the Dancette out in Oaklyn and the dances at the Almonesson Ballroom.
It was from about age fifteen to seventeen that we used to crash weddings. I still can’t believe how we got away with it. I remember one time Joe Brandt actually danced with the bride at the Gloucester Heights Fire Hall.
After high school, we started going to some of the local bars, such as the Erin, Capp’s, Twin Bar and the Sand Bar. We would stop at these places before going on to one of the dances. From our twenties on, besides the shore, there was the Erlton Bowl and Al Jo’s.
So, so many stories that we all have that would fill a book. I remember when I was away at college I didn’t tell a lot of the stories for fear of being branded a liar. Some of the stuff we did was absolutely nuts.
Playing Little League Baseball and having your teammate (Dinky Brennan) drive himself to the game. Joe Brandt flushing Walt Sharp’s eye down the toilet and a thousand more.
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(cnbnews.net)Jerry Blavat, the Geator with the Heater, the Boss with the Hot Sauce, released his autobiography, You Only Rock Once, earlier this summer. Blavat, who grew up in South Philadelphia, reminisces about dancing on Bandstand at age 13. Building a career for himself as a DJ spinning records on the AM radio station WCAM. Holding record hops at MEPRI Hall in Mount Ephraim, the Starlight Ballroom in Wildwood, the L&M Ballroom, and Wagner’s Ballroom both in Philadelphia along with other venues in this area. His lifelong friendships with people like Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra, U.S. Ambassador Walter Annenberg, Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo and his relationship with Philadelphia Mafia boss Angelo Bruno that resulted in a 10-year FBI investigation.
From the book’s jacket cover, “Jerry Blavat is a Philadelphia icon and major influence in the national music scene as creator of the “oldies” format and as the deejay who broke many top acts in the 60s. Blavat gained national fame hosting the Discophonic Scene on CBS-TV.”
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a plan to clean up radioactive contamination on the portion of the Welsbach/General Gas Mantle Superfund site located in Gloucester City, N.J. The site consists of two former gas lamp manufacturing facilities –Welsbach in Gloucester City and the General Gas Mantle property in Camden County, New Jersey.
Postcard showing the outside of the former Welsback factory, King and Essex Sts.
(CNBNEWS.NET)Former LaSalle Football Coach Bill Manlove (photo) will be heading to South Bend, Indiana this week for the College Football Hall of Fame ceremonies being held July 15-16. He is one of four coaches that will be enshrined.
Knowledgable South Jersey football fans will remember Manlove as the head football coach at Gloucester City High School in the 1960‘s. A graduate of Temple University, Manlove taught math at GHS. Along with coaching football he also coached Lions freshman basketball.
Former Gloucester City Mayor Bob Bevan, who was coached by Manlove said, ”I played for Bill in my junior and senior year (1961, 1962) we had a losing record in his rookie year as Head Coach and had a 6-2-1 record in our senior year. He was more of a strategist his first year and became more of a motivator during his second year.He became successful over the next several years in both high school and as a college coach. He was a gentleman and always treated his players with respect.”
Tom Holt, (photo) one of the founders of Holt Cargo Systems in Gloucester City died on Monday, June 20, of prostate cancer at his home in Northeast Philadelphia.
Thomas Joseph Holt Sr. with his brother Leo and father Leo Sr., started the warehousing company in the mid-sixties as an adjunct to the family’s successful trucking business. His father died in 1968 an his brother Leo retired in the early 80‘s at the age of 53.
In a 1985 Gloucester City News interview Holt said his family , of Irish heritage, had ties with Gloucester City that go back four generations. Holt was 48 at the time of the interview.
“On my mother’s side, " said Holt, “was the Mooney family. One relative was Bill Williams the building inspector for Gloucester City. His wife, Katherine Williams, was my mother, Edna’s first cousin.”
Other names related to the Holt family are the Langes and the Ryans, “So if you see someone in this town who is redhead,” declared Holt, “there is a good chance he or she could be a fourth or fifth generation Holt.”
Note: The author is a former resident of Gloucester City and a graduate of Gloucester Catholic High School. Today, Jack resides in Florida. The article was first posted on CNB in 2007...click map to enlarge
PUB CRAWL – the act of one or more people drinking in a number of pubs in a single night, normally walking between them. Wikipedia
As a kid growing up in Gloucester City in the 50's and 60's, it was always there beckoning to you. You never quite understood what it was, but you could feel it every time you walked down most any street in town. There was always this vibe in the air—a tingling sensation. You couldn't quite put you finger on it, but you knew it was there.
Then, one day it suddenly hit you like a bottle of stale beer and you saw it—Gloucester had a tavern on nearly every corner. Some street corners had more than one. Of course, you said to yourself, why hadn't I seen it before. It was so obvious. And with that epiphany came the realization that some day you were going to visit each and every one of them. It was your calling--your duty. It was in your DNA, like a salmon going upstream or a Sherpa climbing Mt. Everest. There was no running from your destiny. But, you wondered, how could you visit all of them? Then somebody said these words to you, "PUB CRAWL."
Imagine today, asking your 10 or 11 year-old to run “downthestore” and pick up some groceries. Would you A. trust him or her with 20 bucks; B. worry that they might be kidnapped by gypsies on the way, or C. hope they could make the trip without passing out from fatigue?
Today, a kid might have to go a couple of miles to find a store, and that’s if they could leave their video games long enough to do it. And I’m not talking about a Wa Wa or 7-Eleven. I’m talking about a place where you could buy real supplies like toilet paper, canned goods, vegetables, dairy products, bakery items, lunch and butchered meats. Sounds like a lengthy trip to a huge box store would be the only answer these days.
But, when I was a kid growing up in Gloucester during the 50’s and 60’s, it seemed like every neighborhood had a place where you could actually buy the necessities of life. Gloucester had many great little Mom and Pop businesses that helped make up the fabric of the city. These places varied from simple grocery stores, drugs stores, and bakeries, down to the candy and novelty shops. You never had to walk very far to find one because there was at least one store on every other corner.
Many of the corner stores were there for generations. Their owners witnessed the progression
Last week I went to a girls soccer game to watch my grand daughter
play at the Gloucester City High School field. I've seen the school several times riding past on Route 130.
As I was watching the game with my son I had a Gloucester City flash
back. That area used to be called " The hinkey dinks".
Maybe you or one of your readers can remember where it got that name. I remember the cement wall that had " Jesus Saves ". Under the quote someone wrote GREEN STAMPS.
DO you remember "Jesus saves Green Stamps "?
Back then it was funny now it's a lawsuit. How times have changed.
Your readers seem to be interested in old pictures. I wonder how many of the players for Gloucester Catholic High School Class of 1950 they can remember?
A few became active in Gloucester City politics. One is known as Doctor, another married into the Gaudio family. We played football at the Charles Street Stadium and our coach was Monsignor Lucitt aka Big Ed.
If you are looking for me I am the good looking guy in the photo.
Here are two photos of the Monmouth Street Business District taken in the 1940‘s. The young lady is Alice Pelligrino, the mother of the person who submitted the pictures, Pamela Fleig.
How many of you can recall the names of the stores that were located on Monmouth Street in that decade?
Here are two to get you started...Pelligrino's Barber Shop, and Marshalls Deli...
I know you are saying I cheated, you can't blame a guy for trying. I came along in 1944 and Pete Pelligrino gave me my first haircut. I bet Joe Farrell could name some of the businesses back then; how about it Joe?
If you have an old photo to share send it to BillGCN@verizon.net
Tuesday’s photo was taken at Southport, Charles and Water Streets, which was a
former industrial park housing such factories as GAF, New Jersey Zinc, later Gulf and Western, Harshaw Chemical, later Amspec Chemical, Atlantic Richfield, to mention a few. In 2006 the Kilcourse administration announced plans to redevelop the area aka Gloucester Point.
photo: sign at Charles and Water Street announcing plans for Gloucester Point development
Included in those plans were 3000 new homes being constructed by Beazer Home Construction and other well known contractors. Those plans were scrapped because of environment problems that would have taken 10 years or more to fix. In July 2010 the James administration announced a new light industrial plan for this area. ~Bill Cleary
I followed the recent series of articles in the Gloucester City News about the “Bells of Gloucester” with great interest.
The story of the Presbyterian Church bell held my attention, as a member of my family took part in the construction of the church and steeple.
Family tradition holds the steeple was 83 feet in height, and turned out to be too small for the bell when it arrived.
The bell provider, Mr. West, resolved the problem by moving it to a tower in the Washington Mills complex. From this location, the bell sounded the start and finish of the working day, six days a week.
On Sunday the bell rang for church services, not only for the Presbyterians, but for the various other churches holding their services in the Washington Hall company store.
It is important to remember all the bells and their history as an integral part of the City’s history.
After all, we are a city of churches and people, not race tracks and saloons!
For the last two years, the Gloucester City Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Veterans has been working diligently to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of the United States, particularly those Veterans from Gloucester City.
Gloucester City built its first Fire Department headquarters in 1879 on Bergen Street – where the police station is now.
The fire hall was built on a lot adjacent to the old City Hall, which is now the new City Hall.
After 1879, several fires took place without the knowledge of some firemen because there was no alarm bell to let them know.
Some concerned Gloucester City businessmen decided to approach City Council and ask that a fire alarm bell be placed in the tower of the fire hall.
The Councilmen liked the idea, and wasted no time planning for the installation of a fire alarm bell.
They purchased a large bell that would be heard in every corner of the town.
The alarm would be set off by electricity, and Council decided to put the bell in the City Hall tower because it was higher than the cupola on the fire hall.
City residents were very pleased with the new bell.
The firemen were beside themselves with excitement, and kept referring to the bell as a “she.” The bell became a female.
There was a city-wide celebration and christening ceremony on September 8, 1891, the day of the bell’s installation. “She” was placed in position in the City Hall tower at noon.
At the afternoon christening Martin Coyle, a Civil War veteran, broke a bottle of champagne on the bell and named her “Mary.”
During the christening, workmen were stringing wires from City Hall to the alarm boxes located in various sections of the City.
At 9 p.m. on November 16, 1891, the firemen and the residents of Gloucester City had a big thrill.
The alarm sounded for the first time for a fire on Ridgeway Street.
The firemen responded quickly, placed streams of water on the fire, and soon brought it under control.
The house belonged to a Richard Batezel and Thomas Popland, and the damage came to about $1,000.
For 49 years the alarm bell faithfully served the brave Gloucester firemen.
In 1940 the old City Hall and fire hall were torn down to make room for the new building there today.
The fire alarm bell was silenced, and a strange thing took place -- it vanished without a trace.
Another tangible piece of Gloucester was lost forever.
This is the final story of the “Bells of Gloucester.”
Some of the bells are still around, and a few belong to the ages.
They may not have been as famous as the “Liberty Bell,” or the bells of “Notre Dame,” but they served the people of Gloucester City well. Thank heaven residents still hear the magnificent bells of St. Mary’s ring out everyday.
And, thank heaven for the historians like Albert Corcoran, Harry Green, Louisa Llewellyn, Jack Corcoran and David Munn for putting Gloucester’s History into printed words.
The Gloucester City Planning Board last week considered several applications submitted by homeowners in the historical district.
Board members voted to deny the request of the owner of a property in the 100 block of South Burlington Street, who had already started on the improvement project.
The home is currently being refurbished by a developer who plans to put the property on the market once all work has been completed.
A representative from the City Historical Commission said the owner wanted to replace some of the tall windows on the home with smaller windows, not of the historically-accurate size.
Board members voted unanimously not to approve the application.
The Board did approve the installation of the first set of solar panels in the City, which were installed on a home in the 200 block of Somerset Street.
Commission representatives said the panels are not visible from the street.
An application was also approved for a property owner in the 100 block of Mercer Street, who wishes to replace the front steps and reinstall the existing railing.
The Board will meet again at 7:30 p.m. on Wed-nesday, May 19, in City Hall, 313 Monmouth St.
$400 Million for Radon Cleanup in Gloucester City/Camden City…The restoration of the plot of ground at the intersection of Johnson Blvd. and Essex Street is near completion. This past Tuesday April 27, workers from the theEPA and Army Corps of Engineers were leveling the ground and planting trees. The plot has been cleared of the hazardous waste/radon dumped there many many years ago when the defunct Welsbach Factory was in operation.
Photo of The Welsbach Factory, located at King and Essex Streets, Gloucester City. The company manufactured gas mantles. (click to enlarge)
The Army Corps of Engineers also built a temporary football practice field and a temporary Tee-ball field in the area of the Johnson Blvd. jogging track, across from Martins Lake, so the hazardous waste from some of the playing fields at the north end of Johnson Blvd. can be removed. The temporary fields will be used during the 2010/2011 seasons. The approximate cost for the temporary fields is $50,000, according to Brian Duffy, spokes person for Army Corp of Engineers.
GLOUCESER CITY NJ-Can you imagine what it would be like to have a job on the Delaware River in Gloucester City during the heyday of its resort years?
Well, lucky me, I did work there. Now you ask, who am I? Well, I am the bell that rang for many a year in the Gloucester Ferry Company belfry.
I rang when the boats came into the slips, and I rang again when they departed for Philadelphia.
Back in those days the air was fresh and crisp.
The river was clean and full of shad waiting to be caught and served in the many hotels that were built along the Gloucester City shoreline – a 3.5 mile, scenic stretch of land.
In 1865, I was owned by a Mr. Wm. Farr and Mr. A. Heckman.
(Editor’s note: This is the first in an occasional series about the history of the “Bells of Gloucester City.” Thanks to Ed Walens for coming up with this idea.)
On October 11, 1849, the cornerstone for the first Presbyterian Church was laid. Then on Sunday, December 10, 1850, the church building was depicted minus a steeple.
After much discussion a spike was purchased and placed on the church raising to the height of 82 feet.
Now Mr. Henry F. West thought the steeple should house a bell, but knowing the congregation could not afford one he decided to donate one on his own.
The church received the bell in the summer of 1852, but unfortunately it could not be placed in the steeple.
Shortly after the arrival of the bell a tornado hit Gloucester City and the 82- foot steeple was torn off its foundation.
Now, Mr. West was superintendent of Washington Mills, and the Mills needed a bell to let people know the starting time, 6 a.m., and the quitting time, 6 p.m. of the work week.
The bell was placed in the bell tower with the promise to the church congregation that it would also be rung for all church services on Sunday.
In 1893 the Washington Mills became the Argo Mills Co. However, the bell kept ringing until 1920 when Argo Mills closed its doors.
The building that held the bell was bought by Armstrong Cork Co. in 1950, and torn down to make room to store cork.
The bell was bought by the Gloucester Jaycees in the 1950s, and they had it cleaned and put on a float and paraded on July 4th as Gloucester’s oldest bell.
After the parade it was placed in the side yard of the Presbyterian Church for a couple of years.
Then, the Gloucester vandals took over and were throwing rocks and stone at a piece of history of Gloucester City.
It was placed back in storage and brought out again for the Centennial Celebration parade in 1968.
Today, the bell is in the street department building where it is waiting for the city to resurrect it again.
And it will not be long, because it will be restored and placed on display in a permanent place and protected till the end of time.
Source of information: “The History of Gloucester City” 1664-New Jersey Tercentenary 1968 green paper cover, page 31.
Centennial Celebration, page 3, 1868, Gloucester City, N.J. 1968.
First Settlement on the Delaware River, page 182, A History of Gloucester City, N.J. 1976, Louisa W. Llewellyn.
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The weekend event was held in Millville . Alumni members from the Class of 1960, Class of 1961, Class of 1962, Class of 1963 and 1964 were in attendance.
Our first Memories album was so well received I decided to start a second one. If you have any photos you like to submit to add to any of the albums on our site send them to BillGCN@verizon.net. Please include a brief description and the approximate year the picture was taken.
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John Ryan, photographer, reporter and ad salesman for the Gloucester City News took these photos in the 1980's. John has since passed away.
Looking down from heaven John will be happy to see his photos are still being used.
Over the next couple weeks more photos will be added to this album.
If you have a photo you would like to see published in any of the albums listed on this site you can e-mail them to BillGCN@verizon.net. Or if you want call 456-1199 and someone will come out and pick the photo up. It will be returned.
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