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loss Firms El it
y Oar Shortage;
300 Out
i i Ross lumber interests at White
j-) Qty Industrial area started a
J' general closedown today which
ro will result in laying off about 300
il (Employees because cf a box car
j ( sh&rtage. Bill Burt, manager of
IV-V 1 Li
me interests, aniiouriueu wis
Aterday.
q The closedown started today
hen a gang saw mill at White
(City did not start operations.
OBurt said the Prospect gang saw
mill would close when work
;)ops this evening, and all com
Ojjjanies will be closed tomorrow
Six Cars Received
Burt said the general close
down was due to a shortage of
box cars recently. Only six cars
Ittve been received in the past
(Jhree days, Burt said, from a
quota of 36 cars. The companies
Sre allotted 12 cars per day by
Cthe Oregon Public Utilities com
jjnission. Quotas are based on last
Oscar's average daily shipment.
Burt said the companies would
resume Coperations as soon as
lumber ready for shipment is
moved.
"If we could get about 60 per
Q?ent of our quota," Burt said
"we could continue operating."
He said there were several mil
lion board feet of lumber ready
tl) for shipment, and could be
classed perishable during inclem
ent0weather. ive Companies
Companies with which Ross is
affiliated include Ross Lumer
(jompany, Ross Moulding com
pany, Ross Lumber Sales, Cra
(D er Wholesale, and Olson-Ross
dumber company. The moulding
ompany went into production
Recently.
Burt said the Ross interests
(jhip about 11 to 12 cars per day,
Gnd with a curtailed supply of
Glfcox cars, company officials had
l shut down until after present
ffupplies are shipped. '
w Other lumber industry repre-
rfsntatives indicated that closures
pastor Faces
42,000,000 Suit
Portland (U.R) Libel and
linage suits totalling nearly
$2,000,000 were filed in Mult
nomah county circuit court to
day against Thomas Wyatt, pas
tor of the Wings of Healing
f-Church.
u Wyatt, head of the interna
tionally known religious sect
Gwith world offices in Portland,
cfc accused in three separate law
totita of libel and fraud.
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T o Hpfpnrlants in addl-
3on to Wyatt are Century In
vestment Corp., Century Adver
tising Co.,' Downtown Taber
nacle Corp., and Wings of Heal-
ing Corp., all represented as
-Wyatt Enterprises; Evelyn
, oWyatt, wife of Thomas; fiiax
Vyatt, his'-son, and Jonatnan r .
Jerkins. Wyatt's publicity man.
O Attorneys for three law firms
(3 Onvolved in the actions said the
suits were but forerunners of
Others to be filed.
Mr. and Mrs. Kent Wong,
former missionaries in China,
Qiled the largest suit against
0Wyatt. They asked a judgment
of 51,500,000, claiming that
Wyatt had accused them of being
Communists after they filed an
Cfcl8,800 breach of contract suit
O against him earlier.
GThree Men Jailed
n Lieu of Fines
Thrpe mm were committed to
Qthe county jail this morning in
Clieu of fines meted in district
court. All pleaded guilty to
charges.
The three included:
8 Beryl Roscoe Rupe, 43, of
Howard ave., charged with driv
. Sing while under the influence
of alcohol, fined $250 with lic
ense suspended for 90 days.
Gegrge Garland Pool, 31, of
Eugene, charged with being
drunk in a public place, fined
$25.
Vernon Joel Smith, Lebanon,
Okla., charged with being drunk
in a public place, fined $10.
Two Injured as Large Runaway Freight
Truck Hits Two Houses at Corvallis
Corvallis U.R) A - large
freight truck reared out of con
Qrol as it entered Corvallis on
Highway 20 early today, shear
ing off the porch of one house
and knocking another three feet
off its foundation.
The driver and a housewife
were injured. Damage was esti
mated in the thousands of dol
lars. Arthur G- Friedrick, 26, Port
land, said he was crowded off
Sjaa highway by a car as he
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of Work
may be necessary elsewhere if
the box car shortage does not im
prove, but no other companies
anticipated closing in the im
mediate future.
Representatives of the fruit
industry indicated there would
be no shortage for pear ship
ments from the valley.
Decided Drop
Officials of 'the White City
Terminal and Utility company,
which switches box cars from' a
Southern Pacific siding to var
ious White City industries, said
there has been a decided drop in
the number of box cars deliv
ered recently.
They said only about a third
the average number of, cars are
in White City area now, but
pointed out that the number of
inbound cars has varied from a
substantial number to only a few
all summer.
Robert Holmes, freight agent
for Southern Pacific here, said
the company t expects an in
creased number of cars tomorrow
and next week.
Hearing Friday
On Petition from
Kenwood District
A public hearing will be held
in the Jackson county court
room at 8 p.m. tomorrow night
on a petition submitted to the
school district boundary board
that a portion of Kenwood dis
trict be placed in LoneJPine dis
trict. , '
Petition Signed by 56
Residents in the Kenwood dis
trict generally west of Crater
Lake ave. to Corona ave. and
north of Roberts rd. to Crater
Lake highway have asked to be
annexed to the Lone .Pine dis
trict. The petition was signed by
56 property owners, whose chil
dren have been attending Lone
Pine school on a tutition basis
for several years.
Kenwood is one of two . dis
tricts in the county which are
required by law to be annexed
to one or more adjoining dis
tricts operating standard schools.
Dewey is the other district which
does not operate a school but
sends children to , surrounding
districts on a tuition basis.
Action Required by Law
Under a 1953 law, the bound
ary board is required to dispose
of districts which have not op
erated standard schools for two
years, or suspends schools for
two successive years without ap
proval of the State Board of
Education.
Members of the boundary
board are county school superin
tendent Alf B. Mekvold, County
Judge Rodney Keating, and
County Commissioners Chester
Wendt and L. G. Morthland.
Smoke Cause of
General Alarm
Smoke from a backfire in
an oven furnace at Beck's bak
ery, 1414 North Riverside ave.,
about 6:45 p.m. yesterday re
suited in a general fire alarm.
Firemen learned that the
backfire damaged electrical wir
ing. No other damage was re
ported. Two pumper trucks and
the aerial ladder trucft were
dispatched to the scene when
the alarm was given.
The fire department said a
series of calls was received aft
er 8:45 p.m. yesterday report
ing a fire somewhere in the
northeast part of the commu
nity. Cause of . the alarm was
traced to a paving plant on Mid
way rd. Flare up of the oil-fire
asphalt heater at intervals gave
the appearance of a large
blaze, firemen stated.
Olympia (U.R) Secretary
of State Earl Coe has openly de
clared he will be a Democratic
candidate for governor of Wash
ington in 1956.
rounded a curve.
The injured housewife was
Mrs. Tobe M. Watkins, 73. She
was thrown to the floor of her
kitchen when the truck hit the
house. She was hospitalized and
physicians said she suffered
multiple painful body injuries
but her condition was not con
sidered critical.
Friedrick was to have been
confined to the hospital but at
tendants said he walked out on
the pretext of making a tele
Medford
United Press Full Leased Wire
50th Year 24 Pages
Eisenhower Said
'Much Interested'
In '56 Campaign
President Returns
To Vacation Site
Denver (U.R) A Colorado
GOP congresman said today
that President Eisenhower
seemed "very much interested"
when he was urged to run again
in 1956.
However, Rep. J. Edgar
Chenoweith (R-Colo.) said that
the President gave no indication
of his plans.
First Official Callers
Chenowith and Colorado Re
publican National Committee
man Leon H. Snyder were the
President's first official callers
after he returned to his desk at
the summer White House at
Lowry Air Force Base after a
48-hour flying trip east on the
flood disaster and to make a
speech at the American Bar As
sociation at Philadelphia. Mrs.
Eisenhower returned with him
by air last night.
The two Colorado Republi
cans mainly urged the President
to continue his support of the
Frying Pan-Arkansas Water
Project. They were assured of
the President's continued sup
port. Mr. Eisenhower has listed the
project as one of the major legis
lative items for approval by Con
gress. Visited by McKay '
Chenoweth and Snyder were
followed by Secretary of Inter
ior Douglas McKay, Sen. Arthur
V. Watkins (R-Utah) and Recla
mation Commissioner Wilbur
Dexheimer. They conferred
about the Upper Colorado Water
Storage Project which the Pres
ident also supports.
President and Mrs. Eisenhow
er arrived here at 7:48 p.m. after
a five and one-half hour flight
from Washington. During the
previous 48 hours the President
had flown over the flood
stricken Eastern Seaboard, con
ferred with governors of those
states on flood relief, made a
forergn policy speech before the
American Bar Association in
Philadelphia and then returned
to Washington for conferences
on the international situation.
$250,000 in New
Stock Requested
White City Terminal and Util
ity company of Medford has re
quested the Interstate Commerce
commission1 for permission to is
sue $250,000 of new stock, ac
cording to United Press.
The company would distribute
the new stock as payment for
title to rail facilities owned by
a group headed by Glenn L. Jack
son, Medford businessman, the
wire service said.
Permission was asked for 10,
000 shares of common stock with
a stated value of $25 per share,
to be distributed to Glenn L.,
Helen S., Elton V. and Ruth L.
Jackson, Ralph B. Stratford and
H. E. Atterbury.
Disaster Relief Fund
Money Being Taken
Contributions to the Red Cross
disaster relief fund to aid vic
tims of the recent floods in the
northeastern U. S. are being
accepted at the Red Cross offic
es in the county courthouse, it
was announced today.
Jackson county's quota has
been set at $1,600. Local Red
Cross officials pointed out that
the funds are urgently needed
for the relief program, which
already is getting underway.
Because the Red Cross is as
sociated with the .United Med
ford Crusade in the Medford
area, no solicitation for the re
lief fund will be conducted.
phone call. He had sustained a
badly bruised thigh and was be
lieved suffering from shock.
The truck' travelled two
blocks after it left the highway,
hitting a bridge railing, and
tearing out fences, shrubbery
and trees as it crossed three
yards before being halted by the
house.
The five-room Watkins house
was tilted by the impact, furni
ture knocked askew and glass
ware shattered.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST
Fraud! ti
Demands Made To
Discharge Morocco
Governor General
Anti Rebellion
Campaign Continues
Aix-les-Bains, France (U.R)
France plunged deeper into
crisis today in its efforts to end
the bloody uprising in North
Africa and there were open de
mands that Premier Edgar Faure
fire Gilbert Grandval, his gov
ernor general in Morocco.
Large sections of the French
press carried front page reports
that Grandval already had 're
signed under fire, but Faure
stated "There is not now any
question of the recall or resig
nation of the resident general."
Meets Party Leaders
Faure met today with leaders
of the powerful Istiqlal (Inde
pendence) Party from Morocco.
The meeting was delayed 24
hours while Faure hurried back
to Paris to cope with a rebellion
by right-wing parliamentary
leaders who demand an iron
fisted policy in Africa.
The campaign to stamp out
the rebellion continued in North
Africa but there were fears in
both Morocco and Algeria that
French residents would take
matters in their own hands and
begin their own campaign of
revenge.
Hanging over Faure was the
memory of former Premier
Pierre Mendes-France who was
voted out of office last spring for
his North African policy.
Considered Too Soft
Mendes-France, who granted
a large measure of home rule
for Tunisia not t6uched by the
present uprisings was consid
ered too soft in his dealings with-
the North Africans.
Faure won some support from
the right-wing rebels by rushing
six fresh battalions of troops to
North Africa and recalling 60,
000 draftees to the colors to
prevent North Africa from turn
ing into another Indochina. -
Faure's talks today with the
Istiqlal delegates was the chief
sore spot .for the right-wing
groups and they demanded the
emergency recall of the National
Assembly" in protest against his
"negotiations."
The Istiqlal demands the oust
ing of Sultan Sidi Mohammed
Ben Moulay Arafa. It was the
right-wing group that dismissed
the sultan's predecessor because
of his nationalistic tendencies.
Grandval came under fire be
cause he wants to replace the
present sultan with a regency
council a compromise with the
Nationalist demands for the re
turn of exiled Sultan ' Sidi Mo
hammed Ben Youssef.
Eisenhower Grants
Permission for Kiss
Philadelphia (U.R) Mrs.
Copelin, 35, wife of a Phila
delphia attorney, said today
she asked President Eisen
hower's permission before she
kissed him on the cheek.
Mrs. Copeland admitted
she was the woman who
leaned across a guard rope
and kissed the President on
the cheek as he walked io In
dependence Hall yesterday to
deliver his address there.
Mrs. Copelin said lhat when
the President shook her hand
she asked: "Mr. President,
would you please let me get
a peck of your cheek."
The President smiled, she
said, and she bussed him.
Livestock Disease
Products Banned .
Salem (U.R) The State De
partment of Agriculture has put
a ban on unregulated and indis
criminate use of seven biological
products used to "treat livestock
disease.
The order prohibits the lale
of these products by individuals,
firms or even drug stores, direct
ly to farmers or ranchers.
These seven can be used legal
ly only by veterinarians, and
even veterinarians find some re
strictions in their use.
The products are: Anthrax
spore vaccine, Blue tongue vac
cine, erysipelas Rhusiopathiae
vaccine (avirulent or attenuated)
hog cholera vaccine, live virus;
hog cholera vaccine, modified or
attenuated live virus; and brucel
la abortus vaccine.
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FAMILY AFFAIR Earle Eisenhower, Edgar Eisenhower
and President Dwight Eisenhower seem to be enjoying a
private joke as they arrive at International Airport in
Philadelphia. The President is in Philadelphia to speak
before the American Bar Association convention.
Newborn Murricane
IRages in Atlantic
Miami (U.R) A newborn hurricane with winds of 80 miles per
hour churned the Atlantic. far from the twice-ravaged eastern U.S.
coast today, and weathermen hopefully predicted it might die at
sea. . .
Small but growing Hurricane Edith, fifth storm of the season,
appeared aimed toward the destructive routes of Connie and Diane.
' "We won't be able to tell where it's headed for at least two or
three days," a U.S. weather forecaster said Wednesday night, "but
this one has a good chance of staying at sea.
"She began farther north and east than either Connie or Diane.
When those two were at the same stage as Edith they were farther
south."
The Miami Weather Bureau
estimated at midnight (EDT) that
Edith was centered at 21.7 N.
56.4 W. about 680 miles east
northeast of San Juan, P.R., or
about 1,550 .miles east southeast
of Miami.
The tempest, fourth full-fledged
hurricane of the season, was
moving in a west northwestrly
direction about 13 miles per hour
it was estimated from reports
of a few ships around the edge
of the storm. Gales extended 150
miles north and east of the cen
ter and 50 miles south and west.
Same Course Predicted
The Weather Bureau predicted
Edith would continue moving in
the same course at the same
speed for the next 12 hours,
gradually increasing in size and
intensity.
The tropical disturbance boil
ed up suddenly Wednesday.
A reconnaisance plane that
had been diverted from a regular
weather patrol to check on a
weak easterly, wave in the area
discovered the whirler just as
it was growing to full hurricane
strength.
Lebanon Crate Plant
Destroyed by Flames
Lebanon (U.R) The Leban
on Crate company plant, 2V2
miles east of here, was destroyed
by fire about 10:30 a.m. today
with loss estimated at $30,000.
Owner John Friesen said in
surance would cover about one
third of the loss.
Firemen from Lebanon said
origin of the blaze was not
known.
Baseball
NATIONAL
Milwaukee 3 3 0
New York . 2 6 0
Spahn and Crandall; Hearn,
Grissom (7), Monzant (9) and
Katt.
AMERICAN
Washington 6 13 1
Chicago 18 0
Porterfield. Pascual (8) and
Courtney; Johnson, Keegan
(4), Consuegra (7) and Lollar,
Moss.
Boston 1 8 0
Detroit 6 10 2
Noxon, Hurd (5), Kiely (6).
and White; Carver and House.
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No. 133
Airport Runway
Job Completed
Paving at the municipal air
port of the intersection of the
main north-south . and east-west
runways and approximately 75
feet on each side of the cross
runways was completed at 3:30
a.m. today according to Vernon
Thorpe, city public works di
rector. The area, about 200 feet wide
and 350 feet long, was paved
after all-night work. Portable
floodlights and equipment lights
were used by a . large crew of
men employed by J. C. Comp
ton company, contractors. Ear
lier yesterday, the men com
pleted a taxiway and started on
the main runway.
Thorpe explained that the
work had been done at night in
order to interfere with the
"least number - of flights." He
added that about five flights of
passenger planes of various air
lines had to be cancelled. The
runways were opened again to
flights at 8 o'clock this morn
ing. Completion of the main run
way and other work should be
done by Friday, Sept.. 2, Thorpe
said.
County Court Slates
Inspection of Route
County Judge Rodney Keating
and Commissioners Chester
Wendt, and L. G- Morthland
Friday will make an inspection
of the proposed McAllister Soda
Springs-Lake of the Woods road
together with Jack Wood, super
visor of Rogue River National
forest.
The proposed road route was
announced Aug. 16. The state
highway commission and Jack
son county negotiated terms to
build the short-cut as a federal
secondary road, with the feder
al government and state paying
construction costs and the
county obtaining rights-of-way
and handling maintenance.
Actual construction will not
begin until the government in
cludes the project in the federal
budget the next biennium.
Denver (U.R) President
Eisenhower has proclaimed Fri
day, Nov. 11, as Veterans day.
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Weather
FORECAST: Fair throuch Sat
urday. A warminc trend in
temperature. Low tonight 45.
High Friday 85.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 76
Lowest this Morning 44
Patterson First
Witness in Probe
Of OLCC Activities
Thornton Scheduled
As Fourth Witness
Portland (U.R) First witness
to appear before the Multnomah
county grand jury today when
it opened its probe of Oregon
Liquor Control Commission
activities was Gov. Paul L. Pat
terson. District Attorney William
Langley said he intended to call
witnesses "in the order the thing
developed" and that following
the governor he would call At
torney Robert F. Maguire and
next Howard Bobbitt, who re
cently investigated certain as
pects of the OLCC at Patterson's
request.
Thornton To Be Fourth
Fourth witness to appear be
fore the grand jury would be
Attorney General Robert Y.
Thornton, whose charges that
information regarding the gov
ernor's probe had been withheld
from his office brought about
the most recent study.
Gov. Patterson asked the two
attorneys to investigate allega
tions that some employees of the
OLCC had accepted bribes and
gifts ' from liquor representa
tives. One commission attorney,
Karl Glos, resigned following
the investigation.
Data To Be Presented
Langley said he assumed data
compiled during Maguire's and
Bobbitt's investigation would be
brought to the grand jury ses
sion by the two attorneys.. .
For Gov. Patterson, who
promised to answer any ques
tions asked him by the grand
jury, it was the first appearance
before such a body since he took
office.
McCarthy Points To
'Appeasing' Record
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.),
said today the Eisenhower ad
ministration has compiled a rec
ord of "appeasement, retreat and
surrender" to Communism.
In another of his increasingly
bitter attacks on the administra
tion, he said the United States
should encourage anti- Commun
ist forces in Asia to launch arm
ed attacks in Indochina and Kor
ea and cross the Formosa straits
on Red China itself.
McCarthy called administra
tion foreign policy "weak, cow
ardly and immoral," in a 13
page statement released through
his office here.
Shevlin Coldest
Spot in Nation
Bend (U.R) The logging
community of Shevlin, perched
in the high Cascades of north
ern Klamath county, today laid
claim to the dubious distinction
of being the cpldest spot in the
United States.
Clinton Olson, Shevlin weath
er observer, reported a minimum
reading last night of 20 degrees
above zero.
Advance Gifts
Hospital To Start Oct. 1
Advance gifts phase of the
campaign for funds, for the pro
posed Rogue Valley Memorial
hospital will start about Oct'. 1,
Louis Barr, advisor to the hos
pital associatiton, informed Med
ford Kiwanis. club members at
their Wednesday luncheon.
Barr, head of the Barr Method
of Financing firm which spec
ializes in hospital and hotel pro
jects, said that the general fund
drive will begin later.
Voting Members
Persons who contribute $100
to the non-profit corporation be
come voting members, Barr ex
plained. He said that under the
plan no subscriber can sell hi:
membership and no one person
can buy up memberships or get
proxies and thereby control the
hospital. The arrangement
means a community owned and
controlled non-profit institution,
he brought out.
Barr said that an estimated
Sl.300.000 is needed for the pro
posed hospital with close to half
Meeting at Home
Of Mother Results
In Reconciliation
Portland Meeting
Said Schmidt's Idea
Portland (U.R) Airman Dan
iel C. Schmidt and his wife, O
Una, were back together again
today in a honeymoon hideaway.
In a switch-ending to "Enoch
Arden," Una, who said she mar
ried another man in the belief .
Schmidt had died in Red China,
flew to Portland from Califor
nia last night for a reconcilia
tion with the 23-year-old air
man.
The "Enoch Arden" of Tenny
son's poem returned from the
sea to find his wife happily mar
ried to another man and silently
slipped back into oblivion.
A meeting at the home of
Schmidt's mother, Mrs. Nellie
Peters, resulted in their decision
to go back together. Una said, in
an exclusive interview with
United Press, that this time it
was "for keeps if Danny wants
me." ,
Schmidt Happy
Schmidt, who said it was "oneQ
of the happiest moments of my
life," smiled at his 20-year-old
wife's remarks and indicated he
was in complete accord by sound
ly kissing her on the cheek.
After a short stay at eMrs.
Peters home, the couple left late
last night for a hideaway at an
Oregon beach.
Asked if it was a second
honeymoon, Schmidt replied
that "it is a first honeymoon."
He said he and his wife didtft
"have time for a honeymoon
when they were married in May,
1952.
Schmidt was sent to Korea
only five weeks after he and
"Tippy," as he calls his wife,
were married at Coeur
d'Alene, Ida.
It was while on a flight in
Korea that Schmidt's plane wafi
shot down and he was taken
prisoner by the Red Chinese. He
spent 32 months in a Commu
nist prison and only recently
was released along with 10
other airmen.
Filed Divorce Suit
When he returned to this coun
try, Schmidt learned that his
wife had married Alford Fine, -a
Sierra lumberjack. Una sad
she thought Schmidt had died
in prison.
Yesterday's meeting was the
second the couple has had since
Schmidt returned to the United
States. In the first session in an
attorney's office at Nevada City,
Calif., both Schmidt and his wife
came away resolved there could G
be no reconciliation.
Schmidt filed a divorce action
at Red Bluff, Calif., last week
declaring Una was an unfit
mother for their 2V4-year-old
son, Danny Jr.
But Schmidt said that has all
gone by the boards" now. He
said he had instructed hisoattor-
ney Howard P. Welch, Sacra
mento, to withdraw his divorce
papers. .
Fine Out of Picture
As for her other husband. w
Una said "Mr. Fine is complete-
ly out of the picture.
Schmidt interiected that "the
whole thing has been turned
over to Mr. Welch to handle." .
Askpd who initiated the recon
ciliation meeting in Portland,
Schmidt said it was his idea
originally. He said he telephoned
his wife and asked her to come
to Portland. Una quickly added
that she "was all for it" when - O
Schmidt suggested the meeting.
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Longview, Wash. (U.R)
Reynolds Metals company has
signed a new one-year contract
with the Longview Federated
Aluminum council providing?
Reynolds workers with wage in
creases averaging 15 cents an
hour.
Campaign for
that amount now "in sight."
The speaker said that subscrip
tion to the hospital fund will
be a once in a lifetime contri-
Lbution and that only once in a
lifetime will a great medical
center be built to protect life in
the area.
136 Beds Needed
Barr pointed out that a state
board of health survey shows
need of 196 beds here in order
that Medford can be a medical
center. Only 34.7 per cent of
the need is now fulfilled, he re
ported. In present Community
hospital only 31 out of tlje 59
beds are acceptable because one
section of the hospital does not
?ome up to construction codes, he
-.dded. The proposed new hospit
al would have about 80 beds to
start. There will be rooms for
use by specialists.
The hospital drive will do
nothing to interfere with the
United Medford Crusade, Barr
said.
The luncheon was at Rogue
Valley Country club.
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