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Portland Reaches Farm Bureau Membership Quota
Portland township becomes first in this year’s Farm Bureau membership drive to hit the quota. Township Captain Wesley McCorkell reported the milestone on Wednesday December 8, with a check-up meeting set for Friday night. Leaders Gail Hemmingsen and co-operators Wesley McCorkell John Popken and C C Robertson earned praise for prompt service. Air Force veterans with certain skills are urgently needed for European duty with the Airlift Task Force after President Truman approved 66 additional aircraft. Colonel J E Doane urged interested men to contact bases or recruiting stations and register with county boards upon turning 18, per a draft memorandum from Lewis B Hershey.
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Portland
F. B
Farm Bureau
Wesley McCorkell
Miuch
Gail Hemmingsen
John Popken
C. C. Robertson
AIR Force
Truman
J. E. Doane
Omaha
Doane
Nebraska-Iowa
U. S. Army
U.S. Air Force
Lewis B. Hershey