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Portland Social Club Notes and Local Visits
The Portland Social Club met April 18 at Mrs Tony Jandl’s with 14 members and three guests. Prizes were awarded to Mrs Wendell Christensen and Mrs Earl Miller, with others receiving birthday gifts. Cancer drive discussions ran alongside Red Cross efforts, Cancer Week observed April 17–22, and many local visits and travel news followed, including trips to Mason City and Dallas with several community members attending gatherings and celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Tony Jandl
Leo Arnorfer
Bancroft
Clifford Curtis
Donna
Thonka
S. R. Parsons
Wendell Christensen
Earl Miller
Hugh Williams
Ben Lampe
Effie Teet
Mike Areng
Clifford Young
Billy Christensen
Mason City
Grandma Young
Mercy Hospital
Donald Ringsdorf
Dwight Rose
Portland Township
Red Cross Drive
Robert Wood
William ‘Hellman
P. W. Marlow
George ‘Koestler
William Tjaden
Luther
Fairbanks
Stanley Black
Roy Mann
Frank Becker
Billy .Christensén
Debbie
Elvira Christensen
Roger Schmidt
Titonica
Ray Fitch
Jesse Schmidt
Schmidt
Dallas
Tex
Eldorado
Kaw
Elmer Erickson
Hoest
Rodman
Elizabeth Kennedy
Tienan Bros
Milford Smith
Burt
Robert Skilling
Irvington
Jake Smith
Roy Satchett
Edmund Larsen
Minneapolis
Jack, Thompson
Larsens
Deg Moines
Claire Moore
Dolliver
Levant Moore
Bernard and
Chas, Phelps
Mos
Bitly Christensen