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Thanksgiving Guests and Dinners Across Baxter County
Portland residents and neighbors shared Thanksgiving visits with family and friends. The list includes Harold Von Bank in West Bend, Nick Von Bank home from California, Trenary in Bancroft, Cushman funeral in Lakota, and many other local gatherings in Burt Algona Woden and surrounding areas. Families attended dinners, birthdays and a baptismal dinner, with extended trips to Florida and a wedding in Burt.
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Robert Wood
Randy
Harold von Bank
West Bend
Nick von Bank
California
Bill Trenary
Francis Schiltz
Bancroft
Victor Fitch
Judy
David Cushman
Lakota
Avery Fitch
Earl
Doug
Linda
Lebanon
David
Fitch
John
Miss Wahlin
Trenary
J. R. Thompson
Rock Lindsay
Lake Rock
Jennifer
Florida
John Smith
Meindert Smith
Woden
Virgie Smith
Burt
Wardden Smith
Richard Brandt
Elmore
Art Brandt
Roslyn
Holly
Jim Meyer
Blue Earth
Minn
Smidt
Mona
Johnny Spear
Lone Rock Legion Hall
Lavida Gingrich
Clarence Gingrich
Ed Kilsholm
Portland
Good Hope Lutheran Church
Titonice
Raymond Carlson
June Sparks
Guy Dimond
Britt
Storm Lake
Kenneth Satcher
Orville Muller
Whittemore
Phil Eischem
Betty
Betty Yarbrough
Algona
Vern Muller
Roger Scott
Connie Briggs
Dennis Meister
Brett
Corey
Bernard Meister
John Welp
Orville
Emmetsburg
Ernst Nauman
Ed Kain
Brad Almelien
Buffalo Center
Gary Almelien
Paul Arend
Linda Arend
Gamble
Brink Shipler
Swea City