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Port shoppers visit friends and attend community events
Portland News covers a series of local visits across Burt Algona and surrounding towns as families travel to Minneapolis Owatonna Dodge Center Mason City and Crystal Lake. It also notes 1974 Christmas gatherings and 4-H events at Plum Creek Center School and Burt area funerals. Economic outlook mentions December beef prices and 1975 pork and poultry trends with weaker 1975 economic prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Thompson
Mason City
Alene
Edmund Larson
SL Roth
Algona
Frank Ryerson
Burt
Bernard Meister
M. J. Cunningham
Joe Cunningham
Richard Trunkhill
John Ree
Thompson
Martyn Rasmussen
Louis Hansmeier
Crystal Lake
Steve Fry
Estherville
Earl Ackerman
Esther Duncan
Fenton
Grace Trenary
Johnny Spear
Clear Lake
Ivy Woltz
Mary Beth Hamilton
Florence Kain
Jerry Nydegger
June Sparks
Plum Creek
Center School
Tom Ellwood
Ellsworth
Duane Mawdsley
Phillip Veerman
Jeri
Henry Smith
Ramona
Faith Reed
Iowa
Futrell