Portland Social Club Meets in November Tidings
The Portland Social club gathered at Mrs. Franz Teeter’s home on November 14 with fourteen members and one guest Mrs. R J Simpson. They packed clothing for Woodward, voted $2 for T B seats, and a secret sister gave gifts to seven ladies. The New 4 H girls club named The Portland Pennies with ten members electing officers. Next meeting is December 12 at Mrs Jesse Harris with a luncheon and Christmas party. Several local farm tasks are noted amid routine social items.
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Portland
Franz Teeter
Jesse Harris
Mennet Trunkhill
Bonno Schutter
Harm
Victor Fitch
Algona
P. W. Hansen
Donald Weber
Ray Fitch
Co. W. Heerdts
Billy Christensen
Cathy Trunkhill
Portland Pennies
Janet Lampe
Sue Rasmussen
Marcia Shipler
Korene Fitch
Mary Jane Lampe
Janice Larsen
Korene
Judy
Chester Fitch
Beverly
Chas. Deibler
Giant cabbage weighs ten pounds from Ottosen garden
Mrs Peter Enockson of Ottosen harvested a very large cabbage in her garden. After trimming the outer leaves the slug weighed ten pounds, showcasing a notable produce find for the area.
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Peter Enockson
Ottosen
Cleaning tips for boots and cloths in a 1960s closet
The text advises cleaning stadium boots with fresh paper to remove crumbs and moths, using moth spray for boots in storage, wiping lipstick brushes with alcohol to set lipstick, and hanging a plastic bag in the cleaning closet to locate cloths quickly.
Skirt Pattern No 1419 and 201 N- Colorful Applique
Old advertisement notes pattern No 1419 for a slim skirt with yardage and photo guide and pattern No 201 N featuring appliqued pillow tops for a bright room look. Includes sizes 24 25 26 28 30 with directions and needlework pattern details. Send 35 cents for each skirt pattern and 25 cents for each needlework pattern to Audrey Lane Bureau in Chicago Illinois.
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Sunporch
Audrey Lane
Dept
NWNS
Chicago & Uiinolis
Extension 4-H recognition nights honor county youth
County Extension 4-H volunteers and families are celebrated at recognition nights as fourteen new council members are elected. Jewel Graham suggests turkey sizes for holiday meals as households plan Thanksgiving menus and gatherings.
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Township Extension Council
Jewel Graham
U.S.D.A
Thanksgiving tips and home care from June Brown
A dated home remedy roundup covers roasting large birds, safe refreezing of thawed foods, and carpet spot removal. It notes precautions for chicken pies and vegetables, advises on when refreezing is unsafe, and promotes nylon carpets. The piece ends with 4-H training for local officers in Algona on November 23.
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Algona
Funeral rites for Charles Buns in Terril Iowa
Charles Buns 68 died at Spirit Lake hospital on Wednesday November 13 after a three year bed illness from a paralytic stroke and lung cancer. He operated a grocery market in Woden before moving to Terril in the late 1920s. Survived by wife three daughters Edith Mathern Gaza IA Edith Walsh Fort Worth TX Elaine Anderson Rock Island IL two sisters Bertha Smith Woden and Anna Turner Charles City and three brothers John Anthony Buns Woden and Herman Buns Britt. Burial German Two Cemetery north of Titania. Bob Nyman family to Miami FL until spring. Sylvia Kramer nurse student at Marshalltown Evangelical Deaconess Hospital and Adolph Kriz Toledo IA spent weekend at Kramer home.
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Charles Buns
Spirit Lake
Terril
Iowa
Buns
Michael
Edith) Mathern
Gaza
Joe
Edith) Walsh
Fort Worth
Texas
Bruce
Elaine) Anderson
Rock Island
Iinois
R. J. Smith
Bertha
Woden
Robert Turner
Anna
Charles City
John
Anthony Buns
Herman Buns
Britt
German Two
Titania
Bob Nyman
Carol
Miami
Florida
Sylvia Kramer
Evangelical Deaconess Hospital
Marshalltown
Adolph Kriz
Toledo
C. A Kramer
Devine ships out for overseas duty from New Jersey
Donald Devine left McGuire AFB on Friday November 15 for overseas duty in Germany. He will be stationed about 20 miles from Hanau where Jim Gerdes is on duty. Nearby, Mrs Lulu Baack and daughter visited the RB J. Smith home for Charles Buns funeral services. Terris W.S.C.5. service set for November 21 with Mrs Merle Brown hosting. Missionary speakers at Wo den Methodist Church included Rev Harry Shreve of Cuba and Miss Reva McNab of Britt. Various local visiting and recuperation notices follow along with a note that the first oil well in the U.S. was Titusville, Pa, 1859.
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Donald Devine
McGuire Afb
New Jersey
Germany
Hanau
Jim Gerdes
Lulu Baack
Willard Moler
Marshall Town
RB. J. Smith
Charles Buns
Terris
W.5.c.5
Merle Brown
Woden Methodist Church
Harry Shreve
Cuba
Reva McNab
Britt
Frances DePau
Los Angeles
Ted Gerdes
Clear Lake
Jake Hee
Saddle Battle Among Cowboys Ends With Desertion
Serious friction grows between Britt Bennett of Bar-M-Bar and Scott Salter of Triangle H over Wilma Hightower. A showdown is prevented when Wilma rides between them. Scott is arrested for desertion after the sheriff confiscates his weapons and he is summoned to the Triangle H.
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Shepmen
Britt Bennett
Hightower
Wilma
Scott Salter
Triangle HL
Britt
Scott
Wilma Hightower
Triangle
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