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Portland area obituaries and social notes mixed with teaching reflections
Mrs Ray Fitch received a phone call from Lebanon MO to announce a double tragedy as Avery Fitch Earl and Doug las were hunting pheasants in Iowa when a fire at their Lebanon home claimed Avery and Earl. Funeral arrangements were set for Lebanon with burial there. The column also covers Portland social club meetings and local visits. A lengthy reflection on teaching warmth and competence follows, discussing the impact of empathetic understanding on a child's development and emotional well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Fitch
Avery Fitch
Lebanon
Earl and
Douglas
Iowa
Earl Cushman
Lakota
Mr Fitch
Victor Fitch
Korene
Chester Fitch
Arnold Danielsen
Lloyd Bartlett
Merlyn Bartletts
Keister
Minn
Portland Social Club
Clifford Young
Algona
Mamie Fitch
Hazel Larsen
Elizabeth Kennedy
Edith Jandl
Esther Williams
Effie
Albert Claude
Garner
Daryl Sparks
Britt
Howard Sparks
Portland Progress Club
Harold Becker
Tom Trenary
Grace Bergerud
June Sparks
Viola ‘Becker
Guy Dimond
Spirit Lake Methodist Church
Donald Budlong
Clarke Miller
W. H. Kitzinger
Titonka
P. W. Marlow
Wayne Eckels