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HIDDEN TREASURE
TILLAMOOK TOASTMASTERS
CLUB # 420 PART 2
by Harvey Schowe, DTM - District 7 Historian
After 1949 of 1966 providing speech training for youth
Tillamook club members continued making groups such as Junior High School students and
the club one of the best in District 7. During this Explorer Scouts. Other civic activities included
time Barview Club and two others chartered. speaking at Red Cross, Lions Club and other civic
Neahkanie and Tillamook Toastmasters club organization meetings.
had frequent joint meetings with these clubs. To Bram Mizee, a nurseryman from Netarts
celebrate 27 years of Toastmasters International, and Tillamook Toastmasters club member won
a joint meeting with Astoria, St. Helens, Hillsboro, the Zone A contest, May 11, 1968, the District 7
Neahkanie and Timberline club of Portland International Speech Contest in Bend, Oregon
was held October 19, 1951. Charles Rose won and Region I contest in Anchorage, Alaska. He
the speech title “The Three Legged Stool” and was one the eight finalists competing August
was the fourth consecutive club member to 17, 1968 at the 37th Toastmasters International
win a Northwest area speech contest on March Convention at the Deauville Hotel in Miami
10, 1951. Club members voted to have a Friday Beach, Florida with the speech titled “Americas
morning meeting and two evening meetings Potential”.
for first and Thursday meetings. It was one of During the Tillamook Toastmasters Club 25th
few Toastmasters clubs to do so. C. Ray Johnson Anniversary December 9, 1971, Area Governor
was one of the first club members to attend the Hashim Shawa, and future District 7 Governor,
Toastmasters International Convention in Los presented an Outstanding Toastmaster award to
Angeles. He served as a delegate from August 17 club member C. Ray Johnson, Governor.
to August 20, 1955. In 1957 Jack Hornback, a high After women were allowed to join
school principal, won the District 7 International Toastmasters during the 1970s, a woman
Speech contest and then won in the Regional Tillamook Toastmasters member, probably
Contest. A local Tillamook attorney coached the first one to join this club, competed at the
Jack Hornback during the speech competitions. Astoria District 7 Toastmasters November 1981
He competed in the Toastmasters International Humorous Speech Contest.
Speech Contest in Dallas Texas. Unfortunately, Tillamook Toastmasters club
Al Kofoed, club president, along with several disbanded in 1996 after 50 years of service to the
Tillamook Toastmasters, and Richard Gotting community and no other Toastmasters club has
of Astoria Toastmasters, attended the District replaced them in Tillamook County.
7 Fall Conference in Corvallis to secure the
Toastmasters District 7 Conference in Tillamook
May 20, 1967. The group was successful in
securing Tillamook as the District 7 Spring
Conference location, competing with Bend,
Oregon. Robert Price, club president helped
make the District 7 Conference in Tillamook
a success. District 7 Governor Andy Anders
presented him with the Toastmaster of the Year
Award on November 22, 1967. In addition, club
members were actively involved during the fall
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