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HIDDEN TREASURE






      Edward Guy Brown



      Charter Member



      Portland Tmstrs #31




      Harvey Schowe, DTM

      District  7 Historian






          Edward G. Brown was a  service February 4, 1917. He
      charter member of Portland  was discharged December

      Toastmasters Club #31. He was  3, 1919. He was promoted to
      born in Staten Island, New  sergeant during his service.
      York on December 14, 1892. In            After the war he married
      1900 his family was living in  Inez and attended Oregon

      Richmond, New York. They  State Agricultural School
      moved to The Dalles, Oregon  or Oregon State College for
      in 1909.                             two years. In 1920, he worked  president of Portland Chapter
          In 1915, Edward Brown  as an assistant accountant for  of the American Savings and

      attended Oregon Agriculture  a retail lumber company in  Loan Institute. His family
      College now Oregon State  La Grande, Oregon. He and  moved again to Milwaukie
      University. In 1915 to 1916, he  his family moved to Portland,  in Clackamas County during
      was a member of the Mask and  Oregon and he began working  1940’s.

      Dagger Club. He acted in the  in the building and loan                       During 1940, Edward Brown
      play Glorious Betsy on January  industry in 1928. He became  worked as a property manager
      8, 1915 and was second assistant  a Portland Toastmasters Club  and salesman for a reality
      for management of this play.   #31 charter member in the  company. During the 1940’s

      He participated as an actor in  fall of 1934. His membership  he worked for the Federal
      the plays Lend Me 5 Shillings  status in Toastmasters after  Housing Administration until
      and The Land of Heart’s Desire  1936 remains unknown. After  his retirement in 1961.  Edward
      held on March 12, 1915. World  1935 Edward Brown became  was a member of sixth Church

      War I interrupted his college  vice-president of First Federal  Christ Scientist. He died in
      studies. He served in the US  Savings and Loan Association.   Milwaukie, Oregon on February
      Army, Company K of the third  In addition, he was member of  23, 1971 and is buried at
      Oregon Infantry, starting  the Portland Reality Board and  Willamette National Cemetery.




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