Decade – 1935

District: Two

District Officers:  

Toastmasters Clubs District 2:

Portland Toastmasters Club 31 Portland, Oregon Chartered April 17, 1935

Seattle International Club 10 Seattle, Washington Chartered January 9, 1933

Tacoma Club 13, Tacoma, Washington Chartered September 25, 1933

Event: Portland Toastmasters club 31 was the first Toastmasters club chartered in Oregon occurred on April 17, 1935.  Portland Toastmasters became part of District 2 Toastmasters in Seattle, Washington after July 7, 1935. 

Source: Toastmasters International records

TOASTMASTERS CLUB NO. 31-7

Portland, Oregon

Charter issued April 17, 1935

Met at Kelly’s Restaurant – Broadway and Washington Streets – Mondays 6:00-pm

Charter Members & Officers

H. B. Robinson, President                                          Jack Francis

Frank McCaslin, Vice-President                                 G. I. Hall, Jr.

Sherman Cox, Secretary                                             Claud Palmer

Marshall P. Nunn, Treasurer                                       Manley Robinson

Charles L. Stidd, Past President                                 Ralph Reynolds

Edward G. Brown                                                      Del Snider

Worth W. Caldwell                                                     Lynn P. Sabin

Bob Chrisman                                                             Donald Sloan

Jack Caarney                                                  

John Davis

18 – Charter Members

Portland Toastmasters Club #31 Charter

President Toastmasters International

Olin H. Price 1934-1935

Raymond J. Huff 1935-1936

Toastmasters

Toastmasters  International Clubs 1935

Club Number

Club Name

Charter Date

Location

Current Status Year 2009

1

Smedley

10/1924

Santa Ana California

Active

2

Anaheim

1/1/1926

Anaheim, California

Active

3

Los Angeles

6/1/1927

Los Angeles, California

Active

4

Fullerton

1927

Fullerton, California

Disbanded

5

Santa Barbara 

3/1929

Barbara, California

Disbanded

6

Pasadena

9/1929

Pasadena, California

Active

7

San Diego 

3/1930

San Diego, California

Active

8

Glendale

3/1/1933

Glendale, California

Active

9

Coronado

3/1933

Coronado, California

Disbanded

10

Seattle

12/1932

Seattle, Washington

Active

11

Long Beach

3/1/1933

Long Beach, California

Active

12

Pomona

3/1/1933

Pomona, California

Active

13

Tacoma 

10/1933

Tacoma, Washington

Active

14

Huntington Park

10/1933

Huntington Park

Disbanded

15

Orange County

10/1933

Orange County, California

Disbanded

16

Tucson

12/1934

Tucson, Arizona

Disbanded

17

Indianapolis

2/1934

Indianapolis, Indiana

Disbanded

18

Progressive Toastmasters

4/1934

Huntington Park, California

Disbanded  after 1970 Number reassigned

19

Whittier Quaker Town

5/1934

Quaker Town, California

Disbanded

20

Montebello (Montebello Realtors Club)

7/1/1934

Montebello, California

Active

21

Santa Monica

9/1/1934

Santa Monica, California

Active

22

La Jolla

10/1934

La Jolla, California

Disbanded

23

Down Town YMCA

11/1934

Disbanded

24

Ventura

11/1/1934

Ventura, California

Active

25

Olympia

5/1934

Olympia, California

Number reassigned

26

Walnut Park

————

Walnut Park South Gate, California

Disbanded

27

Redwood City

12/1934

Redwood City, California

Disbanded

28

Orlando

————-

Orlando, Florida

Number reassigned 5/27/1948

29

Glendale Jewell City

1/1935

Jewell City, California

Disbanded

30

Westwood Village

4/1935

Westwood, California

Disbanded

31

Portland

4/17/1935

Portland, Oregon

Active

Sources:  Glen Meek notes, TI Web Site and Toastmasters Magazine Club Directory Edition February 1, 1946