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February 2025 Open House Winner – Lakeside TAC

by Denise McConnell DTM Club Growth Director Lakeside TAC Leaders – #3692 – Open House, Golden Gavel, Charterversary Lakeside TAC Leaders (formerly Lakeside Toastmasters) celebrated it’s 22nd Charterversary (virtually) on Tuesday, January 28th with an OPEN HOUSE CHARTERVERSARY EVENT! We welcomed eight guests to our celebration. An advanced community of Toastmasters, Lakeside TAC Leaders meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays…

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77 Years and Counting

by David Winkowski SR1 Area 51 Director On April 28, 1945, Wichita Falls was a growing community, firmly rooted in the cattle and oil industries.  One man, Lewis E. Thompkins, had a desire to bring greater opportunity to the people of the area.  Good communication skills were at the core of this dream, so he…

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My Toastmasters Journey – 50 Years and Counting

by Richard Brown DTM Wichita Falls Club #305 The year was 1972. Richard Nixon was president. A man walked on the moon. For the last time. And Richard Brown walked into his very first Toastmasters meeting. Here’s his story, in his own words. I’m currently a member of Wichita Falls Club 305 – the oldest…

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Celebrating 50 Years in Waco

by Robi Ley, DTM, District Director On April 3, 2019, the Waco Early Birds celebrated 50 years as a Toastmasters chapter. It was a great meeting with every current member showing up, plus five visitors, some traveling from as far as Arizona. The level of Toastmasters experience ranged from Don Ferris (a charter member) to…

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305 Celebrates 73 Years

by Charlie Bowles Division E Director, 2017-2018 First Texas Toastmasters club has been operating since 1945! “I call this meeting of the Wichita Falls Toastmasters to order.” With that, President Steven Marsh started the evening just the way another club leader did 73 years earlier. On that April day in 1945, Dr. Louis E. Tompkins…

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