W.W.T.C. – Road Tripping

Wednesday Weekly Theme Challenge

(Aug 10 – 16): Road Trippin’

• Do you know how many miles you have driven to 20-30 events?
• What is a fun memory you have?
• When carpooling, what was the mode of transportation? Car, van, bus, RV, plane, train, ….?

Yesterday, I was at a meeting and we were talking about all the upcoming 20-30 events happening. And how much fun it is to go and support each other clubs’ events. Either by attending, volunteering, or going to meetings to promote our own club events.

The other bonus of going, is the road trip to get there. It is a great bonding experience to carpool with your own club members. I was asked how many miles I must have put on my car just attending 20-30 events. That stumped me, because other than to answer “A LOT,” I did not know. It did make me remember some great memories connected to those road trips.

(Pictured) This might not be my car, but it was the first part of a trip to the 2012 International Convention in Costa Rica. We decided to head out of Sacramento to San Francisco airport in style. Which was also my first Convention outside the United States.

Play along. Comment below or tag this page in your post for any stories or photos you would like to share.

Pin it on Tuesday: Project Themed Pins

Here’s a few pins showcasing some of the projects our clubs have done / are doing.
Do you have any club project pins?

This is a weekly feature to show off all the wonderful pins. Let us know of any you would like to share. Please include the story behind the pin, if you know the year, how you got it (any fun trade stories), or other memory you connect to that pin (for example, it’s a pin that represents your term as club president or going past active). Even if you don’t have info to include and it’s just a neat pin you like, please share.

W.W.T.C. – Curious

Wednesday Weekly Theme Challenge – (July 20 – 26): Curious

Last year I found a weekly genealogy challenge with different topics, and realized some of the themes can be easily applied to our history.

Have you come across a photo or story related to Active 20-30 and wanted to know more?

There has been quite a few that I have found, and others that have been shared, that had me going down rabbit holes. Some of them have been from people finding 20-30 dedicated plaques at parks, a photo of a horse at an indoor meeting promoting an event, or names of famous people.

I came across a photo of an 20-30 club putting on a Donkey Basketball benefit game. I’ll have to find that photo later. For now, here is a newspaper one from the Arizona Republic (6 Apr 1937), “Phoenix 20-30 Club decided to stage a series of donkey softball and polo games”.

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105973581/:

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Pin It On Tuesday: How do you display your pins?

Thanks, Julianna Hart, for the inspiration of this post.

How many pins did you trade for, or collect, at convention? How do you display them? Laid out nice and neat to take photos, just throw them into a fanny pack, or put them into a nice framed display?

We’ve had a tradition of creating pins to represent our clubs or conventions. They could be president themes, features located in the town of the club, when a member goes past active or passes away, or regarding a social or fundraising event.

There are A LOT of pins, so we are also going to have a weekly feature showing them off here. Let us know of any pins you would like to share, the story behind the pin, if you know the year, how you got it (any fun trade stories), or other memory you connect to that pin (for example, it’s a pin that represents your term as club president or going past active). Even if it’s just a neat pin you like, please share.

Member Monday: In Memory of

At each Annual General Meeting, we start with a moment of silence for those members that had passed away since last June. Those in this photo album were found via obituary alerts or if someone contacted the National Office.

We wish to recognize and honor their time in 20-30 International, Active International, or Active 20-30 International.

If we are missing anyone, please send us the information so we can add them to our “in memory” section.

Gary Willard Johnson (1932 – 2021)
Denver #390
https://www.estesparknews.com/local_obituaries/article_496a14ca-f6c0-11eb-a62a-8b6f9c966911.html

Patricia ‘Patty’ Joan Johnson (1943 – 2021)
Napa #57
https://www.tulocaycemetery.org/obituary/PatriciaPatty-Johnson

Copeland Trent Jones (1938 – 2021)
Bakersfield #27
https://www.greenlawnmortuaryandcemetery.com/memorials/trent–jones/4662489/obit.php?&printable=true

Helen Louise Griffith (1939 – 2021)
Auburn #19 (Helped with)
https://goldcountrymedia.com/news/201645/helen-louise-doub-griffith-10301939-8122021/

Craig Russell Johnston (1942 – 2021)
Santa Rosa #50
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pressdemocrat/name/craig-johnston-obituary?id=17778744

Kenneth James ‘Kenny’ Gautereaux (1926 – 2021)
Coronado #187
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/sandiegouniontribune/name/kenneth-gautereaux-obituary?id=31357900

Michael Robert Gingras (1986 – 2021)
Tucson #82
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tucson/name/michael-gingras-obituary?id=33283534

Dr. Robert S. Tuttle, DDS (1923 – 2021)
Santa Rosa #50
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pressdemocrat/name/robert-dds-obituary?id=31707859

James “Jim” Donald Willems (1942 – 2021)
Wenatchee #932
https://www.leavenworthecho.com/obituaries/james-%E2%80%9Cjim%E2%80%9D-donald-willems

Paul A Jones (1945 – 2021)
Sacramento #1
http://www.egcitizen.com/lifestyle/in-memory-of-paul-a-jones/article_b975ae70-59e2-11ec-94e9-2346a57eb465.html

Gary Edgar Tatro (1938 – 2022)
Aberdeen #901
https://www.thedailyworld.com/obituaries/gary-edgar-tatro/

Duane Barker (1931 – 2022)
Clovis #404
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/fresnobee/name/duane-barker-obituary?id=32562895

John H. Duser (1932 – 2022)
Napa #57
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/napavalleyregister/name/john-duser-obituary?id=33327728

Merrill D. “Ronnie” Round Jr. (1924 – 2022)
Harlingen #204
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/themonitor/name/merrill-round-obituary?id=34174698

Edmond Junior Bruggman (1931 – 2022_
Wenatchee #932
https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/tributes/in_memoriam/edmond-junior-bruggman/article_e16e8473-b728-5584-a038-75ba0f10e9a1.html

Fred Gerald Vellutini (1926 – 2022)
President, Santa Cruz
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/santacruzsentinel/name/fred-vellutini-obituary?id=34728852

Peter Gordon Campbell (1937 – 2022)
Seguin #453
https://seguingazette.com/announcements/obituaries/article_c46ff760-d97e-11ec-a7fc-33ada36faf24.html

Clarence Vincent (Porky) Lithgow, Jr. (1938 – 2022)
Santa Fe
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/santafenewmexican/name/clarence-lithgow-obituary?id=34917284

Terrel Ray Tinkler (1947 – 2022)
Santa Rosa #50
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pressdemocrat/name/terrel-tinkler-obituary?id=35666980

Month of Highlights for the 1920’s

With the start of September this week, it’s 10 months until our 2022 Convention – Centennial Celebration (JUL 13 – JUL 17, 2022)!

We are going to switch from weekly themed memory prompts, to sharing the Active 20-30 timeline. Each month we’ll focus on one decade and have posts on timeline of events, photos, stories, and member spotlights.

Our story begins in 1922, in two different cities. Aberdeen, Washington and Sacramento, California.

Pin It On Tuesday – Fashion Forward

Fashion shows up in our pin collection. Highlighted here is a sports jersey, a sweater vest, a shoe, and a crown. We also should include a suitcase to round it out.

Would love to see what fashionable type of pins you might have.

There are A LOT of pins, so we are also going to have a weekly feature showing them off here. Let us know of any pins you would like to share, the story behind the pin, if you know the year, how you got it (any fun trade stories), or other memory you connect to that pin (for example, it’s a pin that represents your term as club president or going past active). Even if it’s just a neat pin you like, please share.

Fashion (July 19-25, 2021)

Time to pull out all your 20-30 shirts. Do you have a favorite? Have you collected shirts from the same event each year? How about all the costumes you wore at events? What other club fashion accessories have you collected through the years? There have been vests, hats, bracelets, rings, necklaces, tie clips, belt buckles, cuff links, etc.

“Active 20-30 Dominican Republic wardrobe from the 1960’s displayed during their 2015 National Convention” (thanks for sharing Geoffrey Cheung).

(These weekly themes are inspired by 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks)

Honorary Member – Robert P. Shimmin

Does your Club have any Honorary Members?

Honorary Membership can be “conferred to any person for meritorious service to the club, community or nation.” This membership is granted according to procedures in Clubs’ bylaws.
So far in rediscovering our past, we’ve come across a few famous people being given honorary membership into different clubs. Aviator Charles Lindbergh was honored by the Chehalis Club in 1927, Frank Sinatra by the Portland Club in 1947, and Pete Wilson (later became Governor of California) by the San Diego club in 1972. More recently, young Billy Warner was given honorary membership to several clubs in 2017.

An very interesting person we’ve come to learn of, is Dad Shimmin. Robert P. Shimmin was given honorary membership by Phoenix #99 soon after his son, Jack Shimmin had passed away. Jack was a founding member when they chartered in April 1932. He unfortunately became sick and died in November of that year. Soon after they asked his dad to “join”, and Dad Shimmin started visiting 20-30 clubs across the nation and attending conventions. He was also given the titles of “Grand Old Man of 20-30” and “International Ambassador of Good Will”.

Dad Shimmin kept going until his death in 1965.

(photo of newspaper article was in the El Paso Herald-Post in 1958)

Pin It On Tuesday – Sebastopol & San Francisco

Sticking with this week’s Transportation theme, we have 2 club pins to showcase. The apple truck is from Sebastopol #63 and the trolley car is from San Francisco #4.

Any other clubs that featured some kind of transport?

There are A LOT of pins, so we are also going to have a weekly feature showing them off here. Let us know of any pins you would like to share, the story behind the pin, if you know the year, how you got it (any fun trade stories), or other memory you connect to that pin (for example, it’s a pin that represents your term as club president or going past active). Even if it’s just a neat pin you like, please share.