{"id":5903,"date":"2022-12-03T11:10:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T19:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch32\/?page_id=5903"},"modified":"2022-12-05T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T00:15:00","slug":"branch-32-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sirinc2.org\/branch32\/branch-32-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Branch 32 History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SIR Mission Branch 32
\nFounded August 19, 1970
\nSan Jose, California<\/p>\n

Mission Branch No. 32 was organized August 19, 1970.<\/p>\n

A Probation Charter was granted September 8, 1970 with 42 members.<\/p>\n

A Full Charter was awarded June 16, 1971 at which time there were 129 members.<\/p>\n

In the late Spring of 1970, Herb Leisy, Big Sir of Branch 10 in San Jose, proposed a branch spin-off from the 175 members living in the Santa Clara area. This suggestion gained momen- tum and by late July arrangements were realized which would permit the plan to proceed. Stan Bowdish was appointed Organ- izing Chairman with a nucleus of 22 members and more to join shortly afterward.<\/p>\n

The organizational meeting was held at the Golden Wheel Mo- bile Home Park on August 19, 1970, with the Branch\u2019s first offic- ers being elected. They were: Big Sir, Herm Shafer; Little Sir, Ted Jones; Secretary, Ed Ross; Assistant Secretary, Herb Max- well; Treasurer, Joe Dorf; Assistant Treasurer, Stan Bowdish; Directors, Al Dose, Bill Langston, Ed Swinney and Guy Wetzel.<\/p>\n

The first luncheon meeting was held at Mariani\u2019s Restaurant on El Camino in Santa Clara on October 21, 1970. The name \u2018Mission Branch\u2019 was chosen as a tribute to the Mission City, Santa Clara. It was decided to limit membership to 150, however in 2002, in order to have an average membership of 150 mem- bers, it was voted to increase the limit to 155 members. In 2008, the maximum membership for all branches was eliminated.<\/p>\n

The camaraderie and good fellowship among the members make Branch No. 32 an organization of which we all can be justly proud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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