Tillamook Swiss Society

06/13/2026

Schwingen Practice Sunday 6/14 in Banks OR area @ 11am - 1pm

Contact Don Odermott 503-969-6255
for directions & additional info 🇨🇭

06/11/2026

REMINDER: Monthly meeting tonight @ 6pm at The Swiss Hall!

06/04/2026

We have our favorite 🇨🇭

🏆Battle of the Breeds;
Dairy Month Edition🥛

June is National Dairy Month, and we’re celebrating by shining a spotlight on the six major dairy breeds recognized in the United States by the Purebred Dairy Cattle Association (PDCA).

Over the next few weeks, we’ll introduce each breed, share fun facts, explore what makes them unique, and put them head-to-head in our Battle of the Breeds challenge. Along the way, you’ll have the opportunity to vote for your favorites and help decide which breed earns the title of Battle of the Breeds Champion.

Every dairy breed brings something special to the industry, from milk production and components to longevity, efficiency, and adaptability. Throughout the series, we’ll take a closer look at what makes each breed unique.

We’re curious…

When you picture a dairy cow, what breed comes to mind first?

For many people, it’s a black-and-white Holstein. But each dairy breed has its own history, strengths, personality, and contributions that help make the dairy industry what it is today.

🏆 Six Breeds
🥛 One Champion
🗳️ You Decide

05/29/2026

Our heartfelt condolences to the entire Beeler family 🇨🇭

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Virginia Beeler, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandma. Virginia passed away peacefully April 11th,

05/29/2026

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Mark your calendars for our upcoming Schwingfest 🇨🇭

05/19/2026

We received a very generous community grant yesterday from the Tillamook High School Charity Drive.

These funds are so important to our club. As a 501c4 we are ineligible for the majority of non-profit grants as they often require 501c3 status.

Thank you! We look forward to spending this money to enhance and maintain our hall. We love that it’s a popular community space available to host all sorts of events!

05/18/2026

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05/18/2026

Just rewatched this video from 2022 after hosting our 4th Annual Schwingfest over the weekend.

And it really struck me how lucky we were to get this video with these “old timers” on here. Jim Hurliman passed June 2024. Walt Beeler passed July 2025. And Rudy Fenk just this last February 2026. Thankfully Dave Leuthold is still with us, but there was so much rich history of Tillamook Swiss between these men.

On Friday and Saturday we visited with people from all over the West Coast, (and 1 new friend from New Glarus WI!) and it never ceases to amaze us that whether you’re talking to someone from Imperial Valley or Bonney Lake…it doesn’t take much digging to find familiarity in our stories, or even an unknown family connection.

May we all continue to do our parts to keep these traditions alive, and keep making memories together 🇨🇭

Swiss immigrants began arriving in the 1850s to what became Tillamook County, Oregon. Soon more Swiss families arrived, bringing their skills of dairy farmin...