Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:25:30 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>, <wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Sunday 22 October 1936
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Don Wollheim, Fred Pohl, John Michel, Will Sykora, & David Kyle take the =
train to Philly to meet Ossie Train, Milt Rothman, Robert Madle, and John =
Baltadonis.

Some consider this the first SF convention.  75 years ago.

Appropriately, they meet Baltadonis's father's empty barroom.  Some =
details here: http://jophan.org/mimosa/m20/kyle.htm

Only three remain with us:
Fred Pohl blogs, Dave Kyle is on Facebook, and Bob Madle is *still* =
selling books, tho only mail order - no web site.

mjw