Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:22:39 -0400
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
CC: wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Sunday 22 October 1936
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Michael Walsh wrote:
> 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.

Yep, the World's first SF con: and Philcon is coming up, 75 years of
Fandom As We Know It. (Yes, I'll be there, and running a party, retoro
Truphan, probably on Friday night (and expect to outlast the consuite).
>
> Appropriately, they meet Baltadonis's father's empty barroom.  Some =
> details here: http://jophan.org/mimosa/m20/kyle.htm

Yup. That's what I heard. Then they adjourned to a bookstore, there
being no dealers' room.
>
> 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.

*sigh*

mark
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What part of "turn the other cheek", and "study war no more" don't you
understand?