Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 23:49:41 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Bob Madle (1920-2022)
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>

On 10/13/22 23:01, Ted White wrote:
> On 10/13/2022 10:39 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:
>
>> Bob Madle died this week at age 102.  Was he the last full member
>> of First Fandom, i.e. the last fan who had been active before 1939?
>> (Associate membership is available to anyone active more than 30
>> years.  If you attended Magicon or posted to this newsgroup when
>> it was new, you're eligible.)
>
> Yes, he was the last one.  Bob was a member of WSFA in the mid-'50s.
>
> The current "First Fandom" organization is a sham, comprising as it does
> no actual members.
>
So, we should start a Fandom, the Next Generation?

mark