Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 23:53:07 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Bob Madle (1920-2022)
From: mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On 10/13/22 23:49, mark wrote:
> 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?
>
Oh, dear, I think I should have followed that with
    "Drink, corflu, cold and steaming"

mark