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Fantasite, v. 1, issue 5, September 1941
Page 15
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15 THE FANTASITE joy. This lasted only until the dives closed at the ungodly hour of 2 o'clock, when part of them again went to the Widner joke room. On Saturday art-work was displayed and admired, several varied discussions held, a goodly number of mags were sold, and little was done otherwise until evening. Then came the auction! With eager anticipation we watched the auctioneer, Mr. Korshak take rostrum to direct the fight over the spoils. Only F. F.M., Planet, Future Fiction, Astonishing, Cosmic, and their companions contributed, so there was a shortage of good material. However, under the guidance of the redoubtable Korshak, prices zoomed high. Brady paid $9.50 for a Finlay black-and-white. Other prices went correspondingly high. Top buyer was Gus Willmorth, who took home everything he could get, including Unger's only complete bound set of FFF. Wiggins got the only Dold offered. Heinlein got stuck with Korshak's skeleton head, so he proceeded to auction it again. This time Schwartz was hooked into it by Hamilton. At this time Heinlein' s greatest embarrassment came. Daugherty, who recorded the entire convention, made a disc of this episode and then played it back. It was a kick. After a highly successful evening, most of us went to the local amusement park and made whoopee on the rides and in the fun house until we had to get out. Then, once again, some had to attend the Widner joke school. Sunday we got started with the soft ball game. Widner's hand-picked team managed to tie Korshak's opposition team in the fourth and last inning after trailing 7-2 from the beginning. Relieving Korshak, Daugherty gave up the needed 5 runs to tie. Dale Hart held 'em down for Widner. Upon the opening of the last session before the banquet, bids were made for next year's con, Joe Fortier, bidding Frisco started out by telling of the plans the Golden Gate boys had worked out. They had nearly everything promised for free, but didn't win the bid. Milty Rothman then expounded the good side of Washington as convention grounds, but due to subversive propaganda re conditions there, he also failed. RAM then managed to get one other vote for Philly. With an earnest plea, and without promising anything but a good convention, Walt Daugherty then copped a 2/3 majority vote to hold the convention in Los Angeles. Even with this majority, the ..-decision aroused considerable ill-feeling among some who wanted the Con in the East again. However, it's LA in '42, and let's all be there. When the heat of wrath died down, Daugherty once again took the rostrum and spoke to further advocate Evans' ideas. He then awarded medals to the following people: 4e for best fan and being of most service to fandom; Roy Hunt for best fan artist; Wiggins for the best and most consistent fan mag; Damon Knight for being the top humorist, and Julie Unger for putting out the best news-weekly. After much discussion and revision, a resolution to support the NFFF was passed. The convention session then adjourned to allow preparations for the convention topper,the banquet. Everyone should have had enough to eat, and everyone had a chance to say something. Heinlein, Lowndes, Daugherty, and others presented speeches. Franklyn Brady then delivered a fine presentation speech and presented Mr. Heinlein with eleven books bought by popular subscription and selected with the assistance of his wife. These were gratefully received by the honor guest. The convention ended with everyone bidding sad farewells, vowing to be in LA next year, and autographing the books for Mr. Heinlein. COME TO LOS ANGELES IN 1942!!!
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15 THE FANTASITE joy. This lasted only until the dives closed at the ungodly hour of 2 o'clock, when part of them again went to the Widner joke room. On Saturday art-work was displayed and admired, several varied discussions held, a goodly number of mags were sold, and little was done otherwise until evening. Then came the auction! With eager anticipation we watched the auctioneer, Mr. Korshak take rostrum to direct the fight over the spoils. Only F. F.M., Planet, Future Fiction, Astonishing, Cosmic, and their companions contributed, so there was a shortage of good material. However, under the guidance of the redoubtable Korshak, prices zoomed high. Brady paid $9.50 for a Finlay black-and-white. Other prices went correspondingly high. Top buyer was Gus Willmorth, who took home everything he could get, including Unger's only complete bound set of FFF. Wiggins got the only Dold offered. Heinlein got stuck with Korshak's skeleton head, so he proceeded to auction it again. This time Schwartz was hooked into it by Hamilton. At this time Heinlein' s greatest embarrassment came. Daugherty, who recorded the entire convention, made a disc of this episode and then played it back. It was a kick. After a highly successful evening, most of us went to the local amusement park and made whoopee on the rides and in the fun house until we had to get out. Then, once again, some had to attend the Widner joke school. Sunday we got started with the soft ball game. Widner's hand-picked team managed to tie Korshak's opposition team in the fourth and last inning after trailing 7-2 from the beginning. Relieving Korshak, Daugherty gave up the needed 5 runs to tie. Dale Hart held 'em down for Widner. Upon the opening of the last session before the banquet, bids were made for next year's con, Joe Fortier, bidding Frisco started out by telling of the plans the Golden Gate boys had worked out. They had nearly everything promised for free, but didn't win the bid. Milty Rothman then expounded the good side of Washington as convention grounds, but due to subversive propaganda re conditions there, he also failed. RAM then managed to get one other vote for Philly. With an earnest plea, and without promising anything but a good convention, Walt Daugherty then copped a 2/3 majority vote to hold the convention in Los Angeles. Even with this majority, the ..-decision aroused considerable ill-feeling among some who wanted the Con in the East again. However, it's LA in '42, and let's all be there. When the heat of wrath died down, Daugherty once again took the rostrum and spoke to further advocate Evans' ideas. He then awarded medals to the following people: 4e for best fan and being of most service to fandom; Roy Hunt for best fan artist; Wiggins for the best and most consistent fan mag; Damon Knight for being the top humorist, and Julie Unger for putting out the best news-weekly. After much discussion and revision, a resolution to support the NFFF was passed. The convention session then adjourned to allow preparations for the convention topper,the banquet. Everyone should have had enough to eat, and everyone had a chance to say something. Heinlein, Lowndes, Daugherty, and others presented speeches. Franklyn Brady then delivered a fine presentation speech and presented Mr. Heinlein with eleven books bought by popular subscription and selected with the assistance of his wife. These were gratefully received by the honor guest. The convention ended with everyone bidding sad farewells, vowing to be in LA next year, and autographing the books for Mr. Heinlein. COME TO LOS ANGELES IN 1942!!!
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