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Voice of the Imagination (VOM), whole no 17, August 1941

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VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION   5

Gus was a guy who stept up   to us In the lobby of the  S-S,   as I recall, just bfor we went   to breakfast—tho it might've been just after we got  back — asking "Science fiction fans?"    He Introduced himself half a  dozen times but I for one did  not catch his name. Finally he said "just call me Gus." When  I leamd later he was from Chelan, Wn, gears began meshing In my mind & it seemd to me I recalled having  seen a tribe of Willmorths,   headed by one N. Willmorth,  registerd from there as members of the Science Fictioneers. "Do U noe an N. Willmorth up there?"  I  askt.    Naturally he ansrd "That's me" . . .
     A happy surprise when  Freehafer, Morojo & Yerke,
who drove, & were not  expected til nltefall, arrove forenoon. Soon  after, Morojo's maglet; Stephan the Stfan,   the  perennial convention   autograf pamflet; was available   in its 3d edition, price -
"YOUR Signature",  As those of U who were there noe, I  started duplicates circulating, 2 for the British Boys & another   for the Aussys. By actual   count I find 60 signatures on myn but I'm afraid the plan  klnda got out of hand around   the quarter-hundred mark for
the overseasers. However,   the bklets, with such sigs as  I  was able to secure, were clipperd to England's & Australia's fan-heads to pass around for the fellows to see.
      Morojo & Freehafer,  who had shared the driving from Shangri-LA, retired after   lunch &, with Yerke, were not seen again until evening.    Shortly after lunch it is my  recollection that I went  up to Helnlelns' suite with Don
Thompson & a Denver nonfan friend of his. In the course of our conversation there, I bliev the nff was converted to regarding sf in a kindlier lite than he had previously. The Daughertys dropt in & 'Walt did   some testing with his "infernal   machine", cutting a couple  of   candldiscs on his recorder.
     Later, I have the Impression of returning to the lobby &  there experiencing the great
pleasure of renewing acquaintanceship with Dale Hart of Texas, the so-nice lookIng & miId-mannerd stfan  I met at the Nycon. Speaking
of handsome & well-bred members of the imagi-nation, wasn't Allen Class the surprise of  this Convention. So bon-aspek ta & gentile! fanartist #1,  Roy Hunt, for whom I mistook Allen Class on several occasions at first, wasn't far behind tor physignomy & conduct; & Al McKeel's another sweet fellow.
     About this time I think it was
suggested the assembled fans visit Joe Fortier In his rm, so to the 5th fir We elevatored (majority the fans were staked out on the 5th flr & congregated around 40yr's door. Knock! knock! & crys of  "Get the rope ready, boys!  Come out, Fortier; we know
you're In there! Get the Type 15 fan! Careful with that tar &
leathers, fellows..." And Fan #8 opens up to meet his fate, meeting  (most for the flrstlme)   In one lump sum Kornbluth, Wollheim, Michel, Lowndes, Ackerman, Bronson & others.    Confusion reigns. Directly across the hall Is Daugherty's rm & a great gang is In there  too. As I sit on 2J's bed,  fingering thru a Starlight #1,
someone dashes past the door, hollering in "4e!"  I don't see who It Is, go to door, see figure disappearing down hall,  follow, find it's—-Walt Llebscherl Hurray! Hurray!    I'm with him about 5 mins In his rm telling him who's here already & what's hapnd, then we go to Dau's. Most everybody's congregated here,  now, & Dr D has got the gadget going. Everybody's   taking turns stepping up to   the mike saying a few extemporaneous words. Then WJO has all the faneds
present put a lil patter on a platter about their respective fmz...

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VOICE OF THE IMAGI-NATION 5 Gus was a guy who stept up to us In the lobby of the S-S, as I recall, just bfor we went to breakfast—tho it might've been just after we got back — asking "Science fiction fans?" He Introduced himself half a dozen times but I for one did not catch his name. Finally he said "just call me Gus." When I leamd later he was from Chelan, Wn, gears began meshing In my mind & it seemd to me I recalled having seen a tribe of Willmorths, headed by one N. Willmorth, registerd from there as members of the Science Fictioneers. "Do U noe an N. Willmorth up there?" I askt. Naturally he ansrd "That's me" . . . A happy surprise when Freehafer, Morojo & Yerke, who drove, & were not expected til nltefall, arrove forenoon. Soon after, Morojo's maglet; Stephan the Stfan, the perennial convention autograf pamflet; was available in its 3d edition, price - "YOUR Signature", As those of U who were there noe, I started duplicates circulating, 2 for the British Boys & another for the Aussys. By actual count I find 60 signatures on myn but I'm afraid the plan klnda got out of hand around the quarter-hundred mark for the overseasers. However, the bklets, with such sigs as I was able to secure, were clipperd to England's & Australia's fan-heads to pass around for the fellows to see. Morojo & Freehafer, who had shared the driving from Shangri-LA, retired after lunch &, with Yerke, were not seen again until evening. Shortly after lunch it is my recollection that I went up to Helnlelns' suite with Don Thompson & a Denver nonfan friend of his. In the course of our conversation there, I bliev the nff was converted to regarding sf in a kindlier lite than he had previously. The Daughertys dropt in & 'Walt did some testing with his "infernal machine", cutting a couple of candldiscs on his recorder. Later, I have the Impression of returning to the lobby & there experiencing the great pleasure of renewing acquaintanceship with Dale Hart of Texas, the so-nice lookIng & miId-mannerd stfan I met at the Nycon. Speaking of handsome & well-bred members of the imagi-nation, wasn't Allen Class the surprise of this Convention. So bon-aspek ta & gentile! fanartist #1, Roy Hunt, for whom I mistook Allen Class on several occasions at first, wasn't far behind tor physignomy & conduct; & Al McKeel's another sweet fellow. About this time I think it was suggested the assembled fans visit Joe Fortier In his rm, so to the 5th fir We elevatored (majority the fans were staked out on the 5th flr & congregated around 40yr's door. Knock! knock! & crys of "Get the rope ready, boys! Come out, Fortier; we know you're In there! Get the Type 15 fan! Careful with that tar & leathers, fellows..." And Fan #8 opens up to meet his fate, meeting (most for the flrstlme) In one lump sum Kornbluth, Wollheim, Michel, Lowndes, Ackerman, Bronson & others. Confusion reigns. Directly across the hall Is Daugherty's rm & a great gang is In there too. As I sit on 2J's bed, fingering thru a Starlight #1, someone dashes past the door, hollering in "4e!" I don't see who It Is, go to door, see figure disappearing down hall, follow, find it's—-Walt Llebscherl Hurray! Hurray! I'm with him about 5 mins In his rm telling him who's here already & what's hapnd, then we go to Dau's. Most everybody's congregated here, now, & Dr D has got the gadget going. Everybody's taking turns stepping up to the mike saying a few extemporaneous words. Then WJO has all the faneds present put a lil patter on a platter about their respective fmz...