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Mutant, v. 2, issue 2, May 1948
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meal she served us. We hadn't had a thing to eat since breakfast until we reached Steve's at 4:00 p.m. We'd been showing Steve the Detroit bookstores. After everyone had finished eating we retired to the living room for a lengthy discussion covering various subjects from governments to the funny papers. I got a great insight into Canadian government which goes to show what the best schools in the U.S. aren't teaching these days. Also, I got some views of America that I hadn't even thought of. It's remarkable what you can't see about yourself until someone with an outside viewpoint shows them to you. About the aforementioned funnies, it seems that one of the Windsor papers carries an old favorite of mine, Buck Rogers. None of the Detroit papers carries this strip right now. Steven showed us some magazine sections from the Toronto Star Weekly about a Golden-haired Amazon of the Spaceways. As for stf fans, it would probably be considered pure hack, but as Singer puts it, for the Gullible Herd it was out of the extra-ordinary. I found Mr. & Mrs. Metchette very good conversationalists, not to mention Steve himself. All in all, a good time was had by everyone. Some of the MSFS membership went to the Annex Theater about 3 weeks ago to see the revival of "The Invisible Man" and "The Invisible Man Returns," both based on HGWells' famous story. Good science-fiction in a rather humoresque form. Ah, well, now for the record of events-- 14 March 1948 - attendance 10 - At our fourth statewide meet we drafted a constitution (which appears in this issue of The Mutant). We did this by splitting into four groups, each drafting one section. The meeting was held at Art Rapp's in Saginaw. Harold Oatley and Fred Reich were accepted into the fold with eager hands stretched for the registration fees. I slapped Singer's hands down, though, and put the money into the treasury. 28 March 1948 - attendance 7 - The fifth statewide meeting was held in Pontiac at the home of Fred Reich. Two more new members were enrolled, E.E.Eischied and Radell Nelson. The fact that it was Easter cut the attendance. The Constitution was adopted unanimously. Fred's mother donated a luscious chocolate cake decorated with a picture of the great stfan-inventor, Morgan Botts. 11 April 1948 - Attendance 7 - The sixth statewide meeting was the best yet. The President of the Detroit Rocket Society, Mr. Alfred J. Zaehringer, attended and gave a talk on the history and status of rocket research. We have since subscribed to their OO[[?]], Rocketflight. The MSFS became an international affair when Q[[?]].Stewart Metchette of Windsor, Ontario, showed up at the meeting and met the members. 25 April 1948 - Attendance 6 - This meeting, held at Ed Kuss' home in Detroit, was rather informal, since the Saginaw fen weren't there. (I'll explain that -- since Art is secretary, it was decided we wouldn't have a business meeting because the rest of these lazy bums wouldn't take the minutes of the meeting. I transferred the bookkeeping from an old notebook to a ledge where I could make out a semblance of order. 9 May 1948 - attendance 7 - The eighth meeting was in Sagina[[?]]. A letter was received from the President of the Detroit Rocket Society, inviting a member of the MSFS to speak to that group at a forthcoming meeting. Martin Alger was nominated for the honor, but since he will not be in this part of Michigan in June, he will not be able to give it. 14
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meal she served us. We hadn't had a thing to eat since breakfast until we reached Steve's at 4:00 p.m. We'd been showing Steve the Detroit bookstores. After everyone had finished eating we retired to the living room for a lengthy discussion covering various subjects from governments to the funny papers. I got a great insight into Canadian government which goes to show what the best schools in the U.S. aren't teaching these days. Also, I got some views of America that I hadn't even thought of. It's remarkable what you can't see about yourself until someone with an outside viewpoint shows them to you. About the aforementioned funnies, it seems that one of the Windsor papers carries an old favorite of mine, Buck Rogers. None of the Detroit papers carries this strip right now. Steven showed us some magazine sections from the Toronto Star Weekly about a Golden-haired Amazon of the Spaceways. As for stf fans, it would probably be considered pure hack, but as Singer puts it, for the Gullible Herd it was out of the extra-ordinary. I found Mr. & Mrs. Metchette very good conversationalists, not to mention Steve himself. All in all, a good time was had by everyone. Some of the MSFS membership went to the Annex Theater about 3 weeks ago to see the revival of "The Invisible Man" and "The Invisible Man Returns," both based on HGWells' famous story. Good science-fiction in a rather humoresque form. Ah, well, now for the record of events-- 14 March 1948 - attendance 10 - At our fourth statewide meet we drafted a constitution (which appears in this issue of The Mutant). We did this by splitting into four groups, each drafting one section. The meeting was held at Art Rapp's in Saginaw. Harold Oatley and Fred Reich were accepted into the fold with eager hands stretched for the registration fees. I slapped Singer's hands down, though, and put the money into the treasury. 28 March 1948 - attendance 7 - The fifth statewide meeting was held in Pontiac at the home of Fred Reich. Two more new members were enrolled, E.E.Eischied and Radell Nelson. The fact that it was Easter cut the attendance. The Constitution was adopted unanimously. Fred's mother donated a luscious chocolate cake decorated with a picture of the great stfan-inventor, Morgan Botts. 11 April 1948 - Attendance 7 - The sixth statewide meeting was the best yet. The President of the Detroit Rocket Society, Mr. Alfred J. Zaehringer, attended and gave a talk on the history and status of rocket research. We have since subscribed to their OO[[?]], Rocketflight. The MSFS became an international affair when Q[[?]].Stewart Metchette of Windsor, Ontario, showed up at the meeting and met the members. 25 April 1948 - Attendance 6 - This meeting, held at Ed Kuss' home in Detroit, was rather informal, since the Saginaw fen weren't there. (I'll explain that -- since Art is secretary, it was decided we wouldn't have a business meeting because the rest of these lazy bums wouldn't take the minutes of the meeting. I transferred the bookkeeping from an old notebook to a ledge where I could make out a semblance of order. 9 May 1948 - attendance 7 - The eighth meeting was in Sagina[[?]]. A letter was received from the President of the Detroit Rocket Society, inviting a member of the MSFS to speak to that group at a forthcoming meeting. Martin Alger was nominated for the honor, but since he will not be in this part of Michigan in June, he will not be able to give it. 14
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