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Memoirs of a Superfluous Fan, 1944

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part of those attending. I know that the whole affair was remarkably enlivened by our rapidly-forming group of impromptu entertainers. Brady, a Pepsi-Cola fiend, waded down to the shore to watch the grunions float in and stepped in a clam. Kuttner was seen chasing a scantily clad Pogo, brandishing a simmering weiner on the end of a long stick in the general direction of her buttocks. Antiquarians interested in such wry account of the numerous LASFL outings may visit the clubroom and read the entire story in the Special Events section of the minute book. 

Incidentally, this particular event set off a reorganisation of the minute book and other club records to which I had fallen heir as Secretary. In August I set about in a burst of enthusiasm to record and transcribe the pre-historical Secretaries, such as Wanda Test, extant during 1936. These had been irregularly kept in a notebook, but in a handwriting not conducive to leisurely reading. My enthusiastic energy sufficed to transcribe several such sets, about the ancient days when the chapter met in the Pacific Electric Bldg., with William L. Hoffard as Director. 

When the Beach Party occured, my high-school trained news instinct detacted an interesting story for future generations. However, there was no provision in the records for nothing this event. Under the heading of Special Events, it filed this and subsequent social write-ups, which, to date, include three more beach parties, numerous picnics, theatre excursions, including the private showing of Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS, and publishing sessions. It was my habit to record such extra activities in as interesting detail as possible until sometime late in 1940 when they had become so commonplace in the club's life as to be superfluous. 

UP TO THIS POINT I have stressed the tempo of the day rather than amusing the reader with illuminating anecdotes, of which there will be plenty in the next four years' accounts. My effort through the entire series is to point out as clearly as possible the nature of the transition of a once-every-two-weeks LASFL to a full-time madhouse. LASFS. I will back-track for a moment and insert some events of interesting during 1938, which was, on the whole, a quiet year, lacking either notable aditions to the club or an imposing list of celebraties such as had graced numerous meetings the previous twelvemonths. 

On January 20, 1938, copies of a new mimeographed constitution were passed about. With few subsequent alterations, this document functioned as the sole legal document of the club until late in 1943. This novice attempt as legislature was all right for the old nature of the club, but it was totally unadaptable to a group maintaining a regular quarters, and so when the problems of maintaining a clubroom reach an impasse, the entire legal structure fell down about an unsuspecting membership.

Feburary 17 was the date of the first visit to the LASFL of the Pomona fan Thomas R. Daniels. Daniels is another one of those many persons who never quite got up sufficient steam for a good launching. Off and on for a number of years Daniels was sometimes heard of, in VOM, in some local magazine. through a deluge of letters, but never quite enough to become even moderately recognised. At present residing in Washington (state), he is chiefly remembered for his attempt in 1940-1 to assemble a comprehensive photo-library of scientifiction fans. I engaged in some correspondence with him regarding my own extensive file of local and visiting personages, but nothing ever came of it from either side of the parley. 

March 3, 1938, witnessed a discussion of the Supernatural, lead by Fred Shroyer. This date was a fine time for such a discussion, as the supernatural falling of unprecedented amounts of water from the sky at this time came the nearest yet to washing the entire city into the Pacific ocean. I was in a particularly un

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part of those attending. I know that the whole affair was remarkably enlivened by our rapidly-forming group of impromptu entertainers. Brady, a Pepsi-Cola fiend, waded down to the shore to watch the grunions float in and stepped in a clam. Kuttner was seen chasing a scantily clad Pogo, brandishing a simmering weiner on the end of a long stick in the general direction of her buttocks. Antiquarians interested in such wry account of the numerous LASFL outings may visit the clubroom and read the entire story in the Special Events section of the minute book. Incidentally, this particular event set off a reorganisation of the minute book and other club records to which I had fallen heir as Secretary. In August I set about in a burst of enthusiasm to record and transcribe the pre-historical Secretaries, such as Wanda Test, extant during 1936. These had been irregularly kept in a notebook, but in a handwriting not conducive to leisurely reading. My enthusiastic energy sufficed to transcribe several such sets, about the ancient days when the chapter met in the Pacific Electric Bldg., with William L. Hoffard as Director. When the Beach Party occured, my high-school trained news instinct detacted an interesting story for future generations. However, there was no provision in the records for nothing this event. Under the heading of Special Events, it filed this and subsequent social write-ups, which, to date, include three more beach parties, numerous picnics, theatre excursions, including the private showing of Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS, and publishing sessions. It was my habit to record such extra activities in as interesting detail as possible until sometime late in 1940 when they had become so commonplace in the club's life as to be superfluous. UP TO THIS POINT I have stressed the tempo of the day rather than amusing the reader with illuminating anecdotes, of which there will be plenty in the next four years' accounts. My effort through the entire series is to point out as clearly as possible the nature of the transition of a once-every-two-weeks LASFL to a full-time madhouse. LASFS. I will back-track for a moment and insert some events of interesting during 1938, which was, on the whole, a quiet year, lacking either notable aditions to the club or an imposing list of celebraties such as had graced numerous meetings the previous twelvemonths. On January 20, 1938, copies of a new mimeographed constitution were passed about. With few subsequent alterations, this document functioned as the sole legal document of the club until late in 1943. This novice attempt as legislature was all right for the old nature of the club, but it was totally unadaptable to a group maintaining a regular quarters, and so when the problems of maintaining a clubroom reach an impasse, the entire legal structure fell down about an unsuspecting membership. Feburary 17 was the date of the first visit to the LASFL of the Pomona fan Thomas R. Daniels. Daniels is another one of those many persons who never quite got up sufficient steam for a good launching. Off and on for a number of years Daniels was sometimes heard of, in VOM, in some local magazine. through a deluge of letters, but never quite enough to become even moderately recognised. At present residing in Washington (state), he is chiefly remembered for his attempt in 1940-1 to assemble a comprehensive photo-library of scientifiction fans. I engaged in some correspondence with him regarding my own extensive file of local and visiting personages, but nothing ever came of it from either side of the parley. March 3, 1938, witnessed a discussion of the Supernatural, lead by Fred Shroyer. This date was a fine time for such a discussion, as the supernatural falling of unprecedented amounts of water from the sky at this time came the nearest yet to washing the entire city into the Pacific ocean. I was in a particularly un