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PSFS News, v. 5, issue 6, July 1945
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July, 1945 PSFS NEWS Page 3 "Phillies." He says: "The prominent members of the PSFS, sometimes with the exception of Rothman. Baltadonis, Madle and Agnew were the chief ones, and Speer was usually part of their unit in the fan feuds." Well, this is more that must be explained to Jack. Rothman was the founder of the PSDS, and was with us all of the time save for a period of about two years spent in Washington, DC. Then there is a fellow by the name of Oswald Train, who was with the club almost from the start, and took an active part in everything that was done by the group. Jack Agnew did not come in at the start--he came along a year or two later, and for a long time was too young to be active. Jack Agnew did become one through time, and was a valuable member until he began working at nights. Remember Charles Bert? He was another. The chief members of the PSFS were Rothman, Madle, Baltadonis and Train--these four were always together in everything that went on, and they always stuck together. There were many other important members, of course, but they did not belong all the way through from the early days as these four. And is it relevant, Jack, for you to mention yourself in an insignificant little five line paragraph about the Phillies? You might have let them have that little bit of space to themselves, at least. We feel more than a little slighted at Jack's brief mention of "PSFS." Other clubs which lasted for only a few months, or did not actually exist at all save in the imagination of a few individuals, received several times as much space as we did. And the PSFS is the oldest science fiction society in the U.S. that we know of--possibly the oldest in existance. Other large cities formed clubs, and some of them have lasted for a number of years. But clubs seemed to come and go in those cities. Countless clubs have been formed in New York, but at the present time there is no such organization at all. The PSFS was originally formed in 1934 by Rothman, Mariella, Charles Bert and a couple of others. It had a precarious existance for a time, and became almost dormant though the three members mentioned were active. In 1935 Train came to Philadelphia, and at the same meteing that he became a member Madle and Baltadonis also joined, and they all have been members ever since. So actually there has been a PSFS since early 1934, though it was not till the fall of 1935 that it became really active. The PSFS has been a branch of the Science Fiction League, and was affiliated with the Science Fictioneers---the latter because Madle was appointed to the official executive board--but to our knowledge was never a part of the ISA, though several of our members did become to the ISA. The darkest days of the PSFS were from late 1942 to October 1934, though a few meetings were held with a very few members attending until about March or April of 1934. During that time the remaining members had gone into the armed forces until only Ossie Train was left For a time he tried to keep things going by correspondence and then finally he was able to bring our the PSFS News. Jack sure did give us a great big lift when he casually mentioned that "A PSFS News would drop into the mailbox at the most unexpected times." Thanks for nothing, chum! All that work, keeping the club going singlehanded, putting out the News entirely at his own expense, writing everything for it and doing all stencilling, mimeographing, sorting, stapling, mailing--besides running all over the city of Philadelphia to get to mimeograph machines. And Jack Speer passes it all off
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July, 1945 PSFS NEWS Page 3 "Phillies." He says: "The prominent members of the PSFS, sometimes with the exception of Rothman. Baltadonis, Madle and Agnew were the chief ones, and Speer was usually part of their unit in the fan feuds." Well, this is more that must be explained to Jack. Rothman was the founder of the PSDS, and was with us all of the time save for a period of about two years spent in Washington, DC. Then there is a fellow by the name of Oswald Train, who was with the club almost from the start, and took an active part in everything that was done by the group. Jack Agnew did not come in at the start--he came along a year or two later, and for a long time was too young to be active. Jack Agnew did become one through time, and was a valuable member until he began working at nights. Remember Charles Bert? He was another. The chief members of the PSFS were Rothman, Madle, Baltadonis and Train--these four were always together in everything that went on, and they always stuck together. There were many other important members, of course, but they did not belong all the way through from the early days as these four. And is it relevant, Jack, for you to mention yourself in an insignificant little five line paragraph about the Phillies? You might have let them have that little bit of space to themselves, at least. We feel more than a little slighted at Jack's brief mention of "PSFS." Other clubs which lasted for only a few months, or did not actually exist at all save in the imagination of a few individuals, received several times as much space as we did. And the PSFS is the oldest science fiction society in the U.S. that we know of--possibly the oldest in existance. Other large cities formed clubs, and some of them have lasted for a number of years. But clubs seemed to come and go in those cities. Countless clubs have been formed in New York, but at the present time there is no such organization at all. The PSFS was originally formed in 1934 by Rothman, Mariella, Charles Bert and a couple of others. It had a precarious existance for a time, and became almost dormant though the three members mentioned were active. In 1935 Train came to Philadelphia, and at the same meteing that he became a member Madle and Baltadonis also joined, and they all have been members ever since. So actually there has been a PSFS since early 1934, though it was not till the fall of 1935 that it became really active. The PSFS has been a branch of the Science Fiction League, and was affiliated with the Science Fictioneers---the latter because Madle was appointed to the official executive board--but to our knowledge was never a part of the ISA, though several of our members did become to the ISA. The darkest days of the PSFS were from late 1942 to October 1934, though a few meetings were held with a very few members attending until about March or April of 1934. During that time the remaining members had gone into the armed forces until only Ossie Train was left For a time he tried to keep things going by correspondence and then finally he was able to bring our the PSFS News. Jack sure did give us a great big lift when he casually mentioned that "A PSFS News would drop into the mailbox at the most unexpected times." Thanks for nothing, chum! All that work, keeping the club going singlehanded, putting out the News entirely at his own expense, writing everything for it and doing all stencilling, mimeographing, sorting, stapling, mailing--besides running all over the city of Philadelphia to get to mimeograph machines. And Jack Speer passes it all off
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