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Le Zombie, v. 4, issue 6, whole no. 41, August 1941
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(5) costume and Morojo got it for $4, while Korshak auctioned his skull (headdress, silly!) for $1, which was promptly re-auctioned for another dollar by Heinlein, who "sold" it to someone else, who gave it to Walt Daugherty and his bride, Eleanor, as a wedding present. Walt made a recording of Heinlein auctioneering, and that brought $1.50 The boys tried all day to get in touch with Campbell by phone to find if he sent any pictures, but in vain. THIRD DAY - SUNDAY: Sunday morning most of the gang went out to the park and had the ball game, with chosen-up sides. They played four innings to a 7-7 tie. I was umpire, and very popular I was, too. Afternoon: There were four nominations for next year's meeting place, with San Francisco proposed by Joe Fortier (and he had gone to a lot of trouble beforehand, getting lined up on a hall, hotels, etc. He also had a printed letter from the Mayor, extending an invitation. Milty Rothman proposed Washington, DC, and answered the protests about the high cost of living there and the shortage of rooms, etc., by stating that this was not true as far as he knew; that one could live there just as cheaply as anywhere else, and that even if the hotels might be a bit crowded, one could reserve rooms ahead of time, besides which, almost every house in the city was renting tourist rooms. Madle proposed Philadelphia and gave a nice talk on the advantages of the city. Walt Daugherty then proposed Los Angeles and told all of the advantages the city had; promised that there was a live crowd in the town who would do everything in their power to make it a splendid convention, meanwhile declining to make definite promises of just what things would be. On the voting, there were 25 for L.A. and four or five each for the other cities. Six L.A. fans voted for Eastern cities, while six Easterners voted for L.A., so that settled any doubts that the Westerners were trying to dominate the conventions, after it had been more or less "promised" in Chicago that 1942 would go back East. Everyone seemed quite pleased after all the shouting was done, and Widner led the stampede for memberships when he rushed up and claimed #1, with myself a close second for #2 (after having planned for six months to be the first as soon as a city was selected!) However, Battlecreek has sent in a membership for each and evry one of her nine fans, and I am sure that we are the first city to be 100% enrolled. Evening: The banquet, of course, and Heinlein followed Smith's idea of a short, humerous speech. This was followed by a talk by Julie Unger, and he was pleasing, with one of the wittiest talks I've heard. Lowndes spoke, mentioning that his two mags, Science Fiction and Future Fiction were soon to be merged, and mentioned some points of his editorial policy. "Auld Lang Syne" again finished the dinner. ---- Monday, July 7th was Heinlein's birthday so some of the fans went together and bought him some books. He and Leslyn were leaving the hall at midnight (Sunday) and the gang still there sang "Happy Birthday to You". Trmain didn't put in appearance (ditto the Comet award) so Mr and Mrs Heinlein put up the $25, which went to Allan Glass, of Ohio, who hitch-hiked out with very, very little money to live on.
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(5) costume and Morojo got it for $4, while Korshak auctioned his skull (headdress, silly!) for $1, which was promptly re-auctioned for another dollar by Heinlein, who "sold" it to someone else, who gave it to Walt Daugherty and his bride, Eleanor, as a wedding present. Walt made a recording of Heinlein auctioneering, and that brought $1.50 The boys tried all day to get in touch with Campbell by phone to find if he sent any pictures, but in vain. THIRD DAY - SUNDAY: Sunday morning most of the gang went out to the park and had the ball game, with chosen-up sides. They played four innings to a 7-7 tie. I was umpire, and very popular I was, too. Afternoon: There were four nominations for next year's meeting place, with San Francisco proposed by Joe Fortier (and he had gone to a lot of trouble beforehand, getting lined up on a hall, hotels, etc. He also had a printed letter from the Mayor, extending an invitation. Milty Rothman proposed Washington, DC, and answered the protests about the high cost of living there and the shortage of rooms, etc., by stating that this was not true as far as he knew; that one could live there just as cheaply as anywhere else, and that even if the hotels might be a bit crowded, one could reserve rooms ahead of time, besides which, almost every house in the city was renting tourist rooms. Madle proposed Philadelphia and gave a nice talk on the advantages of the city. Walt Daugherty then proposed Los Angeles and told all of the advantages the city had; promised that there was a live crowd in the town who would do everything in their power to make it a splendid convention, meanwhile declining to make definite promises of just what things would be. On the voting, there were 25 for L.A. and four or five each for the other cities. Six L.A. fans voted for Eastern cities, while six Easterners voted for L.A., so that settled any doubts that the Westerners were trying to dominate the conventions, after it had been more or less "promised" in Chicago that 1942 would go back East. Everyone seemed quite pleased after all the shouting was done, and Widner led the stampede for memberships when he rushed up and claimed #1, with myself a close second for #2 (after having planned for six months to be the first as soon as a city was selected!) However, Battlecreek has sent in a membership for each and evry one of her nine fans, and I am sure that we are the first city to be 100% enrolled. Evening: The banquet, of course, and Heinlein followed Smith's idea of a short, humerous speech. This was followed by a talk by Julie Unger, and he was pleasing, with one of the wittiest talks I've heard. Lowndes spoke, mentioning that his two mags, Science Fiction and Future Fiction were soon to be merged, and mentioned some points of his editorial policy. "Auld Lang Syne" again finished the dinner. ---- Monday, July 7th was Heinlein's birthday so some of the fans went together and bought him some books. He and Leslyn were leaving the hall at midnight (Sunday) and the gang still there sang "Happy Birthday to You". Trmain didn't put in appearance (ditto the Comet award) so Mr and Mrs Heinlein put up the $25, which went to Allan Glass, of Ohio, who hitch-hiked out with very, very little money to live on.
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