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THANKS AND YOUR WELCOME Well, it all worked, out just wonderful. When Mel Kor- shak phoned the undersigned from Toronto and suggested that the Cincinnati Group take over the 1949 World Science Elation Convention, we accepted with quite a load of misgivings, The fact that the Cincinnati fantasy Group, on whose members the major part of the work would fall, was only a few years old, and totally inexperienced In handling such problems as would cone up, and the fact that it was not yet very widely known, In Fandom, made us have serious doubts as to our success in building the kind of convention that we thought was needed in this year of our lord 1949. But, as I say, it all worked out just wonderful. Ev­ erybody pitched in and helped. If I were to use three pages for this introduction, I couldn* t sufficiently thank all the people who deserve it. Advice, aid, donations and dollars for membership in the Cinvention Committee rolled in until we may now proudly say that the slogan with which we started off our publicity campaign has become sober truth. This one is going to be a honey. I would like to put in a sentence or two at this point to call your attention to the name of the organization which calls this convention. It is called the Cinvention Commit­ tee . Many of us have long felt that there should be a perm­ anent organization behind these conventions, and it was in recognition of that fact that we called this group a Commit­ tee rather than a League, a Society, or an Association, And now, a final paragraph, and I suspect a long one, thanking a few of those who have helped to make the conven­ tion what it is. First and foremost, of course, we thank the professional ipagazines, and especially the editors, Mary Gnaedinger, John Campbell, Sam I'erwin, Jr., Ray Balmer, Paul Payne and Ray Jacobsson. Our thanks here are due not only for the originals whish you see in the auction, but for the publicity which they have given us during the year. Then the book publishing houses: Fantasy Press, Shasta, Prime Press, and Gnome Preoo and others. For favorable publicity in the Cincinnati newspapers, thanks must go to James Golden of the Cincinnati Enauirer and Leo Hirtl of the Cincinnati Post. And a special mention must be made of the fact that these two resisted the temptation of treating the hobby as if it were the pastime of morons. Mel Korshak, our perennial master of the auction block must also be given his annual quota of thanks to add to his collection. And while we’re passing out the thanks, let’s not forget the many professional writ­ ers , editors and illustrators who are with us and who have so willingly let us put them on the programme. Last of all— thanks to you and you and you for coming. It’s a bum show that has no audience. 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  • Hydra Club of New York

    Hydra Club of New York

    We mentioned in our Opening Comments that one of the fans we met at Aussiecon, Justine Larbalestier, was doing research for a new book on the New York Futurians fan group of the 1930s and `40s. New York City fandom has a very long and complex history, and the Futurians is one its most famous organizations. Many of its members went on, in later decades, to become famous as professional writers. This leads us more or less directly to the next article, another in Dave Kyle's series of autobiographical remembrances. The time of the late 1940s and early 1950s, when this article takes place, was when perhaps the most exclusive of all the dozens of New York fan clubs existed... From time to time I've been asked to tell about my life around the famous Hydra Club of New York. But recalling events comprehensively from a half century ago requires much more than a good memory. There are two essential ingredients needed to accurately shape my recollections -- written records and an old fellow participant from those days of yore to chat with, preferably one who is still of sound mind. As a former Chairman of the club, I do have quite a few records. Unfortunately, in my search for them, I find many (maybe most?) are buried in my boxes of papers, accumulated in my years as a human jackdaw. Someday I will sort them out, but not soon enough for this article. As for former Hydrites (not my term), there are so few of us left. Would that I could sit with one or more and feed on our awakened reminiscences.