The National Fantasy Fan Cras ad Stellas— Tomorrow to the Stars Volume 79 Number 9 September 2020 Welcome to the N3F Directorate. Candidates for N3F Office are currently: On behalf of the Welcommittee, I would like to wel- For President — George Phillies come our newest members to the club, Jason P. Hunt, Mindy Hunt, Richard Dengrove, Melissa For Directorate member: John Thiel, Jefferson Aires, Leah Zeldes Smith and returning former Swycaffer, Judy Carroll, Heath Row. member - Ed Glaser. We hope you have a long and satisfying adventure with the N3F...Judy Carroll Jon Swartz will again serve as the Election Teller. The purpose of the Welcommittee is to welcome The Directorate has five members, so that there are new members to the club. A letter is sent, by email currently more openings than candidates. or postal mail, to new members informing them of club activities they may be interested in joining. John Thiel gives as his platform: I’ve been a direc- Those members with email addresses are also sent tor for several years now and have been the chair- attachments to the current TNFF and other publica- man during one year, doing directorate reports for tions the N3F has to offer. TNFF. I’ve contributed many suggestions for N3F improvement during this time, some of which were If you have questions about the club or are interested carried out, such as establishing an educational bu- in helping welcome new members, please contact reau (the History and Research Bureau) and doing magazine advertising for the N3F. I consider myself Judy Carroll at [email protected] not at work if I don’t send out a few mailings each term to the members of the directorate, so I consider With Thanks myself active as a director. I am thinking of becom- ing more active than that if elected to another term. —John Thiel We thank Justin E. A. Busch, who has agreed come this November to take over the Birthday Card Bu- Judy Carroll gives as her platform: I will do my best reau from R-Laurraine Tutihasi. to help the club continue to grow, and to support the club president to the best of my ability. Elections Heath Row writes: I hereby accept my party’s nomination to run for re-election. Judy Carroll and Heath Row will run for the Continued on Page 2, Top Right Art 7 — Dragon Mailbox — Angela K. Scott TNFF Page 2 Your Volunteer Team Facebook Pages Directors: Heath Row— [email protected] (Chair) Judy Carroll - [email protected] The Directorate is considering more detailed rules Jefferson Swycaffer - [email protected] for our Facebook pages. Readers might consider John Thiel - [email protected] something like: R-Laurraine Tutihasi - laurraine@ mac.com Please Post on Topic: This is a science fiction and Officers President George Phillies - [email protected] fantasy fan club. Off-topic posts will be deleted. 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TNFF Page 3 Disagreement with the opinions of others is appro- The storylines centered around the globe-trotting ad- priate. Attacks on the person expressing the opin- ventures of the teenaged Jack Armstrong (played by ion are not, will be removed, and may lead to mut- Jim Ameche until 1938 and later by Michael Rye ing or blocking. [Rye Billsbury], Stanley Harris, Charles Flynn, and others), a popular athlete at Hudson High School, his Be Courteous, Kind, and Polite: We're all in this friends Billy and Betty Fairfield, and their Uncle Jim together. Let's treat everyone with respect. Healthy Fairfield, an inventor and industrialist. debates are natural, but politeness is required. You can like what you like, and I can like what I like. Frequently, Uncle Jim would visit an exotic part of Comment on opinions, not people. the world in connection with his business, and he would take Jack Armstrong and his niece and neph- Credit Artists for Their Work: When you share art- ew along with him. Early in the series Jim Ameche's work that’s not your own, please include the name famous actor brother Don appeared on the program, of the artist—and link to where you found it— playing Captain Hughes, a friend of Jack's. Many of whenever possible. the episodes had science fiction elements. No Promotions or Spam: Give more than you take Each program began with “Jack Armstrong. Jack from this group. Excessive self-promotion, spam, Armstrong. Jack Armstrong, the All-American and irrelevant links aren't allowed. We ask that you Boy.” Then we heard a chorus (originally the Norse- limit posts promoting your own projects and com- men Quartet) singing: mercial work to once a week. “Wave the flag for Hudson High, boys. Show them how we stand. No Porn: This group is family friendly and All Ag- Ever shall our team be champions! es. If you want to share something a little sexy, Known throughout the land.” risque, blue, or otherwise not PG-rated, take it to N3F Adult. That means no bad language, sexual The program was created by Robert Hardy Andrews, comments or posts; and no X-rated or suggestive who was a very successful radio serial writer. Spon- posts or comments. sored throughout its long run by the breakfast cereal Wheaties, the program was renamed Armstrong of Fake Profiles Are Prohibited: We only want genu- the SBI (Scientific Bureau of Investigation) when ine people in here; no sock puppets. If you cannot Jack graduated from high school and became a gov- contribute without having to hide behind a phony ernment agent. This plot change came in the final profile, then this group is not for you. We will season, when the program shifted from a 15-minute remove people found to have fake profiles. People daily serial to a half-hour complete story format. who block a moderator will be banned. Throughout its broadcast span, the program offered many premiums, some of which were related to the SerCon adventures in which Jack and his friends were in- volved at the time the premiums were offered. Jack Armstrong: The All-American Boy Radio Premiums by Jon D.