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Le Zombie, whole no. 44, November-December 1941
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7 So that was Canada, with coal $15 a ton, matches 1c per book packet, gas 33c a gallon, tires and auto's much higher than at home, swaggering soldiers, sailors and airmen not yet out of their teens, and the most friendly people we have met anywhere. (One clothing store merchant removed a war poster from his window and gave it it us because we wanted a souvenir!) Remember, we filled the tank before going into Canada? Well, we arrived back in Detroit with just about a quart to spare! It was late; no time to stop and see Dick Kuhn as we had half-promised. Sorry Dick! On to [Battle?] Creek. We stopped just a minute in Jackson to find the Smiths had preceded us. Ashley & wife had a chicken supper awaiting us when we arrived. Doc Smith and wife and daughter Verna were there, as well as Evans, Weidenbeck and Ed Counts. We showed our prizes, took pics of the group and gossipped until midnight, when the Smiths left. That was not enough, no, the rest of us were up untill 3 or 4 am still gabbing. We were invited to stay over Thanksgiving day (it then being Wednesday) because the Smiths were coming back to help tackle a turkey; but as we had to return to work, the invitation was rejected with tears. And so this sage closes. Evans threatens to buy a car and descend upon us enmasse; now we shall look forward to that. Golly, how we wish you could have been there! - Bob Tucker SUDDEN THOUGHT DEPT: Doc Smith has two pics in his office we'd love to steal. One is at the oil panting from that Astounding cover depicting the Gray Lensman-- a gift from Rogers. The other is a charcoal drawing of another Rogers cover, that for July, 1940: Crisis in Utopia. Beautiful! PHOTOGRAPH DEPT: Millard and Bridges took pics, as well as myself, which I imagine they'd be willing to sell. Anyone interested may write us for addresses. (*****) And let's call this a 'Correction Dept': It was Lynn Bridges whom I semi-promised to stop and see in Detroit, not Dick Kuhn. Apologies to both, but confusion reigned, you know. SOOTHSAYING DEPT: At the conference I bee EEEVans he would wind up among the "top ten" in the next fan-popularity poll take by Widner. You have to meet they guy to realize the spunk in him! RIPLEY, LOOK AT THIS! DEPT: The editors of Nova, the new Michigan fanzine, in answer to a direct query, stated they spent something like $90 on the first issue of the publication! They itemized the sum for me. It was not a padded sum, either. The full price of the mimeo is not included, only the first payment. They had made (special to order) a hand press for their lino-blocks, ordered special ink for same, did the cover by hand (a slow, torturous process) and wasted reams of paper gettin just what they wanted. Take off your hats, gents, and subscribe to Nova. (86 Upton Ave., Battle Creek, Michigan. Dime a copy.) LEZ-ETTES Chapter 1: Fan Club Chapter 2: Feud Chapter 3: New Fan Club Chapter 1: Meteor Chapter 2: Law of Chance Chapter 3: !!! Chapter 1: Flora Chapter 2: Fauna Chapter 3: Fana Chapter 1: Fans Chapter 2: Meeting Chapter 3: Holocaust
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7 So that was Canada, with coal $15 a ton, matches 1c per book packet, gas 33c a gallon, tires and auto's much higher than at home, swaggering soldiers, sailors and airmen not yet out of their teens, and the most friendly people we have met anywhere. (One clothing store merchant removed a war poster from his window and gave it it us because we wanted a souvenir!) Remember, we filled the tank before going into Canada? Well, we arrived back in Detroit with just about a quart to spare! It was late; no time to stop and see Dick Kuhn as we had half-promised. Sorry Dick! On to [Battle?] Creek. We stopped just a minute in Jackson to find the Smiths had preceded us. Ashley & wife had a chicken supper awaiting us when we arrived. Doc Smith and wife and daughter Verna were there, as well as Evans, Weidenbeck and Ed Counts. We showed our prizes, took pics of the group and gossipped until midnight, when the Smiths left. That was not enough, no, the rest of us were up untill 3 or 4 am still gabbing. We were invited to stay over Thanksgiving day (it then being Wednesday) because the Smiths were coming back to help tackle a turkey; but as we had to return to work, the invitation was rejected with tears. And so this sage closes. Evans threatens to buy a car and descend upon us enmasse; now we shall look forward to that. Golly, how we wish you could have been there! - Bob Tucker SUDDEN THOUGHT DEPT: Doc Smith has two pics in his office we'd love to steal. One is at the oil panting from that Astounding cover depicting the Gray Lensman-- a gift from Rogers. The other is a charcoal drawing of another Rogers cover, that for July, 1940: Crisis in Utopia. Beautiful! PHOTOGRAPH DEPT: Millard and Bridges took pics, as well as myself, which I imagine they'd be willing to sell. Anyone interested may write us for addresses. (*****) And let's call this a 'Correction Dept': It was Lynn Bridges whom I semi-promised to stop and see in Detroit, not Dick Kuhn. Apologies to both, but confusion reigned, you know. SOOTHSAYING DEPT: At the conference I bee EEEVans he would wind up among the "top ten" in the next fan-popularity poll take by Widner. You have to meet they guy to realize the spunk in him! RIPLEY, LOOK AT THIS! DEPT: The editors of Nova, the new Michigan fanzine, in answer to a direct query, stated they spent something like $90 on the first issue of the publication! They itemized the sum for me. It was not a padded sum, either. The full price of the mimeo is not included, only the first payment. They had made (special to order) a hand press for their lino-blocks, ordered special ink for same, did the cover by hand (a slow, torturous process) and wasted reams of paper gettin just what they wanted. Take off your hats, gents, and subscribe to Nova. (86 Upton Ave., Battle Creek, Michigan. Dime a copy.) LEZ-ETTES Chapter 1: Fan Club Chapter 2: Feud Chapter 3: New Fan Club Chapter 1: Meteor Chapter 2: Law of Chance Chapter 3: !!! Chapter 1: Flora Chapter 2: Fauna Chapter 3: Fana Chapter 1: Fans Chapter 2: Meeting Chapter 3: Holocaust
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