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Spaceways, v. 3, issue 6, whole no. 22, August 1941

SPACEWAYS   17

MY FIRST TWO THOUSAND MILES

ers. This fall blossomed into a flowing black cloak. He wore a light blue shirt and dark blue trousers. A breathing-pipe was connected with the headpiece, and he carried a ray-gun. The best part of the costume, according to reports, was destroyed. This consisted of green scales to cover his hands and features. Oh, yes—-the story behind the statement that Daugherty "would attend in a $500. costume". Daugherty is employed by a US airplane factory. It seems that the plastic glass used for the headpiece was intended for use as a covering for a new-model airplane cockpit. However, it was slightly faulty and Daugherty conceived
the idea of his costume and requested the faulty cockpit covering. The plastic glass is worth $500. Second prize for Walt.
     Forrie Ackeman took third prise with a weird-looking costume. Forrie originally intended to come as Odd John but the paint blistered off the original headpiece, so Ray Harryhausen made him a new one. It is still not definitely known exactly what Ackerman was—he resembled the Hunchback of Notre Dame, however. Art Widner was a scream as Old Granny from "Slan". He followed the characterization exactly as van Vogt wrote it. He didn't win a prize but he gave
every one present a lot of laughs. Others were: Rust E. Barron as "The Tramp";
Korshak as a skeleton; Bill Deutch as Pinero from "Lifeline"; Morojo as Akka
from "The Moon Pool"—she certainly had an ugly looking mask, didn't she?—Heinlein came with no costume at all. He claimed he was "Adam Stinks—the world's most life-like robot". Mrs. Heinlein attended as a character from a story by
Cabal. Chet Cohen was a prophet, Lowndes a zombie and Cyril Kornbluth came as Mad Doctor Gottesman—that explains those stories he writes.
     After the costume party Wiggins announced that there was a barrel of beer
and some wine available to anyone who wanted some. Six fans were seriously injured in the rush. In the meanwhile., plans for the showing of "The Lost World" were being rushed into action. Finally the picture started. It featured Wallace Beery as Dr. Challenger, Bessie Love as the pretty young thing, some handsome hammy actor as the lover, and Lewis Stone as the frustrated old guy. Most
of the fans were feeling pretty good, and throughout the picture various humorous remarks were passed. After this we all went out and got drunk again.
     The most important thing during Saturday's cession was the scientific fiction auction. There were very few items to be had as the only ones who contributed art material were Marny Gnaedinger, Pohl, Wollheim, and Doc Lowndes. Therefore, the stuff that was there commanded ridiculously high prices. For instance, Franklyn Brady paid $9,50 for a black-and-white Virgil Finlay. Erle Korshak was the auctioneer and did a very good job of it. He continually made humorous remarks about the material he was selling. For instance, when a bid of $1.20 was received on the black-and-white Morey cover from the first Cosmic Stories, Korshak remarked, "That's probably more then Editor Wollheim paid for it, Korshak was threatened with having his teeth knocked out, so he used the scientific method and retracted his statement. Another humorous incident occurred when  the illustration for Kornbluth's "Nova Midplane" was being auctioned. Korshak said, "Come, come, fellows. this is the illustration for Kornbluth's greatest story—placed last in the issue". Yes, Erle had to take that
back, too.
     After the completion of the auction, three cars full of us headed for Lakeside Amusement park, where we proceeded to ride on the roller coaster, the
scooters, etc.
     Finally the day of the big soft-ball game arrived. After much ado getting
the fans together, we all headed for City Park. One car load of fans got lost
on the way, but we finally got started. The teams were captained by Art Widner and Erle Korshak. Widner had a hand-picked team of fans who allegedly knew how to play soft-ball; Martin, Madle, Massion, Barron, Wiggins, Hart, and several others. The opposing team consisted of Daugherty, Korshak, Fortier, Wilmorth, Millard, Class, and others.
      Before we knew it, our great team had committed about six errors and we

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SPACEWAYS 17 MY FIRST TWO THOUSAND MILES ers. This fall blossomed into a flowing black cloak. He wore a light blue shirt and dark blue trousers. A breathing-pipe was connected with the headpiece, and he carried a ray-gun. The best part of the costume, according to reports, was destroyed. This consisted of green scales to cover his hands and features. Oh, yes—-the story behind the statement that Daugherty "would attend in a $500. costume". Daugherty is employed by a US airplane factory. It seems that the plastic glass used for the headpiece was intended for use as a covering for a new-model airplane cockpit. However, it was slightly faulty and Daugherty conceived the idea of his costume and requested the faulty cockpit covering. The plastic glass is worth $500. Second prize for Walt. Forrie Ackeman took third prise with a weird-looking costume. Forrie originally intended to come as Odd John but the paint blistered off the original headpiece, so Ray Harryhausen made him a new one. It is still not definitely known exactly what Ackerman was—he resembled the Hunchback of Notre Dame, however. Art Widner was a scream as Old Granny from "Slan". He followed the characterization exactly as van Vogt wrote it. He didn't win a prize but he gave every one present a lot of laughs. Others were: Rust E. Barron as "The Tramp"; Korshak as a skeleton; Bill Deutch as Pinero from "Lifeline"; Morojo as Akka from "The Moon Pool"—she certainly had an ugly looking mask, didn't she?—Heinlein came with no costume at all. He claimed he was "Adam Stinks—the world's most life-like robot". Mrs. Heinlein attended as a character from a story by Cabal. Chet Cohen was a prophet, Lowndes a zombie and Cyril Kornbluth came as Mad Doctor Gottesman—that explains those stories he writes. After the costume party Wiggins announced that there was a barrel of beer and some wine available to anyone who wanted some. Six fans were seriously injured in the rush. In the meanwhile., plans for the showing of "The Lost World" were being rushed into action. Finally the picture started. It featured Wallace Beery as Dr. Challenger, Bessie Love as the pretty young thing, some handsome hammy actor as the lover, and Lewis Stone as the frustrated old guy. Most of the fans were feeling pretty good, and throughout the picture various humorous remarks were passed. After this we all went out and got drunk again. The most important thing during Saturday's cession was the scientific fiction auction. There were very few items to be had as the only ones who contributed art material were Marny Gnaedinger, Pohl, Wollheim, and Doc Lowndes. Therefore, the stuff that was there commanded ridiculously high prices. For instance, Franklyn Brady paid $9,50 for a black-and-white Virgil Finlay. Erle Korshak was the auctioneer and did a very good job of it. He continually made humorous remarks about the material he was selling. For instance, when a bid of $1.20 was received on the black-and-white Morey cover from the first Cosmic Stories, Korshak remarked, "That's probably more then Editor Wollheim paid for it, Korshak was threatened with having his teeth knocked out, so he used the scientific method and retracted his statement. Another humorous incident occurred when the illustration for Kornbluth's "Nova Midplane" was being auctioned. Korshak said, "Come, come, fellows. this is the illustration for Kornbluth's greatest story—placed last in the issue". Yes, Erle had to take that back, too. After the completion of the auction, three cars full of us headed for Lakeside Amusement park, where we proceeded to ride on the roller coaster, the scooters, etc. Finally the day of the big soft-ball game arrived. After much ado getting the fans together, we all headed for City Park. One car load of fans got lost on the way, but we finally got started. The teams were captained by Art Widner and Erle Korshak. Widner had a hand-picked team of fans who allegedly knew how to play soft-ball; Martin, Madle, Massion, Barron, Wiggins, Hart, and several others. The opposing team consisted of Daugherty, Korshak, Fortier, Wilmorth, Millard, Class, and others. Before we knew it, our great team had committed about six errors and we