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Imagination, v. 1, issue 8, whole no. 8, May 1938
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2 WAY OUT WEST ("Hi-Lites of Local Leag Lite") By Russell J. Hodgkins. Our cover this onth may need a word of explanation. It comes to us from Hans Bok, via Ray Bradbury, who tells us the artists, who at present resides in Seattle, calls his creation The Goddess of the Flame. She resides within the gates of Kalepin, at the brink of Hades, & lures the souls of the damned with her fiery dance, thru the unending ages. Her hair is of fire & she holds it in her hands as she dances...Some benighted individual suggested we label it "The Spirit of Spring". Tsk tsk. As mentioned last month a special meeting was called for 31 Mar, for which a large group of members & guests turned out to welcome LBDilbeck, the Fortean Society Investigator. We were doomd to disappointment, however, for at the last minute word was rcvd he would be unable to attend. Our chagrin was smewhat soothd by his promise to attend nextime without fail, & the fac tthat he sent us a pair of AP dispatches, which he authored, relating to Chas[[?]] Fort & his work. These having been read to the gathering, Bob Olsen then regaled us with the amazing true story of the swallows of Mission San Juan Capistrano. These birds spend the summer in Calif, building their nests in the eves of the Mission, then leaving every San Juan's Day (23 Oct) to vanish out over the Pacific, only to reappear from their mysterious destination on St Joseph's Day (19 Mar). The arrival & departure of the swallows has been going on since the mission was founded in 1776, & to this day they have come & gone exactly on time, regardless of the weather or spectators. Recently the day of departure arrived & with it a terrific dustorm, which was thot would delay the exodus. However, that evening when the air cleard the swallows were gone, not to be seen again til the following St Joseph's Day had rolld around. As yet none of these migrators have been banded to discover their destination, nor does anyone know the answer to the riddle of the enigmatical exactitude of their comings & goings. Should give some enterprising author idea for stf story... The annual Open House was held at Caltech 8 Apr. proving to be a veritable Circus of Science to the several 1000 people who attended. Not to be left out of anything that might prove interesting, 1/2 doz of us made the trek to Pasadena, where we met Paul Rechafer, who playd host to us for the eve. The first object of interest was the rocket exhibit, where we met John Parsons, who's one of the chaps experimenting with various typs rocket fuel. During the conversation we discovered Bob Olsen had already spent considerable time at the exhibit & invited Parsons to an SFL meeting, a suggestion we heartily 2ded. From there we went to the Hi Potential Lab, where they make a practice of being very disrespectful to a mere million volts of electricity. Artificial lighting & stuff. FUn... We were fortunate in being able to get a view of & hear a short lecture about the 200" mirror, which is being polisht in the OpticaLab. The rest the eve was spent in wandering haphazardly in & out various exhibits & lecture rms, picking up interesting bits of info here & there, & all the while making unkind remarks to Paul. This is because he had faild to bring with him his copy of the new AmS, which had apeard a day earlier in Pasadena than LA: All was forgiven when, upon taking him home, we were invited up to give issue the once-over. Upon subsequent reading the verdict seems to bee--stinko.... The 5 Apr meeting was memorable for Morojo's agitation for cabling congrats to the S-FA, London, on the occasion of its 2d Convention, & for our Overseas Chapter to express approval of the proposed Constitution. Idea was instantaneous hit. Every effort was made to determine
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2 WAY OUT WEST ("Hi-Lites of Local Leag Lite") By Russell J. Hodgkins. Our cover this onth may need a word of explanation. It comes to us from Hans Bok, via Ray Bradbury, who tells us the artists, who at present resides in Seattle, calls his creation The Goddess of the Flame. She resides within the gates of Kalepin, at the brink of Hades, & lures the souls of the damned with her fiery dance, thru the unending ages. Her hair is of fire & she holds it in her hands as she dances...Some benighted individual suggested we label it "The Spirit of Spring". Tsk tsk. As mentioned last month a special meeting was called for 31 Mar, for which a large group of members & guests turned out to welcome LBDilbeck, the Fortean Society Investigator. We were doomd to disappointment, however, for at the last minute word was rcvd he would be unable to attend. Our chagrin was smewhat soothd by his promise to attend nextime without fail, & the fac tthat he sent us a pair of AP dispatches, which he authored, relating to Chas[[?]] Fort & his work. These having been read to the gathering, Bob Olsen then regaled us with the amazing true story of the swallows of Mission San Juan Capistrano. These birds spend the summer in Calif, building their nests in the eves of the Mission, then leaving every San Juan's Day (23 Oct) to vanish out over the Pacific, only to reappear from their mysterious destination on St Joseph's Day (19 Mar). The arrival & departure of the swallows has been going on since the mission was founded in 1776, & to this day they have come & gone exactly on time, regardless of the weather or spectators. Recently the day of departure arrived & with it a terrific dustorm, which was thot would delay the exodus. However, that evening when the air cleard the swallows were gone, not to be seen again til the following St Joseph's Day had rolld around. As yet none of these migrators have been banded to discover their destination, nor does anyone know the answer to the riddle of the enigmatical exactitude of their comings & goings. Should give some enterprising author idea for stf story... The annual Open House was held at Caltech 8 Apr. proving to be a veritable Circus of Science to the several 1000 people who attended. Not to be left out of anything that might prove interesting, 1/2 doz of us made the trek to Pasadena, where we met Paul Rechafer, who playd host to us for the eve. The first object of interest was the rocket exhibit, where we met John Parsons, who's one of the chaps experimenting with various typs rocket fuel. During the conversation we discovered Bob Olsen had already spent considerable time at the exhibit & invited Parsons to an SFL meeting, a suggestion we heartily 2ded. From there we went to the Hi Potential Lab, where they make a practice of being very disrespectful to a mere million volts of electricity. Artificial lighting & stuff. FUn... We were fortunate in being able to get a view of & hear a short lecture about the 200" mirror, which is being polisht in the OpticaLab. The rest the eve was spent in wandering haphazardly in & out various exhibits & lecture rms, picking up interesting bits of info here & there, & all the while making unkind remarks to Paul. This is because he had faild to bring with him his copy of the new AmS, which had apeard a day earlier in Pasadena than LA: All was forgiven when, upon taking him home, we were invited up to give issue the once-over. Upon subsequent reading the verdict seems to bee--stinko.... The 5 Apr meeting was memorable for Morojo's agitation for cabling congrats to the S-FA, London, on the occasion of its 2d Convention, & for our Overseas Chapter to express approval of the proposed Constitution. Idea was instantaneous hit. Every effort was made to determine
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