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Interlude, v. 1, issue 4, July 1940
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ten minutes after we met again it was as though we had separated but yesterday. Frank has a most charming wife and a daughter that became amazed to read some stories her father had published years ago. Mrs. Cole and I persuaded Frank and his wife to attend the banquet; and if our words can have an effect, their enthusiastic young daughter Pat, a junior in college, will dust off Frank's printing outfit and with her mother learn to stick type and operate press and produce a paper to rival her father's early efforts. Frank has one of the most complete printing equipments imaginable; to think of its lying idle truly gripes! I had completely lost sight of J. Ray Spink. When last I visited Will Murphy in 1932, and then saw Henderson and Russell, none knew about Spink. Reading of the convention in the papers, Spink felt the old urge and attended a session and the banquet. He spoke most interestingly about the history of amateur journalism in Philadelphia at the turn of the century. It was a great pleasure to renew his acquaintance. I hope that all four of us may greet one another annually at the Reunion of the Fossils henceforth. The meetings were enriched by the presence of several old-timers. Porter F. Cope, who presided over the famous Philadelphia meeting of 1891, that produced the only split ever to occur in the National, attended several of the sessions and spoke most entertainingly at the banquet. Amateur journalism fitted him for a career in politics, and he is now a prominent member of the Democratic organization in Philadelphia. He promises to become a member of The Fossils. William Lewis Washburn, who publishes a most unusual series of miniature booklets from his private press at Collingswood, New Jersey, and who has long been a member of The Fossils, was also in attendance on the opening day. With regret the convention learned of the ill health of Frank E.
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ten minutes after we met again it was as though we had separated but yesterday. Frank has a most charming wife and a daughter that became amazed to read some stories her father had published years ago. Mrs. Cole and I persuaded Frank and his wife to attend the banquet; and if our words can have an effect, their enthusiastic young daughter Pat, a junior in college, will dust off Frank's printing outfit and with her mother learn to stick type and operate press and produce a paper to rival her father's early efforts. Frank has one of the most complete printing equipments imaginable; to think of its lying idle truly gripes! I had completely lost sight of J. Ray Spink. When last I visited Will Murphy in 1932, and then saw Henderson and Russell, none knew about Spink. Reading of the convention in the papers, Spink felt the old urge and attended a session and the banquet. He spoke most interestingly about the history of amateur journalism in Philadelphia at the turn of the century. It was a great pleasure to renew his acquaintance. I hope that all four of us may greet one another annually at the Reunion of the Fossils henceforth. The meetings were enriched by the presence of several old-timers. Porter F. Cope, who presided over the famous Philadelphia meeting of 1891, that produced the only split ever to occur in the National, attended several of the sessions and spoke most entertainingly at the banquet. Amateur journalism fitted him for a career in politics, and he is now a prominent member of the Democratic organization in Philadelphia. He promises to become a member of The Fossils. William Lewis Washburn, who publishes a most unusual series of miniature booklets from his private press at Collingswood, New Jersey, and who has long been a member of The Fossils, was also in attendance on the opening day. With regret the convention learned of the ill health of Frank E.
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