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Southern Star, v. 1, issue 3, August 1941
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The PASSENGER LIST D.f.f Harry Jenkins, Jr. BIOGRAPHICS of DFF MEMBERS Next: Low History of PANURGE?? Conducted..... by..... ART R. SEHNERT After being pursued by the Great Gilbert for almost a week, I am compelled to write my autobiography. I am sadly afraid, however, that it will not be as interesting as those of Fischer and Manson. But anyway, I shall make a valiant attempt. On the morning of February 9, 1924, I was born. A very undramatic beginning, but that theme has been carried thruout my life — undramatic. During the early years of my life I did nothing of interest except scoot through grammar school. There I was sharply reprimanded by white-haired teachers for reading books above my supposed grade level. But I persisted in reading. During those early years I read too much, for now I can remember very little of what I read then. After leaving grammar school and entering Jr. High School, I became interested in art. I should say, became more interested in art. There in hi school I labored and labored over my artwork as I have never done before. Of someone should happen to visit this Jr. High School today, they would undoubtedly find some of my artwork stuck somewhere in the art department. For you see, during those years, I worked evening on evening, on one or two drawings; laboring with water colors and show card paints. It was during these blissful years that I worked for a painter, and learned the combinations of colors, art of lettering, etc. When I entered Sr. High School, I gave up my art, because I couldn't work it in with my studies. But there I took to reading s-f and fantasy rather profilicly. Verne, Wells, Smith and others were duly assimilated. How well I remember the one day in early '38 when Billy Houston, a collector of s-f and a friend, tried to get me to read some Astoundings. But I was swayed from them by another friend who advised me that I wouldn't understand them. About two months after the first Startling came out, Houston moved to Georgia, and when he did he found that he could not take his magazines with him. So he sold them to Hugh Robinson and I, since we collected together. We secured Astoundings back to '36, Amazings back to '37, Thrilling Wonder back to early '38, all of Marvel, Dynamic, and Fantastic Adventure. All told we got about 300 s-f magazines in excellent condition for the immense sum of $1.50. Immediately after acquiring them, I started on the Amazings and Fantastic Adventures and read them with great relish. Then I started in on the Astoundings and Unknowns. It was during this period that I bought a Super Science off the newsstands and noticed a letter from one Joseph Gilbert. Long may this be a red-letter day, at least for me. For through this magazine I met one of the best persons I've ever known. Immediately I wrote him; invited him over to my house, and after about a week he accepted the invitation. When he came, he brought about 10 fan magazines. And his choice of introductory fanzines was good, for he brought Pluto, LeZ, Spaceways,
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The PASSENGER LIST D.f.f Harry Jenkins, Jr. BIOGRAPHICS of DFF MEMBERS Next: Low History of PANURGE?? Conducted..... by..... ART R. SEHNERT After being pursued by the Great Gilbert for almost a week, I am compelled to write my autobiography. I am sadly afraid, however, that it will not be as interesting as those of Fischer and Manson. But anyway, I shall make a valiant attempt. On the morning of February 9, 1924, I was born. A very undramatic beginning, but that theme has been carried thruout my life — undramatic. During the early years of my life I did nothing of interest except scoot through grammar school. There I was sharply reprimanded by white-haired teachers for reading books above my supposed grade level. But I persisted in reading. During those early years I read too much, for now I can remember very little of what I read then. After leaving grammar school and entering Jr. High School, I became interested in art. I should say, became more interested in art. There in hi school I labored and labored over my artwork as I have never done before. Of someone should happen to visit this Jr. High School today, they would undoubtedly find some of my artwork stuck somewhere in the art department. For you see, during those years, I worked evening on evening, on one or two drawings; laboring with water colors and show card paints. It was during these blissful years that I worked for a painter, and learned the combinations of colors, art of lettering, etc. When I entered Sr. High School, I gave up my art, because I couldn't work it in with my studies. But there I took to reading s-f and fantasy rather profilicly. Verne, Wells, Smith and others were duly assimilated. How well I remember the one day in early '38 when Billy Houston, a collector of s-f and a friend, tried to get me to read some Astoundings. But I was swayed from them by another friend who advised me that I wouldn't understand them. About two months after the first Startling came out, Houston moved to Georgia, and when he did he found that he could not take his magazines with him. So he sold them to Hugh Robinson and I, since we collected together. We secured Astoundings back to '36, Amazings back to '37, Thrilling Wonder back to early '38, all of Marvel, Dynamic, and Fantastic Adventure. All told we got about 300 s-f magazines in excellent condition for the immense sum of $1.50. Immediately after acquiring them, I started on the Amazings and Fantastic Adventures and read them with great relish. Then I started in on the Astoundings and Unknowns. It was during this period that I bought a Super Science off the newsstands and noticed a letter from one Joseph Gilbert. Long may this be a red-letter day, at least for me. For through this magazine I met one of the best persons I've ever known. Immediately I wrote him; invited him over to my house, and after about a week he accepted the invitation. When he came, he brought about 10 fan magazines. And his choice of introductory fanzines was good, for he brought Pluto, LeZ, Spaceways,
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