I 101lTI0 IlGEI SOCIITT - Horatio Alger Society

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I 101lTI0 IlGEI SOCIITT
A m3~aZlne "('voted to the tudy of Horaho Alger, Jr.,
hIS life, works, and Influence on the culture of Americl<.
1832- 1899
VOLUME XXXVII MAY-JUNE 1999 NUMBER 3
THE HORATIO ALGER OCIETY
DASH TO DEKALB
MAY 13-16, 1999
Convention in review
Annual financial report
Complete auction results
Photos and more
H":Jn I~ r I I S2I'
Postercompetition first-prizewinners- SeePage5
1I0llATlOALGERSOCIETYCONVI::"lIIUN
"I", I, lJ OIl
I)" ",lIhf •
By-laws for the
new millennium
-- See Page 18
Page 2 NEWSBOY May-June 1999
HORATIO ALGER SOCIETY
Tofurther thephilosophyofHoratioAlger,Jr. andtoencollra ethe
Presiaent's co{umn pirit ofStrive and Succeed that for halfa century guided Alger's
undauntedheroes-ladswhosestru lesepitomizedthegreatAmerican
dreamandflamedheroidealsincountlessmillionsofyoungAmericans.
OFFICERS
ARTHUR P. YOU G PRESIDE T
Idid notcompr hend th full weight of the Horatio
CAROL ACKE OFF VICE-PRESIDENT
Alg r ociety pr idency until ewsboy editor Bill
CHRISTI E D HAAN TREASURER
ow n called me r c ntly with a reminder that I will
ROBERT E. KASPER EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
n dtowrite ixcolumnsinthecomingyear,andthatthe
fir ton wa du in fi day! 0 heregoe . MICHAELMORLEY (2000) DIRECTOR
Iwanttoconvey,fir tofall,myappreciationtoform r LAWRENCE R. RICE (2000) DIRECTOR
Pr id nt arl Hartmann for his commitment to the PETERC. WALTHER (2000) DIRECTOR
organizationla tyear. arlhascontributed ignificantly ANGEW SYLVESTER (2001) DIRECTOR
t th oci tyformor thanthr decade,andwear all THOMAS B. DAVIS (2001) DIRECTOR
ROBERT L. KERSCH (2001) DIRECTOR
in hi d bt. am Huang, Mark Williams, and I wish to
DOUGLAS E. FLEMI G (2002) DIRECTOR
thank ryon who att nded the "Da h to D Kalb"
RALPHJ. CARLSO (2002) DIRECTOR
nv ntion at orth m lllinoi University. Wehad fun
MARC C. WILLIAMS (2002) DIRECTOR
pr paring for th meting and trust that you all had a LEO ~BOB" BE ETT EMERITUS
good tim .Also, thanksto eryonewhotookthatextra RALPH D. GARD ER EMERITUS
mom nt to1 t u know. Th man great nap hot pro
Newsboy, the offiCial n w lett r of the Horatio AI er
duc d by B mie Bib rdorf (PF-524) and Doug Fleming So iety. i publi h d bi-monthly( ixi u pry arlo M m
(PF- 9) r produced in thi and ub equent is u will ber hip fee for any 12-month p riod i $20. with ingle
nhanc th hi torical r cord. i uesofNewsboyco tin 3.00.PI a mak allr mittance
Th con ention had aery bu y aucti n ch dul , payable to the Horatio AI r So iety.
Membershipapplication .r newals.change ofaddre
and I would like to pre kudo to Ed Mattson, Tom
and othercorre pond nce hould b nt toHoratioAlger
Da i , Bill Gowen and Rob Ka per for their a istance
Society, P.O. Box 70361, Richmond, VA23255.
withth pecialcollectionauction.Edspentmanywe ks Newsboyi indexedintheModemLan uag Asso iaUon's
pr paringthisauction,includingthe listofbooksmad International Bibliography.
a ailabl toallm mb r in ew boypriortoth conv n BOOKS RECOMMENDED BYB.A.S.
tion. Al 0, Ed andTom werepersonallyr sponsiblefor -Horatio Alger. Jr.. A Comp" hensiue Bibliography. by Bob
tran p rting this larg coli dion toDeKalb. Bennett (PF-265); republish d byMAD Book 0.• 1999
The con ignment and donation auction were ably -HoratioAlgeror.Th AmericanHeroEra. byRalphD.Gardner
(PF-053).
conduct d by Jerry Friedland and Larry Rice. I would
-The Fictional Republic: Horatio Alg r and American Political
liketomak aery p cialacknowledgmenttoMargaret Discour e. byCarol NackenofT(PF-92I).
Baa h for her plendid donation of behalf of h r late -PublicationFormatsojthe59Storie byHoratioAlg r. Jr. as
hu band, William Baach (PF-492), to the Horatio Alger ReprintedbytheJohnC.WinstonCo..byBobSawyer(PF-455)
andJlmThorp (PF-574).
i ty.Pr d toth oci tyfromallauction (which
-HoratioAlgerBooks Publish d by A.L. Burt. by Bradford S.
ar ummarized on Page 12-17) xceeded $4,000, a Chase(PF-412).
w kome infu ioninto the tr asury. -Horatio Alg r Books PubLish d by M.A. Donohu & Co.• by
urtwoprincipal peaker ,RandyCoxand ichola BradfordS. Cha e (PF-412).
-HoratioAlgerBooksPublish d byWhitman PublishingCo..by
Ba ban ,r gal d u within ight intotheworldsofthe
BradfordS. Cha e (PF-412).
dim novelandthe"gentlymad"bookcollector.Any -HoratioAlgerBooksPublish d byTheNewYorkBookCo..by
on want to admit to th latter? BradfordS. Chase (PF-412).
Vic Pre ident Carol ackenoff conducted a pro -TheLostLifeojHoratioAlg r. Jr.. byGal)' harnhorstwith
Jack Bale (PF-258).
du ti Board of Dir ctor meeting and the g neral
bu ine s sionofthe oci ty. BradChasebriefedthe e boy ad rate: Full pag . , 2.00: on -half page. 17.00: one
quart rpage. 9.00:percolumnInch(Ilnehd pbyapprox.31/2Inch s
Board ofDirector onhi comprehensive r earchon
wtd J. 2.00.Sendad .wttheh kpayabletoIi0raUoAlg r I ty. P.O.
the current tat of the Society's by-laws, together Box70361. RIchmond. VA23255.
Theabovera applytoallwantad .alongwtthad oITeringnon·Alg r
with om proposal for updating the by-laws. Hi
books for sale. However. ItIs th poll ofth 1I0raUoA1g r Society to
r port begins on Page 18; please take time to read it promote th ex:chang ofAlger books and related Alg r matertaJ by
thoroughly and make your comment and sugg - provlding pa freeofchargetoourm mbersforth saleonlyof uch
mat rial.Sendadsor"Letterstoth E<Utor"toNewsboyeditorWtlllamR.
(Continuedon Page4) Cow nCPF-706Jat23726N. Ov rhllJ Dr.. LakeZtui h. 11.60047.
May-June 1999 NEWSBOY Page 3
Dash to DeKalb
Aglance at the 1999 Horatio Alger Society Convention
By William R. Gowen (PF-706) theannualH.A. .BoardofDir ctor meetin ,heldinthe
H
oratioAlg r,Jr.diedinJuly1899,andth Horatio Holm sStud nt ent r' H ritage Room.
Alger ociety honor d the father of " tri e Vice Pr ident arol ack noff (PF-921) pr ided
and ucc d" at thecent nnial H.A. .conven o er the me ting in place of Pr ident arl Hartmann
tion, "Dash to D Kalb," h ted by orthem Illinois (PF-102). The fir t item of bu ine s wa ackenoff'
Univer ity on May 13-16, 1999. ighty-five Partic'lar announc ment to th board that arl had r ign d a
Fri nd ,family m mber andothergue t registeredfor Pr identbeau eofhealthrea on ,andthathewa al 0
th can ention, can id red by mo t att nd e the rna t unable to attend th conv ntion. In nding hi r gr t ,
ucc ful in r he thanked the
c nt m mor . dir dor and f
Thegu tho ficer for th ir
t I at IU's .upport during
Holme tud nt the pa ty ar.
nt r tart d The bard'·
bur hng with ag nda cover d
H.A.5. activit th fall wing
everal day be- item:
fore th official 1.Futurec n
tart of th on yen in. Vic
vention with th Pre id nt arol
arrival f ev ral ackenoff re
att nde s as port d plans f r
early a Sunday the2000c n n
and Monday. ti ntob h ldin
Room 243 th Brandywin
wa lh fficial Valle region of
ho pitalitysuite, outh ast rn
and with th b Penn yl ania,
PresidentArthur Young presents aframed "Dash to DeKalb" posterto
ginning of offi which h i co
Strive and Succeed Award winner David WennemarofSycamore, III.
cial r gi tration ho ling with
PhotobyBernieBlberdorf
on Thur day, Tom Davi (PF
that room became th main location for renewing old 976), were progre sing moothly. fter a can id rable
friend hip and m ting fir t-time convention attend- earch, excellent accommodation were fund at th
e. We t Ch ter, Pa., Holiday Inn, for $69 per night p r
The ho pitality room lat r on Thursday became the room ( ingle or multiple-occupancy). "Thi i aery
siteofvid a hawing oftwo xtremelyrar earlyfeature rea onable rate for thi partofthecountry," ack noff
films: Ralph H my Barbour' "The Half-Back," and J. aid, noting thatotherhot I werequoting price in th
Raymond ld rdice' "T. Haviland Hicks, Fre hman." $85-$95 range. "AI 0, thishotelhas meeting ro m that
Both were adapt d from popular boys' books, the willfill ourneeds."
Barbourtitlefir tpubli hedin1899and the Elderdice ackenoffadded that th Brandywine Vall yareai
in 1915,both publi hed by D. Appleton and Co. fullofhi toriclocale (Revolutionary War,etc.) andhas
Available at r gi tration, along with the traditional many u d-book tore and antique hop within an
convention ouv nir ,wer full- cal prints of the two hour'sdriv .
winning"Da htoD Kalb"posters,th resultofacontest In turning to future can ention location, Doug
ponsored by Northern Illinoi Universityopen toNlU Fleming(PF-899)r portedtoth board thathi plan for
artd signstud nts ( related articleonPage5). ho tingthe2001conv ntioninth ttawa, anada,ar a
Annual Board ofDirectors meeting w re moving ahead p nding a thumb -up fr m th
The fir tofficialev ntonthe weekend's agenda wa (Contillued 011 Pa e5)
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President's column
'Editor's note6oot
(Continuedfrom Page 2)
tion known to Brad before th nd ofth umm r.
urgoal i t hav ar vi d t fby-law available
tothem mber hipin ufficienl tim toratifyatth 2000
Arc ntheadlin in thenew pap rfor whichIwork convention in We t h t r, Pa. har your vi w with
aid"An ther local landmark falls to progre ." Th Brad and help us en ure the be t po ibl et of proc
a companying articl di cu d the clo ing of Ethel' dure for governing theaffair fth oci ty.
Plac ,thelocalfruitandvegetablestand.EthelDahm,78, Ilookforward t ervingasyourpre identthi year,
d cid d it wa time t retir afterade elopermad the and tod whateverIcantoenableth 5 i ty topro p r
cla ic "offer he couldn't r fu ," to build yet anoth r and to erve thene d ofits m mb r .
hopping/office comple , including a 20- cre n movi
Your partic'larFriend,
theater, on the former farm prop rty.
ArthurP. Y ung (PF-941)
"I cri d a I tof t ar when I igned that paper," aid
912Bord n A e.
th I,wh ,alongwithh r on,Tony,carriedonthefamily
Sycamor ,IL6917 -3200
bu in after h rhu band died in1991. "Itwa terribl .
-mail: ayoung@niu. du
Wh n u'r th re yourwholelifeand you know ther 's
going tob a hoppingc nterth r ,it' bad."
what doe thi littl story have to do with our sub equently offered for al at the Plym uth, Ma .,
bo k- all cting hobby? A lot. n arc nt tip to w eri b okconf r nc inearly1993- f r$100!Itdidn't
ngland, I t pped at a ew Hamp hire book shop, ell, andbesid ,thebackcoverwa damp- tained.
only to ee the owner, ad lightful Scotsman named While urfingth Int rn tth th rday,Inotic dth e
AnthonyTuft,cleaningoutthebarn.Thi wa avery dealers till had the b ok for sal (give th m cr dit, they
g ad h p,whichju tay aragoyieldedafir t dition de cribe the damp- tain) and th price i till$100. It'
f Palll Prescott' Charge for a very reasonable price. now n arly seven
"Th b ok hopi cl ed,"Tuft aid."We'removing y ar lat r, and the
BOUND TO RISE
backintotownand willrunthe hopontheInternet.For d al r till have the
th fir t tim in 10year, w 'llmake money." book(n tworthdo e
Ah,theInternet. Book-huntingatth touchofabutton to th ir "r arch d"
h am f r r .Soconvenient. Soboring. WALTER WRINGSCAREER a king price). Mean-
Ye ,Ibuy from theInternet, a dorna tmember of while, I now own a
th Horati Alg r ociety who hav acce to comput b tt r- onditi n copy
r .It ave a lotofga olin ,longtripsin thecartoout for $4 - bought the
of-lh -way plac . Y t, the romance of "the hunt" i Id-fa hi n d way.
mi ing. Inmyr centw ekend trip, Ivi itedabout20 K nneth Dorn of
tor and cam away with num rou "tr a ur ," John town, .Y.,wa
campi ting four (non-Alger) eri . Even a tore that one f my favorite
claim d "wedon'tdomuchinchildr n' book"hadan •••mac bo k d al r ince
unu ual -dward trat meyerreprintbyH.M.Caldwell THEW HO~CfIM....Wl' my college day in
(A YOlllIg Invelltor' Pluck). th 1960. H did
Butit' obviou th day ofenteringabookshopand last Octob r in his mid-80 , while still active in the
finding d irabl titl is beaming mor and mar book lIing field. A mar fri ndly, kind g ntleman I
difficult.Manyretaild aler alsoop rateontheInternet, havene rmetinthebookbu ines ,and wearemuch
ith r n th book al it or eBay or other auction poorer for his pas ing ("That' mark d ight dollars,
ervice .Th tore' hive oft ncontain theleftovers. butyou canhaveitforfour," h would ay). Howdld
But th re ar e c ption .In a Ma achu ett hop I he make money that way? In tead ofholding oul for
found a copy of Boulld to Rise,in the1900Mer hon fir t big bucks ( ee Bound to Rise, above), he believed in
printing. ,not Horatio Alger's BOt/lid to Rise, but the turning ov r his inventory, regularly wholesaling
Strat meyer ("All n Chapman") ersion, the original book to otherdealers in order to restock hisshelve .
titleofBoysojSprin Hill-forfourdollars.Inthefallof We may label it "progr ," but wh n I must buy
1 92,acopyofth arnebookwa found inaMainebook "fre h" producefrom thesupermarketinst adofafam
barn. Itwa unpriced, and theshop' owner r fu ed to ily-run farm tand, orb oksov r th lnt rn t in tead of
11th bo k"untilwedo orner earch." Thebookwa from Ken Dorn' hop, it's ad ind ed.
May-June 1999 NEWSBOY Page 5
Dash to DeKalb
Dashing posters
(Continuedfrom Pa e3)
oci ty.Di cu iononap ibler tumtoth Scott dal ,
The posterdesignson the front coverofthis
Ariz. ar a in 2002 wa al 0 held. ackenoffannounced
issue are co-winners ofa special competition
that th official vot on the it w uld b mad at
held by Northerrn Illinois University in honorof
Friday' annualbu ine meting.
the centennial HoratioAlgerSociety convention,
2. m e hi R ort. The n t item n the Dir c-
"Dash to DeKalb."
tors' agenda wa the m mber hip tatu report, com
The posterat upperleftwith the large
pil d by x cutiv cr tary Rob rtE. Ka p r (PF-327).
portraitofHoratioAlgerwas designed by Alan
ack noff pr ented th report, which how d 22 n w
Porterfield ofDeKalb; and the posterat lower
m mb r join d duringth pa ty ar,witha ubtraction
rightfeaturing Founders Memorial Library was
of25memb r duetodeathorotherreason .A ofApril
designed by Ka-Wai Lee ofWoodridge, Illinois.
30,1 ,total H.A.S. m mb r hip wa 227.
Thejudgesdetermined thatthese twoentrants
3. dv rti in and rk tin . Tom Da i volun-
should share first place based on artisticand
t r d to h ad marketing and ad rti ing initiativ
topical merit. Full-sized colorprints ofeach
propo d at la t year' c nv ntion in Scottsdal .
posterwere provided to each registrant as
acken ffappoint d himtochaira marketingcommit
convention souvenirs.
t , with it oth r m mb r to include her elf, Arthur
Second placewentto Dan Caldwell of
Young and ew boy ditor Billow n.
Kingston, Illinois (not pictured).
4. H. . Inte it ate. Micha 1 rleyga
All entrants In the compeition were students
the dir ct r an updat n the official H.A. .Web ite,
in the StudioArt Design program at NIU. The
di cu ing th u fa "gu tbook"and oth rmean to
competition was partofthe Advanced Visual
mak th hom pag mor int ractive. ugge tion in
Communicationsclass (Art412).
clud d th publi hingofa t mplateoftheofficialm m
b r hip application form, the u e ofdownloadable text
page and th rpo sibiliti .M rl Yexplainedthepro ning ommitt e, handingoutto the Dir ctor a quanti
and on ofth variou change ,andth co tinvolv d. fied tableli tingth 27 ugge tion mad toth commit
ack noff referr d the i u to th rec ntly form d te , rank d according t priority. ack n ff a k d th
Ad rti ingand Marketing ommitt . Directorsto tudy ther portand pr par t di cu itin
5. w b dit r' R r. Bill wen gave hi d tailat th irFrida morningbr akfa tm ting.
annual ew boy tatu r p rttothedirector.Henot d 8. B -Law Committ eRe rt. Brad ha ,h ad of
thatprintingc t hav h Id t ady,and that th ongo th By-Law ommitte,report d onhi finding nth
ingarrang m nt with Lan ingPrintingha b ene c I current status of the official H.A. .By-Law and what
I nt.Al 0,th n wp talrat incr a ofon c ntforthe hould be don to bring th m up t dat. Hi finding
firstounc offir tcla ,actuallyoffer u a aving ince were listed in a print d handout for all the Dir ctor .
the cond and ub qu nt ounc are now 22 cent Cha agr d to writ an articl for ew boy (Editor'
in t ad of23 c nt . /lote: The article is on Page 18 f this i u), a king f r
Th Ad pt-a- ew boy program was r i wed, with r pon es from th full m mb rship in tim for a fall
mailingco t of nlytwoofthesixi su pon or dduring work hop to r writeand updat the By-Law .
• • •
thepa ty ar.!twa tr d thatthi ta -deductibled na
tioni trictlyvoluntary,andthatithadhelpedimmea ur TheremainderofThur daywa p ntgr etingarriv-
ably in Ivingour hort-t emfinancialcrunchin1997-9 ing m mb r in th ho pitality uit and dinn r on th
with all ix is u in that pan "adopted." The Director town in DeKalb.
vot d t c ntinu the pr gram on a mor low-k y ba i , Fridayb ganofficiallyfor th Dir t r atth annual
with an invitation to be publi h d in futur ewsboy br akfast me ting in the Blackhawk Ea t R m on th
is u sfor Adopt-a- ew boydonation . low r levelofHolm Student nter.Themainit m f
6.Financia R rt.Tr a ur r hris0 Haan(PF-773) bu ine wa a continuation ofdi cu i n fthe Long
pr nt d the annual financial r port, copie of which Range Planning ommittee R port, including which
were pa d out to the Dir ctors. The report would b itemswereworthyofimplem ntation,tho which hould
pre nt d to th full m mb r hip at Friday' annual betabledforfurtherdi cu ion r implyw r unw rk
busin m ting. abl orinappropriat .MichaelMorleyagr d towrit a
7.Lon -Ran P a mmi t .ChairmanJohn hortarticl forafuturei u of ew boy ummarizing
adick(PF-858)gaveth r portofhi LongRangePlan- (Co/ltinued 0/1 Page7)
Page 6 NEWSBOY May-June 1999
MEMBERSHIP his hobbi s. He currently own thr e Alger . He
learned about th Society from th IV library.
New members
John Eidukonis (PF-I031)
Juanita L. Knorr (PF-I027)
155 ew BostonSt., Suite 139
2130 S. Vaughn Way, #206
Woburn, MA 01801-6227 [phone]
Aurora, CO 80014 [phone]
John,a ale trainerandmotivational p aker,i afanof
Juanita, who alsolist crafts, photography and antique "succe s"stories,andthusisdrawntoAlger.Helearned
hoppinga h roth rinterests, is technicalwriterjust aboutthe ocietyonhiscomput r from ourhomepage
g tting tartedwithAlger.ShelearnedabouttheHoratio on the Intemet.
Alger ociety from David ollier (PF-943) through the
Int rn tauction it ,eBay.
Norman A. Jones (PF-I032)
12670 Shor Plac
William .O'Heaney (PF-1028)
Nanjemoy, MD 20662 [phone]
1 6CommonwealthAve.
E-mail: [email protected]
B ston, MA 02116 [phone]
Norman, whos oth rbook collecting int re ti youth
aviationnovel published through 1946, I amed about
Thoma K. Arnold (PF-I029)
the Horatio Alger ociety from f Ilow coil etor Tom
616 Riverside Drive, E Davis (PF-976).
t. Cloud, MN 56304 [phone]
Tom, who ju t attended hi first H.A.S. convention,
Change of address
work incomput r ervice andal 0 listscomputersand
the Intern t among hi hobbi s. He currently ha 115 Ralph W. And r on (PF-I44)
Alg r book in hi collection.
6060 E. Arbor Ave., Apt. 125
M sa, AZ 5206-6066
Ronald G. KI in (PF-I030)
[phone]
230 Forsyth Lane
DeKalb,IL 60115 [phone]
Kenneth Kooyman (PF-981)
Dan,anattorn y, list bookcollectingand walkinga
14300 E. Conway Meadow, Apt. 106
Ch sterfi ld, MO 63017
Carol Nackenoff (PF-921)
302 S. Ch ster Road
Swarthmore, PA 19081
~fJ!l "(}J @g @(!fJIffJ: g ?
D
Daniel M. Peter n (PF-200)
~
" 12222 VanceJackson St., Apt. 112
San Antonio, TX 78230
sald your ch'H~es to: Dan Voges (PF-I012)
6614 Cooper Ave.
Middleton, WI 35362
Horatio Alger Society
[phone]
P.O. Box 70361
P ter C. Walther (PF-548)
Richmond, VA 23255
P.O. Box 144
Millersville, MD 21108
May-June 1999 NEWSBOY Page 7
Dash to DeKalb
ment toodat 18,790,including$765inint re tincom ;
andthatr c ntgift hadb nrec i dfromRaymondL.
(Continuedfrom Page5) Murray (PF-546) and Brad ha e (PF-412).
th finding of th committ and acti n tak n by th • Trea ur r hris D Haan officially pr nt d th
BardofDir ctors. annual financial report to the m mb r hip, and
B cau th Lng-Rang Planning ommittee wa ackenoff pr ented th m mb r hip r port, b th ap
form d a anadhoccommitt and thu wrapped up it pro ed earlierby the Board ofDirector .
a ign d ta kwith th filing fth curr ntr port,it wa • Cha and ackenoffbriefedth memb hip nth
r comm nd d that the Pre ident, at hi /h rdi cretion, By-Law Committe' ongoing work, and that th
w uldbeemp w r dtor activat th Long-Rang Plan c mmitt ' goalistoha updat dandr . edH...B
ningC mmitt in the future a n ed d. Law drafted for ratificationatne tMay' con enti n.
Th c nv ntion' maj r v ntforFridaymorningwa • Long-Range Planning ommitt chairman J hn
th p cial on ignmentAlg rauction,which wa orga Cadick also r ported th dir ctor' ngoing work at
nizedand run byEd Matt n,witha i tancefr mT m accepting r r j cting variou ugg ti n mad to th
Davi , Marc William and oth r . Held in th Holme Committ over the pa t y ar, and that an articl will
tud nt nt r' R g ncy R m, the auction includ d appear in a futur i ue f ew boy n thi ubj 1.
1 5 inglelot.Thehighpointwa the fir t ditionofThe • Futur con ention it w repr nt d tothem m
YOWl alestllafl in original du t jack 1. ew m mb r ber hip and ratified, a follow: 2000 nvention, at
Tom Arnold wa th winning bidder at$1,000 and th We tCh ter, Pa. ( arol ack noffand T m Da i, 0
t tal al fr m th auction w r 9,528.50, f which ho 15); 2001 nv nti n t ttawa, ntari, anada
$1,429.2 went t the i tya commi ion. (Doug FI ming, ho t); and 2002 on ntion at
During th auction, a bri f buff t- tyle lunch break Scott dal , Ariz. (Janie and Micha IM dey, h t).
wa taken in th other ide ofthe Regency Room. • JerryFri dland(PF-376),chairman fthe orninat
At th nclu i n of th auction, m mb r had orne ing ommitt -theotherm mb r b ingJohnJuvinall
fr timeavailabl for vi it to the H.A.S. Repo itoryon (PF-537) and Bill Leitner (PF-3 1) - r port d out th
th fourth fl or of Found r morial Library. Al , following slateofcandidat :
fr m2to3p.m.,bookarchi i tVirginiaPI mon gavea President (for on ear, to fini h th term of ad
w rkshop in b k car and r toration in the Holm Hartmann): ArthurP. Young.
Stud nt nt r' H ritage Room. Director (three-y ar term ): D ug Fl ming (PF-
nnual Busine Meeting 99)ofPak nham, ntario;Ralph ad n (PF-955) f
Vice Pr id nt arol ack noff pre id d at the an- Taylor vill , Utah; and Marc William (PF-9 ) f
nual H.A.. bu in m ting, held Friday aft rno n in L agu City, Texa . A bri f di cu i n foil w d, n
theH ritag R m. other nomination were put f rward, nd th lat
• Fiv Partic'lar Friend att nding their first con wa approved by the memb r hip in att ndanc .
v ntion intr duced th m Iv :J. Rand Iph ox(PF arol ackenoff th n officially turned the rn ting
59 ) of Dunda, inn., and dit r of Dime ovel over to new Pre ident Art Young, wh thank d the
Round-Up; t n utton (PF-99 ) of S. Lanca t r, memb r forth ir upportandpi dg d t carryoninth
a ., the ociety' young t member; Lee witzer tradition of arl Hartmann and hi pr d c or. He
(PF- 2) from Fridl y, Minn.; Tom Arnold (PF-I029) thenadjourn d the m ting.
• • •
from t. 1 ud, Minn.; and ad Wulff (PF-900) from
Racine, Wi. Following the bu in m ting, m mb r pr par d
• TheHoratioAlger oci ty' outg ingDir ctor ,ju t for Friday night' dinn r at th n arby Ki hwauk
compl tingthr -y arteam ,w r introduc d:RobertR. ountry lub.
Routhier (PF- 89) of Swartz r ek, Mich.; Arthur P. The 1999 Horatio Alg r Society award wer pr
Young(PF-941)ofSycamor ,IlL;and Robert . ollm r nted. Th fir t award, pr nt d by 1998 r cipi nt
(PF-866) ofWa 0,T xa . MichaelMod y, wa the ewsboyAward,gi nannu
• Samuel Huang r ported on the H.A.. R po itory, ally to th p r n who make a notabI c ntributi n to
notingthatin199 the libraryhadacquired allknown the "publication of original r arch n the work f
Ph.D.di rtation onHorati Alger,Jr.,publi h din HoratioAlger,Jr.and th rAmericanauthor fju nil
the United State; and th addition of two major literature."The1999r cipi ntwa JohnT.Dizer(PF-511)
coll ction : th dime no I collection f Edward T. for hiscritically acclaim d bo kTom Swift, The Bobb"L'Y
LeBlanc (PF-015) and Alger erialization from th Twinsand Other Heroe ofAmericanJI/venile Literatl/re.
coil ction of Paul F. Mill r (PF-351). Th 1999CarlHartmannLuckandPluckAwardwa
Huang reported that the H.A.S. R po itory Endow- (Contilll/ed 011 Page10)
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Lee T. Allen (PF-977) Thomas B. Davis (PF-976) RobertG. Huber(PF-841) Janice Morley (PF-957)
Stone Mountain, Ga. Newark, Del. Madison, Wise. Fremont, Calif.
Betsy Allen Christine DeHaan (PF-773) John R. Juvinall (PF-537) Michael Morley (PF-934)
Stone Mountain, Ga. Wayland, Mich. Hinsdale, III. Fremont, Calif.
Tom Arnold (PF-1029) Mary Ann Ditch (PF-861) Robert Kaiser (PF-901) Carol Nackenoff(PF-921)
St. Cloud, Minn. Omaha, Neb. Groveland, III. Swarthmore, Pa.
Margaret Baach (PF-492) Milton F. Ehlert(PF-702) Diana Kaiser BartJ. Nyberg (PF-879)
Edina, Minn. Grand Rapids, Mich. Groveland, III. Downers Grove, III.
Nicholas Basbanes Carol Ehlert Robert E. Kasper (PF-327) Virginia Plemons
North Grafton, Mass. Grand Rapids, Mich. Richmond, Va. DeKalb, III.
Bernie Biberdorf(PF-524) JeffEscue (PF-1023) Robert Kersch (PF-946) GordonRasmussen(PF-1010)
Fishers, Ind. Bloomingdale, III. Great River, N.Y. DeKalb, III.
MarcyBiberdorf Douglas Fleming (PF-899) Kent Kiesow(PF-953) Lawrence R. Rice (PF-757)
Fishers, Ind. Pakenham, Ontario Beloit, Wis. Maine, N.Y.
John Cadick (PF-858) Jerry B. Friedland (PF-376) Dennis Lamereaux Vivian R. Rice
Garland, Texas Monsey, N.Y. Hinsdale, III. Maine, N.Y.
Ralph J. Carlson (PF-955) JonathanFriedland(PF-M1) Edward LeBlanc (PF-015) Robert Routhier (PF-889)
Taylorsville, Utah Highland Park, III. Fall River, Mass. Swartz Creek, Mich.
Bradford S. Chase (PF-412) Michele Friedland Rita LeBlanc Jeanette L. Routhier
Enfield, Ct. Highland Park, III. Fall River, Mass. Swartz Creek, Mich.
Ann V. Chase AlvinFunderburg(PF.1025) Murray Levin (PF-851) PercySeamans (PF-405)
Enfield, Ct. Kettering, Ohio Jenkintown, Pa. Lake Delton, Wis.
Rolfe B. Chase (PF-602) Ruth Funderburg Van DaeleMabrito(PF-883) ArthurSeybert(PF-850)
Tucson, Ariz. Kettering, Ohio San Antonio, Texas Baraboo, Wis.
Kitty Chase John Gayden Rauzia Nell Mabrito Ann Sharrard (PF-325)
Tucson, Ariz DeKalb, III. San Antonio, Texas Gainesville, Fla.
Alys Collmer (PF-956) William R. Gowen (PF-706) Ed Mattson (PF-067) George Sharrard
Waco, Texas Lake Zurich, III. Baltimore, Md. Gainesville, Fla.
Robert Collmer (PF-866) SamuelT. Huang (PF-963) Ivan McClymont(PF-722) ArthurW. Smitter(PF-952)
Waco, Texas DeKalb, III. Varna, Ontario Grand Rapids, Mich.
J. Randolph Cox (PF-598) Corinna Huang Marg McClymont Linda Smitter
Dundas, Minn. DeKalb, III. Varna, Ontario Grand Rapids, Mich.
Donald L. Cripe (PF-919) Gordon Huber(PF-843) Ethel Mertz Steven Sutton (PF-998)
Bremen, Ind. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Beloit, Wis. South Lancaster, Mass.
Paul A. Cripe (PF-633) Jeanne Huber Neil McCormick (PF-506) Jeannette Baxendale
Bremen, Ind. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Madison, Wis. South Lancaster, Mass.
May-June 1999 NEWSBOY Page 9
Lee Switzer(PF-882) Marc Williams (PF-958)
Fridley, Minn. League City, Texas
Gaylene Switzer MarkA. Williams
Fridley, Minn. DeKalb, III.
Angelo Sylvester (PF-928) CarlWulff(PF-900)
Scottsdale, Ariz. Racine, Wis.
Mary Sylvester EstherWulff
Scottsdale, Ariz. Racine, Wis
Jim Thorp (PF-574) Arthur P. Young (PF-941)
Nashua, N.H. Sycamore, III.
Patricia Young
PeterC. Walther(PF-548)
Sycamore, III.
Millersville, Md.
CurrentDimeNovelRound-UpeditorJ. RandolphCox
TOTAL REGISTRANTS: 85
DavidWennemar (PF-598) gets together with former Round-Up editor
Sycamore, III. H.A.S. MEMBERS: 56 Eddie LeBlanc (PF-015) during the convention.
PhotobyBernieBlberdorf
IJUSTPURCHASEDSEVERALMAJORCOLLECTIONS.
IHAVETHEFOLLOWING TO TlUDE; L.U.4oL.:lL..L BOOKSFROMTHEFOLLOWINGSERIESAND
Industjacketcompleteseuofthe following: WILL OilYORTRADEFORTHEM:
Toalargedegreethesearebooksfrommychildhoodthatwere
TuffyBean pnntedfromthe50's-70'spicturecoverillustratedboards
TriggerBerg dNl2dustjacketedversionsarebothdesired.
AndyBlake
JenyHicks RIck BrantbyJohn Blaine
Ken HoltbyBruceCampbell
NumerousnmsofthefolJowingsenesin..DJ.: ChipHIltonbyClairBee
AlfredHitchcocksThreeInvestigators,variousauthors
ManyHalKeen,ieDoom,Amazon,Swampetc. BrainsBentonbyVerraJorWyatt
MostPoppyOttsandJenyTodds ChristopherCoolbyJackLancer
lotsofearlyEdgarRiceBurroughs,TARZAN, DigAllenbyJosephGreene
Venus,Marsetc. MikeMarsbyDonaldWolheiro
X-Bar-Xhighnumbers,DonSturdy JudyBoltonbyMargaretSutton
Hancock- I.ovasionofthe US indj (andapplique) TomSwiftJr. byVictorAppletonII
BeverlyGray-WorldsFair TomCorbettbyCareyRoclcwell
HoratioAlgerJr. RockyMcCune byWilfredMcCormick
BroncBurnettbyWilfredMcConnick
Non-OJbooks: BIrrBrewsterbyAndyAdams
IsteditionearlyOliverOptics LoneRangerbyFranStriker
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Verrill- DeepSeaHunters SueBartonbyBoylston
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AdventuresintheUnknown-Claudy
RalpboftheRR. GreatMarvel LETSMAKEADEAL!
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earlyStra1emeyerauthoredbooks JeffEscue 164LarchmontLane,Bloomingdale,IL 60108-1412
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Saturday' lunch wa a multi-cour ,ori ntal- tyle
buff t erv d pool id at th Huang' hom. All who
(Continuedfrom Page 7) attendedlistedita amajorhighlightofth convention.
pre nt d by1998r cipientAng 10Sylv t rtoSamu I Following lunch, thos int r sted in bidding on the
Huang, who untiring effort on behalf of the H.A.S. Baach coll etion return d to th Reg ncy Room, wh re
R P itoryanda organizer fth 1999convention,wer 7210t ofb ok w r aucti n d,withJ rry ri dlandand
in th true pirit of I ngtime xecuti e Secretary and d Matt on alternating a auctione r n ach lot. Th
form rPr id nt arl Hartmann. al generat d $1,840for th i ty.
Th Dick eddonAward,gi entothememberwho e Saturday night' annual H.A.S. banqu t wa held in
"admirablequalitie and warmcompanion hipbeste theSkyroom, locat d atop th Holme tud nt nter.
emplify the pirit of the late Dick Seddon," wa pre A major highlightofthe vening wa th trive and
nt dby1998winn rBobHub rtoDougFl ming,who ucceed Award, pr nt d ach y ar to a high ch 01
will ho ttheSoci ty' 2001 onvention. tudent whoexemplifiesAlg r' h roe by v rcoming
Th r w r two p ak rs,withnewPr sid ntArthur adv r ity in true" tri and ucce d" traditi n.
Young pr entingtheconvention'skeynoteaddress. The recipient wa David Jam W nn mar, on of
"War fortunat t b cel bratinga twincentennial Martha and Jam W nn mar f S camor , IlL, a a
thi ar-thecent nnialof orthernDlinoisUni rsity's tional Honor ociety tud nt atSycamor HighSchool
birth and the c nt nnial ofAlg r' death," Young aid, who will att nd rth rn Illin i Uni r ity thi fall to
corom nting on the importance of pur uea maj r ingraphicd ign.
Alg r' "tri e and ucce d" phi Inhi intr ductoryr mark,Pr i
I phy a ur enduring symbol in dent Arthur Young comm nt d:
hi talk, titl d "Alg rAge - But "Thi pa tfall,Davidwa diagno d
otMuch." with a brain tumor. H und rw nt
Dime ovel Round-Up ditor i hour f urg ry in D cemb r.
Rand th npr nt d adi cu - His p chandc mpr h n ionw re
i n (with olor lide) titl d "The affe t d for a h rt tim b cau of
Lif and Tim of ickCarter," go the location fth tumorand urgi
ingintogr atd tailab utthegrowth cal trauma. Th progno i is cel
and nduringpopularityofthi dime lent and no additi nal treatment i
n Id t cti h ro,andmethodol plann d. He r tum d t chooland
ogy fhow th ick art r torie continu d t pur u hi gals inhis
w r produc d by th venerabl u ualqui tmann r, which ha w n
tr t& Smith firm of w York. th admiration fth facultyandhis
• • •
friend ."
aturday,May15,b ganwithth
Nicholas Basbanes discusses the Th evening' p ak rwa icho-
traditionalm mber 'book ale,held las A. Ba ban ,bookr view editor
"gentlemadness"ofbookcollecting.
in th taff loung at F und r M of th W rc st r, Ma ., tar-Tele-
m rial Librar , with fre breakfa t er ed on the site. gram until 1991, columni t for th lat and lam nt d
n fth big nt atth al wa theofficialr lea eof Bibliomagazin andauthorofAGel1t1eMadl1e :Biblio
Brad ha ' newbook, Horatio AI erBooks Publi hedby phile ,Bibliomane and the £temal Pa siol1for Books.
TileNewYorkBookCompany. ha ehadasp cialdi play Ba ban ' talk includ d th capad f St phen
ofthi andhi oth rbooks,andwa availabletoin cribe Blumberg, "an accomplished bibliokl ptomanic," who
opi f rPartic'lar Friend . bills him If a the "gr ate t book thi f of th 20th
ft r compl hon f the book sal came the annual century."Blumberg'scach inalarg h u in ttumwa,
n ignm ntau tion,h Idinth Holm Student nt r's Iowa, total d t ns ofth u and of b ok .
R g ncy Room withJ rry Fri dland theauctioneer. lm The evening conclud d with th annual memb rs'
m diat Iy following this ai, it wa announc d that donation auction, with auction rJ rry Fri dland han
ar ar tBaachof dina,Minn.,haddonated theAlger dlingava tas ortmentofbooksandoth rm morabilia,
c II ction (al ng with oth r boy 'boo ) of her late a total of96 lot which rai d 1,133 for th oci ty.
hu band, William Baach (PF-492) to theS iety. Rather The remainder of aturday night wa aved for
than hold the b k f ra futur dat, it was d cided to furth r 0 ializing,with undaymorning' traditional
auction th collection immediat ly aft r the m mber ' "farewell br akfa t" giving Partic'lar Fri nd an op
ch dul d bu tourofhistoricD Kalb and lunchho t d portunity to ay "hope t e you n xt y r in West
by orinna and amuel Huang. he ter, P nn ylvania!"