This is SKYRACK 89, dated 17th April 1966 and published
by non-stop Ron Bennett, 52 Fairways Drive, Forest Lane, Harrogate,
Yorkshire, England. Six issues for 2/6d or 35 cents (70¢ airmail).
Stateside subscriptions may be sent to U.S. Representative, Buck
Coulson, Rte 3, Hartford City, Indiana 47348. News of interest to
Science Fiction Fandom welcomed. Contributors this issue are Arthur
Thomson, Tom Schluck, Terry Jeeves and Norman Shorrock.
TOM TAKES TAFF
LANDSLIDE FOR SCHLUCK ON FIRST COUNT
The 1966 Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund campaign to send a European
delegate to the Cleveland September "TriCon" wound up
on 13th April with German Thomas Schluck elected after a hard fight
against Eric Jones, Peter Weston and Bo Stenfors. Whilst the final
returns have at the time of writing not arrived, it would take some
thirteen last minute votes to arrive at the home of American Administrator
Terry Carr to make necessary even a second count, Tom having collected
well over 50% of the first place votes on the ballot forms already
to hand. Provisional figures, which include the final European vote
(subject to checking), of the first place votes collected by Terry
Carr in the USA and Arthur Thomson in London break down as follows:
USA EUROPE TOTAL
THOMAS SCHLUCK 35 48 83
ERIC JONES 17 22 39
PETER WESTON 15 5 20
BO STENFORS 2 3 5
"Hold Over Funds" netted 2 votes, and there was one
write in vote for Len Moffatt.
Votes were received by Arthur Thomson from, L Anderson, T Auler,
Dave Barber, A Beha, Ron Bennett, K Berger, Tom Boardman Jr., C
Boise, E Bolschen, Ken and Pamela Bulmer, A Burkhard, B Dittrich,
H Eborom, Franz Ettl, W. Erichstellar, Horst Evermann, Colin Freeman,
Keith & Wendy Freeman, A Fritsch, Jimmy Groves, Frank Herbert,
Tom Holt, H Hornlien, R Huwig, Terry & Val Jeeves, A V Jineiner,
Eric & Margaret Jones, Gary Klupfel, W Kumming, Mario Kwiat,
C Kuntara, Dave & Ruth Kyle, P Lange, Ethel Lindsay, Peter Mabey,
Axel Melhardt, V Milbe, H Muller, Harry & Marie Nadler, I Nilsson,
K Pasch, Darroll Pardoe, Ella Parker, Roger Peyton, Brenda Piper,
D Ploger, W Quilitz, W Reinecke, H Reluard, Phil Rogers, F Rollensteiner,
Michael Rosenblum, D Sacho, Thomas Schluck, R Schui, Ina and Norman
Shorrock, Peter Singleton, Ken Slater, Charles Winstone, Madeleine
and Walt Willis and G Zech.
There is over $400 in the American Treasury and some £83
hold by Arthur Thomson. Arthur's holding is made up as follows:
Held over from the last campaign £40; Ken Slater's LonCon
midnight auction £4.18.71/2d; bonds from nominators of Eric
Jones, Bo Stenfors and Thomas Schluck 35/- each (Terry Carr holds
Peter Weston's); Thomas Schluck £2; German fans via Ron Bennett
35/-; Phil Rogers and Michael Rosenblum One Guinea each; Peter Mabey
£l; L Anderson, Dave Barber, Carl Brandon, Jimmy Groves, Eric
Jones, Margaret Jones, Ethel Lindsay, Roger Peyton, Peter Singleton,
Charles Winstone 10/- each; Horst Evermann £l; Darroll Pardoe
£l; Bruce & Dian Pelz 7/6d; A Bella 7/-; Ron Bennett,
Tom Boardman, C Boise, Ken Bulmer, Pamela Bulmer, Ted Forsyth, Colin
Freeman, Keith Freeman, Wendy Freeman, Frank Herbert, Tom Holt,
Terry Jeeves, Val Jeeves, Dave Kyle, Ruth Kyle, Rich Mann, Harry
Nadler, Marie Nadler, I Nilsson, Ella Parker, Brenda Piper, Ina
Shorrock, Norman Shorrock, Madeleine Willis and Walt Willis 5/-
each; Ivor Latto 2/6d; K Berger, H Hornlien, G Klupfel, W Reinecke,
Ken Slater $1 each; T Auler, E Bolschen, A Burkhard, H Eborom, W.Erichstellar,
F Ettl, A Fritsch, R Huwig, A Jineiner, W Kumming, M Kwiat, C Kuntara,
A Melhardt, V Milbe, H Muller, K Paech, D PlAger, W Quilitz, H.Reluard,
F Rollensteiner, D Sache, R Schui and G Zech DM 5 each; B Dittrich
DM 4.Phew!
Sincere congratulations, then, to you, Herr Schluck, Kt.St.F.,
upon .a very well deserved election. And many thanks to all those
worthies who supported in the campaign in its various phases. TriCon
attendees will find that their TAFF delegate is a vital personality
and a most worthy choice.
EASTER CASTLECON. Quite co-incidentally, in the same post
as the TAFF results, there also arrived a letter from Tom Schluck
in which he writes, “I was a little disappointed at Skyrack 87 mentioning
only two conventions taking place over the Easter weekend. I was
attending the first German Eastervention which turned out to be
a surprisingly big affair - about 80 attendees. The Marquartstein
Castle hasn't lost anything of its old flavour, despite the new
proprietor and his several changes. It was great again. Good weather
and a fairly good programme provided the background for happenings
in the Castle. Peter Mabey's Worldcon and Castlecon slides were
shown and the only half-official programme item consisted of a discussion
about Gerfandom's clubzine, ANDROMEDA. Another very interesting
discussion was an argument between specialists whether or not sf
could be graded amongst a form of sub fiction in general comprising
westerns, detective or love stories etc. I, particularly, and the
Marquartstein Vurguzz Convention in general, were highly delighted
to receive a telegram of good wishes from the YarCon attendees.”
(My apologies about the omission, Tom)
CHANGES OF ADDRESS (Already), Rich Brown, Mike McInerney,
250 W,16th St(Apt 5FW), New York, NY 10011, USA. Peter Mabey,
110 Russell Lane, London N 20. Andy Main, PO Box 4602, Santa
Barbara, Calif 93103, USA.
THE BSFA YARCON (continued). Terry Jeeves and Norman Shorrock
each sent items which crossed in the post with the Convention issue.
Norman informs us that the Ted Tubb costume, which was awarded the
Bob Richardson Memorial Award represented Fu Manchu and that Brian
Burgess went swimming. Norman also sent along several thousand examples
of the quote cards which were once again distributed. Some great
cards - Please, I am a stranger here, can you direct me to the Scientific
Fictional Conference?...Read this quickly, then eat it...Crazy Golf?...Something
at Reception is asking for you...Once a Knight is enough...Would
you care for a little fate worse than death... Did you ever get
the feeling that this has all happened before?...and "Look
Ron Bennett -- Quote Cards!"
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