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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Forrest J Ackerman's NorWesCon Reminiscence}}
=== 1950 -- [[NorWesCon (Worldcon)]], Portland===
by [[Forrest J Ackerman]], 1989

[[Donald Day]], now dead, was the [[chairman]], a [[fan]] to whom all [[fandom]] and [[prodom]] are indebted for his pioneering volume of the index to science fiction magazines from inception to 1950.
[[GoH]] was legendary gentleman editor [[Anthony Boucher]].
250 of us were thrilled, 21 years after [[Fritz Lang]] rocketed us the the movie Moon in 1929, to reach ''Destination Moon'' in technicolor via the imaginations of [[Robert Heinlein]], [[Chesley Bonestell]], and [[George Pal]]. A memorable preview.
[[L. Ron Hubbard]]'s revolutionary "Dianetics" had broken big in the mundane world and was a hot topic pro & con in the sf world. I honestly don't recall if there was anything negative said about [[Hubbard]]'s discovery, but I do know I shared a lecture with [[Theodore Sturgeon]] on what positive experiences I had had with it at the time.
I believe it was at this convention that the feisty Freckle Face of Fandom first appeared, the girl destined to save ''[[Star Trek]]'', [[Betty Jo Wells]], if memory serves me, in Navy uniform, for many years now known as [[Bjo Trimble]].
[[Rick Sneary]], [[Erle Korshak]], [[Bob Tucker]], [[E. Everett Evans]] ([[Big Heart Award]]) , editors [[Howard Brown]] and the late [[Bea Mahaffey|Beatrice 'Bea' Mahaffey]], were among the names present that are still recognizable today. [[Ted Sturgeon]] was emcee at the [[costume ball]].
A small but very pleasant con.

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