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The '''[[LASFS]] 50th Anniversary [[Banquet]]''' was organized by [[Galen Tripp]] and held November 3, 1984, at the Pasadena Hilton.  (The actual anniversay date was October 27.) 

[[Harlan Ellison]] was the main speaker and spoke for 2&frac12; hours, despite never having been very active in the [[club]]. [[Forrest J Ackerman]] and [[Bill Rotsler]] were among the attendees. (Forry, justifiably, was bitter that he was neither introduced nor invited to speak, as he wrote in a [[loc]] to ''[[Science Fiction Review (Geis)]]'' 54, [https://fanac.org/fanzines/SF_Review/SF_Review754.pdf Spring 1985, p. 20.])

[[Robert Bloch]] sent written congratulations which began: 
 Dear Friends and Fans: Fifty years ago there were many famous [[organizations]] and societies throughout the world -- the Nazi Party, the Gestapo, Murder, Incorporated and LASFS.  Today only LASFS has survived.  Which only goes to prove you can't win 'em all."

See the long report in {{file770 | issue=50 | page=10}}.


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