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'''Mary Hershey''' (née Gibson) was a [[Scotland]]-born [[Los Angeles]] [[fan]], a member of [[LASFS]] from the 1950s at least through the ’70s.  
 
'''Mary Hershey''' (née Gibson) was a [[Scotland]]-born [[Los Angeles]] [[fan]], a member of [[LASFS]] from the 1950s at least through the ’70s.  
  
She was married to [[Alan Hershey]], his second wife. In ''[[The Outlander]]'' 7 (June 1951), [http://fanac.org/fanzines/Outlander/Outlander07.pdf he wrote]: <blockquote>I am seeing a good deal of a Scottish girl, Mary Gibson, who is staying with [[the Ackermans]] for a couple of months. The situation appears to be fairly serious, and I have taken steps to find out about going to a Scottish university this summer on the GI Bill.</blockquote> Later issues show him with a Scottish address.  
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She was married to [[Alan Hershey]], his second wife. In ''[[The Outlander]]'' 7 (June 1951), [http://fanac.org/fanzines/Outlander/Outlander07.pdf he wrote]: <blockquote>I am seeing a good deal of a Scottish girl, Mary Gibson, who is staying with [[the Ackermans]] for a couple of months. The situation appears to be fairly serious, and I have taken steps to find out about going to a Scottish university this summer on the GI Bill.</blockquote>  
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Mary and Alan wed in 1951 and lived in Scotland for a time. By 1952, they were back in California, where they had four children over the next six years. Mary became a naturalized US citizen in 1963. 
  
 
[http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/LASFS/LASFS1-14.html Photo] in [[LASFS Album]].
 
[http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/LASFS/LASFS1-14.html Photo] in [[LASFS Album]].
  
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Revision as of 12:06, 3 October 2021

(August 7, 1929 – December 29, 1996)

Mary Hershey (née Gibson) was a Scotland-born Los Angeles fan, a member of LASFS from the 1950s at least through the ’70s.

She was married to Alan Hershey, his second wife. In The Outlander 7 (June 1951), he wrote:

I am seeing a good deal of a Scottish girl, Mary Gibson, who is staying with the Ackermans for a couple of months. The situation appears to be fairly serious, and I have taken steps to find out about going to a Scottish university this summer on the GI Bill.

Mary and Alan wed in 1951 and lived in Scotland for a time. By 1952, they were back in California, where they had four children over the next six years. Mary became a naturalized US citizen in 1963.

Photo in LASFS Album.


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