George Tullis

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George R. Tullis, an early LA and Chicago fan, attended meetings of the LASFL by 1937. At a meeting in 1938, he and T. Bruce Yerke entertained the club by performing a concert on 10-cent fifes.

He moved to Chicago in time to serve as recording secretary for Chicon, the 1940 Worldcon. He also attended Denvention in 1941, Philcon in ’47 and Discon in ’63.

During World War II, he married Hellen N. Tullis, who also attended the latter two Worldcons. The couple met at Columbia University, according to an article in the Washington Post (January 12, 1947). Hellen, who was nearly blind, required the aid of a reader for her studies. George got the job and, after finishing her required reading, went on to read fantasy to her.

In the 1940s and ’50s, George served in the U.S. Coast Guard, for a time stationed on the Hollyhock at Milwaukee’s Lighthouse Depot. In 1946, he took an extended leave and the Tullises took a road trip around the country, among other things, visiting LASFS. By 1948, they were living in Baltimore, according to the membership rolls of the N3F.

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