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([[DAG]]) or '''All-Fools' Con''' (Latter name from the date). A small but select conclave held at Fond du Lac, Wisc, on Easter Sunday 1 April [[1956]]. Attending were [[Dean Grennell|Dean]] and [[Jean Grennell]] (their home), [[Redd Boggs]], [[Curt Janke]], and [[Dick Eney]]. It coincided with the date of the British [[convocation]] at Torquay that year, and the name "Eastercon" was in honor of the [[Westercon]]. A one-shot was produced and the [[Nuclear Fizz]] established in Wisconsin.  
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([[DAG]]) or '''All-Fools' Con''' (Latter name from the date). A small but select [[conclave]] held at Fond du Lac, [[Wisconsin|Wisc]], on Easter Sunday 1 April 1956. Attending were [[Dean Grennell|Dean]] and [[Jean Grennell]] (their home), [[Redd Boggs]], [[Curt Janke]], and [[Dick Eney]]. It coincided with the date of the [[British]] [[con|convocation]] at Torquay that year, and the name "Eastercon" was in honor of the [[Westercon]]. A [[one-shot]] was produced and the [[Nuclear Fizz]] established in [[Wisconsin]].  
 
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Latest revision as of 05:29, 17 July 2021

(Did you mean a Melbourne, British or New York convention?)


From Fancyclopedia 2, ca. 1959
(DAG) or All-Fools' Con (Latter name from the date). A small but select conclave held at Fond du Lac, Wisc, on Easter Sunday 1 April 1956. Attending were Dean and Jean Grennell (their home), Redd Boggs, Curt Janke, and Dick Eney. It coincided with the date of the British convocation at Torquay that year, and the name "Eastercon" was in honor of the Westercon. A one-shot was produced and the Nuclear Fizz established in Wisconsin.



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1956
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