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| − | (May 17, 1911 – February 9, 2000 | + | [[File:TuckerFern-ElsieJanda.jpeg|thumb|'''[[Fern Tucker]], left, and Elsie Janda, July 1959.''' ''From ''[[SaFari]]'' 2.'' ]] |
| + | (May 17, 1911 – February 9, 2000<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GJHC-C1T Elsie Mary Janda] on FamilySearch (free account required)</ref>) | ||
'''Elsie Mary Janda''', also “'''Else'''”, an [[Illinois]] [[fan]], active since the 1940s, served on the [[concom]] of [[Chicon II]] in 1952. With [[Jane Quirk]] and [[Frances Hamling]], she ran [[Registration]]. By many accounts, it did not go well — [[fans]] complained that the process took hours. | '''Elsie Mary Janda''', also “'''Else'''”, an [[Illinois]] [[fan]], active since the 1940s, served on the [[concom]] of [[Chicon II]] in 1952. With [[Jane Quirk]] and [[Frances Hamling]], she ran [[Registration]]. By many accounts, it did not go well — [[fans]] complained that the process took hours. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:30, 5 September 2023
(May 17, 1911 – February 9, 2000[1])
Elsie Mary Janda, also “Else”, an Illinois fan, active since the 1940s, served on the concom of Chicon II in 1952. With Jane Quirk and Frances Hamling, she ran Registration. By many accounts, it did not go well — fans complained that the process took hours.
She was among 23 fans who attended Michicon 4 in 1944 and she was also at First Post-Radar-Contact-with-the-Moon Con in 1946. She was a member of several Worldcons, and belonged to the N3F.
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