Mary Helen Washington

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(October 20, 1932 – November 30, 1998)

Mary Helen Washington was an early Florida fan who was connected with Claude Degler’s Cosmic Circle.

She was Raym Washington's younger sister. With Degler, they held the Live Oak Conference in early 1943.

She wrote for her brother’s fanzines. In Le Zombie 48 (July 1942), Tucker described Frank Robinson’s reaction to her work:

He found, and read aloud, Mary Helen Washington's saga of unforgettable courage "The Monster of the Cave" in Scientifun #2. He spent the entire two days stomping about the house shrieking out sentences, to wit: "Fan started telling his tongue off," and "Fan drawed his throat in."

Note: Mary would have been 10 in 1942.

Mary married Windell Bates Scaff in 1962 and she died in 1998.


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