Monthly publication of the HORATIO ALGER SOCIETY,a magazine devoted to the study of Horatio Alger, Jr.,his life, works, and influence on the culture of America.

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To further the philosophy of HoratioA1ger, Jr., and. to encourage the spiritof Strive ancl Succeecl that for half a

century guid ect Alger I s und.aunted-heroes - lad.s whose struggles epito-mized the Great American Dream anclflamed. hero icleals in countless mil-lions of young Americans.

OFFICERS

BRADFORD S. CHASE

BRADLEY B. ALEXANDER

CARL T. HARTMANN

ALEX T. SHANERLEO (BOB) BENNETT

RALPH D. GARDNER

DALE E. THOMAS

JERRY B. FRIEDLANDMAX GOLDBERG

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Nerrsboy, the official organ of theHoratio Alger Society, is publishedmonthty (bimonthly January-Februaryanil June-July) anil is d.istributecl to HAS

members. Membership fee for any tvelvemonth period. is $1O.OO. Cost for singleissues of Newsboy is $1.00 aPiece.

Please make all remittances payableto the Horatio Alger Society. Member'ship applications, renewals, changes ofadclress, claims for missing issues, andorders for single copies of current orback numbers of Newsboy shoulcl be sentto the Societyrs SecretarY, Carl T.Hartmann, 4907 Allison Drive, Lansing,Michigan 4891O.

A sub.ject inclex to the first ten yearsof Newsboy (,luty, 1962

- June, 1972) is

available for $1 .50 from Carl Hartmannat the above acldress.

Manuscripts relating to HoratioAlgerts life antl works are solicitecl ,but the ed.itor reserYes the right toreject submitted. material.

*x*BEIIB,IBER: The HAS Convention -

theItCapitol Caucusrr

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Dontt forget the dates, Thursd.ay, May14 through Saturclay, lulay 16, 1)81 , nearI{ashington, D. C.

NEl{ MEMBERS REPORTED

PF-6O1 Samue1 4.. NlatzP.0. Box 384YiIla Park, Illinois 60181

Samuel is a food scientist andcollects Alger!s short stories anilbooks. He is also a coin collector.

PT-6O2 Rolfe B. Chase, Jr.P.0. Box 55, y'" Ifl/rCC

Hend.erson, Nevacla 8901 5

Rolfe r,rites that I'my brother, Brad-,is active in I1AS and his enthusiasm isinfectious. My mother is also a mem-

ber.rr A chemical engineer, Rolfe has56 Algers. He is interested in -besides Alger - genealogy, all sportsand read.ing.

PF-603 Diana (nee) L;rnn ThorP37 CoxNashua, New HamPshire 03060

Thir:teen year old Dee has 34 Algers.She also collects antique d.oIls, rail-road spikes ancl Dodger basebal] carcls.

PF-604 Jud"d Perkins73O Rudd-imanNorth Muskegon, Mich. 49445

Juddts hobbies include collectingAlger books (he has 88), golf, travel,reading, and collecting Tom Swiftbooks. He is a clirector of Public Af-fairs for General Telephone ancl learneclof the .society through Max Fried-man.

PF-6O5 Alma Patricia Urbin26833 0rJaustinFarmington, Mich. 4801 8

Alma owns 3O Algers that were passed-

rlovn to her from her mother. She isinterestecl in music.

PF-606 Joseph Markintl4 Agawam RoatlActon, Mass. O172O

Joseph, ol/ner of 25 Algers, learnecl ofHAS through member Ann Sharrarcl. He

also collects Pre-19o0 music'

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PF-607 Leonarcl Homel1O5 No. Bowling Green WayLos Angeles, Ca1if, 9OO49

Leonard- has an even 100 titles in hisAlger collection, and is also interestedin L. Frank Baum, Edvard. Stratemeyer, andEd"gar Rice Burroughs. He heard of IIASin an article by your editor in theDime Novel Rouncl-Up.

PI'-608 Donald Choate37 Hosmer St.Marlboro, Mass. 01752

One of the 65 Algers that Donald. orvnsis an autographed copy of IE YoungSd.tesman. He learnecl of our societyat the Yankee Traclerts Shop in Little-ton, Massachusetts.

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CHANGES OF ADDRESS

PF-OOO Forrest Campbell6385-tr FoxtrotKaLamazoo, Mich. 49OO2

(Atthough the Campbells now resid,e inthe city of Portage, their mail is d-e-Iivered from Kalamazoo. Our co-founder,originally from Michigan but formerlyfrom AIabama, are now resicling permanent-Iy in Michigan again. They recentlyobserved their 50th wedding anniversaryon April 1 9th in Kalamazoo, and are nowgreat grancl parents. Congratulations,Forrest and Rachel ! ! )

PT-428 Hamy L. Lane1651 Knollr+ood Drive, Apt.361Mobile, Alabama 36609

PF-548 Peter C. I{alther'15 lrriltiams St.CIinton, New York 1332)

PF-592 Troy l{agner3327 NorLh Western Ave.Chicago, fllinois 6O618

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The listing of Alger books in thisclepartment is free to HAS members.Please list title, publisher, cond"itionanrl price.

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NOTE: At the last convention themethocl of describing books was d.is-cussed, as some members have been dis-satisfied with the books which theyhave purchased. Some volumes r+hichthey wou1d. class as poor or fair werelisted as being in good or very gooclcondition. HAS member Eddie LeBIanc,editor of the Dime Novel Round-Up, sentme the folloving which he saw in an old.issue of the Tutter Bugle.

MINT As issued by the publisher.Bright and clean throughout.

FINE Bright and clean throughout. F1yleaf may contain gift inscrip-tion.

IfERY Bright and clean throughout, butGOOD may have minor spotting or

soiling, ancl minor vear may showat top and. bottom of spine. FIyleaf may contain some rrriting.

G00D Often advertised as averagecopies. Spine and cover may be alittle facled. and top and. bottomof spine may shov some wear.Should be in reasonably soundconclition, though hinge may bebroken. Appearance is not marred.

FAfR Less than sound.. Book may beI'warped.r" and hinges broken withsome signatures loose. Spine andcover may be facled" to the pointwhere Iettering is difficult tomake out. May be soiled., insidepages may have tears, but still'complete and in collectiblecondition.

POOR Often aclvertised as "readingcopies.rr Baclly shaken, signa-tures loose, fly leaf pages maybe missing, also title page.Covers coukl be loose or d.e-tached., but all text is present.

DUST JACIGTSDJEF Clean ciust jacket, no tears, no

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1 98O CONYENTION HIGHLIGHTSby Jerry Friedland

The rrConnecticut Conclaverr will beremembered by all r,rho attended as ahuge success. Bracl ancl Ann Chase weregreat hosts and we all thank them fortheir cord.ial welcome and. a r,sonclerfultime. Ann has been electeci officialHAS baker for life.

\-, The convention officially started. onThursday, May 1 , but on Tuesd.ay, April

29 a few early arrivals could be found..Bob Bennett and I drifteci in about4 p.m. after five clays of touring NevEngland. We tried to publish a book onour exploits but all the publishersturned it down insisting it was fic-tion. (Saitort s note: f rve traveledr^rith both of them. l{hat the publishersthought was fiction was undoubtedlywatered dovn from what realty occurred) !

I{hen we arrived. at the Sheraton inWind,sor w'e were greeted by Bill Russellwho along with Carl ancl Jean Hartmannwere the first to arrive. CarI and Jeanvere of course out antiquing. Wednesd.aysaw the five of us combing Connecticutfor books (and eating). 0n \{ednesd.aynight Brad Alexander, the real Algerhero of Bound to Rise, arrived in timeto take us all out for a greal Italiandinaer along r+ith Neil McCormick whoalso got in on Wednesday. Neil, in-cidentally, brought vith him one of thereal rare copies of Gold.en Argosy.(bound) containing among others "A Chitdof Fortune" which I was lucky enough toget from him. The Brockport Bul1et(Brad) had his usual run of luck, r,rinningthe Kentucky Derby pool (beating me outby one length). He also started andpractical-ly finished one of the bestMerriwell collections in existence in oneday and took home several of the Algerfirsts from the auction.

I v'as too tired to go to the home ofthe people who had the Merriwells (tne;.had only talked about having "otherbooks"). It turned out to be a 'trun" of750 original Tip-Tops in mint conditiontogether with their own chest forstorage. I canrt understand. why I wastired- considering all the sleep I had,but I have an idea young Brad may haveoutbidded me even though I understandhe helci his expenditures dolm to a mere$33rOOO this convention.

Thursd.ay saw the arrival of most ofour other members who attend-ed. and inthe evening we all went to the Chase I s'where we were treated. to the bestselection of cakes Reginald (tfratts *ybelly) has ever beheld. Lionel, Leo-pold and Stevart (Uetties belonging to Bob

And.y Grantrs PluckBenrs NuggetBound- to RiseDigging for GoldFrank anil FearlessFrankt s CampaignMark the Match BoyP. Prescottrs ChargeRupert I s AmbitionThe Store BoyThe Young ExplorerThe Young MinerBob BurtonChester RandChester RandA Cousints ConspiracyDriven From HomeThe Erie Train BoyFive Hund.red DollarsHelen FordHerbert Carterrs Leg.In a New lforldR. Ra;,.rnondrs HeirRisen from the RanksStrong and Stead.yThe Store BoyThe Tin BoxTom the BootblackW. Sherwooi[r s Proba.W. Sherwood.rs Proba.The Young AcrobatThe Young AclventurerThe Young MinerThe Young 0utlaw

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irennett, Dale Thomas, and Bracl Alex-ancier) concurred. I{e are consideringfranchising Annr s recipes.

Friday morning brought the booksale. A couple of gems that I missedout on which I noticecl LSrn Kapelmanguarding r+ith her life was a first edi-tion of Joe. the Hotel Boy and a mintHurst miniature in d.ust iacket. I have24 Hurst miniatures and had neYer seenone vith a dust jacket. After the salethose who lingered- on beseiged" a latearriving auto vith Algers in the trunkand wiped it out. It was the PeoPlein this car that turned out to have theMerriwell collection alreatly mentioned.

Friday night we feasted. on the bestAlger dinner ever! (Reginalil isstilt saying thank youl) The Hazarcl-vil1e Methodist Church and theirparishioners r,'ere just great. FloydMartin sent us vhat has to be theworldts best hams (Montana cured).Floyd, we canrt thank you enough.You couldnrt have sent a better gift.It even served as a delicious h;nchSaturd.ay in the Hospitality Room. Ihave alreacly called Floyd. and orclerecla ham for Reginald.

After rlinner .we were entertained bya marvelous tape of an original shor'rabout Alger vritten by Del Brandt.It is hoped that Del might be able tomake these available to the membership.

Saturday morningrs Directors t

meeting brought out the largest turnoutto date. The banquet Saturclay nightwas super. The 1980 convention wasileclicated. to our beloved Dick Sed.d.on andwe were oyerjoyed. that Mary vas rsithus along with Jucty, Dave ancl JulieBarton ancl Davets lovely parents Joeand Marguerite Barton. ltle hope they willjoin us for many conYentions to come.

Bob Bennett was presented with theNewsboy Avard for his exhaustive workon his new Alger bibliography which villbe out soon. The Ner,rsboy committee,headed. by Gene Hafner maile a greatchoice. I reatl Bobts manuscript andguarantee that his book i'rilI be one of

the best additions eYer to an Alger Ii-brary. I was overr+helmed. vith the Luckanrl Pluck Awartl and will treasure it. Ithank Bob Sawyer ancl his committee andaII of you for it. Morris Olsen waspresented with the first annual DickSed-don Award. (given to that member vhobest exemplifies the congeniality andgood fellowship of the late Dick Secldon)and. I knov Dick concurred with me onthis choice.

The first place to stoP on a triP toNew England has to be Morris I . Beforearriving at the convention Bob Bennettand. I stopped at his home and picked upabout lOO books. Once at the conventionGene Hafner, NeiI McCormick and BillRussell shanghaied Morris back to Bos-ton ancl returned r,rith a trunkful .

Our nominating committee, head.ecl byAlex Shaner, offerecl a slate which lrasunanirnously passed. It elected theItBrad. and Brad-" ticket. Brad. Chase isour new Presid.ent and Brad- Alexanderour new YP. Alex Shaner is our Treasur-er, Carl Hartmann v'as appointed. (again)as Secretary, (faitorrs note: ItlIkeep on as Editor of Newsboy if CarIvill perpetually be Secretary. Nobodycan print Newsboy like he can). OurBoard. of Directors is as f ollolrs: Threeyear director - Bob Bennett (new1Yetected) i one year director - DaleThomas (replacing Dick Sed.d-on) I tvoyear d.irector - Ra1ph D. Gartlnerl direc-tor emeritus - Max Goldbergl and pre-yious past presictent to serve duringtenure of nev president - Jerry Fried--lanrl.

Our auctioneer, Bob Bennett, was inrare form as we reaPed the largestnumber to date - fi2r346!l I{e hacl some

really lively bid.d.ers with rrBattlingBea Fortner'r and the ilConnecticutFlashrrr Gil Kapelman giving Bracl AIex-and.er a run for the money. The itembringing the largest sum, $255, was afirst of Chartie Codmanrs @!g, do-natecl by Dave Barton. Dave, of course,has in Dick Seddonrs coll-ection one ofthe finest in existence. Mary EllenThomas outbid me for the beautifultilIelen Fordil music box matle by Bob

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1979-1980

7L5.68CASH BALANCE

RECEIPTS FOR YEARDuesPatches, TilesPrice List, BackAuc t ionDonationsBook Sales

TOTAL MONEY AVAILABLE

DISBURSEI'{ENTSPrintingPostageAwardsEnvelopesPrint RosterFlowersMiscellaneousPurchase Books

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Alger firsts at the auction were realIyat a premium. They went for sums like$210, $',l85, $150, $110, $85, $75, etc.

Jim Thorp vormd. up as our officialphotographer and d.id. a great job.My son Jon r+ho arrived Saturd.ay vithmy rrife Elaine served as an apprentice,snapping avay with our camera finallyon the right setting.

CarI and Jean Hartmann made this theirsixteenth straight convention, keepingtheir record perfect. This was KenButlerrs fourteenth meeting. RalphGard,ner and. Les & Bertie Langloisriho vere both missed by all stand nextwith 13 conventions under their belts,Bob Bennett attend.ed his tlth to tieJack Row vho along with his beautifulwife Beth \{'ere sorely missecl (alongvith their camera). I krrow werll seethem next year.

Another void in our attend-ance wasGil Westgard vho along with Paul House

- also absent - have attend.ed ten con-Yentions. Dale and Mary EllenThomas, our last yearrs hosts, made thistheir tenth convention. Rou:rdingout the top ten in attend.ance at con-ventions behind him is our hard workingNewsboy editor, Jack Bales. Other regu-lar atend.ees that rli<lnrt make it thisyear were Gilbert, Sr. ancl PaulineIlestgard, Forrest Campbell, CarI andHelen Thieme, Irene Gurman, EvelynGrebel, Herb Risteen, Amos Smith,Glenn ancl Lorraine Corcoran, Max andIda Goklberg, Les antl Yirginia Poste,Rohima Walter, Marilyn and Terry Saurer,Dick Bowerman, Gary Scharnhorst, HarcyLane, Harriet S. Ad.ams, Nancy Axelrad,etc. etc. etc.

1 980 marked. the first convention forJim and Mary Jane Thorp, Dave Mi1}s,Bob Linguiti, PhiI Block, Bea Fortner,Tom and Ruth Noonan, Hank Gravbelle,George and Alice 0vens, DonaIcI Dowling,ancl AcIa Chase, Brad.rs mom.

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Bob outcloes himself eyeryI{hat c1o you plan for next year,

Attending their second conventionrrere Gil and L;m Kapelman, Bob andKathie I{illiman, BiIl Russell, andDave ancl Judy Barton and Morris 01sen.Neil McCormick, John Juvinall (whobrought some great cassette tapes of oldraclio shows r+ith him at really goodprices) and Florence Ogitvie Schnellattend.ed their third conventlon.

Ralph and Mary Brand.t, Ann anclGeorge Sharrard., and Bill and JudyLeitner their fourth. Alex Shaner,Eddie and Florence LeBlanc, BobSawyer, and- Brad Alexand-er came forthe fifth time. Bill McCord andGene ancl W;rnone Hafner mad.e 198Otheir sixth. PauI and Buth Millercame to their seventh convention andBrad- & Ann Chase and myself madethis our seventh straight convention.

Bob and Kathie Williman will hostnext yearrs conyention in the Washing-ton, D. C. area in nearby Marylancl -the rrMaryland Melee'r?? (Hope Ididnrt tr.rist your arm too hard, d.id I,Bob)? There is some talk (started by'me) of beginning a day earlier since theconvention always seems to be over toofast. I shoulcl arrive sometime inFebruar!, Kathie. 0h, yes, I like fourmeals a day.

My four years as President have broughtbrought me much gratification in myassociation with all of you, and in mysuccessor Brad Chase, I look forward-to the Society taking greater stridesthan ever before. Hets quite a guy!

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Morris Olsen receiving the "DICK SEDDON" award fromPresident Jerry Friedland

All Photos in this issue Courtesy of

Jerry ThorP and JerrY Friedland

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1980 AUCTION

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t For Business'\*rnard Brooks Adv.Horatio Alger in a BottlePicture Horatlo Alger3 Burt BooksBurglar AlarmReaders Digest, Nov. 1938The Errand BoyRed RoosEer SignDigital Ciock15 Misc. Books5 Misc. BooksTony the Tramp'- HurstOliver Optic MagazineJoes Luck - BurtIn search of Treasure-1si Ed.Student & Schoolmate 1868Zane Grey - AutographedSilas Snobdens Office BoyNr'r.rqhn., Fiorrri-pWyeth Color PrintNewsboy StatueStruggling Upward - lst Ed.From Farm to FortuneAmerican Boy I'tagazineGolf Book

'ooks of P1ayslzlime NovelsLost }ien cf .Arg.ericaPostcardsNewsboy St.atue3 O1d PostcardsAlger Pictur:e4 .PosEcards

Audabon Color PlatesUandee Doodle Sampler2 Nautilus Books8 Aeonian Algers5 P & C Books'Frank l'lunsey BookCortex & MarinaBark PaintingPhoto AlbunSoapLindbergh Book2 Amos & Andy Tapes13 Paper Herriwells2 Frank l,lerrewellsFueI Saver ThermostatSnoopy Playing Cards3 Harper Monthlies3 looks

2Eic BooksFtrf N.rue & Fame - Henty3 Henty Books6 BooksHostory of CivilizationNewsb.y imprinL

Bea FortnerBill LeitnerBill LeitnerDave KanarrBrad ChaseRalph GardnerBill RussellBob trIi11imanBill LeitnerJohn JuvinallPhil BlockRoy WendellPaul Mi11erBill RussellBob I,lillimanBrad AlexanderPaul Mi1lerKen ButlerDonalC DowlingD^l-.'-- T.T-1 ts^-r\urlallla ttorLEf

Bill LeitnerBrad AlexanderCarl ThiemeBea ForcnerDave KanarrRohima WaltersMorris 01senDave Kanarrurl^ Jcuugtl

Rohirna WaltersRoy WendellFlorence Schnellllel BrandtBill McCordBrade ChaseBrad AlexanderGene HafnerGene HafnerBob WillimanBill McCordJohn JuvinallEvelyn Grebel -

Florence SchnellFlorence SchnellDel Brandt.John JuvinallGeorge SharrardGi1 KapplemanBill McCordFlorence Schnelltsil1 RussellBea FortnerBrad ChaseKen ButlerBrad ChaseBill LeitnerJack RowBob l^Iill irnan

BUYER

Dave Mi11sGene HafnerBrad AlexanderBob WillimanGeorge OwensBob WillimanJim ThorpNeil McCormackGeorge Owens8i11. McCordGeorge Sharr4rdGeorge OwensJim ThorpBrad AlexanderGeorge OwensBob WillimanBilI RussellJerry FriedlandBrad AlexanderD-^J A1 ^----l^--Df d.u flacxalluei

Bob WillimanJerry FriedlandGene HafnerDave Mi11sJerry FriedlandMarv El I en ThnmxBraci AlexanderAlex Shanerjerry FriedlarrdJean HartmanJim ThorpBrad AlexanderGeorge OwensAlex ShanerElorence Schnell8111 RussellJi.m ThorpJim ThorpBea FortnerBrad AlexanderBill McCordDave BartonGene HafnerBrad ChaseNeil MeCormickGene HafnerEd LeBlanc8111 LeitnerAlex ShanerJohn FriedlandGeorge OwensBob WillimanTom NoonanBob WillimanBob l^IillimanBob WillimanJerry Friedland.-Ierry- Frledland

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Cribbage BoardLuck & Pluck - 1st Ed.Newsboy StatueHelen Ford - ist Ed.Newsboy StatueChester F-and - lst Ed.Guidepost Magazi.neFarm Boy to Senator - 1st Ed.Cocker Spcniel CarvingTerra Cotta StatueA Rolling Srone - 1st Ed.188 Indian PenniesDean Dunham - Arner. Publ.Phil rhe Fiddler - lst Ed.Charlle Codmans Cruise - lst Ed.Jewel Box

Donation

NETISBOY

DONOR

Carl HartmanDale ThomasSocietyI'Iorris OlsenSocietyDale ThomasJack BalesEd LeBlancBob WillimanAnn ScharrardJerry FriedlandBob BennettDale ThomasJerry FriedlandThe SeddonsBob Sawyer

Floyd Martin

BUYER

Dale ThomasBrad AlexanderBrad AlexanderBob SawyerPaul MillerBea FortnerJerry FriedlandGil KappelmanAlex ShanerBrad AlexanderBob LinguiniDale ThornasGi1 KappelmanBea FortnerBrad AlexanderMary E11en Thomas

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'1 980 convention. f was in the mid.st ofcleaning up and it stopped. me right inmy tracks. ItBoyrrr I muttered to myself ,rif that just d.oesntt hit the nail onthe heatl!'r A rrhole lot of things hap-penecl here and that sort of says it all.

There vere no noises now in the }argeanil vacant room - no Alger talk and nosound of friends talking books and. col-lecting ancl sipping cokes as hacl beenthe case here for the last few d,ays.The refrigerator was empty ancl all thatvas left w'ere some sightseeing brochures,a map of Connecticut, the signs frcl madeto announce events, a few papers anclmany empty chairs arranged and. set rr*rerepeople had. placecl them as they gathered.hours before.

A11 of a suclclen it struck me }ike athund.erbolt that it was all over. Thehustle and bustle of the corrvention had.passecl - it rras history now. Hopefullypleasant memories vere etched in theminds of all the attend,ees and theirlives better enri-ched because theycame. I know ours were.

Hosting the convention was a big thingfor Ann ancl me. Ifetd. never cione anSrbhinglike that before. It was with sometrepiclation that ve accepted the

*responsibility a year ago. But nowthat itrs over and. we reflect on theevents and" activities that took place,w'e can hoth say that it 'was an extreme-Iy pleasant experience. The key, ofcourse, were the people antl their reac-tion to, ancl participation in, theactivities that took p1ace. It rras areal "kickrt for us and we sincerelythank all who came to our "Conclayerrand hope their experiences met theirexpectations. It r,ras a pleasure for usto be the catalyst anrl vatch (to para-phrase Stonets quote above) "fast andfirm friendships be made between Algerpeople who love Alger books.r'

**rcHAS: BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

May 3, 1980

Meeting opened by President FriedlandaL 9z3O a.m.

Secretaryrs report: Membership hasdeclinerl this last year but we arestill over the 2OO mark. Everybhingelse is going fine.

Treasurerts report - See p. 7 ofthis Newsboy.

AIex Shaner reported. for the nomina-tion committee:

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Pre sid.entV. ?resitlentTreasurerDirectors:

3 year term2 year Lerm1 year termPast Pres.Pres. Emeritus

Brad ChaseBrad AlexanderAlex Shaner

Bob BennettRalph GardnerDale ThomasJerry Friecl-landMax Goldberg

A motion made by Presid.ent Fried-land, seconclecl by DaIe Thomas, tohave a nev' award called. the rrRichard

Secld.on Awardr" to be ar^rarded. to theperson that emulates the qualitiesancl comraaleship that Dick hacl .Passecl unanimous]y.

A motion made by Bob Sawyer, secondedby Bill McCorcI, that the EAS have a

lapel pin macle. Passed unanimously.

Gene Haf ner has designed a pin and with theapproval of the Directors, Bob Williman andGene intend to f inance the pin and give it awayas a memento for the Capitol Conclave. ExtraPins will be madeforthe membershipasaf undraiser for HAS

A motion was made by Presid"entFried"land that Bob Bennettrs new book,when published, should. be mentionedand recognized in the Newsboy andRoster. Second.ed. by DaIe Thomas.Passed unanimously.

A motion was mad.e by Bob SavYer andseconded by many that the "Book Martn

- should be more reliable and thatbooks must be returnable. A guid-eshould be set up for cond.ition (seepage 3 of this Newsboy) and more de-tails given by sellers. It was alsocliscussed that ve shou]d not havevant ads in the Newsboy since most ofus w'ant the same Algers. Passedunanimously.

A motion was made by Ken Butler,seconclecl by Car] Hartmann, that Kenbe appointerl a committee of one toexamine feasibility of opening up theNewsboy to other autho.rs. He willreport back at the next convention.Pas sed.

Bob Bennett announced. that he will

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und.ertake the making ancl publishing ofa price list to go along vith his book.This will be sold to the HAS for costanrl d.istributed. to our members.

AII of the above were presentecl to themeeting of the Society at the annualclinner anrl approvecl by the membershipat large.

RespectfullY submitted,

Carl HartmannSecretaryHoratio AIger SocietY

)(**GARDNER SPEAIG AT I{RITERS CONFERENCE

by Bob Williman

0n I{ed.nesday evening, July 9 t mY

r+ife, Kathie, and I had the immensepleasure of attend.ing what was billedas rtAn Evening of Conversation r^rithAlger Biographer, Ralph D. Gardner."This vas occasioned by the meeting ofthe Georgetor,m University WritersConference, in itrashingtonr D. C., aL

rrhich Garclner had d-elivered a'speechon our hero the day before.

Attend.ance at the informal "eYeningof conversation'r vas about twenty-five,including many of the most noteworthyWashington area bibliophiles ancl rarebook collectors. Gardner gave an ex-cellent synopsis of who Alger was andr+hy he believed Algerrs works r"rereimportant Americana. He fielcled. ques-tions from the auclience like a pro td.iscussing topics ranging from thed"istinguished. heritage of the Algerfamily to the rarity of Timothy CrumprsWard.. Mr. Garclner told the aud.ience ofthe Horatio Alger Society, its purpose,the Newsboy and. conventions.

Ratph was presented with lrhat he rrasassured. to be a rrone-of-a-kindrr Algerrarity for his collection: a blue T-shirt with vhite lettering read.ing,rrHoratio Alger, Americars AIl-TimeBest Seller.r' Ralph intends to returnfor the rrCapitol Caucusi' Convention ofthe Horati-o Alger Society, to be heltlMay 14-16, 1981 , in the l{ashington area.At that time he has agreed to d.isplayhis Itrarerr nev' item for our membership.

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ODDS AND ENDSby Brad ChasePresidentAlger Society

0n the rray from one bookstore toanother a few months ago, fellow IIASmember and Yice-Presiclent Bracl Alexand.erand. f were tooling along, just outside ofGreat Barrington, Massachusetts, when wespotteil a statue on the top of a foun-tain in the center of an apparentlylittle userl park. The statue was of aner+sboy ruming, carrying papers r:nclerone arm ancl vaving one with the otheroutstretched arm. We cticl a quick U-turnto investigate.

0n a plaque at the base of thefountain v'e found. the following: rtHarth-stone Insurance Company, Patrons, News-boy Restoration Fund in Honor of W.Clenent Stone. This Ner,rsboy Foultainwas presented. to Great Barrington by1{. L. Brown of the New York News (1895trrublication) on October 10, 1895. It isone of four in the world. that paystribute to the importance of the newscarrier in the production of the news-paper. October 7 , LgT)," [Editor t snote: See March, 1979 Newsboy forarticle on anothe= rr"w"b[ffitr.."].

As you may knorv, Brad. Alexander col-lects statues of newsboys, and" as rire

stood there in the rrarm afternoon sun,we speculated. for a fleeting momentrshether or not this multi-ton fellor,rwoulcl fit into the trunk of my Toyotaand horr nice it woukl look guarcl"ingBradrs living room bookcases. But weknerr that the statue and. fountain werefar more important to somebody elsebecause they r^rere both in nice cond.itionand the park was well maintained. 0b-viously, the Harthstone InsuranceCompany, the Newsboy Restoration Fund.or somebocly had gone to considerableexpense in placing this monr:ment tohonor the newsboy.

1{e were impressed., no question aboutit, ancl someyhat surprisecl. Ourcuriosity r,ras tlefinitely sparked.. GreatBarrington is located in the farrrestern part of Massachusetts, smack in

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the mountains. ft is very beautifulNew England countrysicie ancl to find. aNers York-type nevsboy statue there is '\-/incongruous, to say the least! How-ever, our urge for new book fin<lsspurred. us on from the park ratherthan spending time trying to d-iscoverthe statuers background". But ve keptrrondering as we thought back to ourd.iscovery. Who is the HarthstoneInsurance Company? What is theNewsboy Restoration Fund,? I{hat hap-pened. on October 7, 1973 to apparentlyrecledicate a statue presented originallyin 1 895? Why was it presentecl on thatd.ate in the first place and d.id. Algerplay any role? 'hrhere are the otherthree fountains or statues locatedthat are referred to on the plaque?

Perhaps some of the Newsboy scholarsin the Society knorr the answers tothese questions. If so, perhaps theytdlike to share with the rest of us rrhathappears to be an interesting side ofthe American Newsboy story. If no oneknows anything about this poor soulstand"ing in the middle of westernMassachusetts ancl its story seems to \-/be rsorth pursuing, perhaps as I passthrough that area looking for lostAlger books at some future clate, I couldstop and make inquiry.

I keep telling my friend"s that there ismore to book hunting than just bookhr:nting and. this statue finrl is livingproof. I{ho knovs what exciting storiesmay 1ie behind its presentation.Letrs rrait anil see whether or not oneof oui star::ach members knows all anclis willing to te}1 us. And, if anyof you on impulse get the insatiahleurge to go anil see this statue and" findit missing when you get there, f knownothing.

o**Bob Williman r,srites that details

for the next conyention are finalized.(many rletails in next monthts Newsboy).It witl be at the Quality Inn Colony7, P.0. Box 7, Annapolis Junction,Maryland 2O7O1. The dates are May 14-16, 1981. I hope that your}l bemaking plans now to attend the trCapitolCaucus. rl