MIDWESTCONfrom Fancyclopedia 2
A weekend affair in the early summer, so far held in Ohio... originally at
Beatley's on Indian Lake, later at Bellefontaine, and finally at a giant
motel in Cincinnati. Don Ford and Doc Barrett covered themselves with much
egoboo
by organizing this gathering at which program is kept to a minimum and
fangabbing runs rife. It was forced to move its site to Bellefontaine after a
rather crude affair in 1954 (the blame for which was laid on the
7th Fandomites, with what justice your Herodotus has been
unable to determine), then to Cincinnati when the gathering became too big
for Bellfontaine's facilities. It has thus far been an annual event to be
sought by all knowing fans.
Editor's note: The first MidWestCon (1950) was not at Beatley's,
but at Doc Barrett's house in Bellefontaine. The 1951 gathering was at
Beatley's. --JC
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