Accordian Strikes a Sour Note
From Hank Holman, Tuscaloosa, AL:
Can anyone please tell me in what O'Hara piece this quotation appears?:
'No good ever came out of any occasion at which an accordian was employed!'
THE JOHN O'HARA SOCIETY celebrates the life and works of John O'Hara, Pennsylvania's pre-eminent contemporary author and America's greatest short-story writer. The JOHS studies, publishes, and diffuses works by and about the author. Membership is free. For details, contact the JOHS's Corresponding Secretary, Richard Carreño, via Philabooks@yahoo.com. © MMXXVI John O'Hara Society.
Philadelphia: 18 February 2008
Minutes of the 2nd Annual General
Meeting of the John O'Hara Society,
Saturday, 16 February 2008
The meeting was held at the Warwick Hotel, 17th Street, Philadelphia.
Opening remarks, at 7 p.m., welcoming about 20 members and guests were made by Richard Carreño, corresponding secretary. Richard offered a toast to the 'Squire of Princeton.'
Attendees signed an attendance book. They were also able to peruse (and take home, courtesy of the Philadelphia Book ConneXion, a free book distribution service) numerous editions of O'Hara titles. An O'Hara scrapbook was also available for viewing.
Photographs were snapped by Justin Carreño, and these will be posted to the Society's website (OHaraSociety.blogspot.com).
Among those attending were:
Robert and Jenny Saliba, New Jersey (rsaliba@aol.com)
David Morowitz MD, Washington (davidmorowitz@aol.com)
Justin Carreño, New Orleans (jtcarreno@gmail.com)
Barry and Claude-Marie Lane, Toronto (barrylane@sympatico.ca)
Joan Kane, Philadelphia (kanej@uphs.upenn.edu)
Richard Carreño, Philadelphia (John.OHara.Society@comcast.net)
John Hitchner, Keene, NH (jhitchner001@ne.rr.com)
Frank and DeeAnna Bompadre, Philadelphia (fjbr5@comcast.net)
Bev Blynn, Philadelphia (bevblynn@aol.com)
It was noted that NO Pottsville-based members were present.
Richard noted that a tour of 'O'Hara's Philadelphia' would start at 10 AM Sunday, departing from the Warwick.
In a motion made by David Morowitz, MD, it was suggested that contact details of Society members be made available in a DIRECTORY. This was agreed to, in a sense of the meeting.
If you wish to have your ID and e-mail address published in an ALERT to ALL members, please notify Richard ASAP.
John Hitchner read a passage from 'Imagine Kissing Pete.'
Thanks to John and Barry Lang, the Society's 'archive' now has additional audio tapes of JOH (speaking at the Library of Congress) and others regarding his work. It was suggested that we seek an 'angel' to fund the transfer of these tapes to CD so that we might distribute the CDs to members at cost. Any ideas? Names? Send them to Richard.
After much socializing, the meeting concluded at about 10 p.m.
Submitted,
Richard Carreño
John O'Hara Society
Minutes of the 2nd Annual General
Meeting of the John O'Hara Society,
Saturday, 16 February 2008
The meeting was held at the Warwick Hotel, 17th Street, Philadelphia.
Opening remarks, at 7 p.m., welcoming about 20 members and guests were made by Richard Carreño, corresponding secretary. Richard offered a toast to the 'Squire of Princeton.'
Attendees signed an attendance book. They were also able to peruse (and take home, courtesy of the Philadelphia Book ConneXion, a free book distribution service) numerous editions of O'Hara titles. An O'Hara scrapbook was also available for viewing.
Photographs were snapped by Justin Carreño, and these will be posted to the Society's website (OHaraSociety.blogspot.com).
Among those attending were:
Robert and Jenny Saliba, New Jersey (rsaliba@aol.com)
David Morowitz MD, Washington (davidmorowitz@aol.com)
Justin Carreño, New Orleans (jtcarreno@gmail.com)
Barry and Claude-Marie Lane, Toronto (barrylane@sympatico.ca)
Joan Kane, Philadelphia (kanej@uphs.upenn.edu)
Richard Carreño, Philadelphia (John.OHara.Society@comcast.net)
John Hitchner, Keene, NH (jhitchner001@ne.rr.com)
Frank and DeeAnna Bompadre, Philadelphia (fjbr5@comcast.net)
Bev Blynn, Philadelphia (bevblynn@aol.com)
It was noted that NO Pottsville-based members were present.
Richard noted that a tour of 'O'Hara's Philadelphia' would start at 10 AM Sunday, departing from the Warwick.
In a motion made by David Morowitz, MD, it was suggested that contact details of Society members be made available in a DIRECTORY. This was agreed to, in a sense of the meeting.
If you wish to have your ID and e-mail address published in an ALERT to ALL members, please notify Richard ASAP.
John Hitchner read a passage from 'Imagine Kissing Pete.'
Thanks to John and Barry Lang, the Society's 'archive' now has additional audio tapes of JOH (speaking at the Library of Congress) and others regarding his work. It was suggested that we seek an 'angel' to fund the transfer of these tapes to CD so that we might distribute the CDs to members at cost. Any ideas? Names? Send them to Richard.
After much socializing, the meeting concluded at about 10 p.m.
Submitted,
Richard Carreño
John O'Hara Society
O'Hara in Scaife's Harbour
JOH Scaife's Fav Author;
'Appointment' His Tops
In an interview in the February issue of Vanity Fair (http://www.vanityfair.com/), Richard Mellon Scaife, billionaire bankroller of conservative and right-wing causes, tells interviewer Michael Joseph Gross that JOH is his favourite writer and Appointment in Samarra is his favourite book.
'Appointment in Samarra is the story of a rich young man [Julian English] who yields to the temptation of his most self-sabatoging urges -- but whose private fear of judgment and retribution for his rashness drives him to a self-destruction that neither he nor anyone who knows him ever fully understands. (And the rich young man [like Scaife] is from Pennsylvania),' Gross notes.
'Appointment' His Tops
In an interview in the February issue of Vanity Fair (http://www.vanityfair.com/), Richard Mellon Scaife, billionaire bankroller of conservative and right-wing causes, tells interviewer Michael Joseph Gross that JOH is his favourite writer and Appointment in Samarra is his favourite book.
'Appointment in Samarra is the story of a rich young man [Julian English] who yields to the temptation of his most self-sabatoging urges -- but whose private fear of judgment and retribution for his rashness drives him to a self-destruction that neither he nor anyone who knows him ever fully understands. (And the rich young man [like Scaife] is from Pennsylvania),' Gross notes.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)