Due to scheduling conflicts we are delaying the January Society meeting. Current thinking is to hold an event closer to O'Hara's death date in April.
If you are considering attending, please share weekend dates in the spring that work best for you, along with suggestions for a location (Philadelphia, New York, and Princeton have been our most frequent meeting spots) and any agenda items, topics or conversation starters that you think we should cover.
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January AGM Update
The January meeting of the John O’Hara Society is tentatively scheduled
for Saturday, 1/17, in Philadelphia, PA. More details to follow. If you plan to attend, please let us know if your preference is to hold the meeting at lunch or dinner time.
AGM Recap
On February 1, 2014 the John O'Hara Society met for its Annual General
Meeting.
In attendance were Richard Carreno, Steven Goldleaf, Robert Knott, Jenny Saliba & Robert Saliba.
Topics of discussion included:
In attendance were Richard Carreno, Steven Goldleaf, Robert Knott, Jenny Saliba & Robert Saliba.
Topics of discussion included:
- The recent publication of Steven Goldleaf’s collection of O’Hara’s New York Stories.
- The recent O’Hara panel at the Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn, spotlighting the new Penguin Classics editions of Appointment in Samara, BUtterfield8 & New York Stories.
- Pal Steven Goldleaf’s upcoming book proposals, including an effort to include O’Hara in the Library of America.
AGM Saturday February 1 in NYC
The John O’Hara Society’s AGM
meeting will be held at 12:00 PM on Saturday, February 1, 2014.
The meeting will feature lunch and Society business.
The meeting will feature lunch and Society business.
The meeting will be held in New
York City at Connolly’s Pub at 14 East 47th Street. There is no charge
for the meeting although attendees are responsible for their individual food and
drink costs. If you plan to attend, please RSVP in the comments section
below or to Robert Knott at Balfour2 [at] aol [dot] com by January 30,
2014.
Robert Knott Reports...
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| Robert and Jenny Saliba, left, and Robert Knott |
The John O’Hara Society’s Annual General Meeting was held January 28th in the Yankee Tap Room of the Nassau Inn in Princeton, NJ. In attendance were Robert Saliba, Jenny Saliba and Robert Knott.
Discussions and proposals included:
-The Summer Meeting: The date for a summer meeting in New York City for July 21st.
-Meeting Format and Location: In an effort to increase participation and stimulate discussion of O’Hara it was proposed that the Society would select a book for discussion each year and a portion of our meeting would be dedicated to discussion of title. THE LOCKWOOD CONCERN was proposed as the first in this series. Discussion could commence at the July meeting and continue at the January, 2013 meeting, at which time a new title would be selected.
In addition, it was proposed that at least one meeting a year include a presentation or program by a member of a paper, a travelogue or some personal impression on the works of O’Hara (or related topics). To kick this off, Robert Knott is willing to present a paper he wrote in college assessing O’Hara’s works.
Considering these changes in format, the need for a quieter and more appropriate meeting space was identified. Members would love to hear any suggestions for appropriate venues in New York, Princeton, Philadelphia and elsewhere that might include restaurants with small private rooms or library, church and school spaces that do not charge a fee.
-The New Website: Plans to upgrade the Society’s web presence proceeded with discussion of the Society adopting a template similar to that of the Richard Yates Society. Robert Saliba & Robert Knott volunteered to review template options and develop copy and content for the new format, potentially including Robert Saliba’s John O’Hara calendar.
It is hoped that members (or willing friends and acquaintances) with technical expertise will volunteer to help launch the site and transfer/archive content from the existing site.
Be There Or Be Square
JANUARY 28!
Contact us at JohnOHaraSoc@yahoo.com. We're always looking for contributors and comment. Join the conversation! © 2011 Writers Clearinghouse Est. 1976 @ Fabyan, Connecticut.
Contact us at JohnOHaraSoc@yahoo.com. We're always looking for contributors and comment. Join the conversation! © 2011 Writers Clearinghouse Est. 1976 @ Fabyan, Connecticut.
2012 AGM Set
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR 28 JANUARY, 2012
(See box in right gutter for details)
Update from AGM
Master's Memory Invoked at 29 Jan AGM
We gathered, as usual, at the Nassau Inn, Princeton, New Jersey, for lunch and an Annual General Meeting to remember the Master. We had hoped for a greater attendence yesterday (Saturday, 29 January); only seven members showed up. But given the weather conditions in the Northeast, perhaps that was not unexpected. It snowed heavily last week, and it was coming down again when he headed home to Philadelphia in the late afternoon.
The good news on this front was that I heard from many members, mostly via our Group Page at Facebook.com, that they wish they could attended. Many more opportunities will be available. (By the way, can't resist mentioning that the canopy of snow that covered the trees as we headed north was beyond beautiful).
Two meetings have been firmed up. One, this summer in New York. We will tour more O'Hara related sites, Part II of our very successful excursion we conducted last summer. As a special, we will be attending an O'Hara theatre night at Yale in October. Details about those two dates will follow.
Of course, we're looking for as many Pals as possible to attend. Someone asked if you had to an O'Hara expert to join the Society or attend meetings. Absolutely not! Just bring your curiousity.
Robert Knott distributed another DVD, 'He Married His Wife,' a 1940 picture with Joel McCrea that O'Hara received a screenplay credit for. Also we got another CD in a series of radio show remembrances about O'Hara.
We also launched an informal contest to come up with a Society logo. Anyone can enter. We'll probably have a prize for the winner. At this point, I have no clue what that might be. We're thinking -- in keeping with the Master's club-mania -- that this winning logo design will be incorporated into a necktie, a pin, and signet ring. OK, that last one, the ring, is a bit much. But we'll see where we'll go with this.
Contest submissions, as an attachment, should be made to me at JohnOHaraSoc@yahoo.com. Of course, please send all your personal details so that you can get credit.
--- Richard Carreno
Contact us at JohnOHaraSoc@yahoo.com. We're always looking for contributors. Join the conversation! © 2010 Writers Clearinghouse. Est. 1976 @ Fabyan, Connecticut.
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| From left, Joan T. Kane, Carol Gramer, Jenny Saliba, Robert Saliba, Robert Knott (Photo: John O'Hara Society) |
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| I've joined the picture, second from left. (Photo: John O'Hara Society) |
The good news on this front was that I heard from many members, mostly via our Group Page at Facebook.com, that they wish they could attended. Many more opportunities will be available. (By the way, can't resist mentioning that the canopy of snow that covered the trees as we headed north was beyond beautiful).
Two meetings have been firmed up. One, this summer in New York. We will tour more O'Hara related sites, Part II of our very successful excursion we conducted last summer. As a special, we will be attending an O'Hara theatre night at Yale in October. Details about those two dates will follow.
Of course, we're looking for as many Pals as possible to attend. Someone asked if you had to an O'Hara expert to join the Society or attend meetings. Absolutely not! Just bring your curiousity.
Robert Knott distributed another DVD, 'He Married His Wife,' a 1940 picture with Joel McCrea that O'Hara received a screenplay credit for. Also we got another CD in a series of radio show remembrances about O'Hara.
We also launched an informal contest to come up with a Society logo. Anyone can enter. We'll probably have a prize for the winner. At this point, I have no clue what that might be. We're thinking -- in keeping with the Master's club-mania -- that this winning logo design will be incorporated into a necktie, a pin, and signet ring. OK, that last one, the ring, is a bit much. But we'll see where we'll go with this.
Contest submissions, as an attachment, should be made to me at JohnOHaraSoc@yahoo.com. Of course, please send all your personal details so that you can get credit.
--- Richard Carreno
There with O'Hara Ghost
AGM at Nassau Inn, Princeton:
Afternoon of Saturday, 30 January
From left, Joan Kane; Sharon who accompanied Steve Goodleaf; Charlie Epstein with Catol Gramer; Robert and Jenny Saliba; Robert Knott; Richard Carreno; Bill and Carol Ritter Wright. (That's a photo of Bill Bradley, former US Senator and Princeton graduate, top left).
Contact us at JohnOHaraSoc@yahoo.com. We're always looking for contributors. Join the conversation! © 2010 Writers Clearinghouse, Est. 1976 @ Fabyan, Connecticut.
From Roberta Saliba
New Companion Guide to Samarra
I went on OHara.blogspot.com, but wasn't quite sure how to post the following:
Today, January 31, 2010, is the 105th anniversary of John O'Hara's birth at 125 Mahantongo Street, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, son of Dr. Patricia H. and Katherine Delaney O'Hara.
Yesterday's Annual General Meeting in Princeton reminded me of a passage from From the Terrace, where Alfred Eaton, a student in his Princeton dormitory room in January 1917, reads a newspaper clipping of the murder-suicide of his old girl friend Norma Budd and her paramour:
"Alfred re-read the newspaper and put it down and looked out the window and saw nothing but what there was to see: the hard ground, some of it dug up for trench warfare exercises; the leafless trees; the young men in civilian clothing and some in the uniform of the officers' training units; the corners of dormitories; the tops of towers; the groundkeeper's wagon. There was not a woman in sight and not a man in this little world of men who had known Norma Budd, who had felt anything with her. He noticed a man with a Krag slung from his shoulder; an older, Regular Army man, a sergeant. who was probably on his way to teach some younger men to shoot."
Page 203, Random House, 1958.
I also want to review Pam MacArthur's and Steven Goldleaf's books and make short mention of my own project on the Companion Guide to Appointment in Samarra.
I went on OHara.blogspot.com, but wasn't quite sure how to post the following:
Today, January 31, 2010, is the 105th anniversary of John O'Hara's birth at 125 Mahantongo Street, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, son of Dr. Patricia H. and Katherine Delaney O'Hara.
Yesterday's Annual General Meeting in Princeton reminded me of a passage from From the Terrace, where Alfred Eaton, a student in his Princeton dormitory room in January 1917, reads a newspaper clipping of the murder-suicide of his old girl friend Norma Budd and her paramour:
"Alfred re-read the newspaper and put it down and looked out the window and saw nothing but what there was to see: the hard ground, some of it dug up for trench warfare exercises; the leafless trees; the young men in civilian clothing and some in the uniform of the officers' training units; the corners of dormitories; the tops of towers; the groundkeeper's wagon. There was not a woman in sight and not a man in this little world of men who had known Norma Budd, who had felt anything with her. He noticed a man with a Krag slung from his shoulder; an older, Regular Army man, a sergeant. who was probably on his way to teach some younger men to shoot."
Page 203, Random House, 1958.
I also want to review Pam MacArthur's and Steven Goldleaf's books and make short mention of my own project on the Companion Guide to Appointment in Samarra.
AGM
New DVD?
Thanks, Richard. I wish I could have made the meeting. What is the new DVD?
I see in Internet Move Database (imd.com) that Robert Loggia will be starring a movie called "Over the River and Through the Wood(s)" but there is no other information. Could this be an O'Hara adaptation?
Richard Rabicoff
9356 Indian Trail Way
Perry Hall, MD 21128
Contact us at JohnOHaraSoc@yahoo.com. We're always looking for contributors. Join the conversation! © 2009 Writers Clearinghouse, Est. 1976 @ Fabyan, Connecticut.
Thanks, Richard. I wish I could have made the meeting. What is the new DVD?
I see in Internet Move Database (imd.com) that Robert Loggia will be starring a movie called "Over the River and Through the Wood(s)" but there is no other information. Could this be an O'Hara adaptation?
Richard Rabicoff
9356 Indian Trail Way
Perry Hall, MD 21128
Contact us at JohnOHaraSoc@yahoo.com. We're always looking for contributors. Join the conversation! © 2009 Writers Clearinghouse, Est. 1976 @ Fabyan, Connecticut.
AGM Notes
The big news from yesterday's 3rd Annual General Meeting, held in Princeton, New Jersey, is the elimination of paid membership.
It was decided at last year's AGM, held in Philadelphia, that the Society would create two classes of membership. It would continue free membership, open to all, and paid membership (at $25 per annum). Those subscribing to the paid membership received 'free' premiums.
Robert Knott noted that the reasoning behind the paid membership -- to encourage membership growth and participation -- was not successful.
The Society has about 25 paid members, representing an ongoing core group. Another 30 or so on our e-mail alert list. About 45 separate members are listed on our Facebook.com fan page.
With the phasing out of the paid membership, it was agreed that preimums will be now distributed at cost, either by direct contact with individual members or by contact with the corresponding secretary at JohnOHaraSoc@yahoo.com. Thanks to Robert, another O'Hara-related DVD was distributed yesterday. Notice of new premiums will be posted at this website.
It was also agreed that 'field trip' to O'Hara sites will be conducted this summer, in June, in New York City. An itinerary is now being drafted, and also will be posted here. If you have and ideas about places to visit in New York, please contact the corresponding secretary.
Everyone also agreed that greater particpation, in an inter-active way, with the website needs to be encouraged.
We are also hoping to arrange for another field trip the Master's study at Pennsylvania State University, in State College.
Yesterday's AGM, attended by 11 Pals, was held at an old O'Hara haunt, the Tap Room in the Nassau Inn. Our lunched lasted almost four hours, and involved vigourous informal disccussion, as well as the heretofore business matters.
Photos to be posted.
The big news from yesterday's 3rd Annual General Meeting, held in Princeton, New Jersey, is the elimination of paid membership.
It was decided at last year's AGM, held in Philadelphia, that the Society would create two classes of membership. It would continue free membership, open to all, and paid membership (at $25 per annum). Those subscribing to the paid membership received 'free' premiums.
Robert Knott noted that the reasoning behind the paid membership -- to encourage membership growth and participation -- was not successful.
The Society has about 25 paid members, representing an ongoing core group. Another 30 or so on our e-mail alert list. About 45 separate members are listed on our Facebook.com fan page.
With the phasing out of the paid membership, it was agreed that preimums will be now distributed at cost, either by direct contact with individual members or by contact with the corresponding secretary at JohnOHaraSoc@yahoo.com. Thanks to Robert, another O'Hara-related DVD was distributed yesterday. Notice of new premiums will be posted at this website.
It was also agreed that 'field trip' to O'Hara sites will be conducted this summer, in June, in New York City. An itinerary is now being drafted, and also will be posted here. If you have and ideas about places to visit in New York, please contact the corresponding secretary.
Everyone also agreed that greater particpation, in an inter-active way, with the website needs to be encouraged.
We are also hoping to arrange for another field trip the Master's study at Pennsylvania State University, in State College.
Yesterday's AGM, attended by 11 Pals, was held at an old O'Hara haunt, the Tap Room in the Nassau Inn. Our lunched lasted almost four hours, and involved vigourous informal disccussion, as well as the heretofore business matters.
Photos to be posted.
A Hopeful
New Pal Wants to Attend AGM I'd love to attend the Princeton gathering to talk about my favorite author with others who share my belief that he was one helluva writer and is vastly underappreciated. January weather is a bit of a hassle in this corner of the country, but it might be possible. Meantime: Does anybody know whether The Farmers Hotel is available as a play to be produced and staged by a theater group? I just re-read it for the umpteenth time and would love to do it with the group that I've worked with for years. Carol Ritter Wright, in a suburb of Rochester, New York Editors Note: If you can help Pal Carol, do so here. Do NOT e-mail me, please. |
Society 2010 AGM in Princeton
 The John O'Hara Society Annual General Meeting will be held Saturday, 30 January, at the Nassau Inn in Princeton, New Jersey. Pals will meet at 12:30 PM for drinks, and later for lunch at the Inn. Settlement of bills will be an individual matter. There will no formal programme. The AGM will honour the 105th birthday of the Master, born 31 January 1905 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. The meeting is open to one and all, though only paid-up members will be able to raise business issues and vote on these matters. Discussion regarding new premiums is welcome. So are paid membership applications. After the lunch, members might want to explore the Master's adopted hometown, including the Nassau Club, his gravesite, his former house, and the like. If anyone has O'Hara ephemera, books, and the like that they wish to give away or sell, that's welcome too. A RSVP to Richard Carreno at JohnOHaraSoc@yahoo.com is requested. But not required. There's frequent train service from Philadelphia and New York to Princeton. Questions, suggestions to Richard at 267|253|1086. |
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