THE ESOTERIC ORDER OF DAGON

Mailing 25: Candlemas, 1979

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THE ROSTER OF THE

Larry Baker c/0 105 Orville Dr Bohemia NY 11716

Bernadette Bosky 1915 Erwin Rd, Apt. G Durham NC 27705

Crispin Burnham 1051 Wellington Rd Lawrence KS 66044

Tom Campbell 1075 N. Hairston Rd, Apt. 21—C Stone Mountain

GA 30083

Peter Cannon 310 West 89th st New York NY 10024

Tom Collins 338 West 19th st, Apt. I-B New York NY 10011

Scott Connors 6004 Kingston Dr Aliquippa PA 15001

David Drake P.O. Box 904 Chapel Hill NC 27514

Robert Eber 6481 Atlantic Ave, //N320 Long Beach CA 90805

R. Alain Everts P.O. Box 864 Madison WI 53701

Ken Faig

William Fulwiler 623 West Ridge Rd Duncanville TX 75116

Loav 11012 0K 74631Bill Hart 913 West Knepp Ave Fullerton CA 92632

Lawson Hill 6633 N. Ponchartrain Chicago IL 60646

Ben Indick 428 Sagamore Ave Teaneck NJ 07666

Randy Larson 774 Vista Grande Ave. Los Altos CA 94022

Glenn Lord P.O. Box 775 Pasadena TX 77501

Harry Morris 500 Wellesley, NE Albuquerque NM 87100

Dirk Mosig c/o Psych. Dept. Kearney State College

Kearney NE 68847

Joe Moudry P.O. Box 1205 Tuscaloosa AL 35403

Ken Neily 17 Albert Ave West Barrington RI 02890

David Oreno 4269 South 4580 West Salt Lake City UT 84120

Peter Reichenspenger Oberhäuser 1099 D—d800 Ansbach, West Germany

J . Vernon Shea 10621 Governor Ave Cleveland OH 44111

David Schultz 5802 West Meinecke Milwaukee WI 53210

Reg Smi th 1509 Mar-Les Dr. Santa Ana 92706

Mark Sprague 295 West Ave n Rochester NY 14611

Bill Wc-llaec 1608 Hather Austin TX 78704

Jim Webbert 3925 West Missouri Phoenix AZ 85019

George Wetzel 55 Hitters Lane Owings Mill MD 21117

Chet Williamson P.o. Box 68 Elizabethtown PA 17023

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Following members must have their annual dues in with the new Official Editor by

the next deadline to retain their memberships in the Order:

Baker Drake

Campbell (late ) Everts (late )

Neily

Reichenspenger& Wetzel.

Cannon

Connors ( late)

äTÄTjSZÖÖÖÉs

O. Mark Alessio

o. Jill Levy

O. Michael Roden

O. Roger Bryant

O. R.S. Harding

Fulwiler (late) Shea

Morris (late) Webbert

[before] = new member

change of address

[behind] late with dues

invited with next maUing to [gee apprepriate rules]

The E*O*D Waitinglist

32-54 84th St. East Elmhurst NY 11370

1819 Ave. L Brooklyn NY 11230

982 White Oak Rd. Cincinnati OH 45245

1019P.O.

Peckham St. Akron OH 44320

Box 505 Shoals IN 47581

($1.00)($1.00 )($3.00)($3.00)($1.00)

O. Larry K. Apakian

O. David Bass

1. Paul Berglund

2230409%

1210

Forester Ave. Holmes PA 19043

16th St. Parkersburg WV 26101

Inchin St. Tarawa Terrace NC 20543

($0.00)($1.00)($1.00)

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The gru of_ the Cricket

(V. 2, #12; WN 25) is the Official Organ of the Esoteric Order of Dagon amateur press

association, and is produced by the group's retiring Official Editor

(Joe Moudry P.O. Box 1205 Tuscaloosa AL 35403). The next number of the

Cricket will begin a new volume, so please send all correspondence concerning the Order

to the in—coming Official Editor, whose name and address appear below.

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Submission

me Cry of the Cricket #25 [00]Letters Fron Leng #16Charnel Glyphs 7The Moshassuck Review No. 14Letters Fron Leng 16 1/10 =Outre 12Ibid XXV

The Acolyte: an IndecKo—Song #1Obsequial Incubi #2Crznbl ing Rel icks #20Drake 's Poypourri, Post—Candlemas, 1979Efforts Fron Churning Fingers 11Sepulchral Spaunings No. 3

Nocturne No. 15

After Midnight #14 =The Green Round Revisited —

Dark Messenger #15 —1979 Laureate Pon

me Inhabi tant of the LaheThe Arlchan Anchorite //20

21. Selected Scribbl ings VI I22. Lovecraftian Ra,nbl inge XI =

23. 'lhe Mis}ütonic 24

P_gzeeæætor

JOE 6— Eber 5

Baker 15= Faig 7

= Eber 2

= Shea 85

Indick 27= Lord 7

= Hall 8

Srague 10Williamson 1

Drake

Larson 22Oreno 11Morris 10Smi th 8

= Hill 5

Burnham 16Moudry 2Bosky 26Moudry 7Cannon 4Neil y 20

Mosig 26

Total : 334

THE COMPANY OF DAMOCLE} The following members owe the indicated number of creditable

pages by the next deadline to retain their memberships. There

would have been more ex—members and fewer on this list, but a

general pardon _has been granted one last time. The new OE agrees with this, but insists

that the axe will fall if the necessary number of creditable pages. are not received by

the deadline for the May mailing.

Campbell 6pp ; Hill

Cannon app ; Lord

Collins 6pp ; Reichenspenger

Connors 6pp ; Schul tz

Drake 2pp ; Wallace

Everts Cpp ; Webbert

Fulwiler Gpp ; Wetzel

Hart Opp ; Williamson

me nect deadl ine 1 May,1979 (ruesday); 50 identical copies.

Ipg ;

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6pp ;

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6pp ;6pp ;

6pp ;

5pp

2. George Inzer

3. Margaret A. Pearson

4. Mollie Webbert

5. R.-firoeder

P.O. Box 891 State University AR 72467

144 Clinton Ave. Jersey City NJ 07304

385 Tee Ln. Carpentersville IL 60110

Tx•• 760dC

P.o. Box 77251 Atlanta GA 30357

($1.00)($0.00)($0.00)($1.00)($1.00)

The amount in curves to the right of each waitlister i s listing is the amount of money

in the Treasury toward his/er first year's dues to the Order. Waitlisters are reminded

that they must respond to the Official Organ and indicate a continued interest in be—

coming a member when invited. Failure to do so twice in as many mailings will result in

the person being dropped from the Waitinglist.

Also, waitlisters should remember that an invitation must be followed up by mérhbership

in •the owing mail ing (the requirements are spelled out in the Rules of the Order

[below]), or that person's name disappears from both the Roster and the Waitinglist. Any

monies in the Treasury at that time are nonrefundable.

Back mailings are available to Waitlisters; please consult the new OE after 1 May for

specifics of Mailing # and quantity.

More Acolytes voted in this Glection than any any one

since the Order's foundation, which is. an excellent in—

dication of continued ihvolvement and strength.

There was a bit of a question about why Dirk's narne appeared on ballot when he with—

drew in the in the last mailing. The Rules of the Order are clear on the ne—

cessity of a Change of Address and Candidacy being sent to the by first class mail;

sihoe the CE can't be expected to read every line in every submission prior to putting

the bundles and 00 together, the same logic would apply to a withdrawl of candidacy.

The results of the Clection are :

stCandidate

ÉoEkY 14Mos ig

Neily 12

Wri te—ing :

Eber O

Lovecraft

Nyarlathotep

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Sprague

Unfortunately the second and third write—in candidates aren't on the Roster and thus are

not able to run for office. Not all memberg voted for more than a first—place candidate,

thus throwing the totals off some .

A close race, but Burnadette L. Bosky becomes the new Offic4a1 Editor of the Order. All

moneys .(monies??), correspondence of an official nature, queries of waitinglist nature,

responses to the 00 (another hint/nudge to Waitlisters), and submissions should go to her.

This OE is more than ready for Volume 3 of the 00 to begin, and foresees

remarkable things happening within the Order over the next year.' (Like spelling names

correctly: apologies to Mssrs. Neily, Hill, & .0reno [at the least) for Ylisspelling their

antient $arnily narnes.) It's been fun, but becoming a Plain Member looks great;

The next deadline is: Tuesday, 1 May, 1979: 50 copies Bernadette L.I 'Bosky.

THE RULES OF THE ESOTERIC ORDER OF DAGON

I. The Esoteric Order of Dagon is a quarterly amateur press association devoted to thelife and works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the Lovecraft Circle, and the Weird Tales

tradi ti on.

Il. Membership

1. Membership in the E*O*D is limited to 39 (thrice 13) members, who have paid dues of

$3.00 per year (four mailings) [members with non—domestic addresses shall arrange

dues individually with the Official Editor on a parity basis], and who fulfill the

requirements as set forth in Section 11 : 2.A. Minimum activity for members in the E*O*D is six standard size pages of printed

or duplicated material every two mailings.

B. Five of the six pages must be the member's own writing and/or art work, and all

six must not have been circulated elsewhere prior to the deadline of the mail—

ing in which they are to appear.

C. Any other material, pre—circulated or not, the member's own work or not, may

also be contributed to the mailings, but the minimum requirements must be met

in order to retain membership.

D. 50 identical copies of each submission are required; format & reproduction are

the opt Lon of the member as long as they meet the minimum requirements & are

legible (as determined by the OE, who will see all copies). The member is res—

ponsible for printing his own submission & sending 50 copies to the OE before

- deadline. Submissions should always be . & bound with at least

two staples per copy.

E. A page is defined as a standard 81/2 x 11 tt format; smaller

mitted, but for minimum page credit the page count must equal six standard

paces .

F. Failure to meet the minimum activity requirements results in the member being

dropped from the roster of the

G. Considering the nature & purpose of the E*O*D, a member may receive minimum

activity credit for material that he æprints in his submission, as long as the

reprinted material is from an obscure source and has not seen print within the

last decade. Minimum activity credit is given at the rate of: one page of re—

printed material equals one—half page credit, through a total allowable minac

credit of three (3) pages (i.e., six pages of reprinted material).

H. New members must have at least six (6) pages of creditable material (as de—

fined in Il : 2: B) in their first submission to qualify for membership (in ad—

dition, A of course, to paying their first year's dues) .

111. The Waitinglist

1. A Waitinglist ig provided when there are no vacancies on the roster.

2. Applicants will be placed on the Waiting) ist upon payment of a $1.00 fee, which is

non—refundable, but may be applied to the first year's dues. If the waitlister

remains on the Waitinglist for more than one year, an additional $1.00 will be

required from him upon becoming a member, to help defray the cost of mailing the

00 to him.

A. Waitlisters will be sent a copy of the Official Organ (00) for each mailing, &

must notify the OE in writing, upon reception of it, that he is interested in

becoming a member when invited.

B. If a waitlister fails to acknowledge the 00 twice in as many mailings, he is

automatically dropped from the Waitinglist.

As vacancies occur the OE will invite the top waitlister(s) to send the amount

outstanding on his first year's dues along with his first submission (as de—

fined by

D, Waitlisters are encouraged to submit material to the mailings while on the

Waitinglist.

THE RULES OF THZ ESOTERIC ORDER-OEDAGON

IV. Deadlines

1. The deadlines of the -Order are: Candlemas (2 February), Roodmas (1 May), Lammas(1 August), & Hallowmas (31 October) .

2. When the deadline falls on a Sunday, that deadline is to be consi#ered to be theprevious day •

3 ; 'Direct mailings and post mailings do not count for minimum activity credit.

V. Chance of Address

The OE must be notified of a change of address (CÖA) by first—class mail. A COAprinted on outside of a parcel or noted within a contribution will not be consid—Cered official .

'VI. The Official Editor

1. The Official Editor (OE) is responsible for all phases of the operation of the

2'. In particular, he is expected to produce the mailings on time & make a financialaccounting to the membership .

3. The OE is authoriaed to make changes, or add to, the Rules as necessary, butshould take the wishes of the membership into account before making any majorchange .

4. A. The OE is elected in the Hallowmas mailing, for a term of one year (four mail—ings') . Candidates must' notify the present OE of their intentions to .stand foroffice by 10 October.

B. A teller is appointed prior to the Hallowmas deadline & a ballot (to be re—turned to the teller) is distmbuted in the Hallowmas mailing; the results areannounced in the 00 for the Candlemas mailing, & the new OE takes office afterthat mailing has been distributed.

C. Only persons who are full •members of the with the Hallowmas mailing areeligible for OE & only they may vote -in the election.

D. The OE may appoint an Emergency Officer (EO) at his discression, who wouldserve in producing a—mal-lind in the event that the OE was unable to do so.

—iJaiLings

I. An extra bundle of each mailing of the will be sent (as the OE 's File Set)to the John Hay Library of brown University for storage in its H. P, LoevcraftCollection.

2. .A. The remaining extra bundles of each mailing are available, at, $3.00/bundle,to the Waitinglist in order of seniorfty.

B. If a waitlister submits material' to a mailing gas defined in 11 &sends money, he will receive a bundle of that mailing, even if his position onthe Waitinglist would not normally entitle him to one.

3. No one may purchase more than one (1) bundle of each mailing.

4. Bundles of each mailing of the may be sold (or otherwise distributed) onlyto waitlisters (members r ceiving theirs au±oma-t-loally) .

VI 11. The Annual' Achievement Award G

1. The to strenüthen I-he qualiCy• of erial presented in its mailings„ shallSponsor an Annual Achievement uFea.te Award in appropriate categories.

2. Only members a€ the time of" b ing are eligible, & Only they may vote.

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