Doris Beetem (The Elder Godhess)
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Doris Beetem was one of the founding members of the Denver Area Science Fiction Association (DASFA). She sometimes went by the name Doris Beetem the Elder Godhess to distinguish her from her daughter, Doris Beetem the Younger. Beetem is listed as an author on the fan published book Star Trek: The New Voyages #1, which was published in 1976.[1][2]
She passed in 2002.
Easily everyone's favorite was Doris (the Elder Ghoddess) Beetem, who, with her two daughters Rose and Doris the Younger (or Dee), formed a natural nucleus for the fannish element. Doris the Elder became the second director of DASFA, and she was an influential leader on a quiet, personal, face-to-face basis, but she refused to stand up in front of the group and conduct meetings that way. She delegated that job to Judith Brownlee (who later became director in her own right and was the driving force behind the development of the Milehicons for several years). Close friends of the Beetems and of Judith Brownlee and part of that circle were Gail Barton, DASFA's leading artist, and two young fans, Paul and Helen Angel, who came to the meetings dragging their reluctant but tolerant mother, Helen."[3]
References
- ^ Star Trek: The New Voyages, Good Reads. (Accessed 9/28/2020)
- ^ Star Trek: The New Voyages, Wikipedia. (Accessed 9/28/2020)
- ^ Ah, Wilderness: Forty Years of Colorado Fandom - Fancyclopedia 3, Archived version