{"id":15770157,"date":"2025-04-01T13:29:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T18:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/node615.namehero.net\/~wodehous\/?p=15770157"},"modified":"2025-06-05T10:48:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:48:44","slug":"convention-1983-doylestown-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/convention-1983-doylestown-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"1983: Doylestown, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Doylestown, Pennsylvania: October 15, 1983<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speakers: Florence Cunningham, Robert A. Hall<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only nine Plummies attended the society\u2019s second gathering; nevertheless, it was grandiosely labeled \u201cThe Second International Convention of The Wodehouse Society,\u201d and it has been the custom ever since to label conventions with their number and the designation \u201cInternational.\u201d This assembly was held on Plum\u2019s birthday, and since then most conventions have been held in October to be as close to Plum\u2019s birthday as possible. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lunchtime business meeting saw the election of Robert (Bob) Hall as president and the decision to make the conventions biennial. At the dinner that night, a letter from Lady Wodehouse was read out, and there were short readings. Speeches were informal: Florence Cunningham spoke of a trip to Remsenburg and talks she had given in the Seattle area, while Bob Hall talked about Wodehouse\u2019s stories. 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