I have a copy available if you don’t find it, Carl. Jerry.
Sent from my iPhone Jerry Atkinson > On Apr 24, 2020, at 2:08 PM, Carl Kunath <carl.kun...@suddenlink.net> wrote: > > I’ll check. > ===ck > > From: Katherine Arens > Sent: Friday, April 24, 2020 1:38 PM > To: Texascavers > Cc: searos...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Historical Question Re: Pogo > > Carl, > the TSS archive is presently in boxes, preparatory for the move. Does > someone have a copy of that Reunion publication that could be pdf’ed and > circulated? I could do the work if i could get my hands on it > k > >> On Apr 24, 2020, at 12:59 PM, Carl Kunath <carl.kun...@suddenlink.net> wrote: >> >> What about the Pogo cartoon? >> >> That’s an obscure question and has caused several rather ill-informed >> conjectures. >> Without delving into detail, here’s the core of the story: >> >> That cartoon was a brief moment of fame for the UT cavers. When the guide >> book was in preparation for the first UT Grotto reunion in 1994, organizers >> Mona Hanna and Bill Cronenwett contacted Walt Kelly for permission to >> reproduce some of those cartoons in the guide book. Permission was granted >> with no significant strings attached. >> >> There is a copy of the 1994 guide book in the TSS archives. A photo of the >> 1994 reunion is on page 136 of the book 50 Years Of Texas Caving. >> >> There were two subsequent UT caver reunions in 2004 and 2015 but no guide >> books were prepared. There is a significant photographic record of the >> events. The 2004 Reunion group is pictured on page 498 of the 50 Years >> book. Of that group, five are known to have recently died. >> >> Although Bill Helmer was around at the time, he was not involved and the >> topic of his photographs is an unrelated sidebar. >> >> ===Carl Kunath >> >> >> >> From: kara posso >> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2020 7:48 AM >> To: Cave Tex ; searos...@gmail.com >> Subject: [Texascavers] Historical Question >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> Below is a message i received from a fellow through the grotto email the >> other day. I thought that he would have better luck solving his mystery with >> the help of all of you since my institutional knowledge does not go back >> this far. Ross is included on this email, please reply to hum or remember to >> hit REPLY ALL to keep him on the email chain since he is not signed up on >> the listserve. >> >> Also Ross, if there is anyway you can share the comic strip (or part of it) >> i am sure people would be interested to see! >> >> Thanks folks! >> Kara >> >> >>> My name is Ross Burns, and several people on Facebook suggested that I post >>> this question to your group.It concerns spelunking in the Austin area in >>> the period of 1953-54. >>> >>> I am a fan of the old Pogo comic strips by Walt Kelly. He frequently >>> mentions real people. events, and groups in the strip. I have been reading >>> a recent re-issue of the strips for 1955 and 1956. In a storyline he >>> published beginning in January of 1955, he repeatedly mentions the >>> University of Texas Spelunking Team. Partly I know that he loved to play >>> with words including spelunking. However the repeated mention of UT and >>> Texas over 2 or 3 months, makes me wonder if there was a particular event >>> that he was referring to. Some of the characters are trying to reach the >>> team to help rescue a frog that was swallowed by Albert the alligator. So, >>> it may have been some sort of rescue or similar event. >>> >>> Since Kelly wrote the strips well ahead of publication date, he probably >>> started this storyline in November or December of 1954. >>> >>> I would appreciate any information that you might be able to shed on this >>> mystery. >>> >>> Thank you for your time and attention. >>> >>> Ross Burns >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> >> Virus-free. www.avast.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >>>> This message is from an external sender. 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