From the Walls of Mr. James Odett

James V. Odett (1902-1963) lived his whole life in Winnipeg, Manitoba as an antiques dealer. His shop, Odett's Antiques, ran from 1923 at 1163 Portage Avenue until Mr. Odett became ill in the summer of 1962. Mr. Odett left behind a surprising amount of 'artwork' (poems, stories, drawings, paintings, even songs), which he stuffed into the walls of his house. It is only recently that we have discovered this (after some much needed renovations). The Council for Dissemination and Misappropriation (a group originally started my James himself, under the name The Misuse Society) here presents some of the materials uncovered. Mr. Odett often claimed that people from the future would steal his 'art', and that he often went into the future to take it back. The songwriter Butter Vaughn Kingson bases a lot of his music on the writings and 'artwork' of Mr. Odett.

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Sun Jun 7

Dear Victoria General Hospital Foundation

Dear Victoria General Hospital Foundation, In light of your sponsorship of the noted and celebrated hustler Deepak Chopra, I am to assume this prostituting support will extend to other organizations or thinly-veiled charletons. I represent His Ulna, James V. Odett from the Council for Dissemination and Misappropriation, and hereby ask for your unthinking support in the promotion and advertisement of a new therapy His Ulna calls “quantum sound treatment”. This newly discovered therapy has been shown evidentlessly to combat muscle distrophy, artheosclerosis, acne, immune deficiency, and cancer (to name a few!). I send my congratulations that the Victoria General Hospital Foundation will be associated as a sponsor for all upcoming advertisements and events. There will be a demonstration of this new therapy on May 23rd at 8:00PM at the Centennial Concert Hall. Tickets will be priced 25$ per person. Donations can be made to Apt#508 75 Donald St, R3C 3X4, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Thanks for your unbridled support, James V. Odett

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