sentences:  In 1931 Thayer co-founded the Fortean Society in New York City to promote Fort's ideas.Primarily based in New York City, the Society was headed by first president Theodore Dreiser, an old friend of Fort who had helped to get his work published.Early members of the original Society in NYC included such luminaries as Booth Tarkington, Ben Hecht, Alexander Woollcott, and H. L. Mencken.