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VftLLEY J INC 0

C£'U~IFORNIA 0

This is the monthly bulletin of the Mineral and Gem Society of Castro Valley, Inc., affili­ated with the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies, Inc., and the American Fed­eration of Mineralogical Societies. Editor: Martha L. Peters, 19294 Lake Chabot Rd., Cas­tro Valley, Ca. 94546.

GENERAL MEETING: NO GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING IN AUGUST. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1972, AT 7:30 P. M., AT THE LAUREL GROVE HOSPITAL

ANNEX, 19933 LAKE CHABOT ROAD, CASTRO VALLEY, CA. PETROGRAPH DEADLINE

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE: Twenty-five years ago as of May, 1973, fifteen people sat down to­gether and founded this Society, The Mineral And Gem Society of Castro Valley. On June 5, 1948, the Officers were elected and the By-laws were adopted. Of these fifteen people, we still have one who has been an active member throughout the twenty-five years. This is our own May Meyers. This year (1973) will be the twenty-fifth year she has put a case or cases l_n our show.

Of course, these fifteen people had no idea what a giant their little club would become. Over seven hundred member?: An Annual Picnic that gets better each year! An Annual Show that tops a~y other Society Show in the country; A Shop where almost any phase of our hob­by can be learned and practiced! And won again awards and honors galore at the Federation Show! A Society Bulletin that's the best in the nation! I could go on and on.

I think that this, our twenty-fifth year, calls for something special. Right now, I don't know what it will be - Bigger Show - Open House - or maybe something entirely new. I hope that everybody who reads this will think about it and maybe come up with something spectacular. I will be happy to listen to anybody's suggestions. -Roy Le Roy, President.

CONTENTS: Meeting Dates President's Message Minutes, Bd. of Dir. Arillual Society Picnic Treasury Name The Show Sunshine/Raindrops For Sale Next Cleanup/Field Trip Helpful Hint July Field Trip Covelo Cleanup Members Donate to School %GSCV Gives $100.00 JJ.rt Jacobs Aids Class

Phil Clarke Scores Cabs

1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8

A Poem by Zoe M. 8 Pebble Pups 9 Library 9 Project Showcase 10 Information, Please 10 Profile 11 Upcoming Shows 12 Letter, the Trimletts 12 Screenings 13 Alameda County Fair 15 Malchuses Best In Show 16 Stone Age Man 16 CFMS Officers 17 CFMS News 18 Emblems 18 CFMS Ltr. Leslie Darling 19 Awards at Anaheim 20

It Got Started/Anaheim 20 AFMS Officers 21 MGSCV - All-American 22 Bill Walsh/AFMS Trophy 23 ilPetrograph" Sweeps 23 Many Members/Anaheim 24 CFMS Historian's Report 24 AFMS International Guide 24 Membership 25 Beginners 25 Mail, Exchange Bulletins 26 Augusts Aren't 27 Letter, the Malchuses 28 Wanted, Help 28 Elected Officers '72/'73 29 Appointed Committeemen 29 Shop Rules/Site 30

MIl\TUTES OF THE BOARD

l lhe Meeting was called to order at 7:45 P. M. by the President, Roy Le Roy. VOTING BOARD .MEMBEB.8 PRESENT: Roy Le Roy, Phil. Clarke, Edith Jensen, Jim Ewing, Bruce

Burke, Bill Waish, George King, Bob McFate, Joy McFate, Martha Peters, Ednah Antunovich, Joyce Shaw, Helen Miguel, Louise Palmer.

VOTING BOARD l~rnERS ABSENT: Jack Peters, Sandy Taylor, Clark Taylor, Jeru1 Pfefer, and

Jeanne Lower, Janet Tate, Harry Walker, Donna Walk-er,

MEMBERS PRESENT: Ed. Peters, Erwin Jensen, Leona Str~nge, Glenn Tate, and Yvonne Johnson. lflSC, Ednab Antunovich / Phil. Clarke, that the Minutes be approved as printed in the "Petro-

graph. 11

TREASURER'S REPORT: Jack Peters was absent so there was no Treasurer's Report. COMMITTEE REPORTS Progr~a: Bruce Burke reported he had contacted a spe~~er on Zeolites and Minerals for the

September Meeting. Field Trip: Bruce Burke reported the clean up field trip on August 22 & 23 would be to the

Covelo area to collect two types of jade. There will be a Pot Luck Dinner Saturday night. Bring a dish to serve 10-12. Larry Stewart will be there with his guitar.

Shop: George King reported the shop attendance has been good. Show: Bob and Joy McFate reported the contract for the scbool has been tMen care of. Im­p0:rtant committee chairmanships have been filled. They I'lish to stress membership case

participation. Hostess: Ednah .A.ntunovich reported the picnic was a success and the auction brought in a­---round $200.00. ~~=1:!ec:~or.:.. Bill Wa.lsh reported that the slate as presented by the Nominating

Committee was elected. Alberta Best will be the new President. The Federation Scholar­ship Ftmd of $135 9 000.00 provides enough interest to award six Scholarships each year. Our club is second in number of Members for the state.

Editor: Martha Peters a.sks more people to submit names for the Show. An electric stapler needed for tli.e "Petrograph; If she will get prices for the next board meeting.

Historian: Helen Miguel had nothing new to report. PublicitY~~· Jeanne Lower is working on the background story of our clean up field trips for --the-IlReview. rt Door Prize: Elton Strange had nothing new to report. SUY1St~ine Girl: Janet Tate reported that cards have been sent to Thomas Miguel, Thomas - si'Oe:.n,- ~l1(CViola Kent 0

Johnny Horizon: Harry and Don.na Walker hope to be on the clean up field trip. Librarian: Joyce Shaw reported that slide sets from the Smithsonian are available for

$7.95 per set. She will check on the number of slides per set. Past President: Louise Palmer reported the books are being audited. The club inventory

is available for those who need a copy. OLD BUSINESS

Phil. Clarke suggested that no one be permitted to use the shop equipment unless they have tMen the beginners' course. This problem will be referred to the shop rules com­mittee,

NEW BUSINESS MSC, Bob McFate / Jim Ewing} that we proceed with "Project Showcase,tt Phil. Clarke was ap­

pointed chairman. Jiw~y Carroll sent a letter asking for mineral donations for a new museum in the San

Francisco Mint Building. Donna v-Iall~er will investigate to see what is needed. MSC, Bob McFate / Bill Walsh, that the Meeting be adjourned at 9: 20 Po M.

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Respectfully submitted, /s/ Edith Jensen Edith Jensen, Secretary.

August, 1972

finnURL SOCIETY PiCniC Jun 25 Below: The adults had an egg toss.

Below: So did t.he ~runiors 0

Below~ These two pict1J.res show two views of t.he there was enough of it. The attendarrce was very

Below'; The adults hail a. sack race.

Below: So did the Juniors 0

The food TNas delicious and

(Photos by Ed Peters.)

TREASURY MIJ\1ERAL Arm GE...i\1 SOCIETY OF CASTRO VA.LLEY, INC. TRE,ASUHEH g S HEPOHT J ,ruN 1 ~ 1972 ,JUN 30, 1·972 CotrJlYl.erc:ia.l JI.CCOUD.t, Jun 1, 1972 $ 2,868.39 RECEIPTS: -----Shop Income

Du.es J f 72- 173 ltJa.:x Patterns Rock Auction

U·tilities Supplies Shop Equipment Libray'y "Petrograph" Prizes, Picnic Misc. P.O.Box AFM8 Scholarship

2rr.75 3'"(.60 66.11

22)+.32 162.00

1)+.00 207.05 b07.37

321.46 45.69

1+.27 64.41 50.00 11+.40 .1h.oO

607.37

514.23 Co:rnrnercia1 Account, ~Tun 30, 1972 Savings Account, Jun 30, 1972 Building Fu.nd

514.23 $ 2,961. 53

1,380.29 10,000.00

$ 14,341.82 Hespectfully submitted, / s/ J'ack Peters Jack Peters, Treasurer.

nAmE THE SHOW We have received 13 titles submitted by 4

people. We 1"il1 nee.-1 a lot more than that to work with. Put on your thinking caps right now and start jotting doWi'l every idea you get. While washing the dj_shes, it y s something you can think about. While dt1.sting, or mopping, busy your rrind with conjuring up imagery on the subject. Have a "think tank" ilTith your farri.ly. Tos s in everything that comes up. Wri te them all down vi'"hether they are trite, heayy, or a.musing; strange, colorful, or or­dinary. This is the way a good theme will happen.

After you hav-e written them all down, send tb.e whole list in. Let the committee decide on the best one. You may win yourself $10.00.

This will be our 25th anniversary year 0 We need something unusual. Come on .•••••

d sunSHInE Sunshine cards were sent to

~t'homas Miguel on June 28th (he [) was in Intensive Care at Eden

Hospital for some time because of heart symptoms), and to Thomas Sloan on June 29th (who had an operation). A card was also sent to Gerry- Johnson, who was in Oak Knoll for surgery on his knee on July 11th.

Rno . ;Yc!~r RRlnOROPS~

A sympathy card was sent to the f~~ly of ~![rs 0 Viola Kent on July 6tho Viola f s husband passed away.

I knu',N our prayers and thoughts go out to those members.

Janet Tate, ffSunshine Galli

FOR SALE 1 ].

Henry Graves Faceting Machine w/desk. Highland Park Model B-IO Combination

Unit Many other items for lapidary work.

Will sell as a unit or separate .•• also, tuniblers.

Call Earl Rodrigues at 276-5657, weekdays.

"The stream. of content must flow from ourselves, taking its source from a de­liberate disposition to learn what is good, and a determined resolution to seek for a:nd enjoy it, however small the por­tion may be. If -Zimmerman.

"wnen you have a number of disagreeable duties to perform, alwe¥s do the most disagreee,ble first. If -,Josiah Quincy.

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nE~T CLERnup RU(~. 19-20 com~ /

BlnED WITtl FIELD TRIP Our Field Trip Chairmen are out of town. We knew' there was a cleanup planned, but had

no information other than the date. Bruce Burke has filled us in on some of the informa:" tion, but if you want to know more about it, contact the Clark Taylors when they return from their trip.

CLEANUP LOCATION:

BASE CAMP:

DATE:

Out of Nevada City on the road to North Bloomfield, South Fork of Yuba River.

At the Kenebec House (Check this out with the Taylors).

August 19 and 20, 1972.

tlELPfUL tllnT - By Joy McFate, Member.

Joy McFate collects things ••• and among them, she had a sterling silver, antique, cruet set. So far, so good! BUT, a nut was missing from the holder. That rather spoiled it, didnit it? BUT (again), Joy had an idea. She decided to make one down at the Jewelry Class. Joy carved the shape she wanted by copying an identical one (we think). She then bored a small hole (smaller than needed for the little bol~. Next, she heated the bolt, .nd slowly screwed it into the nut pattern. She then sprued it up for centrifugal casting.

VOILA! This item came out just fine. Joy kept screwing and unscrewing until Alice Rahn remind­

ed her that she could wear it out as it was silver and might not stand a lot of that. It really worked well, though. We don't know how many people need a sterling silver nut for an antique cruet set, but this same idea might work well on some other project where a fit­ting is lost. We thought it was clever of Joy.

~carved nut pattern

Bored small hole

PETER STONE SAYS, 11 WORK , THEN PLAY. 11

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JULY FIELD Tf11P {-=OR Si-1Rf1t<S T~ ~ T1--1 -By Vernon Korstad, Leader.

It was a very surlli-Y day in Santa Cruz, or Scott I s Valley, on July 9th when Vern Korstad and his crew met at Santa I s Village and caravanned off into the sa."1d dunes looking for those elusive mammal dentures. The temperature rose and rose, but no one left before some "goodies tl were found.. We dug in the sand cliffs in the No. 2 Kaiser pit and then wandered around the area looking for better places. However, the original place proved best.

Earl Colburn found some fine specimens, as did Bob Raymond and Jack Zawi tkoski. There were no real large specimens found, but everyone was happy. Mardell McDowell and Virginia Serunans were new at the game, but soon caught on to find their share.

Those who made the trip were: Jack Zawitkoski, Bob and Stella and Laurie Rqrmond, Mar­de1.1 McDowell, Virginia Seamans, Earl and Diana Colburn, Gerald Richey, and John Day.

COU~LO CL~Rnup -By Zoe Martin, Member.

Kay Burrow' listed members from nineteen Mineral and Gem Societies who participated in the cleanup, which included two hundred and fifty people.

The area cleaned was a mountain road about five miles north of Covelo to the little com­munity of Zenia, a distance of about forty-five miles.

There were stretches where the road was rather free of trash, but for some miles near two or three gas stations a...l1d general stores, where pop and cold beer were available, there were goOd pickings. On our w~ back from Zenia, we saw a large number of filled bags along t.h.e road, which were to be :picked up by the Bureau of Lan.d Management. Until then, there was no estimate of the number of tons picked up.

Most of our Members cwnped, in the upper camp on the Middle Fork of the Eel River. The other groups cfu~ped along the Eel about five miles lower d.own.

The Sacramento Society was in the lead of the cleanup, so they got through first, so they were ready for their potluck before our Members got back to camp. We had our own pot­luck, and there 'was a bounteous amount of good food.

vJ'ith such a large group in separate camps, it was hard to co-ordinate activities. Our group did not go down to the other camp after the potluck as it was getting late and we '(N'ere tired. We learned later that they did not have a campfire and sing. They may not have been allowed to have al1 open fire as the countryside was very dry.

Sunday, the group looked for jade. It is doubtful that much was found along the river, although some was found in a creek. We heard later that it was the wrong time of year to hunt.

Several of our Members bought some very nice material from a couple who live near the upper camp. They said they hunted in the winter and spring in the creeks while wearing rubber boots.

A number of people went swim.'1ling in a good place at the lower camp as it was a warm day. On our way back from Zenia on Saturday evening, we saw a beautiful sight. Below the

road by a pretty lily pond were a doe and two tirw spotted fawns. They stood looking up and there I was without my camera.

ltJ'e hope we have listed all the names of our Members who were on the cleanup. There was such a mob at the hotel, some may not have signed up.

'Those on the list were: Elton and Laone strange, Ralph and Neva Parker, Bob and Joy Mc­Fate, Bruce Burke, ,Jim an.d Beverly Ewing with Cathy and Cindy, Dan and Betty Eskelson, Er­nest and Ethel Winslow, ,Joseph and Dora Collins with Jody a.nd Tom, Jack Zawi tkoski, Jess and Evelyn Golden, Oliver and Zoe Martin with Philip Martin, Ray and Jea.nne Lower, Roy and Marie Le Roy, Herb Toles, Earl and Diana Colburn, Thomas a.nd Helen Sloan and Kathleen, Les­ter an,d Harriett Sz'dpes, Allen an.d Billie Ashley with Christopher and Mitchell, and Jack Burris. (Editor's Note: Thank you so much, Zoe. You did a good job of reporting~ MLP

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mHmBERS DonRTE TO, SC1~100L I

Judy Price reported that ; some· 'MemQers .of the Mineral and Gem Society of Castro Valley have donated rocks, slabs, cabs, and equipment to her Lapidary Class at Bret Harte Junior High .. School in Hayward, California. Judy said that her class will begin in September.

Those who have donated are: Gladys Ferguson, Oliver ~Dd Zoe Martin, Viola Kent, Jerry Malchus, Phil. and Maurita Clarke, Elton and Laone Strange, Max and Vivian Barr, Robyn and Grace Wilcox, Len and Ruth Trimlett, Charles and Eada Collett, and Jim Carroll.

The Society furnished6opiesof'the Meader Method of Cutting Cabochons for the class. This should get them off to a good start.

mGSCU GlUES $100 TO L1BRRRY Ben and Virginia Owens, Co-Chairmen of our 1972 Show, IIShowcase Magic,1I have announced

chat $100.00 was donated to the Castro Valley High School Library. BelOW, we quote a let­ter addressed to Mrs. Virginia L. Owens dated June 20, 1972.

Dear Mrs. Owens:

On behalf of Castro Valley High School, I would like to thank you for the generous donation of $100.00 from the Mineral and Gem Society of Castro Valley to the Castro Valley High School library.

Ilm sure that you are aware that books are the keys to learning in any institution and our library can certainly use this donation in order to purchase more books for students to utilize.

It's a pleasure to have been associated with the Mineral and Gem Society in past years, and I know the shows that you people present each year have benefited the community.

Again, our sincere thanks.

Sincerely, /s/ Richard S. Tubbs Richard S. Tubbs Principal Castro Valley High School

RST:mt

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KURT JRCOBS, II, RIDS CLRSS Do the efforts of our Junior Members count fbr the All American Club Contest? Indeed

they do; Kurt J'acobs, then 11, as a final proj~ct for a su,rnmer school geology class at Mc­Kinley School, Redwood City, spent considerable time and effort (using his' own choice' spec­imens) to construct a 36" x 24" display poster of hard cardboard. He used 20 good-size specimens mounted on the front with proper identification as to name and place of origin.

Kurt used crystals, slabs, and fossils. They were mostly- from California and Nevada. The display included jade, thundereggs, smoky quartz, several kinds of agates, fluorite, shark!s teeth, jasper, petrified wood (opalized and agatized), snowflake obsidian, etc. Color and appearance were considered in placing each item on the poster to make an overall attractive and informative arrangement. His efforts were rewarded with an "Art and compli­mentary remarks from the instructor.

During the ensuing year (back at his home s6hool) the study of rocks and minerals was included in the natural sciences curriculum. For use of the students, the teacher brought out a large box of broken and "L111interesting crystals, dull pieces of "rocks, II crumbling fossil pieces, and other assorted tljunkite." With an inaudible groan, Kurt surveyed the mess and decided. something ought to be done to make the subject more interesting to the class as a whole.

Next day, he brou&~t in his large display poster which he regarded as his pride and joy, and donated it to the class. General discussion 'followed concerning pl.l the specimens dis­played. The pleased teacher promptly sat him down to go over all the specimens she had, asking him to w'eed out the tlbad" pieces. When he finished, there was little left in the box.

Although retired at the end of this past school year, the teacher has donated Kurt's poster to the school for use in future classes when rocks and minerals come up for study.

Pt1IL CLRRt<)E· SCORES CORLlnGR CRBS

The Coalinga Society wrote to Phil Claxke, our 1968 Frantom Trophy Wipner and the 1968 National Award i'linner in Cabochons, a..'1d asked him to judge some of their cabochons. Phil judged the 25 or 30 cabs and sent them back. Just recently, he received a thank-you note for the job.of judgillg (which he did in May) and an invitation to show his outstanding case at their show.

We are pleased whenever our Members are invited to exhibit. Phil's case certainly speaks 'well of our Society and its Meader Method of cabochon cutting.

R POEm BY ZOE m.

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She thought a diamond was a girl's best friend So, when her funds began to sag She tried to sell her diamond And was told she had a Yag!

-Zoe Martin, Member.

Page August, 1972

Junior Mentor Dora Collins

President RobIIlShaw rice-President Cindy Ewing

REPORTER - DEfu~ NU~MANN

Secretary Cathy Ewing

'rreasurer Mike Bankston

Reporter Dean Nunemann

Pu.ps attending Shop Class on June lOth: Chris Ashley , Mitch Ashley, Robin Shaw, Vickie Allwein, Andy Anderson, Rich Raymond, Dean Nunemann, Kelly Nunemann, Cathy Kenthorn.

What they were working on: Chris - 30 x 40; Mitch - dime size; Robin nothing; Vickie - egg shape; Andy - quarter size; Rich - 30 x 40; Dean - 30 x 40; Kelly - 30 x 40; Cathy -30 x 40.

First cabs made by Cathy Kenthorn, Kelly Nunemann. Any other comment - I think we had a good time. Junior Elections - On 6/9/72, we held junior elections. The following were elected:

President - Robin Shaw; Vice President - Cindy Ewing; Treasurer - Mike Bankston; Secretary - Cathy Ewing; Reporter - Dean Nunemann.

We hope we have a good year. Respectfully yours, /s/ Dean Nunemann Juniors' Reporter.

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Shop· Attendance - July 1st: Victoria Allwein, Dean Nunemann, and Linda Temple. Shop closed - July 9th. July 15th 6 Shop Atte~dance real good: Mike Bankston (1st Free Lesson), Victoria All­

wein, Dean Nunemann, Robin Shaw, Cindy R'wing, Cathy Ewing, Tom Gliebe, Brian Buhnerkempe, Bill Buhnerkempe, Andy Anderson.

The Pebble Pups are doing real good at making cabs. But their material is running low. What is left has pits and cracks and only a few colors of agate and jasper. We would ap­preciate a few pieces of good, non-fractured rock for cabs if anyone has some l~ing around to donate, We would enjoy new blood.

LIBRRRY

/s/ Dora Collins Junior Mentor.

- Joyce Shaw, Librarian.

Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday, from 7:30 p. m. to 10:00 p. m. Thursd~ Afternoons from 12:00 p. m. to 3:00 p. m.

The Library has two new books which were donated by Clark and Sandy Taylor. They are "Gold Digger's Atlas" by Robert Neil Johnson, and nSuccessful Mineral Collecting and Pros­pecting" by Richard M. Pearl.

We wish to thank the Taylors for these donations. They are added to our really fine collection of books. All Members are invited to come down to the Library and look around. The Library is located at the S~iety Shop, 2830 Castro Valley Boulevard, Castro Valley.

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IPlROJIEcr §lHIOWCCA§IE At our last Show, it becrune very evident that before we could put on another Show, we

were going to need some new Showcases. We can!t stall on this matter any longer; our next Show is only seven months away. During the next few weeks .. I "¥trill be asking for volunteers for this project. Please be read::! to help, if at all possible, when you are asked.

Phil. Clarke, Chairman, Project Showcase.

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IPLJEA§E When this Society was small, and help was needed for some project, it was easy to find

the right person for the job by making a couple of phone calls a~d asking a few questions. Every-one knew everyone else. With our Membership now a;t approximately 700, thi s is no longer possible, and we, on the Board of Directors, find that we know very little about the people who make up our Membership.

It was, therefore, decided that a Membership File was needed to provide the information necessary to insure that ev~ryone in the Society be included in its various projects.

In the near future, evel~y Member v.rill be contacted by phone by a Member of the Board of Directors, and the questions ShOW1'). below on a sample of our File Card will be a::;ked. Your co-operation will. be appreciated.

NAME: ----- PHONE: OCCUPATION: ________________________ _

OTHER SKILIu'3: HOBBI:ES ------ ---------~~ -------------------------------------------JOINED SOCIETY (yEA.R)~ __ ._INTERESTS IN MGSCV~ CABOCHONS :WACETING • ;CARVING ----- ------ -----

MINERALS FOSSILS JEWELR~{ FIELD TRIPS OTHER: --- --- ---- ----HAVE YOU EVER EXHIBITED CQiYIPETITIVELY? NON-COMPETITIVELY? IF SO,~1H.AT? =---- ---~--------

DO YOU WISH TO EXHIBIT AS p~ INDIVIDUAL? WITH A GROUP~ IF SO, WHAT? ----- ----------------COMPETITIVELY? NON-COMPETITIVELY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO WORK ON A SOCIETY PROJECT? --- --- ~--

HAVE YOU TAKEN THE BEGINNERS! COURSE IN OJTTING A CABOCHON? WOULD YOU LIKE TO? ----- ---------NOTE: THE SA1'IIE WILL BE ASKED ABOUT THE SPOUSE

WE'VE got ideas on what we can do for the 25th A.nniversary of our Society! It started at Anaheim •.•• ideas, inspiration, excitement, volunteers galore .•• and we think we are going to do it! Come to the September Meeting and find out what it is all about. We'll need everyone of you. OOPS! We're talking too much, again. GEE, it's hard to keep a secret, isn1t it?

tilt is a hard thing to close up a cliscourse and to cut it short, when you are once in, and have a great deal more to say-. ~rhere is nothing Wherein the strength and breeding of a horse is so much seen as in a round, graceful, and sudden stop." ~Montaigne.

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By Jearme Lower,

By her o1;\m admission, Dora Collins is a woman who can!t sit still. ill have to be busy. I have to be doing something,!f she saJrs. 80, when the slate of nomJ.nees for the 1972~73 officers of M.G,S.C.V. was aJLl1ounced, and there ·v.ras no cand.idate for Junior Men­tor, she found herself volunteering. Not that she 'wasn't alread,y busy---she always has some project going-=-but she believes that when one belongs to an organization, one should. do what one can to help.

It is unusual, in our club anyway, for a woman to serve as Junior Mentor. This has been looked on as a man I s job. But; Dora is not afraid of doing unu.sual things. T:.lJ.is smnmer she "("as score keeper for Little Lea.gue Baseball, which meant regular attend.ance dur-ing the IO-week season. She hadn't ever seen her son 'I'om play until she signed. up to keep score. She is also involved. in Scouts, through the activities of son Jody. And she has established a reputation as a regular driver for school field trips---one teacher is still plarm.ing to calIon her even though Dora f s boys are no longer at that school.

As Junior Mentor, Dora is responsible for supervis­

We can imagine this cute pixie-ish lady "herding" the Pebble Pups on­Field Trips and whatever.

ing the Pebble :J:·u.ps during their Saturday morning sessions at the Shop. (They are meeting 'Jnly every other Saturday until school starts in the fall.) She will be planning special F'ie.ld Trips just for the ~runiors and their fami.lies. And she will serve as advisor for the Pebble l-u.ps' separate meetings during the regular monthly membership meetings of M.G.S.C.V. on the second Friday evening of each month. She also has another project in lnind. To en­courage more of the Juniors to enter Cabs-Of-The-Month, she hopes to have material avail­able for them, and. then te keep a record of scores, with their own trophy being awarded at the end. of the year to tb.e J\mior with the highest cQ'1lulati ve score. Dora is impressed Tliritr'. the skill of Borne of our younger members---and has words of appreciation for Jim El-ring 1 s faithful assistance 8,S instructor at the Saturday sessions.

The Collins family joined the M.GoS.C.V. five years ago next month. Their biggest inter­est has been in rock collecting. They have gone on many club field trips and last year they acquired a. 20-foot self-contained_ trailer to make their rockhounding jaunts more com­fortable. Not surprisingly, Dora has an extensive rock garden (husband Joe likes to bring home big ones). What is surprising is that she O\lTes most of her varied cactus plants and SUCCUlents to the generOSity-of Mrs. Buster Sledge of Castro Valley, although their intro­duction to M.G.S.CoV. did not come through the Sledgeso Other friends, from Campbell, took them to a gem show in San Jose, which caused them to look for a club closer to homeo They attended one meeting of M.G.S.CoV., liked it, joined, and. have been enjoying the friend,.. ships and activities ever since. Dora. has known the Sledge family through her mother, who lives next door to Mrs. Sledge. Dora's mother is not a rockhound, but her gift to Dora one year 'was a collection of rocks picked up from here to Pennsylvania, each one labeled w-l th the state in which it was found.

Dera Collins is energetic) enthusiastic, active. Her husband works long, hard hours as a truck driver, M.d so she has taken on many home improvement projects which some women wouldn't tackle. She doesn't think of these as a hobby, but as jobs to be done, which she seems to undertake cheerfully. Her one really qu.iet activity is knitting. She has cut on­ly a fellT cabochons, hi1t will probably do more now, as she wants to keep up with the Juniors.

upcominG S1-IOWS -From Gems & Minerals Magazine, July

August 12 and 13.

August 26 an.d 27.

September 8 thru 10.

September 9 and 10.

September 16 and 17.

September 16 and 17.

Dear Martha,

San }'rancisco Gem and Mineral Society. Annual Show. Hall of F.lowers, Golden Gate Park, 9th Ave. and Lincoln Way, San Francis­co, Ca. 10-9 an.d 10-6. SarIta Cruz Mineral and Gem Society. 21st Annual Show, "Treasures of the Earth. II Civic Audit., Center ac"ld Church sts., Santa Cruz, Ca. 10~10 and 10-6. Sarl MateO Collector! s F'air. Hall of Flowers, Co. Fairgrounds. 8th, 1-9; 9th, 10~'9; lOth, 10-5. Santa Maria Gem and Mineral Society. Annual flGemboree. fI Conven­t.ion Ctr., Fairgrounds, San.ta Maria, Ca. .10-10 and 10-5. Sequoia Gem and Mineral Society. 6th AYhlual Show. IlHarvest of Gems. II Cormll. ctr. Gym, 1120 Roosevelt Ave., Redwood City, Ca. 10-9 and 10-5. IfD.ssion Peak Gem and JYf.tinera1 Society. 6th Annual Show. Comm. Ctr. Bldg., Central Park, Paseo Padxe Parkway and Mission View Dr. Fremont, Ca. 10-9 and 10~6.

June 20, 1972

RLi.th a.YJ.d I are back from a tiiw-week vacation in the North. We left home on June 7th in our camper, and, with Ruth's sister and her husband in their trailer, we did some clamming in Washington. When Y!le arrived at the Randolph Collier Rest stop about nine miles above Yreka, vl'e ran into the hea7iest thunder, lightning, and rainstor'm in our experience, but, oh, so nice after our hot day jn Cali.fornia. We went on to Ocean Park, Washington, but we found they had suddenly closed the clamming season because the Razor clams were too small and ferN. We stayed overnight an.cl -then went to Olynrpia, Washington, where we visited the Olympia Brewery and. needless t.o say, we sampled their very nice wares and enjoyed_ the tour of a nice, clean brewery w-ith all of its clean, stainless steel tar,ks and machinery.

We returned south and stop:ped 8,t Seaside, Oregon, to clam for the elusive Razor clams. We had_ success and. made clmYl fritters out of them, using the following recipe: CLAM OR CORN FRITTERS - 8 O:Z;. car, claro.s (rtrLnced) - 1 egg, separated ~ 5 'fable spoons flour - 1-1/2 teaspoons baking puv;rder - 1/2 teaspoon onion salt. Blend clams with egg yolk. Add flour, sif'ted. with baking p01ild.e:r a:n.d salt. Beat egg w~1ite until stiff a..'1.d fold into claJu mixture. Batter should be near the consistency of egg dumplings. Amount of flour needed will depend on moisture content of clams. Pry till golden brown on both sides.

After our fill of clams, we returned. to IUamath Falls, Oregon. We followed the Klamath River all the way to the coast and fished as we willed. We had success an.d I will probably smell fishy when I next come to carving class. The river is very picturesque all the way down, hlthough the road is very bacl in places and one way due to continual slides. I don It know what w·e would have done with the trailer in the long one-way places if we had met the five cars there instead of just as we came to the double lanes again. However, we arrived in Eureka in good shape a:.<1d ended up having a very good seaside dinner.

We returned to California by wa,y of Scotia a.nd went through the large redwood lumber mill there. Although it was the second time for us and real interesting, I think we learn­ed. a lot more tb.e second time Md I would still like to do it again. I am sure the club members would enjoy seeing it.

Now we are back to our dry California, but it f s so nice. Ca:.11 you imagine it; we never visited a rock. shop, but our reJ_ati ves are not rockhounds,

so will leave it to another tiBe. Len & Ruth Trimlett, Members.

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AH! At last our Members are taking the hint that we've subtly (or not so subtly) been trJring to get across. Tnis month, we are tickled pink to report that a number of Members have called us with news Items, Great, GREAT, GREAT!

Helen Miguel, one of our dependable reporters, called to tell us a few hap­penings. Frances Amundson carne down from Alta to visit Viola Cutter for a few days and, with Jane Probst, the three long­time friends enjoyed dinn~r out for the occasion.

Pat and Rosamond McCully are getting to be real pros at flea-marketing~ Pat with his rocks and minerals, and Rosamond with her china, figurines, and knick­knacks. Tl1.ey operate out of Alameda, but

you can find them at the shoppers! show like the Sidewalk Days in San Lea..'1dro and the com­ing one in Niles on August 27. This summer, they are breaking in their grandsons. --"Thank you all so much for the phone calls, visits, and cards and to those fellow rock­hounds who relayed messages to Bruce Burke while he was at Anab.eim. In a card from Louise Palmer saying I would discover while sick I would find out I had more friends than I knew: how true! Signed, Tom Miguel."--

When Sam Stanley calls you on the phone, Be Wary ~ How little did I know when he asked me what name I liked better between the "Rock Reformers" and "Castro Valley Carvers" well I unwittingly ,exclaimed, "Rock Reformers! It making the decision that I had broken the tie. M;.y husband said it sounded like a bunch of ex-cons who worked on a rock pile were now forming a social club!

At the last Board of Directors' Meeting (July 14th), it was so warm everyone was fanning themselves, and the large pot of iced tea which was "Brought in by hospital personnel was sopped up very quickly ... so much so that the people sitting up front didn I t get any! Helen Miguel. (Thank you for the notes, Helen. Ed.)

Through the "grapevine It , we found out there! s a new Rock Shop in Hayward. It is run by Mr. Moyer. It is ccdled "The Golden State Rock Shop. II It is located across the parking lot behind Skaggs in Hayward. He has a lot of rough rock .•..

Thank you to Marie Crissinger (Elsie?) for the gravers she left down at the shop. The Carvers helped themselves. They disappeared very quickly;

Viola Cutter (brave little dear) drove ALONE to Alta to pay a visit to Frances Amundson. Everett and Edna Pittenger are spending the summer in Paradise. At the picnic, we spied Ray Lower and Ernest Van Kerrebroeck playing chess. Marg. Bridwell acquired a set of wind chimes at the auction held at the picnic. That Marge Gliebe , attractive as could be, was wearing her daughter 1 s dress (so she

said), and she pointed out her daughter and son (a big, good-looking fellow). (Hope we got the facts straight. We are poor at memory, so forgive us if we are wrong here and there. Ed. )

'I'he Bickerdykes came to the picnic. Hal said a friend from L. A. reads the "Petrograph" and said to Hal, "You haven't been doing much in the Club, lately, have you?"

Ja..'1et Tate I s birthday is August 12. On 7 August, they will have been married for 19 years. Janet has a son 36 years old, and a daughter of 30, from a prior marriage, natch!

Loren Dowell has 4 more weeks to go till retiring (from June 25th when we wrote this note), and Lillian isn't working right now. Lillian had a surprise dinner planned for July 22 for Loren's retirement celebration. (Ed. Note: Later - it was a smash - great party!)

The Bennetts brou&?J1t their daughter and her husband (Maydean & Gene Grundstrom) and their children, Sheryl Ann, Randy, and DaVid, to the picnic.

Margery Sanborn had on real "gone" glasses at the picnic. Dorothy Barnes shO'wed up in "shorts" with a bib top in red. and white stripes. Next page.

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"99" needed a mop for his head rather than his usual toothless comb. The Colletts brought some It junk" sculpture. It was very clever and should have brought

more than they did in the auction. They also brought some good material. and the Society sure did tlprofi t II by their donations.

It was rumored at the Anaheim Show that San F'rancisco will soon have inter-club competi-tion!

A "front" door key was found in the Parking Lot at the picnic grounds. Ttte Durrants have a nE!W ballY boy who was born on SaturdS¥, 1 July. He w'eighed 8#, 60z.,

a.nd he has been named David James. Mary Smith reports that she had a month off and went to .Little Rock, Arkansas, in May.

She said that they took one route out and a different Tffay back. She said that her dad had passed awS¥ so she went to Havlaii for a week. Her husband retired the last of June. They celebrated their lOth anniversary on 12 June. Her son graduated from Chabot College, and her oldest son married on 10 June. NOW, if THAT waSil I t a busy time for Mary Smith! WOW! Thanks for telling us a}J01J_t it, Mary.

Here are a few note;::; that were not included last month. George Strauch gave a lovely large pb,otograph of qU8.rtz crystals in black and white to

George Stephens. ItThis should start George collecting!JI Dues are Due! Tom Delfino is nUvl in the Air Florce. The Walkers have now taken the job of ItJohnny Ho­

rizon" which ::eom left. Jeanne Lower did some It stomping" (on cans?) arld got a very sore heal. She wondered what

had caused it and finally decided :it w'as the cans. Hazel Peterman was going to Tacoma, Washington" for three weeks. She was taking her

sister and plann.ed to visit her younger brother. She r s probably back by now. Ben FontaJJ,a is up spending three weeks with his son at the Russian River. We hope Ben

is getting his strength up and that he is gaining some of his weight back, so he will be well enough to enjoy the Jewelry Class again.

J'eanne & Ray Lower's son, Bob, is home out of the se:o::vice. That's wonderful! Jean Pfefer gave us a feW' notes and letters for t.he Screenings, too. Thanks, Jean. Lorna Gilmer spent tw(:;. w'eeks iIi, May visiting with her son, Ron, in the Bahamas where he

is working at the Lerner Mar:in..e Lab. on a research project for U. C., Davis. He is doing reseexch in ZooplaJJkton. He will return in September to resume his studies at U. C., Davis.

Vernon and Jeanett.e Kerstad attended their son's (John) wedding in Thousand Oaks on July 29. John and SaJ,ly (Steffen) ~\lTe:o::e graduated from California Lutheran College in Thousand Oaks in May. They w'ere on the Easter Field Trip to Burro Creek three years ago.

Suzarille Boyd, one of our junior m.embers, and the d.aughter of John and Lucille Boyd of Fremont, was critically injured in a motorcycle accident on July 11. She is recuperating at Washington Hospital in Fremont.

Have you seen what two ~funiors, Chris 8l1,d Carl Sereda, are doing at the Shop? Beauti-ful!

We heard through the grapevine that Marguerite Young (Ola, Ark.) has been in the hos­pi tal with an allergy. We would love to get. a letter from her. She has a marvelous sense

of humor. . Erma and Cliff George put together tw'o cases of rock. pictures and have been ShOWlr:g them

at several of the Shows in. Texas. They started at F'redericksburg, then at San Antonlo, at the Southwest Federation Show •..• t.hen on their own patio for a group of teeners, at the Lions I Club and new they are done traveling. Tney now' plan a trip to the Caroliners, pennsYIVani~, then probably to New York & Illinois. Cliff,is ftill teaching Lapidary at the Retirement Club. He plans to build a Ho~by Ho~se on h:1S 22" acres. They were I selected to participate in the 1:'exas Arts & Crafts F'alr, whlch lasted 5 days. Busy people.

Harley Ford has married again and they have a new acldress and phone number. The Fengels vi"ere gone for quite a spell. They must be our tI going-est ff couple! Ronald Cooley said. he. has some tube agate, angel vling agate, and some Mexican Jasper.

If he ever gets it slahbed, he might swap some of it. Didn It you like all this new's? If so how about calling u,p the Editor with your notes?

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P.O. BOX 579 * PLEASANTON, CALIFORNiA 94566 • PHONE 846-2881 / 537-4797

MINERAL AND GEM .JUDGING (Asterisks mark MGSCV Members,)

MINERAL SPECIMEN COLLECTI8N; First Second -Third

ARTIFACTS: First Second ~.

Third CRYST:ALS:

Ab~. Feinberg, Livermore Sally Feinberg, Livermore Eugene Lopp, .Li vermore

Ttlm. Kell:v, Ha;'rward Mr. & Mrs. Gardner Trefethen,

Livermore Richard Hicks, Danville

First Abe. Feinberg, Livermore Second - G. Trefethen, Livermore Third Olive Lewl.s, Castro Valley

FOSSILS (LocaL): First Mr 0 & Mrs. Norma.n Lemkau,

Castro Valley *Seeond - Robert McFate, Pleasanton

FOSSILS FROM AN'[iJ\l1iERE: F'irst Mr. & Mrs. Norman Lemkau,

Castro Valley Stuart Pfefer, Dublin *Second -

*Third GEM:STONES

Tristan von Dessauer, Hayward IN NATURAL STATE:

*First -x-Second -)(''l"hird

MINIATURES:

Sandy Ta.ylor, Hayward Jean Pfefer, Dublin Lois Malchus, Dublin

*First Jeanette Korstad, Castro Valley

Second - Mrs. Newbury, Livermore PE'I'RIFIED WOOD:

First Second -

PURPLE GLASS:

Wm. Kelly, Hayward Ward Lewis, Castro Valley

*First J"ean Pfefer, Dublin Second - Betty Lemkau, Castro Valley

SPECIMENS FOUND IN THE FIELD: First

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Mr. & Mrs, Norman Lemkau, Cas~~ro Valley

SPECIMENS FOUND IN THE FIELD, CONTINJED: *Second - Jean Pfefer, IJJ.b.lin *·Tb.ird Jeanette Korstad, Castro

Valley POLISHED CABOCHONS:

*First

*Second -

*1'hird

FACE'I'ED S TOJ\TES:

Mr. & Mrs, Jerry Malchus, Du"blin

Mr. & Mrs. Ben Owens, San Lo­renzo

Mr. & Mrs, Elton Strange, San Pablo

First~;jard Lewis, Castro Valley *Secono. - ,Jack Peters, Oakland

HANDMA.DE JEWELRY: *First Ed. Peter;::;, Castro Valley *Second - Jack Peters, Oakland *Third. Loren DO~Nell) Castro Valley

BOTTLE COLLECTION (A.xrtiqu.e) ~ First Abe. Ornellas, Pleasanton

*Second - Jean Pfefer) Diiblin Third 1velyn BaD~head) Livermore

BOTTLES OTHER THAN ANTIQUE: First Second -Third

EXHIBIT BY A First Second -Third

Lucile Thyrring, Livermore Mrs. Larry Swanson, Livermore Mel. Edw'ards) Oakland

SOCIETY OR GROUP: Livermore Lithophiles Livermore Lithophiles Alamed.a County Mineralogists

Of Hayward Fourth - Livermore Avon Society

POLISHED SPHERES: First Ward Lewis, Castro Valley

JUNIOR MINERAL SPECIMEN COLLECTION: *First

Second -*Third

Page 15

Robert Haight, Oakland KattwA.rnold , Livermore Stuart Pfefer, Dublin (Continued to tlie' next page.)

August, 1972

mt~LCt-iUSES BEST In rrllnERRLS fino mininG RT Tt1E FfilR

ALAMEDA C0UN~ CONTINUED.

SPECLIiL RIBBON College of Hayward - Volcani.c exhibit by

Dr. Leigh Mintz l,eslie Salt Pictures in jade by Ben a:.t1d Virginia Owens Best in the Shovl - ,Jerry 80nd Loi~ Malchus

Dept. Supt. Don. Wil.ls

EDI'I'ORIAL: As yOll can. see by the list of entries in the Minerals and. Mining Department of the Fair, there is no represe:c:tation from Hayvmrd., Oakland, Berkeley, AJ.8Iileda9 etc. other than those whc· are Me!flbers of the lI11ne­ral and Gem Society of Castro Va.iley, the Livermore Li thophiles, the Eo.st Bay Mineralo­gists, ao.d perhaps a spr:Lnl<:.lLng of others from these areas.

We would like to see m.Or:e competi tton at the A18xYLeda Count.;;' Pair bot Pl.t":a.santon. We wot1.1d like to see some people from. the East Bay Mineral Soci.ety, the Berkeley Gem and Mineral Society, the Mi.ssion Peak Gem 8~ Mine­ra.l Society, etc. <

We w·ere just looking at a map of iUameda Cormt.y. We found. that ma:ny cities have had no representation a:t. all i~-:;. the Ala,neda Coun­ty Fair.

If our neighboring Mineral and Gem Clubs' Bulletin Editors would make this a project 3

it would do much to get more people partiei,.· pating in the Fair.

A new building is being pla.11J':led for Mine­rals and Mining, Let's hope they will give us at least the same amount of space as we have now. But, maybe they vron 't 0 Ou.r turn-out hasn't been aIry thing to brag about in that department.

Don Wills said tb.at he used. to try to get these Societies involved J but "rith no results. Here 1 s hoping someOIle w·ill pick up t.he ball B . .nd run with it. It certainly couldn't do aJ1~I harm!

Editors are noted for being crusaders of a [wrt, so Bulletin E!d.it.ors of .A,lB.meda COUJlty, here's a chance £'01' ;;rOll to editorialize. ELP

THE STONE .I\.GE MAN .•• 0 •••••• 0 •• Martha Peters

CAM VA.l\f COUR'I'ESY Place the insignia or identification sign on the bu:.rnper, rear w-lndow, or aerial as instructed.

ANOTHER LI'rTLE EDITORIALl At one time, we were consid.ering a pennant for our field trips 0 'Yhet.rip for which the pennants were planned was at such an early date that we dittn't have time to order them and re­c:eive c1el:Lv·er~T. Also, the price was about a dollar each. 'me Editor made up some "temporary-II pennants for that occasion. It seems that they were not very durable. Per­haps this idea should be reconsidered and investigated again with the thought of or­dering some pennants. MLP

"Can anyttdng be sadder than work left un­finished? Yes; work never begun. 1t

-Christina Rossetti.

If When we feel a strong desire to thrust our advice on others, it is usually because we suspect t.heir l:tteakness; but ilTe ought rather to SUSPect 1)1).r OWll. II

-Colton.

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NO NEWSLETTER THIS MONTH~ NO DIGEST THIS MON1'H

CFms OFFICERS FOR

MATERIAL FURNISHED BILL WALSH, FED. DIR.

From left to right above are: Peg Norton, Secretary; William Tirk, Treasurer; Alberta Best, President; Claude Schapers, 1st Vice President; and Sharr Choate, 2nd Vice President.

We have had the opportunity of meeting most of the officers, and w'e think they are a real credit to our Region. We expect a year of progress and we are looking forward to helping them along with their endeavors.

Alberta Best is noted for her efficiency and leadership. William Tirk (we are acquaint­ed with him and his w-ife) will certainly do a good job as aLways as Treasurer. We haven!t met Claude Schapers or Peg Norton, but we are looking forward to it. Sharr Choate is a great personality and we are happy to see her moving up through the offices.

Sharr did a most unusual job of designing and manufacturing the California Federation trophies this year. They showed rrruch thougb.t and plaY'.ning. Ttle wonder if they will be re­peated for the 1972'~! 73 awards.

We wish the new officers a lot of lu.ck and success. Our California Federation leads the pack in the Regionals, we thi.nk. It's a healthy organization, (Photo by George Strauch)

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CFms nEWS FRom RnR1-1Elm Neither our Federation Director, Bill Walsh5 or your J!:ditor haNe received the CFMS News­

letter for this month, so there will be no flDigest"; huvrever, Bill brought back a lot of information which we will go through s-nd pick out bits and :pieces for your information.

The total Membership for the California Federation is 16,948. Last year it was 16,355. There are 22 rr clubs (inc.ludes the two special clubs an(l the four that are late) The largest club Membership is 665 for the San Diego Mineral a,nd Gem Society, Inc. This

figure was as of January 1, 1972, and has probably changed since then The second largest Merr:bership is 613 for the Mi!lera,l and. Gem Society of Castro Valley,

Inc. We know by counting our up-to-date roster that the Membership has reached 718 as of July 1st, when dues were due.

Next came the San Francisco Gem & Mineral Society" Inc. with a Membership of 591. Clubs of 200 or more were the East Bay with 220, a.'1d. I,ERC Rockcrafter with 236. Clubs

wi th150 to 200 numbered 12. Those ha;ving 100 to 150 added up to 350 There were 20 having '75 to 100, 59 with 50 to 75, and there were two small clubs having 9 Members in one, and 5 in the other.

EJ:VIBLRMS

'mE GOLDEN BEAR E..1I.1BLEM is the Cllib Past President emblerc,. It. will be sent whenever a "Past President" emblem is ordered. There is No way a sterling silver bar can be attached to it and make it look nice.

CLUTCH BACK emblems will be mailed whenever a preference is~ given.

The Past PresiderrtGolden Bear is for Past })residents end has sterling silver crossed gavels. The Golden Bear Membership emblem has no gavel S-Yld is for all members of the fede­ration or for the club to use however they wish.

I try to keep a stock of most elected officers a:Cld chairmen bars on hand. here, special engraving will take at least 3 'weeks. If you will order before each year, what you will need, y-OU -will be assured. of having them on 11&'11d for

If it isn't September the installa-

tion of your club officers and chairmen. The Gold Bars are not for sale. They are for With the new engraving letters we can add the

for special engraving t:l.me. 3 weeks w-ith luck. large supply.

past officers of the CFMS only. year ('I'reas. 1972) BUT be sure you allow I do keep some on hand but cannot keep a

Send your order here, not to any former chairman. It takes up valuable time. FIOR THE FIRST TLME IN HISTORY (from this office) we will give you a listing of emblems

in stock. (in stock mes-YlS 5 or more emblems) Golden Bear Past President, President, 1st Vo P., 2nd V. Po, 3rd V. P., Vice President,

Secretary, Fin." Seeretar-y, Sec e Treas \), Corrsp e Sec 0, Ref; 0 Sec; 0, Treasurer , Editor, Direc­tor, Fled. Dir., Field Trip, Alt. Dir., Show Cb.r., Jr. Ad:\r. Membership, Golden Bear Member­ship.

Odd Emblems: Pres. 68.

3-Sgt. Arms, I-Fld. Trip, 2-Jr. Adv., 2-Fres. 1970, Historian, Hostess, 1-

Sterling Bars: Bars for former list, Misc. Bars, I-EdItor-en, I-Bylaws, 2-Hostess, 1-Trustee, I-Librarian, 3-Custodian, I-Sec. 71, l~I1J.bl:Lcity-Historian, I-Information, I-Ways & Means, I-Sec.-Treas. 71, 2-Publicity, 5-Sgt. Arms, 2-Par1., I-Sunshine, and 4-blank.

This is the first time we realized that all these were available. We will give this 1ist to our Treasurer, Jack Peters. This list also includ.es a lot of other items along "lith the prices. The Treasurer is in charge of ordering these materials. These orders are sent to-----CFMB EX_EG. ~.ASURER, 609 W. 36th street, Beach, Ca. 90806.

Auto Decals, Labels, Show Material, Manua1s, AFMB Supplies, Newsletters, and Slide Pro-grams are also on this .list. (Continued to the next page.

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Golden Bear Nugget

THE CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF

TO ALL MEMBERS of our HOBBY

Placer County, Calif.

MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES, INC.

Leslie L. Darling, Chairman AFMS Public Relations & Conservation Co CFMS Public Lands Advisory Committee 2716 Monterey Street Bakersfield, California 93306

July 11, 1972

At the AFMS-C~S combined Meeting at Anaheim, June 28 & July 1, 1972, Ken Zahn, AFMS Public Relations & Conservation Committee Member in Washington, Do C., gave an enlightening report. Due to this being an election year potential legislation regulating our hobby is anybody's guess. However, several Congressmen and/or their Consultants have asked Ken Zahn to bring them our needs and desires. That "recreational or hobby mining" is a definite part of their planning for future laws seems to be an accepted fact. How they will write such new laws will in part depend upon information supplied by us, "the members of the recreational or hobby miners".

He, Ken Zruln, went on to say that many tax-exempt organizations were urging their members to write to their Congressmen. This has been prohibited in years past by Internal Revenue Service regulations. Apparently there has been considerable thinking on this as this year .senator Muskie has introduced. a Bill into the Senate which will allow certain tax-exempt organizations, such as ours, to write directly to Legislative Bodies without reprisals, but this Bill is still in a Committee status and until it becomes a law we must respect the present laws.

There are certain words we MAY use and there are others we MUST not use at the present time. Really, does it ID.atter to you which choice of words are used if we accomplish the same thing in the end? We are recommending and using the phrase ttyOU MAY WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMEN, STATING FACTS, AND ASKING THEM TO SUPPORT YOUR NEEDS". We do not recommend the phrase "YOU MUST WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMEN OR YOU MUST DO THIS". To those persons who say that the AFMS or the CFMS can not do anything for you "I say these are irresponsible statements". Ken Zahn made it perfectly clear at 3 separate meetings that we must stop all the internal wrangling and work together if we are to impress our Legislative Leaders. A simple letter to you, stating facts, and suggesting you MAY write your opinions to your Congressman should be as effective as an;y other form of a letter. Ken Zahn repeated that letters to Congressmen within the next 60 to 90 days are of the most importance.

Now I will turn to facts:

1: The Congress in Washington, D. C., will probably this year or next pass new laws affecting our "Recreational or Hobby Mining".

2: Congressmen and/or their Consultants want to know our opinions and needs so we can be considered as they write new laws.

3: Here may be a few of the facts on which they wish your opinions; a. What quantity do you wish to be allowed to collect? b. Do you favor leasing "Hobby Mining Claims" from the Government? c. Do you favor filing claims on non-commercial material?

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d. Ho'W 'Would. you control the "Rock Hogtt? e. Should the Government prohibit cl.aimG of nOD.-comm.ere1.al material? f. What are your desires on Cbllecting on lands leased to cattlemen, sheepmen,

lumber companies, and comm.ercial wining? g. Your desires for right of access to areas. h. Your cOmrtlents on multiple use of public J.a:.flds.

There are others I am sure but this is a start.

If you are interested. in your "Hobby I s Future" you TI18\y' wf'i te to:

Your U. S. Senator Senate Office Building lilashington, D. C. 20510

Burton D. Silcock, Director Bureau of Land Management Department of Interior 18th & C streets N. W. Washington, D. C. 20240

LLD/Jc

Your U. S. Congressman House Office Building Washington, D. C. 20510

Douglas Hofe, Jr. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation Interior Building Washington, Do C. 20240

Respectfully yours, /s/ Leslie L. Darling LesLie 1. Darling.

RWRRDS-mGSCU Mark Morris Cabochons, CC=l Best III C.lass J'unior Awe.rd For Lapidary Div. CFMB

1st Place, Class CC=lJ Junior Division, AFMS.

Ken Roberts Minerals, B-1 1st Place, Class B~l, Aclvanced, CFMS.

Bruce Burke Minerals, BS-l 1st Place, Class BS'~lJ Adv'anced, CFMS.

Sand;y Taylor Cabochons, CC-l 2nd Place., Cl.ass CC=I, Master, CFM8.

Blue Andrade Cabochons, CC=1 1st Place, Class CC=l:; Master, Best In Class,. CFMS. "

Bill Walsh Cabochons, CC=l 1st Place, ~CJ~a,s:s CC=1, Master, National Trophy ,AFMS

IT GOT STRRTED RT RnRnEI m! IT 'lifAS AT A.l'ilA.B:EIM THAT THE IDKA. WAS BORN! WHAT IDEA'? WE AREN ''[' GOING TO TELL YOU YET.

It is a good idea, 'We' 11 telJ. you that much. AND, it is already in progress! The ground­'IITor.k is being done now. Come to the September General. MeetSng aild find. out about this.

HUSH, HUSH!

SH .. 1friHHHHHHH !

Don I t tel.l them too much, yet.

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1972 ~'73 RFmS 0 --FleERS SET

From lef't to right in the above picture are: GUf;! Meister, California ];'ederation, moving ll..p from Regio12al Vice President (Senior) and Chatrrn8,Il of the Uniform Rules Committee to Secretary of the AFNiB; Kenneth Za11n, Eastern FedEration, moving up from Regional Vice Pres­tdent (~Junior) to Regional Vice President (Senior) of the i\J!'MS; Mary Anderson; Rocky Moun­tab Federation, moving up from Secretary to Treasurer of the AF1:v1S; Ed I..mmel~ South Central Federation, Past President of the AFlfJS; Dorothy IJee9 Worthilfest Federatton, moving up from Treasurer to Executive Vice President of the AF'MS; anct Kate Steinbrenner, Midwest Federa­t;ion~ moving up from Executive Vice President to President of the AFMS.

Russell MacFall~ previously the Club Publications Chairman, will ta..ke over the AFMS News­letter 0 He said. that they will have the bulletin printed by a professional printer, and t:5~a.t they hope to have it pubIished on a regular schedule 0 vIe will be looking forward to tklis a..'1d it will enable us to share the news via ou:1.' AFM13 Page more often.

T'lTe were able to meet all these officers at the Open House on Friday- evening, June 30th, and at the Bulletin Ed:L tors t Breakfast. We were very :impressed with their enthusiasm and "golt powero This leads us to expect a lot of action,

Wl!.en the Standing Committees are appointed) vre w·i.ll J.et you know who they are. Those Comrn.ittees are: Auditing) Boundaries, Club })ublications 3 Commemorative Stamp, Education, H:i.r;t;oria.l1, International Relations, Long Ra..nge Plamling & By-Laws, Newsletter Editor, No­meeclature, and Nominating.

(PbDtO by George Strauch, Member.)

August, 1972

mGSCU CLU At the Awards Ban.quet at the AFMS-CF.MS Annual Convention and Show held at. Anaheim, Ca.,

t.he M.inere~. and Gem Society- of Castro Valley- topped the list. for the All .AJnerican Club Award. Martha Peters' D.f).:me was called by- the CJi'MS Educat:ion Chairman, Colonel Bertra.m H. Johnson, to sta:.!ld and represent this Society-.

The "All American C.lub" Committee for our Society- were Louise Palmer (Past President), Hej.en Miguel (HistoriE'tJl and keeper of the docUIaents for this contest) ,and Martha Peters (Ed~tor, and interested pacty).

We are exceedingly elated that our Society achieved this award, because, to earn it means t.hat this Society has done a lot for the community, the county, the state, and even for a foreign country. Our entry and trophy will be displayed at the September meeting.

Colonel Johnson made a written report on this contest. We don't think our Membership knows all about the subject, so we will copy som.e of his remarks here.

"Clubs should have an Education Chairmen. It should be the responsibility of this per­son to start early in gathering 'documentary evidence' to support the 'yes' answers where such proof is required.

"RF..ADI.i"iiG the reqcdrem.ents for qualifying IS NOT ENOUGH. !I~I:NG our the application IS NOT ENOUGH. !lyou m.ust pay strict and. undivided attention by STUDYING what is asked of you and com-

plying with this request." We fol101iled the directions as well as we could, and we used what documentary proof we

had., which l![aS rCloi,"sly from our bulletin. VOILA! What a surprise! We really didn It expect anything at all!

Now, we are more eager than. ever to have our Membership tell us when they do something to hel.p, support, or serve in the cormnunity. Don't "be shy. We know we missed a lot of the things done by our Members 5 but w·e can't ItdocuIn.ent tf them if we d.on't hear about them. 'I'he next All Americ~"l Entry can be even better than this one.

"Even thougl1 a qu.estion can be answered ',ri.th a simple 'yes " BLOW YOUR OWN HORN A LITTLE MORE especi.ally w!J."'.m. the q,lestion deals with what you have done for your members, school kids , Civic Orga:niz8;tions or projects , hospitals or charitable organ.izations. rr ***

Others receiving the All-American.-Club Awards (:in the California Federation) were: Verdugo Hills Gem & Mineral Society SaCYEl1nento Mineral Society, Inc. Sa']. Diego Mineral & Gem Societ.y, Inc. Fossils For Fun Society, Inc. 1'.:ast Bay~ Mineral Society Fresno Gem & lltineral Society, Inc. Gem & Mineral Society of San Mateo County, Inc 0

Each Regional Fed.eration had. their list of All'~.!\merican-Club Allrards which is too l.engthy to L1.st here 0

Tile are alread.y- w-orkJng on next

Petrograph Pa.ge 22 August, 1972

BILL WRLS~ TRKES nRT~L TROP Y I o

"Wishing Will Make It So!!! if it is accompan­ied by lots and lots of hard work~ planning, and dedication!

We are thrilled to spread the word that our Bill 1j,Talsh took the National Award for Cabochons, We observed Bill whi~e he was getting his case together, and we knO'iT wh8,t a lot of pressure he was under, The competition is very rough in this category, and there ca..n be only one winner,

Congratulations~ Bill~ on a job well done! (Photos by George Sirau.ch, Member)

~PETROGR,qPt1Jl mRKES CLERn SWEEPj

"'{our Ed.i tor 1.8 most happy to announce that the "Petrograph" won first in the category of Society Bulletins, Un.limJted. Pa.ges, in the California RegiGnal Contest, and tb.e National Award for Society Bulletins in the National Contest.

Ed Immel, President of AFMS, presents the National· Al,vard' to Bill liTalsh, our Member.

T'he Editor appreciates the fact that the M.G.SoC.V. has fUTH.lshed such wonderful e­quipment for the Editor. vHthout it, we doubt tll.at we could have achieved these

Russell MacFall, Club Publications Chairman, AFMS, congratulates your Editor, Martha Peters, for Best Big Bulletin, C.FoM.So Reg. Later, she collecteQGhe National Award!

honors. We w:ish to thank the Members, too, for their contributions to the "Petrograph." This is

apparently the hardest thing for other Editors to achieve - the co-operation of their Soci­ety Members.

Wi th such talented contributors as Ernestine Wiseman (Women! s Page Editor of the Hay-ward. "Daily Review, It and cTeanne Lower (a graduate in English from Mills College), and all our reporting Officers and Con1]l1ittee Chairmen, the job is made 'easy and fun, We realize that everyone is not so fortunate.

We offer our congratl.J.lat.:ions to Bev Gabrielli, Editor of the Daly City Rockhound I s flGem'~ cJ.ojesto lt We predj.cted (in a note written to her) that she would be in the top 10, and we . '1'e certainly glad for B8V when it was announced that she and the flGemolojest fl had placed

.rst in the Bul1etin8 of Limited Pages in the California Regional Contest. If she keeps that up, she'll have a. fu.l1-grOitffi bulletin to give us some tough competition;

Pet:cograph Page 23 August, 1972

rTlRny mErnBfRS WEnT TO ANAHEIM, THAT IS!

We made notes of the Members we saw at the AFM,s-CF'lYlS Convention and Show at Anaheim. We suspect that we missed some of them, but here are the ones we observed: Blue,Betty, and Bo~~ie Andrade; Bill Walsh, Phil and Maurita Clarke; Bruce Burke; Russell and Margery San­born; Clark and Sa..l1dy Taylor plus Tina; Lloyd Conner; Larry' and Keesa Stewart; Ken and Bet.,;, ty Roberts; Bob and Joy McFate; Martha Peters; Virginia Owens; Lester and Harriett Snipes; Len and Alvena Garner; Pete and Doris Reggio; Marjorie Miller; George and Pat Strauch; Del and Mary Jones; :f!'lorence Bickerd;yi\:e; Isabelle Johnson,; Mark Morris; Doc and Kay Burrows; Gale and Laura Fengel; Ronal.d Cool.ey; Ethel Wolf; ar.td May Meyers. If 1Me have left anyone out, please ,let us know and we will make note of it next month. This was a pretty large group.

c{-=ms i-IISTORIRn~S REPORT Response has been rather slow from the societies concerning their histories. Those that

have come in are very good., though. Two answered saying they he.d no history and didrl' t know-when they would compile one.

Five more prornised to compile one and send it in. T'.o.e £'ollowing histories have aJ.read.-y been received: Boulder City Gem Club, Campbell Gem

and Mineral GuiJ.d, Compton Gem & Mineral Cl.ub, Contra Costa Min. & Gem Soc., Los Angeles I,apidary Soc., Mi:neralogical Society of So. Calif., Mission Peak Gem & Min. Soc., Monrovia Rockhounds, Napa Valley Rock & Gem Club, Palomar Gem & Min. Club, Peninsula Gem & Geology Soc., San Diego Min. & Gem Soe., San Luis Rey Rock Club, Santa Maria Gem & Min. Soc., S:Llvery Colorado River Rock Club, Teha.ma Gem & M:lin. Soc., TU.Ie Gem & Min. Soc., Valley of the Moon Club, Ventura Gem & Min. Soc., and WoocUand Hills Rock Chippers.

Thirty one out of some 250 clubs isn't a very big percentage, I know, but I still have faith more will real.ize the extreme illl.:portance of compiling a history before it is too late to include hu.m.aD. remembrances instead. of cold ;3tatistics taken from minutes and buLletins. Memories dim and people move away and. the precious memories of beginning days and growth are J.ost forever;

Wrlen a society's 25th An:niversary arrives wouldn It it be easier to have a history all ready rather than spending time hunting through the at'chives and run the chance of leaving out some of the ear].y day feelings of fellowship and mutual learning?

(Ed.itor's Note: We believe that this work. has been done, but perhaps it hasn't been sent in? This report should be sent to: (Mrs.) Eleanor M. Learned, CFMS Historian, 2375 - 44th Ave., San Francisco, Ca. 94116.)

RFms InTERnATIOnRl GUIDE RURllRBLE 'I'b.e AFMS International Guide For T'ile Gem and Mineral Col-

lector whieh is by the International Relations Committee of the AFJVlS 'with George Strauch as Chairman is in the

hands of your Editor. If 8::.101- of the MGSCV Members are interested in this booklet, please contact the Editor. We have just one copy "'Thieh was brought back from Anaheim by our Fede­ration Director, Bill Walsh.

Page August, 1972

mEm ER SHIP-DUES PfiST DUE,! SElVD A SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVELOPE WITH YOUR MONEY TO: JJi.;PJ'if PFEFER, J'IIEMBERSHIP

CHAIRMAN, 7609 ASHFORD WAY, DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA 94566. $9.00 PER FM~LY PER YEAR - SINGLE MEMBERSHIP $6.00 - JeJNIOR $2.00 - and ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP AT OJ\J,]!-HALF PRICE.

NKI'I MEMBERS Ja:y- Kearsley, 16326 Mateo st., Sa.l'} Leandro, Ca. 94578.

Donald & Betty Eskelson, 1544 West st., Hay"ward, Ca. 94545.

H. Shirley Halverson, 21912 Baywood Ave., Castro Valley, Ca. 94546.

Margaret Halverson, 21912 Baywood Ave., Castro Valley, Ca.. 94546.

Ernest & Ethel Winslow, 2499 D st., Hayw-ard, Ca. 94541.

Janles & Dorothy Kenny, 3734 High st., Oakland., Ca. 94619.

Robert Pa.tterson, 37221 Cedar Blvd. #3, Newark, Ca. 9)+560.

Margaret Carson, 520 Kim Place, Hayward, Ca. 94544.

NEW ADDRESS Harry & Donna Walker, 21605 B~~ood Ave., Castro Walley, Ca. 94546.

Harley Ford., 1680 Locust st., Livermore, Ca. 94550.

CORRECT ZIP CODE Clementina Vaz, Should. be 945~2.

Pet:rograph

276-0425

537-5010

537-5010

582-9246

530-2623

793-0453

443-9722

BEGinnERS By Jack Peters.

The following beginners completed their three free lessons in cutting cabochons under the instruct.ion of Blue Andrade.

Andy Lueras Rosabelle Lueras Virgil Bettenger

TIChLED TO ~~RUE

OU NIDi JY1EMBERS!

Page 25 August, 1972

CARMEL VALLEY PROSPECTOR, The 3 The Carmel Val.ley Gem and Mineral Soci.ety -; Inc., Carmel, Ga., July, 1972. tfJlJotdoing more than average iswTJ.at keeps the aver-age dOWI1. tI

00 .Password.Woodsy (Owl) says. 0 • "One tree - properly watered ~ is equivalent to a 10-rODm cSize air conditioner operating 20 hours a day 0 Protect our trees." =-- "Success is not permanent so neither is failure./! •.• Password.

GLEN11A.L.EGEMS ,Gl.endale Lapidary & Gem Society' , ~-GIEmd.ale) Ca., July, 19720 This bulletin is

printed in thatla~,ren(h:.;r ink process 0 We have 1:,0. say that thisi'ias the neatest job we have­ever s.een in that method of printing 0 It just shows that it IS possib.le to do a good job that vta;y! W'e no.ticed that they used only o.ne sid.e .of the paper. .Perhaps that is the secret? -------

~FH1TEJ. The, L.E.R.C. Rockcrafters Club, Burbank, Ca., July, 1972. We tha.."lk';:the JjJdJittGr~­& Lucille Mf;f,rtinson--for the very kind expression of apprec ia,t ion she of[fere.dt ·.on the :s'U(b­ject of Bulletin Co.ntest Rules. vvequote in part~ "W.hile there are many bu1l1etins hoth l.arge and small and rtJ.any Edito.rs of v"'aried personalities ,likes, and dislikes" Jl1lO.0ne set of rules can ever please them all or even begin to~ Consequently, agrreatt1l:eal ·.of d5scussion fol.lo~.,ed this rel)Ort aDd man.y views 1.ifere expressed concerning some iltems~ .It seems where rules are concerned we sometimes fo.rget the real purpose of trying tG (cover the many as each ind.ivid.ual wac"lts the rules bent a Ij.ttleway in hisdirecti.on.''' IDlaat"s t.he truth. We 1ArLL1. try- again; however ~ this time, we plan to contact every editor [l.0rr ,\->Tri tten comments. Sound.s impossible? T!.'lat 's just a little harder! Weare .saving the i t.em, "What Do YOQ Wa'1t From Your Hobby?", for a future bUll.etin.

GOLDE;N SPIKE NEWS, Gol.den Spike Gem and Mineral Society, Ogden, utah, July, 19:f2. "Peopfue should buy a horse instead of a car - It would stable~,ize the eCGnOID;}"-." ,Yuk, Yuk'!":NJl}'Xr­ER try to hea;t your camper or tent with charco.aL This is very dangerous as the charc0al

yes off carbon monoxide as it burns!!!" GFJVJS 5 Gem & MineraJ_ Society of Sa:.r'l MateO County, San Carlos, Ca., July, .19'72. "Anarcheo-----::Logical eJl.,])edition is a BOl\iF. VOYAGE!" "Diplo.macy: The ability to tell a person to

go. to H--- in such a way that b.e looks forward to the trip. 11 "How we get petrified wood ~- the w-ind bl.ows hard and that makes the trees rock!" From S. J. News, Breccia via Sierra Pelogram3 and The Rock Ledger , respectively. We thank you f.or the iCongr1il;ts.

ROCKHOUND f S RIiG, Foothill Gem and Mineral. Society of La Canada, Inc., Montrose., Ca • ., July, ---:I§72. In regard. to the Swartz Ranch controversy , we found. the follo.wing item of inter­

est~ "Field. Trip To Fern.ley, Nevada, by Tubby' Houston. F'or those people :whomight be on vacation this SU1l'1.1Jl.e2") there is a new find of petrified. and opalized aspen on the Swa.rtz Ranch, out of Fernley, Nevada. F'crnley is located off Highway 80, about 30 mi'le.'lS east of Reno.. (Paragraph) A nominal fee is charged by the Swartz Ranch f.or dig.gin,g .. According to reports, :vou can It go wrong, as SOlle of the opal limb casts of opalit.eare eqv.al. to the Virgin Valley precious o.pal. Much of the opal.ized material is brilliant purples, greys, orange, reds and blues., black and purple, and all pastel shades,. FeX'n­.ley opal limb sections ea.Jl be a very desired gem. tI Again, we say, our Field Trip.Ohair­men are going to eheck this o.ut, - BUT, doesnlt that sound good? tiThe best wgyto 'keep good intentions from dying is to execute them.1!

GEM lIas Vegas Gem Club, Las Vegas, Nevad.a, June, 1972. tlyou K..l\TOW youfre a rockhound you start calling "hash" conglomerate! I! "'1'0 prevent clothes from falling in the

closet o.f yo.ur ca:mper or trailer while traveling, sinrply place TWO hangers on each gar­ment, turnj.ng eaeh hanger in a di.fferent direction. II 'Well, that's all for this tim.e 0 T't!.ere aren? t. enough quotes for ano.t.her page. We hav-e 1.ooked over cd1 the bulletins we have received ao.d have marked the ones which have items we could use .••. gu.ess

AUGUSTS fH1En~T Wt-IRT T1-1EY USE 0 TO BE -By Ernestine Wiseman, Member.

Most people understand that the month of August must have had something to do with an historical figure by the name of August.

But, who doesn't tremble at the thought that, if it hadn't been for that first Roma.n em­peror's petty jealousy, people born in August might be celebrating June birthdays instead?

THEN we'd be writing about agates allover again instead of carnelian, which is the Au­gust birthstone. If you're breathing a sigh of relief, thinking "Thank goodness. I could­n't read through THA'r again, II hold off. You may prefer agate when you hear what carnelian has to offer.

But first a word about Augustus. He wasn't born Augustus, which should provide us with the first clue that all is not

right in the carnelian department, either. At his birth in Rome in 63 Bo Co, his name was Gaius Octavius. Rome's last ruler before the emperors, Julius Caesar, was his granduncle. You remember ,Julius Caesar by way of Shakespeare and all those other literary types.

Well, young Gaius Octavius was his favorite, so Julius made him his heir. After Uncle died (actually, he had a ].ittle help there) and Gaius became Rome's first emperor, someone got the idea that it would be nice to add the name Julius Caesar in between Gaius and Oc­tavius. So they dido (The young man was only about 19 at the time and didn't have much to sa;'! about it.)

Talk about confusion: About 40 years' worth, is all. Finally the Roman Senate recog­nized 1.t. (Governmental bodies didn't act much faster in those days than our own congres­sional system.)

'l'hen some solon stood up and said, !tHey, we can't call this cat ! Caesar' and Emperor, too. tf So, they latched onto a Latin word meaning "maj estic" • That's Augustus.

Now this name proved to be alinost as great a snafu as the first one they voted on. It seems the Roman emp~ire, while it had only one "emperor", had a lot of "majesties '.' .

So, they called another caucus and decided that, in order to distinguish him from all other personages silY'.ilarly titled, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavius Augustus should be referred to as "Octavian".

He did pretty well with this name and, by the time he was 34, it was acknowledged that he stuck mostly to business, whi.ch made his subjects fairly happy. His buddy) Marc Antony, was off barging do~m the Nile with that vamp, Cleopatra, at the time, and people were talk­ing.

The Roman Senate began searching for another tribute they could pay him. This resulted in a decree to rename the month Sextilis---which means sixth---to Augustus---which means eighth!

What a lobbying job THAT must have been! And this is ·where Octavia.YJ.' s---or Augustus' ---tiny streak of jealousy manifested itself.

He d:id a little bit of calendar gerrymandering, himself. Marc came home from fooling around in Egypt long enough to campaign to get the month of

July named in honor of Julius Caesar. It had 31 days. This left the hand-me-down Sextilis ---we call it June---with one less under its new naroe of Augustus.

Even though he insisted, he really DID have this overwhelming fondness for Julius, Octa­vian refused to have fewer days in HIS month than there were in July. So, he merely made a political grab from February (he said "borrowed", but, like most governmental borrowing, it hasn i t been repaid_), and gave August 31 days.

This hanky-panky was long before anyone came up with the notion that certain stones be­long to specific months. If' someone HAD thought of it, chances are carnelian ·would have )een named, anyway. Only,:Ln those days, it was being referred to as "cornelianft

0 That meant. horn-like. v,T.'.t1.ich seems fair enough. (Continued to the next page.)

Page 27 August, 1972

AUGUSTS AREN 1 T 1AJHAT THEY USED TO BE, CONTINUED. AUgllstUS was tooting his own horn.

The Latin word Itcornu" (as in cornucopia) ultimately became "earn", which changed the mea:r.ring from horn to "flesh" (as in carnal, carniverous, carnation. Carnation?), thence, to red.

Roma.ns didn it have to worry about carnelian, however. 'I'here wasIl. it much in their coun­try. Most of it was in India, just waiting for someone to dig it up. Maybe that! s just as '\I)'e.1L Augustus might not have wanted to wait out the two-year exposure in strong sunlight that it takes to turn India.n. carne.lian from its blackish, olive color to deep red. There '\ityere other colors in those days, just as there are now. But certain:Ly no emperor worth his birthright would have inferior yellow or bruwt1 carnelian in his crown. Not when red is the top of the line.

F:i.n::i.i.ng it is a little difficult 0 Most of us have heard of locations - = -many in our own state of California---which have carnelian as part of their names, leading us to believe it 1 s plentiful. You know them: Carnelian Bay, Carnelian Beach, etc. The best digging, how'ever, is said to be at Tampa Bay, Florida.

Maybe my husband could be persuaded to go there 0:'1 our vacation next year. rrhat would be in Octavian.

Dea:c Martha & Ed.,

Midas, Nevada July 10, 1972

Tll6 Malchus caravan arrived in Midas on the 4th of July .•• tired, but happy. Except for one vrater line I fGrgot to drain last fall that froze and broke, we found everything in good shape.

Other than getting settled., we have not been very ambitious as the change from sea level to an elevation of 6500 ' takes a little getting used to. Because of this, I have not started any const.ruction work yet J bv.t e::x-pect t.o get started next Monclay.

Tb.e weather has been absolutely beautiful, warm, bV.t ,vi th a nice afternoon breeze - no cars, no trucks, no smog, no noise of any kind - right now) the only sound is the leaves on the trees in the breeze.

We ·will give you a progress report monthly. Best of everything to everyone.

Jerry & Lois Malchus.

We need Society Members who would be I'Tilling to donate a piece of jewelry. We are form­ing a girls' softball team to play the Hay<tJ'ard Umpires on September 16th. We are unable to charge, so we are asking for donations to get a ticket to win a prize to be given away each inning. All proceeds will go to the Meals On 'Wheels organization which is for senior citi­zens who are on a limited income or are shut-ins. 1'he MEALS ON WHEELS get these people's names and d.eli ver hot meals to them free of charge each da-y. This organization is com­pletely run on donations a.Dd volunteer workers.

If you can donate something, please give us a call and. we will be happy to pick up what­ever you have tc donate between now and September.

Thanks a million for your help; Ginny Hanselman

Price

"It is better to endure all the frowns and anger of the greatest on earth, than to have an 1measy conscience wi thin our breast. 0, let the bird. in the soul be always kept singing whatjscever cne suffer. II

Page 28 August, 1972

SOCIETY COLORS Blue & Gold

President: Vice President: Secretary: Treasurer: Director, '70-'73: Director, '71-'74: Director, '72-'75: Federation Director: Field Trip Chairmen:

Shop Foreman: Show Chairmen:

Editor: Hostess: Librarian: Historian: Membership Chairman: Junior Mentor: Past. President:

Publicity: School Co-Ordinator: Receptionists:

P8.rliamentarian: Door Prizes: Show Rules: Sunshine Girl: Johnny Horizon:

Scholarship Fund:

MINERAL AND VALLEY SOCIETY STONE Selenite

SOCIETY 4 SYMBOL

CASTRO VALLEy,-~~LIFo, 94546

ELECTED OFFICERS FOR 1972-73 Roy Le Roy, 17661 Via Perdido, San Lorenzo, Ca. 94580. 218-1882 Phil Clarke, 1600 151st Ave., San Leandro, Ca. 94578. 351-8289 Edith Jensen, 1335 Graff Ave., San Leandro, Ca. 94577. 357-9593 Jack Peters, 6311 Contra Costa Rd., Oakland, Ca. 94618. 547-0211 Bruce Burke, 2004 149th Ave., San Leandro, Ca. 94578. 483-1159 Jerry Malchus, Via Golconda, Midas, Nevada, 89414. 702-Toll Sta. #2 Jim Ewing, 20125 Sapphire st., C. V., Ca. 94546. 537-7098 Bill Walsh, 17552 Via Primero, San Lorenzo, Ca. 94580. 278-5217 Sandy Taylor, 734 Schafer Rd., Ha;yward, Ca. 94544. 782-3548 Clark Taylor, 734 Schafer Rd., H~ard, Ca. 94544. 782-3548 George King, 4126 Culver st., Oakland, Ca. 94619. 532-6243 Joy McFate, 42r(0 School. St., Pleasanton, Ca. 94566. 846-3747 Bob McFate, 4270 School st., Pleasanton, Ca. 94566. 846-3747 Martha Peters, 19294 Lake Cl.cabot Road, C. V., Ca. 94546. 538-2959 Ednah Antunovich, 2016 Sa..'1 Antonio Ave., Alameda, Ca. 94501. 522-4214 Joyce Shaw, 14271 Orchid Dr. ~ San Leandro, Ca. 94578. 35'7 -0976 Helen Miguel, 15515 Maubert Ave., Sa..'1 Leandro, Ca. 94578. 276-4354 Jean Pfefer, 7609 Ashford Way, Dublin, Ca. 94566. 828-3308 Dora Collins, 26428 Mockingbird Ln •. , Hayward, Ca. 94544. 782-7238 Louise Palmer, 3778 Lorena Ave., C. V., Ca. 94546. 537-9020

APPOINTED COMMI'I'TEE CHAIRMEN* J'eanne Lower, 4617 Lawrence Dr., C. V., Ca. 94546. Vernon Korstad, 17917 Beardsley st., C. Vo, Ca. 94546. Jealme E-lTans, 17452 Via Estrella, San Lorenzo, Ca. 94580. Margie Apple, 1417 Via Manzana, San Lorenzo, Ca. 9)+580. Ben Owens, 17120 Via Piedras, San Lorenzo, Cao 94580. El tC'll Strange, 13352 San Pa.blo Ave., #)+0, San Pablo, 94806. Bill Walsh, 17552 Via Primert), San Lorenzo, Ca. 94580. Janet Tate, 22173 N 6th st., Co V., Ca. 94546. Donna Walker, 3768 Lorena Ave., C. V., Cao 94546. Harry Walker, 3768 Lorena Ave., Co V 0, Ca. 94546. Hazel Peterman, 1734 l)+lst Ave., San Leandro, Ca. 94578.

537-6151 537-9485 276-4517 278-0422 ~Q. 234-1410 278-5217 538-8378 537-4533 537-4533 357-4324

*These Committee Heads are without voting privileges within the scope of the Bd. of Direct.

NOTICE: Membership Meetings are held every 2nd Friday of the month (any changes will be noted) except in the months of July and August, convening at 7:30 P. M. at the Cherryland School, Western at Willow st., Hayward, Ca. Refreshments are served. Movies or guest speakers on pertinent subjects are featured in addition to the strictly business session. DUES: $9.00 per Family per year; Single Membership $6000; Junior $2.00; and Associate Mem­bership at one-half rate. PETROGRAPH POLICY: Anonymous contributions cannot be considered for publication in the Petrograph. If requested, the contributor's naxne will be withheld from original material. The source of other material will be indicated for proper credit. Permission is granted to reprint Petrograph items when credit is given. NOTE: Labeling, Collating, Sorting, and Mailing are done by Marie Le Roy, Roy Le Roy, Paul J3roWll, Virginia Owens, Martha Peters, and Ed Peters. The "Profile" Editor is Jeanne Lower. Standbys are: Rosamond McCully, Pat McCully, Lorraine DaJrymple, Janice Delfino, and Joe Duarte. Printing is by Martha and Ed Peters.

SHOP RULES AND SCHEDULES "

10 (a) Open to all Members over 12 years old. (b) Under 12 years must be accompanied by

a responsible adult. 2. Shop Fee is 65¢ per session. Prepaid Fee

Ticket for 10 sessions is $5.00, a value of $6.50. A special Saturday rate (for Juniors) is 25¢.

3. Open 7:30 to 10 P. M., Monday through Fri­day, Wednesdays from 9:30 A. M. to 12:30 Po M., and Thursdays from 12:30 to 3:00 P. M. No Shop on General Meeting nights.

4. Slab saw run by Shop Instructors, only. Slabbing rate 5¢ per sq. in. Jade 10¢ a sq. in.

5. Use of equipment subject to approval of Shop Instructors. HEED YOUR SHOP INSTRUC­TORS.

6. Co-operative cleanup after each work ses­sion.

7. Jewelry Classes meet 1'uesday evening and Thursday afternoon a~d evening.

8. Juniors meet from 9:00 to 12:00 noon on Saturdays as scheduled on Pebble Pv~s' Page.

9. Carving Class meets on Wednesday evenings.

PETROGRAPH, The Monthly Bulletin of: The Mineral & Gem Society of Castro Valley, Martha 1. Peters, Editor, 19294 Lake Chabot Road, Ca.stro Valley, Ca, 94546.

BELOW IS THE SHOP SITE

ENTER through the alley-way off Wisteria Street and turn right at the rear of the lot. The SHOP is the yellow-tiled build­ing directly behind J'enna' s Pizzeria with plenty of PARKING.

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