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TULSA ROCK & MINERAL SOCIETY

ADDRESS: BOX 2292 TULSA, OK 74101 www.tulsarockandmineralsociety.org .

2019 Officers are elected by club members each November-December

President Steve Ridgway 918-557-1107 [email protected]

1st VP/Programs Peter Grice 918-607-3445 [email protected]

2nd VP/Field Trips Holly Proctor 918-361-3081 [email protected]

Secretary Roberta Wagle 918-695-4291 [email protected]

Treasurer Jerry Nagel 918-640-1324 [email protected]

Shop Foreman Billy McBay 918-455-0602 [email protected]

Editor

Web/Library Martha Rongey 918-230-1094 [email protected]

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Historian Larry Wagle 918-695-1527 [email protected]

Past-President Donna Loffer 918-407-1194; 918-371-5051 [email protected]

Door Prize Chair Paulino Allande [email protected] Directors Richard Jaeger, George Hill, Sharon Richards

2019 Committee Chairs are appointed by the incoming President

Chatpile Editor Wayne Mouser 918-582-8700 [email protected]

Rock Donations Larry Wagle 918-695-1527 [email protected]

Show Chair Eric Hamshar 918-284-3503 [email protected]

Club Scholarship Dianne Kirk & Richard [email protected]; [email protected]

Fed Representative Liz Thomas 918-486-3788 [email protected]

Publicity Martha Rongey 918-230-1094 [email protected]

By-Laws Bob & Nancy Hicks, Scott Robb [email protected]

Pebble Pups Julia Allande 918-834-340 [email protected]

Hospitality Table Kimberly Perry 918-859-3053 [email protected]

Uniform Rules Leon Reeder 918-346-7299 [email protected]

Need VOLUNTEERs for Education and Hospitality. Contact TRMS President Steve Ridgway

The Tulsa Rock and Mineral Society, Inc. was organized in April 1958 to promote interest and provide

education in the earth sciences, in historical artifacts, in jewelry-making and all forms of the lapidary arts. Field trips, the

club workshop, monthly meetings and other activities provide opportunities for life-long learning. Meetings: The second

Monday of each month at the College Hill Presbyterian Church, 7th and Columbia Street, Tulsa, OK. Refreshments and

coffee begin at 6 p.m. Pebble Pups meet at 6:15 and the membership business meeting and program commence at 7

p.m. ALL WELCOME!

The T-Town Rockhound, official bulletin of the Tulsa Rock and Mineral Society, is issued every month preceding

the regular monthly meeting. Permission is granted to reprint items from the newsletter unless otherwise designated, provided

that full credit is given to the author and the T-Town Rockhound. Please send items for the newsletter by the monthly

deadline, the 20st of the month preceding publication, to the Editor.

TRMS Membership: Single $12 - Family, $15, due Jan. 1. Mail: PO Box 2292, Tulsa OK 74101.

http://www.tulsarockandmineralsociety.org/

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T-TOWN ROCKHOUND May, 2019 Vol. LXVII No.5 Monthly newsletter of Tulsa Rock and Mineral Society tulsarockandmineralsociety.org

SHOW COMMITTEE MEETING—COME JOIN US! The next Show Committee Meeting will be held on Monday, May 20 at 7 pm at College Hill Presbyterian Church at 712 S Columbia Ave, Tulsa. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact Show Chair, Eric Hamshar at [email protected] or call 918-284-3503. All club members are encouraged to attend and participate at these meetings. Everyone's input is important and

appreciated. We have already had many volunteers willing to lead the different areas of the show, but we still need more

participation from club members. Please, lend a hand and a voice to help make the 2019 show a special one!

We are nearing crunch time with the annual TRMS show coming up on July 13th & 14th, so now is the time to finalize our plans. We are going to need a lot of active participation by club members to make this year's show our best yet! Donna Loffer will have signup sheets for volunteers very soon, so please sign up to help out.

We are in need of specimens for both the grab bags and the spinning wheel. These should be small (under 2") and

relatively inexpensive, such as small tumbled stones, minerals such as Oklahoma rose rocks, quartz, or selenite, or small

fossils like shark's teeth, crinoid stems, etc. If you have something you can donate or know someone who does, please

let Donna Loffer or Eric Hamshar know.

Treats for the May 13 general membership meeting hospitality hour will be courtesy of the

members with last names beginning with the letters S through Z. Please and thank you!

PEBBLE PUPS

With Gem Faire looming in the near and foreseeable future, six Pebble Pups studied

important and effective techniques for displaying their specipeoples (politically correct). We

studied specimen prep, balance, color coordination, labeling, and touched on lighting. We

also looked at various liner materials to develop a feel for a good background for the

specimens, and played around a little bit with risers. A requirement for the Showmanship

badge is for the Pup to make our own public display. This can be accomplished in the

monthly display case, putting in a display for Gem Faire and/or our show (my preference!),

or putting up a display anywhere else, like at school or the library. If the Pups wish to put the

monthly display at the church, they may consider sharing the cabinet and several of them

putting in some specimens, Mo Bullard, Spencer Meadows, and Kingston Williams all

received badges they had earned. There are more badges to be handed out, still. You guys

are doing a great job! I am proud of you!--Julia Allande, JRoA Coordinator


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This year’s Grab Party is May 25 at 10:00 am at Donna and Steve's house at 12604 N. 143rd E. Ave., Collinsville, OK. Bring a covered dish to go with hamburgers and hotdogs. Tea and coffee will be provided or bring your favorite

Gem Fair is May 31, so June 1 and 2 we will need workers for the grab bags and spin game. Call Donna to sign-up at 918-407-1194 or

sign-up at the next meeting in May.

Thanks: Donna

Compiled by Wayne Mouser from T-Town Rockhound archives

5 YEARS AGO MAY, ,2014;...President Loffer called the meeting to order. No member or guest count was given.. Amethyst was given to the Pebble Pups. Julia Allande asked for

volunteers to help with Gemfaire. Donna & Steve Loffer will host the grab bag party at their home. Richard Jaeger is selling AFMS Endowment fund raffle tickets. Finis Riggs is urging members to volunteer at the upcoming show. Jay Gourd, program

chairman introduced Leon Reeder, who spoke about the experiences judging competitive exhibits. Chris Thomas, field trip chairman led a trip to the Stockton, MO area to look for geodes. Jo Mounce wrote an article titled “JoAnn & Kevin Take Texas”. Jo also wrote an article titled “Beware of Bumblebee Agate”. Steve Richards wrote an article about attending a show in Austin... . 15 YEARS AGO MAY, 2004:. Twenty Two members and two guests attended the meeting. Noah Maddox drew numbers for door prize chairman, Harvey Shell.. President Richard Jaeger described a field trip he took with the Oklahoma Geological Society to see building of geological interest..Other announcements were made. The program was Show & Tell and presented by Harvey Shell, Barry Parks, Noah Maddox, Gary Cooper, Richard Jaeger, Juanita Dewey, John Ravenscroft, Bob Shaha, Mary Watts, Floyd Speck, Virgil Richards, Claudine Elmore and Bob Ford..Ken Siler led the field trip to Broken Bow to look for quartz crystals... 25 YEARS AGO MAY, 1994:.Fifty members and four guests were in attendance. Wayne requested all members to write to the Chief of the Forest Service and their senators and representatives in regard to the new rules proposed for land use in Forest Service areas. New rules could possibly affect digging selenite crystals in the salt plains. Rogers Moore died May 2nd. Ethel Day of Days Rock Shop died April 23. A donation was sent to OSCMS Scholarship Fund in their memory. Everyone was invited to Herrman & Juanita Dewey’s to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Jon Slankard led the field trip to Keystone Lake area to hunt fossils. Roxanna Chamberlin presented a slide program titled “Route of the Vikings”. John & Dorothy Sanders had a display of Amethyst in the library case. Leon Reeder wrote an article titled “Basic Lapidary - How to Cut a Cabochon - Part 5". The Utah Federation of Gem & Mineralogy Societies wrote TRMS thanking them for being an associate member to help keep collecting sites open for all rock club members... 45 YEARS AGO MAY, 1974: 117 members and guest were in attendance. Don Swisher, door prize chairman gave out

three door prizes that were donated by Homer & Katherine Jones. Richard Jaeger, program chairman introduced Homer &

Katherine Jones who presented a program titled “Beautiful Objects with Minerals & Metals”. The field trip was to Mt Ida

to dig quartz crystals. Eleanor Caswsotu wrpte an article about attending the swap at Red Rock Canyon..


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Hotels/Lodges: Rosecliff Lodge: 573-323-8156

Camping: Big Spring RV Camp- 573-323-8328 Current River Campground- 573-323-4000 The Family Campground- 573-323-4447

TRMS Field trip to Cave Spring Park & Current

River Cavern

HC 1 Box 89, Van Buren, MO 63965

May 18th, 2019 1pm

Directions:

Our rock hounds will be able to access an area which is not normally available to the

general public, to dig for druzy quartz. The date is Saturday, May 18 and the meet-up

begins at 1 pm at the park. Cave Spring Park and the Current River Cavern feature cave

tours, gem panning, a quarry dig, gift shop, nature center and large picnic shelters. In the

Nature center, there are turtle exhibits and fossil and minerals, including an ultraviolet

display. For the VERY adventurous, there are 4 zip-lines. Tulsa Rock and Mineral Society

invites all rock club members to participate.

Saturday, May 18, 1pm

TRAVEL TIME: 5 hours from D. W. Correll Museum in Catoosa OK.

(The Correll Musem has offered to let us leave cars and carpool)

CONTACT: Holly Proctor: 918-361-3081, [email protected].

Check out the website www.cavespringpark.com

The park is located directly off US Route 60 on the eastbound (south) side about

1 mile West of Van Buren, MO and the Current River.


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Okay Folks, the Time is drawing near for Gem Faire! Gem Faire is the commercial bead

show that every year invites us to participate, not only at practically no cost to us, but also

nets us a generous donation to our scholarship fund, just for showing up and putting in

displays. It is a great opportunity for us to meet public that may not normally come to our

show, and to advertise our show as well. The dates are 31 May through 2 June, with set-up on

Thursday, 30 May, starting at about noon. We need two or three more displays, as 12 is a

great number. We also need working exhibitors. Gem Faire magnanimously permits us to sell

our grab bags and run our spinning wheel, so we need folks to run those activities, as well.

With all the people who stop by to visit with us, we always have some who want to just talk

and visit and know more about our club, so we need Talkers, a few people willing to verbally

share what we are about. Because this is a Show, and because there are Displays, we will

need everyone available to set up display cases on Set-up day, Thursday, and break down

and pack up on Sunday after the show closes. We will load the cases for transport on

Wednesday afternoon. We need willing workers to help load and to assemble the cases.

Please, please come out to help set up and break down, and to run a section of the booth.

You will not be required to man the booth all day, but with proper identification, you will be

provided a pass to the show. Donna will have a work sign-up for us at our May meeting, and

I will be asking for displays. It is great fun, not too much work, and very rewarding!

--Julia Allande

AFMS and RMFMS summaries prepared by Connie Cassity

American Federation of Mineralogical Societies Website: www.amfed.org February/March 2019 Newsletter Safety Matters - All it takes is one by Ellery Borow, AFMS Safety Chair In this litigious day and age, sadly, all it takes is one action, one member, one disrespectful event to cause a property owner to

boot an individual or a club from a collecting site. The best solution to such a problem is, most certainly, for it not to be a problem in the first place. Prevention is a great thing but there are limitations to what one can accomplish.

Club members can be coached, encouraged, guided, and otherwise instructed in the ways and means to be good rockhounds and

remain in the good graces of property owners. However, accidents happen despite ones best effort. Worse however are the intentional disregards of property owner’s wishes. What does a club do if a member willfully and repeatedly disregards a property owners wishes? It can be a very touchy issue to give a member the boot for disrespectful behavior at a collecting site.

[Ways to help work with club members to be respectful are discussed, particularly using the AFMS Code of Ethics (on the last page of this newsletter), and also how to work with the property owners.]

Your safety matters, so please keep in mind that respect plays an important part in safety. Respect for your personal limits,

property owner limits, and codes of ethics all play a part in being and staying safe.

Having Fun: Junior Activities By Jim Brace-Thompson, Juniors Program Chair

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Help Your Club Kids Find Fun in Communicating!

Jim Brace-Thompson reports that at the March AMFS meeting there were very few entries for the junior articles for the annual AFMS Bulletin Contest. This article promotes the encouragement of “pebble pups and junior members to write a brief article or even a paragraph telling about a recent rock- of fossil-related field trip or experience, a museum visit, a favorite fossil or mineral (for instance, the child’s birthstone), or anything rock related.

When kids do write articles, each one should be sent in to the annual bulletin contests. Even if kids don’t win, the very process of

writing will help them learn while stimulating their active participation as club members, giving them pride as they see their words printed in their local newsletter. Plus, they can earn a Communications badge via the AFMS/FRA Badge Program re-gardless of how they do in competition. Don’t beat ’em away with sticks! Encourage kids along and help them learn by writing and communicating. Who knows? They just might have fun!”

What Happened to the February Newsletter? by Carolyn Weinberger, Editor Carolyn Weinberger suffers “from an acute form of leukemia and was forced to spend 4 weeks in the hospital in January”, plus

complications of other medical problems. Thus, she combined the February and March editions of the AFMS newsletter. She reported that she is slowly regaining strength. She thanked all those who had sent emails and cards wishing her well.

“But I Don’t Have Anything New to Say” and What Is an Editor and What Do Editors Do? by Sue Webb, BEAC In the first article Sue Webb has many suggestions for getting club members to write for her newsletter using the journalists: WHO,

WHAT, WHY, WHEN, WHERE, and HOW. In the second article she explains all the things that she does as an editor to help others who become editors of newsletters.

American Federation of Mineralogical Societies Website: www.amfed.org April/May 2019 Newsletter

A Tribute to Carolyn Weinberger by Shirley Leesom This tribute to Carolyn Weinberger describes many of her achievements in various editing positions for regional and national rock

and mineral societies as remembered by Shirley Leesom. It also includes many of the accomplishments of Carolyn and her husband Steve in their work together for those same groups.

A Word from the President by Doug True, President What a great show put on by the Cedar Rapids Club and MWFMS! Thanks for all of the hard work. This is one of the ways the AFMS is important: the value of various federation members getting together, sharing with each other,

working on problems of interest, dealing with federation differences. As AFMS, we are in the position to advise, not to control. The same is true for each of the regional federations. They are there to

advise and support the local clubs. With that in mind, working together makes for a stronger federation--building great relationships, getting new ideas, and applying

them in other areas.

Spotlighting Your Best & Brightest Kids in Rock & Gem by Jim Brace-Thompson, Juniors Program Chair Jim Brace-Thompson, in addition to his writings for the AFMS newsletter, writes articles for the Kids’ Page of Rock & Gem

magazine. He and Managing Editor, Toni Rahn, run articles about outstanding juniors in an informal series called “Spotlight on Juniors.” They are asking local club officers and newsletter editors to submit names and information to help them find more junior rockhounds to spotlight.

AFMS Recognition Award: John Martin Honored By Sandy Fuller, Past Presidents Advisory Want to know the latest information on public lands access for recreational rock hounding? Your best source is the web pages of

the American Land Access Association <amlands.org>. Webmaster John Martin continually monitors and identifies proposed and pending rule making and legislation (with the assistance of ALAA members) and posts the most up-to-date information.

As the AFMS Conservation and Legislation Committee Chair since 2008, he also digests and disseminates timely in-formation

through newsletter articles and contacts with his regional counterparts. Occasionally, he even travels across the country to meet with congressional members to help them understand the concerns of recreational rockhounds.


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Having trouble finding photos of John? That’s because he’s the guy hiding behind the camera. John has photo-documented many AFMS conventions and can usually be identified as the man with the camera.

At the 2019 AFMS Convention, John Martin was awarded the AFMS Recognition Award for going above and beyond their

prescribed duties to make a lasting contribution to the AFMS. The award is not given every year because it is reserved for very special people who are identified by tour past AFMS Presidents.

Previous recipients of the AFMS Recognition Award include: June Culp Zeitner, Jim Hurlbut, Dee Holland, Dorothy and Glenn Lee,

Marge Collins, Steve and Carolyn Weinberger, Ruth Bailey, Ed Romack, Anne Cook, Shirley Leeson, Pat LaRue, B. Jay Bowman, Dr. Robert Carlson, Jim Brace-Thompson and Richard Jaeger.

Rockhound of the Year: It's Never Too Early by Judi Allison, AFMS Rockhound of the Year Chair Clubs can submit their Rockhound of the Year at any time during the year. There are some new procedures for submitting the

information about the honored person to the Regional Rockhound of the Year Chairperson for your area Federation. Rocky Mountain: Sheri Johnson, 339 S. Milan St, Henderson, NV 89015 [email protected] 702-525-0256

2019 Bulletin Editors’ Contest Results by Suzanne Webb, BEAC Chair Congratulations to TRMS winners:

Special Publications: 7th Place Sharon Richards, Show Program—Gem & Jewelry Show, Tulsa Rock & Mineral Society, RMFMS Junior Article Under 12: 1st Place Spencer Meadows, Looking for a Star, T-Town Rockhound, Tulsa Rock & Mineral Society,

RMFMS Written Feature: 1st Place Roxanna Chamberlin, Rockhounds Prevail, T-Town Rockhound, Tulsa Rock & Mineral Society, RMFMS Written Feature: 8th Place Julia Allande, Pebble Pups,T-Town Rockhound, Tulsa Rock & Mineral Society, RMFMS

Rockhound Soapbox by John Martin, AFMS Conservation and Legislation Committee [email protected].

47: John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act became Law on March 12, 2019.Law: Pub.L. 116-9Natural Resources Management Act Summary

This bill sets forth provisions regarding various programs, projects, activities, and studies for the management and conservation of natural resources on federal lands.

Specifically, the bill addresses, among other matters

land conveyances, exchanges, acquisitions, withdrawals, and transfers;

national parks, monuments, memorials, wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, historic and heritage sites, and other conservation and recreation areas;

wildlife conservation;

helium extraction;

small miner waivers of claim maintenance fees;

wildland fire operations;

the release of certain federal reversionary land interests;

boundary adjustments;

theDenali National Parkand Preserve natural gas pipeline;

fees for medical services in units of the National Park System;

funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund;

recreational activities on federal or nonfederal lands;

a national volcano early warning and monitoring system;

federal reclamation projects; and

Search-and recovery-missions. In addition, the bill reauthorizes the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation Program and the National

Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program. How the law may affect Recreational Rockhounding

This change in the law has an effect on Public Lands in all 50 states. Some of these legislative changes will and do have an effect on how and where Recreational Rockhounding activities may be accomplished.

The bill (S-47) and the enacted law are 260 pages and too large to print here or to go into very much detail. However, just in

California alone 118,653,020 acres of BLM-managed lands have been converted to wilderness areas including some areas near the Hauser Geode Beds. This land has no motorized access, but collecting may be allowed provided it can be collected without wheeled access or any mechanical collecting devices. The National Park Service managing Death ValleyNation Park and Joshua Tree National Park added 92,525 more acres where no Recreational Rockhounding is allowed and the USFS added 7,141 acres to existing wilderness areas. This land, most of which is removed from Recreational Rockhounding, equals over 185,551 Square Miles of Public



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land. There were some positive effects of the law in California. Six OHV areas were declared in the law and can not be changed by any future legislation, and several Wilderness Study Areas, (WSA) were removed and returned to public multi-purpose usage, where Recreational Rockhounding is again temporally permitted. The BLM has 2 years to create a Management Plan in which Recreational Rockhounding must be included as a recognized Recreational Activity or the Rockhound Community may lose access to these collecting areas. The fate of collecting lies in the hands of the Rockhound Community.

If you are interested in learning about any of the Public land actions in your state or area, the bill (S-47) and law may be read at:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s47enr/pdf/BILLS-116s47enr.pdf. Currently over 87 bills before Congress may have an adverse affect on your ability to exercise your right to collect Rocks, Minerals

and Fossils for your personal use. All Recreational Rockhounds need to join together and speak

Our Hobby’s History: It Started with a Passion and a Sharing of Ideas by Jennifer Haley AFMS HISTORIAN 1928 was a big year for many firsts and discoveries internationally. It was also the year an earth science teacher began a club for

his students and community because he saw a need for the earth sciences below the college level. Clubs for learning and collecting rocks and minerals began to spring up around the nation. Several magazines and newsletters began publication for those interested in rocks and minerals.

With so many clubs forming, they began to join into federations for regional groups. The seven federations (of the AFMS) one by one were formed: California Federation-1936; Northwest Federation-1938; Midwest Federation-1940; Rocky Mountain Fed-eration-1941. During the time of WWII efforts to advance the federations was suspended. In 1946 came the inspiration for forming a national federation, and by 1947 the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies was born. Two other federations followed with the formation of the Eastern Federation of Mineralogy and Lapidary-1950, and the Southwest Federation-1976.

AFMS Endowment Fund 2019-2020 by Cheryl Neary, Chair The 2019 Endowment Fund raised almost $6,000 mostly through tickets for the donated raffle items. Cheryl Neary, AFMS

Endowment Fund Chair says “Why contribute to the Endowment Fund? Simply, your donation of either an item donated to the fund or the purchase of tickets helps tremendously with this important fundraiser for the Federation. The interest from the monies generated is used for AFMS special projects, such as junior badges, judges training, digitizing of slide programs, just to name a few.” She is starting ticket sales for the 2020 AFMS Endowment Fund raffle.

Tickets for the drawing are $5.00 per ticket or 5 for $20.00.You may purchase your tickets from your Federation’s representat ive: Rocky Mountain(RMFMS): DeLane Cox, 8152 Spanker Ridge Dr., Bentonville, AR 72712-3515 [email protected] OR Richard Jaeger, E. 88th St. Tulsa OK 74137-2602, [email protected]

Early Native Americans Collected Fossils by Jennifer Haley-AFMS Historian Have you ever wondered if the early Native American Indians not only found but treasured fossilized dinosaur bones before the

early settlers arrived? I was curious and looked for information about that subject to add to what we know about early paleontology. I found a gem of a thick book called, FOSSIL LEGENDS of the FIRST AMERI-CANS, by Adrienne Mayor. The information in the book is sourced from paleontologists, archaeologists, artifacts, pictographs and oral histories. The book includes some photographs.

There is evidence the early Native Americans were familiar with finding large dinosaur fossil tracks. Often smaller fossils such as

mammoth teeth and other types of bones were used in medicine pouches, and a range of various fos-sils was used by Medicine Men and Medicine Women.

There were great stories and myths about the creatures belonging to the larger fossils which became legends in their culture, full of

rich imagination and surprisingly close in some instances to what paleontologists now know about some of the “giant lizards” who long ago roamed our earth.

There is wonderful information in the book to share around the campfire and for articles in your newsletters. Juniors have great

imaginations and would love to hear about this fascinating period in paleontology history. FOSSIL LEGENDS OF THE FIRST AMERICANS, by Adrien Mayer, would be a great addition to your society libraries, too.

[The Minutes of the 72

nd AFMS Annual Meeting, March 22, 2019, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, details activity at the national meeting in 5

pages of meeting notes published on pages 15-19 in this newsletter.]

Rocky Mountain Federation of Mineralogical Societies Website: www.rmfms.org March/April 2019 Newsletter

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Letter from the President By Liz Thomas, RMFMS President President Liz Thomas encourages every club to send representatives to the RMFMS Convention and Show in Prescott, Arizona,

August 2-4, 2019. She’s researched Prescott and at the elevation of 5,367 ft, “their temperature stays in the 80’s” so it should be comfortable there. The show packet is near the back of this newsletter starting on page 25 and includes information about a field trip the host club will be offering for anyone that is interested. She also thanks everyone involved with putting on the show and attending to represent their club.

Treasurer’s Report by Gene Maggard, RMFMS Treasurer Here are membership numbers from clubs’ annual reports for 2018‐19. Dues paying members are 10,052, total members are

11,153, and membership numbers for clubs subscribing to the RMFMS insurance is 10,258. This compares to 2017‐18 numbers of

9,706, 10,706 and 9,926, respectively. We have 80 member clubs in 2018‐19 as compared to 79 in 2017‐18. We have two new clubs:

The Northeast Wyoming Rockhounds of Gillette, and the Fossil Basin Mineralogical Society of Kemmerer. Cache Rock and Gem Club of Logan, Utah, elected not to maintain their RMFMS membership.

Membership dues collections was budgeted at $14,600. Actual collections are $15,006,50. . . I feel pretty good about the dues and insurance collections, the overall membership increase, and the net increase of one club. It is

too bad that there are a significant number of clubs in the Rocky Mountain region that elect not to be members of RMFMS, but I am happy that we have the members that we have. . .

Set of North Sea Cores Studied by Pikes Peak Pebble Pups By Steven Wade Veatch, Colorado Springs

Mineralogical Society On Saturday, February 16th, a joint session of the Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society Pebble Pups and the Lake George Gem

and Mineral Club Pebble Pups met at the Woodland Park Library to study a set of cores drilled from the floor of the North Sea. Nine Pebble Pups were in attendance, along with several adult members who were interested in the cores.

[See the photos and read about the class and the core samples the groups studied in the newsletter on the web or emailed to you.]

Ancestral Puebloans and Geology By Mike Nelson, Colorado Springs Mineralogical Society, [email protected]

LOOKING FOR THE ANCIENTS or HOW GEOLOGICAL FEATURES ALLOWED A THRIVING POPULATION OF ANCESTRAL PUEBLOANS TO FLOURISH

When the ancients moved, they left behind the buildings for a purpose. These places are the kiikiqo or footprints. These buildings, ashes, pottery, and petroglyphs were left to show we are connected to the Hisatsinom (Ancestral Puebloans). Morgan Saufkie, Bear Clan, Hopi Tribe

[Read Mike Nelson’s story of his work and exploration of the Ancestral Puebloan areas in the western United States in the

newsletter, pages 8-13.] President Warren G. Harding was correct when in 1923 he established a national monument preserving the amazing structures

built by a group of Ancestral Puebloans. Many readers may have visited the structures at nearby Mesa Verde National Park (established 1906) but if travelers are in the area, get a map and take the detour to Hovenweep National Monument. It is a great place to learn how these ancient Americans understood geological processes and used them in their everyday living. It is an amazing place and I can check it off my bucket list!

If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. Pearl Buck To Stop a Thief: A Letter Warning Cripple Creek’s Winfield Scott Stratton By Steven Wade Veatch, Colorado

Springs Mineralogical Society It began with a letter that Augustus Dominick Bourquin, a Colorado prospector, wrote to warn Winfield Scott Stratton, the Cripple

Creek mining mogul and owner of the Independence Mine, about one of his employees at the mine. Bourquin’s letter is an exceptional illustration of a primary source that offers a first‐hand eyewitness account of events. It helps us

take a front‐row seat to the unfolding of history. Bourquin’s letter is among Stratton’s historic papers that are stored at the Western

Museum of Mining and Industry in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [Read the letter and history of people in the this story in the newsletter, pages 13-16.]

AFMS Show & Convention Cedar Rapids, Iowa – March 22‐24, 2019 By Richard Jaeger, RMFMS Past President

I attended the AFMS Show & Convention in Cedar Rapids. Iowa, which was hosted by the Cedar Valley Rocks and Minerals Society. Our Federation was represented at the AFMS Board Meeting by Liz Thomas,

RMFMS President and Bob Regner, RMFMS Vice President. Judy Beck also represented the RMFMS on the board as AFMS 1st


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Vice President. Paul Otto represented the RMFMS at the Uniform Rules meeting and helped with judging the competitive cases; I also helped with the judging. Judy Beck, was elected as AFMS President Elect. The Board Meeting had a couple of items which brought a fair amount of discussion but no final decisions were made. The AFMS Scholarship Foundation meeting followed the AFMS Board meeting; our

Federation was represented by Liz Thomas and Bob Regner. Other RMFMS officers and committee members who attend the show were DeLane Cox, Wayne Cox, Linda Jaeger, Richard Jaeger, and Sheri Johnson. Other members attending were Larry Beck, Larry Havens, Kent Havens, Hattie Otto, Donna Regner, and Ben Thomas. Ron Carman, who attended, is almost an ‘honorary’ RMFMS member. Hope I haven’t left anyone out. It was an enjoyable show with about 35 dealers and about 30 display cases, with just 3 of those being competitive. The Awards Banquet and the Breakfast with the Editors were well attended and several Rocky Mountain Federation clubs and members received awards. The three competitive cases were all entered by Rocky Mountain Federation members – Larry Havens, Kent Havens, and Paul Otto‐ and all

three received AFMS Trophies; Kent Havens also received a Midwestern Federation Competitive Trophy. Three awards were given for All‐American Clubs; two of those were from the RMFMS. The Grand

Junction Gem & Mineral Club received I believe a silver award. The McPherson Gem & Mineral Club received a gold award in the All‐American Club Competition; Judy Beck prepared their entry. Linda

Jaeger and Sheri Johnson won prizes in the AFMS Endowment Fund drawings. Other Rocky Mountain Federation members holding AFMS committee chairmanships this coming year will be Jay Bowman ‐ Publications Chair, Robert Carlson ‐ Boundaries Chair, Wayne Cox ‐ Finance Chair, and Richard Jaeger ‐ Ways & Means Chair. I enjoyed visiting the Cedar Rapids Art Museum but business items and the weather kept me from doing much else besides the show. As usual, the most enjoyable thing for me was getting to visit with fellow rock hounds from across the United States who I only see once every year or two, while at the same time making new friends. I was literally able to visit with friends from New York, Virginia, Connecticut, Washington, Oregon, California, Florida, and many states in between. The Midwest Federation and Cedar Rapids Club were wonderful hosts for the show and their members were friendly and helpful. Next year the AFMS show is in conjunction with Southeastern Federation; they do not have a date or a location as of yet but are hoping it will be in Knoxville, Tennessee. Hopefully a number of our Rocky Mountain Federation members will be able to attend the show. Scholarship Committee Report ‐2019 By Richard Jaeger, RMFMS Scholarship Chairman April 4, 2019

Five Rocky Mountain Federation clubs, and an individual, have contributed to the AFMS Scholarship Foundation since the fiscal year began on Nov. 1, 2018.

A couple of the donations designated for clubs were at least in part actually made by individuals in those clubs. The clubs, the amount they contributed, and the percentage to which that brings them are listed below. A percentage of 2500% would mean the equivalent of the club donating $1/member for 25 years. Fort Collins Rock Hounds Club** $270.00 3100% Stillwater Mineral & Gem Society** $75.00 5700% Topeka Gem & Mineral Society $309.15 14700% Tulsa Rock & Mineral Society $335.00 4300% Wichita Gem & Mineral Society** $150.00 5000% Muriel Frink** $50.00 Total Donations $1,189.15 The donations from the Fort Collins club were made in memory Russ Miller and Alley Cat Way (really!). The donations the Stillwater club were made in the memory of Larry Crow, John Worden, and Janet Cayot. The donations from the Wichita club were made in the memory of Pat Clough‐McCombs and Alice Piper.

The donation from Muriel Frink was made in memory of Fred Schaefermeyer. I hope that we will have contributions by a number of other clubs before the year is out. Remember that through the AFMS

Scholarship Foundation, our RMFMS is able to award two $4,000 scholarships each year to graduate students majoring in the Earth Sciences. These donations are also an excellent way to honor the memory of members who have passed away.

Respectfully submitted, Richard Jaeger Scholarship Chairman [There is a list of Upcoming Shows and Events followed by many one-page flyers advertising these events on pages 18-24. The

2019 RMFMS Convention Packet is on pages 25-38 including information sheets and various forms.]


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The Conglomerate

News from the Chatpile

By Wayne Mouser, [email protected]

Neva Schafer is in the Maplewood Nursing home, due to having swelling in her legs. They’re trying to get the swelling down, so she can have a hip replacement. Billy McBay and Wayne Mouser took in the Ada show and it was an excellent one. Lots of dealers and we enjoyed visiting with friends from Ada and other rock & mineral clubs. Leon Reeder was busily chipping arrowheads. He really had a nice display of them. Wayne didn’t come home with any rocks, but bought a copy of a book titled “The Opal Book”. It’s really a fine book. Purchased it from dealer Barry Mericer... Visited with Ken & Jo Mounce. Billy did bring a few rocks back home with him.. Then April 6th Billy and Wayne took in the Ponca City show. We talked about using our Angle grinders at that show, but ended up just attending the show. It was another good one. Several TRMS members were demonstrating.. Ken & Mark Siler, Leon Reeder. Stan Nowak had a booth, Jerry & Melany Nagel had a booth and our friend from Vinita, OK., Joe Coyne had a booth. Jerry gave Wayne a dinosaur bone marble. Jerry has some neat rocks for sale. Wayne did buy a polished agate. Beautiful stone. We visited with Jim & Ruth Williams, Virgil Richards, Sharon & Steve Richards. We met and visited with Walter Parrish one of our new members. It was nice visiting with Charles & Wilma Raming of the Stillwater Club. Billy brought home the most rocks. It was a fun day and we never got a drop of water on us as the weatherman had predicted some severe storms which didn’t happen.

It was a shame the OSCMS swap was canceled, but with so much rain predicted, hardly anyone would have showed up. Hopefully the weather will be more pleasant at the OSCMS Fall swap in October.

TRMS Proposal for By-laws Changes

April 02, 2019

May 4th Field Trip to McGregor, TX (Fort Worth, TX Club)

Purpose: To collect TURRITELLA and attend the Waco Gem & Mineral Show. This trip is led by Billy Proffitt and we have

recovered some wonderful pieces here in the past. This trip is open to anyone interested in joining – you do not have to be a

club member.

Date & Time: Saturday May 4 th, 10:00am

RSVP: Please RSVP to [email protected]

Cost: No cost to hunt. Park entrance fee of two dollars to have picnic lunch

Location: Near Waco, Texas.

Meeting Place: 10am at Don Citrano’s Coffee Shop Café, 1005 George W. Bush Parkway (Hwy. 84), in McGregor, near

Waco…arrive early and enjoy breakfast!

Background: The hunt will take approximately two hours. All rockhounds are then invited to bring a picnic lunch and

enjoy each other’s company at Mother Neff State Park which is nearby, followed by an optional trip to the Waco Gem &

Mineral Show located at Extraco Events Center, Creative Arts Building, 4601 Bosque Blvd, Waco, Texas..

Preparations: Participants should supply all rockhounding and essential gear. Pry bars are extremely useful on this trip. The

area we’ll be collecting in is grassy and hilly, so durable clothing such as jeans and hiking boots and leather gloves are

suggested. There is always a possibility of encountering snakes, so be sure to keep children close to the hunt area and it would

be best if they wore high top boots of some kind. Insect repellent is also recommended as there is sometimes a problem with

ticks. Bring a hat for sun/rain protection and also a raincoat or poncho just in case. Be sure to bring buckets to carry your

treasures home.

Important Note: This time of year, weather could be a problem. Check the weather and if you have any questions, you can

call Billy to confirm the trip is a go at 817-295-2132. If you need to contact Billy on May 4th, call the cell phone at 682-365-5517.



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Article III. Section 1

Article V, Section 3

This proposal was approved by the TRMS Board on April 02, 2019 and should be provided to TRMS members

as a newsletter article/notice, prior to voting on it at a General Meeting. The target date for the vote is set as June

10, 2019.

A request has been made to revise the By-laws to allow for the Board Installation Ceremony to happen at the

December General Meeting. The request to allow for a December ceremony is reasonable. It also seems reasonable to

add wording allowing the Board to shift event dates when necessary. Article III gives the Board authority to change the

date, time, or place of a General or Board Meeting, with an implication that notice be given prior to the change.

ARTICLE III - MEETINGS 1. Regular monthly General Meetings shall be held on the second Monday of each month and regular monthly Board

Meetings will be held on the Tuesday of the month immediately preceding the General Meeting, unless some other date is designated by the Board of Directors and communicated to the membership.

As to the Board Installation Ceremony, the By-laws currently state:

ARTICLE V - BOARD 3. The newly elected Board of Directors shall assume the duties of their offices on January 1

st. The newly elected Board

of Directors shall meet jointly with the outgoing Board of Directors the first Board meeting of the year, with their formal installation taking place at the January regular meeting.

Recommendation – Change Article III.1 to read:

ARTICLE III - MEETINGS 1. Regular monthly General Meetings shall be held on the second Monday of each month and regular monthly Board

Meetings will be held on the Tuesday of the month immediately preceding the General Meeting, unless some other date, time or place is designated by the Board of Directors and communicated to the membership. The authority to change meeting schedules includes changing event dates for dues, elections, reports, fiscal activity and other Society functions when necessary, as well as the obligation to inform the membership of the change as soon as possible.

Change Article V.3 to read:

ARTICLE V - BOARD 3. The newly elected Board of Directors shall assume the duties of their offices on January 1

st. The newly elected Board

of Directors should try to meet jointly with the outgoing Board of Directors the first Board meeting of the year, with a formal installation taking place at a regular meeting, held up to three months after the election.


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TRMS Board Meeting Minutes April 2, 2019

President Stephen Ridgway called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. those present: Steve Ridgway, Holly

Proctor, Roberta Wagle, Jerry Nagel, Billy McBay, Martha Rongey, Donna Loffer, Richard Jaeger. Visitors

Rebekah Ridgway, Scott Robb and Wayne Mouser. Scott Robb provided a copy of The TRMS Proposal of bylaws change for April 2nd 2019 regarding Article 5

Section 3. This bylaw change pertains to the board and meeting dates. Roberta Wagle made a motion to

accept the new bylaw change, 2nd by Donna Loffer, motion was approved. The revised bylaw change will

be available for the general public via the website, email and the newsletter and will be posted for two

months prior to voting at a general meeting.

Roberta Wagle made a motion to approve the treasurer's report as printed, 2nd by Holly Proctor, motion

approved.

Holly Proctor made a motion to approve the secretary's report as printed, 2nd by Jerry Nagel, motion was

approved. Jerry noted that the auction at the Hick's house provided $215 from the auction and $3 from

rock sales.

Richard Jaeger received a calendar in Iowa and after discussion it was decided that we would auction this

at our next meeting with proceeds going to the general funds.


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Donna Loffer reported that we had 58 boxes of specimens for grab bags. Wayne Mouser has two more

specimens to bag. We have 900 bags left from last year and 1579 empty bags to fill this year.

Donna also noted that setup for Gem Faire would be May 30th and that we need volunteers to work for

the show and set up and take down.

Holly Proctor announced the April 27th field trip would be the Sam Noble Museum per the April newsletter.

May's field trip would be to Cave Springs Park in Missouri for druzy quartz on May 18th. A flyer will be

made available to all members. She also noted that a wholesale shop would be available to all members

and we can carpool from the Correll Museum.

Billy McBay reported that the shop was fine but is closed until an insurance certificate is received by ORU.

Discussion was held on the need of an agreement as the original agreement was done on a handshake.

The insurance certificate has been requested from Rocky Mountain Federation.

Discussion was held on the need of a new projector since ours has died. Peter was unavailable to be at

this meeting and he was doing the research. Martha suggested when we purchase a projector that we

purchase a spare module. We will hold this discussion until the next meeting.

Steve announced that we still need an editor. Roberta noted that per our bylaws we are to have a physical

inventory each year. Steve will bring this up at the next general meeting. Donna had questions about the

roof and doors no new info at this time.

Roberta Wagle made a motion to adjourn at 7:52, 2nd by Martha Rongey, motion approved.

-Respectfully submitted by Roberta Wagle

TRMS General Meeting Minutes April 8, 2019

President Stephen Ridgway called the meeting to order at 7 p.m.

Kimberly Perry announced that we had 3 visitors for the night.

Finis Riggs made a motion to accept the secretary's report as printed 2nd by Peter Grice, motion

approved.

Finis Riggs made a motion to accept the treasurer's report as printed, 2nd by Martha Rongey, motion

approved.

There were seven rock pups attending tonight, their discussion was presenting displays. Fluorite

specimens were provided by Larry and Roberta Wagle to the rock pups. Steve Ridgway will provide next

month specimen for the pups.

There were six door prizes given away.

Social Hour for May will be provided by alphabet S-Z.

The auction of the calendar netted $35 with Penny having the high bid.

Holly Proctor reviewed the April and May field trips. On April 27th after the Sam Noble Museum there will

also be a trip to the Rose Rock Museum in Noble for those interested. Flyers for May's field trip are

available on the back table with information for the Van Buren Missouri Cave Spring Park field trip on May

18th.

The books on the Grand Canyon were available for sale tonight for $20 each.

Julia Allande talked about the shed and adding a fly roof over the existing roof out of corrugated metal

with a cost of less than $300. To repair both the roof and doors the cost would be approximately $450.

Bob Bale will have a friend come over and take a look at the building and advise free of charge.

Billy McBay reported the rock shop was still closed until the liability insurance is received by ORU.

Holly Proctor agreed to get the may newsletter together as a temporary editor.

Donna Loffer announced that we need Gem Faire volunteers, 3 every day at 2 hour shifts. Julia Allande

will be in charge of the display cases and we need 10 to 12 display cases for the show. Donna also noted

that anybody under 16 working at the grab bag or Spinning Wheel tables would need to be accompanied

by an adult.

Julia announced Pebble pup badges:


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Mo Bullard received his Lapidary Arts badge, Kingston Williams received Future Rock Hound of America

patch Rock & Mineral and Lapidary Arts badges. Spencer Meadows received his Earth Resources, Gold

Panning & Prospecting and Lapidary Arts badge.

Peter Grice announced that our speaker tonight would be Lauren Hagood on the Great Salt Plains. May will

be a program on how to enter a competitive case, June will be a program on site prospecting, July an

author on unconventional lapidary, and August would be a laboratory program.

Steve Ridgway announced that Richard Jaeger was rockhound of the year for 2018.

Roberta Wagle made a motion to adjourn, 2nd Liz Thomas, motion approved at 8pm.

-Respectfully submitted Roberta Wagle

Members,

Here are pictures of the T-Shirts that Martha Rongey ordered for the club. A lot of you have picked up the ones

you ordered but there is a lot that still needs to be picked up. There are a few smaller sizes that are extras that

she has for sale. If these are not picked up by the next meeting Martha will sale them to anyone that wants

one. She is thinking of making another order if you are interested in ordering one they are $6.00 each for child to

Large adult. $7.00 anything larger than that. Please send her an email at [email protected].

These are heavy duty T-shirts and will not shrink. I hope everyone that is a member buys one so we can all wear

them at Gem Faire as well as to our clubs show in July.

Thank you,

Liz Thomas

Hello, folks-

Sharon Richards suggested I put together a template of the newsletter to show potential editors just what is entailed. Most everything is sent email by others, so it was a matter of cut and paste for me in WORD. OF COURSE, editing is important in that spelling and grammar and sentences are right. After completing the document, I save the T-Town Rockhound into a second file as .pdf, with minimizing size for online publication. This is what I send to the 100 or so emails we have for those members who want an electronic copy. Easy peasy, I cut and paste those addresses on the listing (which Jerry Nagel provides) of our membership who want email. I paste them into the BCC area TO. As long as each email is separated by a semi-colon, just hit enter and that will expand the pasted addresses into send-able addresses. I send this .pdf copy of the T-Town Rockhound to Aaron at Ink Images ([email protected]) and give him the number of copies which need to be printed. Wayne Mouser has them delivered to his house when they are completed. He tapes and labels those copies going to members who want hard copies. My goal each month was to get out the email copies out by the first of the next month, and the hard copies printed and to be mailed in time to be received prior to the next board meeting. I have the exchange newsletter contact addresses for the new editor. I have the current email addresses for TRMS members, separated by semi-colons, for easy electronic mailing. Any other questions? [email protected] or call 918-521-4386 and leave a message. I will get back with you. It has been a good run. Thank you. Kay



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MAY BIRTHDAYS

Chris Puls Liam Puls Rebecca Ridgway Alex Robb Gail Lunsford Walter Parrish Dianne Kirk Dan Gallo DeLane Cox George Paizis Cierra Cook Scamardo Rhonda Selig Judy White Laura McClelland

MAY ANNIVERSARIES

Becky & Roger Bush Cathie & David Hogate Debbie Fontana & Claude Bolze Diana & Bill Gower Martha & Tony Rongey Rebecca & Steve Ridgway

March New Members Ella Robinson Lauren Haygood

*Application forms for the Competitive and Non-

competitive exhibit entries for the July TRMS Rock and

Mineral Show are at the end of the newsletter.


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TRMS WORKSHOP—A GREAT RESOURCE FOR CLUB MEMBERS! TRMS members are welcome to use the club workshop during the scheduled sessions. You will be asked to sign a

waiver if you work at the shop. Young people must be accompanied by an adult. Material for cutting and polishing is available at the shop for $1 a slab. There is a charge for cutting a piece on the big saw. Please, contact the shop foreman or the charge person 24-hours in advance.

TRMS WORKSHOP HOURS First Saturday 1:00 to 5:00 PM

Third Saturday 1:00 to 5:00 PM

Third Tuesday 5:30 to 9:00 PM

Fourth Thursday 5:30 to 9:00PM Contact Billy McBay, supervisor, 918-407-6066

The workshop is located next to Elsing Museum in the lower level of the Learning Resource Center on the campus of Oral Roberts University, 81st and Lewis, Tulsa.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

Please submit items to the editor

Bob and Nancy Hicks at their final hosting of the TRMS spring auction, held for the past 17 years at their home near Collinsville. The appreciation cake was provided by JoAnn and Kenn Mounce, TRMS members. Following a generous potluck meal, Donna Loffer acted as the auctioneer.


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TRMS MAY 2019

The club regularly meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of the month at the College Hill

Presbyterian Church, 7th and Columbia near the TU tennis courts. A social hour precedes each

meeting, with coffee and snacks. Visitors are always welcome. Pebble Pups meet at 6:15

preceding the general membership meeting. For Workshop sessions contact foreman Billy McBay

at 918-407-6066 or the charge person 24 hours in advance.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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WORKSHOP 1 - 5:00 pm Billy McBay 918-407-6066 ORU Learning Center, downstairs

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WORKSHOP 1 - 5:00 pm Billy McBay 918-407-6066 ORU Learning Center, downstairs

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TULSA ROCK & MINERAL SOCIETY SHOW

34th TRMS Gem and Mineral Show July 13 & 14, 2019

APPLICATION TO EXHIBIT Competitive

(Please submit a separate application for each exhibit) Name___________________________________________________Phone (____)_________________ Email ___________________________________________________ Street Address____________________________________________ City_____________________________State_______ Zip_________ Applicant’s Club Name_____________________________________ Signature of Applicant______________________________________

COMPETITIVE EXHIBIT Applicant is responsible for choosing proper Exhibitor Group, Division and Class. All Competitive Exhibits will be judged on the current AFMS Uniform Rules. Please indicate the following: Exhibitor Group (Master, Novice, etc.), Class (B-1, CF-s, and case width (so that we may provide proper table space). Applicant must bring own extension cord.

Dead line for application is June 29, 2019. Exhibitor_________________________________________________ Group___________Class___________Topic____________________ Your Case Width __________________________________________ Exhibitors are urged to bring their own cases whenever possible. TRMS does have a limited number of club cases available for use on a first come/first served basis. Cases are available in two configurations. The inside dimensions are approximately: Regular Case: 33 3/4” wide by 21 l/2” deep by 22” high ____ check if needed Freddy Case:37-3/8” wide by 22 ¼” deep by 25” high____ check if needed Return this Competitive form to: Leon Reeder, 5050 N Antler Ridge Rd., Sand Springs, OK 74063

CERTIFICATION FOR COMPETITIVE EXHIBITSI hereby certify that all material exhibited by me is my own personal property, and that all lapidary or jewelry work was done by me (or by Society members, if applicable).___________________________________________________________________Please sign and date


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TULSA ROCK & MINERAL SOCIETY SHOW

34th TRMS Gem and Mineral Show July 13 & 14, 2019

APPLICATION TO EXHIBIT Non-Competitive

(Please submit a separate application for each exhibit) Name___________________________________________________Phone (____)_________________ Email ___________________________________________________ Street Address____________________________________________ City_____________________________State_______ Zip_________ Applicant’s Club Name_____________________________________ Signature of Applicant______________________________________

NON-COMPETITIVE Exhibit Description

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Your Case Width__________________________________________ Exhibitors are urged to bring their own cases whenever possible. TRMS does have a limited number of club cases available for use on a first come/first served basis. Cases are available in two configurations. The inside dimensions are approximately: Regular Case: 33 3/4” wide by 21 l/2” deep by 22” high ____ check if needed Freddy Case:37-3/8” wide by 22 ¼” deep by 25” high____ check if needed Return this Non-Competitive Form to: Bob Hicks, 10022 E 135

th St. N.,

Collinsville, OK 74021

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