The AFMS Bulletin Editors’ Hall of Fame
Honoring the hard working, dedicated editors and publishers of our clubs and federations
Established in Boise, Idaho 1995
Updated June, 2017 Forward
The Bulletin Editors’ Hall of Fame was established in 1995 as a way to recognize and honor the hard working editors of local gem and mineral clubs throughout the United States, Canada and other areas of the globe where there are organized clubs.
The brainchild of Shirley Leeson, the initial group of inductees included many “old time” editors whose exceptional work over a number of years had fostered interest in the hobby, in the local clubs, and at the regional and national federation level. A committee, consisting of one inductee from each regional federation and Canada was formed and it is this committee that recommends future inductees.
Announcement of new honorees is made each year during the AFMS Annual Convention with certificates presented at the annual AFMS Breakfast with the Editors and Webmasters. Initially editors from each Federation were inducted into the “Hall” each year, but because so many could not be at the AFMS Convention this policy was changed in 2004 so that, unless unusual circumstances prevailed, only editors from the federation hosting the AFMS Convention would be those inducted. The idea, which has worked well, is for the new Hall of Fame editors to be recognized before a group of their friends and peers within their own regional federation.
In 2016 Editors from the Northwest Federation were recognized during the AFMS Convention in Albany, Oregon. Editors from the California Federation will be recognized during the 2017 breakfast in Ventura, California.
To suggest an editor for inclusion in the Hall of Fame, contact the AFMS Chair at
1995 2002 June Culp Zeitner * George Loud 1st Publications Chair Public Lands
Kay & David Jensen * Posthumously 1st Bulletin Manual
AFMS Newsletter Editors
1995 Russell & Katy Trapnell Reivan Zeleznik Editors Editor
Bob & Marie Hagglund Editors 2003 Carolyn Weinberger Ken Zahn * Editor Environmental News
Haydon Peterson * S.C.R.I.B.E. Editor
June Culp Zeitner * 2005 Contributing Editor Dan Imel Editor
Jean Reynolds * Editor
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CFMS Newsletter MWF Newsletter South Central
1995 1995 Federation Newsletter Cal & Betty Keator * Haydon Peterson * Editors, Publishers Editor 1995 Ray Tyler Addie & Chuck Davis Kitty Starbuck Editor, 1975 - 1977 Editors, Publishers Editor Mignon Wagner * 2000 Editor, Posthumously Toy Sato Consie Price * 1st CFMS Newsletter Editor Northwest Newsletter Editor 2001 1995 Pat Crow Gaila Ries Beverly Moreau * Editor, 1969 - 1972 Editor CFMS Newsletter Editor Bob & Marie Hagglund 2001 2017 Editors, 1973-1974 Paul Good Pat LaRue Editor CFMS Newsletter Editor Estelle Olliver Editor, 1975
Jon Eckerle EFMLS News Editor, 1983 - 1985 Southeast Federation 1995 Sue * & Dee Holland 1995 Carolyn Weinberger Editor, 1986 - 1992 Allison Watkins * Editor, 1978 to present Editor, Posthumously Bill * & Betty Luke 1998 Editors Jim Fowler * Phyllis Boykin * 2016 Editor, Posthumously Posthumously Beth Heesacker Editor Leo Morris 2000 Editor Jack Burris Editor Rocky Mountain Bramwell Terrill * Editor Federation Newsletter
Betty Clauser * 1995 Editor Ruby Lingelbach Editor
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2006 Cathy Maskal Howard Berman * Carolyn Daniels Posthumously Posthumously 2006 BAC 1977 The Agatizer Editor Tule Smoke Signals Torrance, CA 1995 Visalia, CA Karin Dore * Jeanne Mager Gems, San Mateo, CA Posthumously Arbor Hutchinson Fossils for Fun BAC 1974 - 1976 Sacramento, CA Rhodonitems, San Francisco, CA Martha Peters Petrograph Ruth & Doc Watson * Shirley Leeson Castro Valley, CA BAC 1982 Posthumously Pegmatite, San Diego, CA BAC 1966-68 - Doc Pauline Braun * Posthumously BAC 1973 - Ruth Jasper’s Jargon Pegmatite, San Diego, CA Ella Fulbright Fossils for Fun Salinas, CA Karin Dore * Sacramento, CA Posthumously Rose Cole Carmel Valley Prospector BAC 1974 - 1976 June Maxwell Bulletin of So. Calif. Paleo Soc. Carmel, CA Rhodonitems, San Francisco, CA Los Angeles, CA Marylouise Grayson Jim & Adeline Tate Chips & Tips Chips Ruby Meyer BAC 1985-87 Phoenix, AZ Fresno, CA The Rock Bag, Oxnard, CA Barbara Goss Pettit * Jack Lambert Auburn Ore-Bin AFMS BAC Addie & Chuck Davis BAC 1988-89 Auburn, CA CFMS BAC 1959-61 CGMS News Breccia Carmichael, CA San Jose, CA Rose Santini Chiasto Hi Lites, Sacramento, CA Mineralog The Lode Down San Francisco, CA Columbia, CA Rosemarie Young Col. Bert Johnson* BAC 1983 Russ Bope Ghost Sheet Tourma-Lines Posthumously Modesto, CA La Mesa, CA Napalite St. Helena, CA Ellen Schultze Al Davies Betty McCreless AFMS BAC Rock Writings The Rock Ledger Nevada City, CA BAC 1970 Sacramento, CA Gemtimes Chiasto Hi Lites Las Vegas, NV Sacramento, CA
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Marilyn Cummins Ruth Bailey * Toni Ewers Amador Nugget Breccia, San Jose, CA The Nodule Nocker News Sutter Creek, CA Boulder City, NV Ione Griggs Sarah Bryant Ore Cut Mineral Memos Santa Maria, CA 1998 Antioch, CA Richard Busch Nona Giem Lithosphere, Fallbrook, CA Dotti Smith Del Air Bulletin, Burbank, CA BAC 1974 Bernie Mauldin Facts & Facets, Berkeley, CA Edith Barlow * Green Valley Rocker, Yucaipa, CA Silver Wings & Rockhounds Things Posthumously Edwards, CA The Sphere Judith Gustafson Leaverite, North Edwards, CA Los Angeles, CA Rockhound Ramblings, Ventura, CA
All & Peggy Bale * Agnes Hall George Gecy Posthumously East Bay Nodule, Oakland, CA 1st President of S.C.R.I.B.E. Solano Chieftain, Vallejo, CA Silver Wings & Rockhound Things Edwards, CA Laura Glenn 1997 Rockhound’s Rag Marion Fowler Alberta Hare Montrose, CA BAC The Tumbler, San Rafael, CA The Crystal Ball Hope Smith Santa Barbara, CA Keesa Stewart The Crystal Ball East Bay Nodule, Oakland, CA Santa Barbara, CA Margaret Norton Breccia, San Jose, CA Pat LaRue Theo Steinhauer Drywasher’s Gazette Mineralog, San Francisco, CA Virginia Page * San Bernardino, CA Jeane Stultz Posthumously Staurolite, San Bernardino, CA BAC 1984 Noc News, La Habra, CA Rock Review Newbury Park, CA Ele Dulaney * 2000 Posthumously Toy Sato Mary Davis The Rock Bag, Oxnard, CA 1st CFMS Newsletter Editor BAC 1993-95 Napa Gems, Napa, CA Dorsey Stewart Renata Williams-Bever BAC 1990 Gem & Mineral Magazine, Asst Editor Esther Asher Polished Slab, Las Vegas, NV Executive Sec/Tres, CFMS Breccia San Jose, CA Richard Knox The Tumble Rumble, San Clemente, CA
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2001 2010 Beverly Moreau * Anna Christianson CFMS Newsletter Editor Rock Chips The Rockiter, Hawthorne, CA Stockton, CA Shirley Schleif Diablo Dan’s Exploits Terry Yoschak Covers over 20 years Roseville Rock Rollers Walnut Creek, CA Roseville, CA
Merryan O’Neill 2002 Petroglyphs Penny Meyer Placerville, CA The Petrogpyphs, Placerville, CA 2017 Dee Clason Jo Burchard CFMS Bulletin Aids Chair The Petrograph Peninsula Gem & Mineral Society
2003 June Harris Beth Rosengard Breccia The Nugget Santa Clara Valley Gem & Mineral Society Culver City, CA Jay Valle Ann Schafer The Rockhounder The Pegmatite, San Diego, CA Whittier Gem & Mineral Society
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1995 Rudy Bradbury Peg Marble * Carolyn Weinberger Mineral Matter Palmetto Diggins & Doings Eastern Federation Newsletter South Lynnfield, MA Greenville, NC Gem Cutters News Baltimore, MD Joseph Wunk Howard Binkley * The Bergen Matrix Mid-Georgia Gem Clips Sue Pitts * Bergenfield, NJ Macon, GA Posthumously Rocky Echoes Kathleen Bolick Miles Smith * Jackson, MS Tarheel Rockhound The Kentucky Agate Hickory, NC Louisville, KY Charlotte Styers * Cabber Grabber - Pre 1976 Erston & Lois Barnhart * Ken Lawrence * Mobile, AL Rock Buster News The Mineral Newsletter Harrisburg, PA Alexandria, VA Vernon * & Ruth Cole Wertz * Posthumously Sybil Churchwell * Bill LaBounty * The Mineral Mite The Thumblicker Aurora Borealis Silver Springs, MD Orlando, FL Lake Placid, NY
Stuart McKalip * Allison Watkins * Fred Schaefermeyer Prospectors Pickings Posthumously The Mineral Mite Charleston, WV Canaveral Moonstone - Pre 1976 Washington, DC Melbourne, FL The Mineral Newsletter Janet Van Iderstine Alexandria, VA The Danburite Kay Jensen * Danbury, CT Posthumously Verna Skinner * Rochester News Thames Valley Geode Helen Ladd * Rochester, NY Groton, CT Chats & Chips Sarasota, FL Terri Monagle * Toni LaDuce * Chips & Facets, Miami, FL Posthumously Reivan Zeleznik Chips & Facets The Vug Examiner Carl Baughman * Miami, FL Stamford, CT The Geode Miami, FL Ann Stone Margaret Stallard * Rockhound Roundup The Coral Geode Mary Lou Gosse * Birmingham, AL Tampa Bay, FL The Agatizer Pensacola, FL Walter Johnston * Shelly Nanes Monaghan The Conglomerate Elza Slattery * Mineral Matter Lexington, KY AFMS BAC 1976-83 Lynnfield, MA Tennessee Valley Chirps Chattanooga, TN
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1997 1998 2001 Peggy Gochenour Phyllis Boykin * Millie Heym The Conglomerate Posthumously The Coral Geode Lexington, KY EFMLS Newsletter Tampa Bay, FL
Sister Theresa Paul Bailey Marcelle Weber * Barbara Fenstermacher Garnet Gazette Triassic Valley Bulletin Hound’s Howl Poughkeepsie, NY New Haven CT Aiken, SC
Stanley Godshalk * Henry Henning Tuscarora Bulletin The Danburite 2002 Diana Volcheck * Media, PA Danbury, CT The Geogram Bruce & Bertha Cahoon * Nancy Wiser * Wilmington, DE Chit & Chat The Mineral Newsletter Jacksonville, FL Alexandria, VA 2003 Bill Longley * Bea Kupke 1999 The Rocky Road Tarheel Rockhound Wilma Bonar * Waterville, Maine Hickory, NC Posthumously The Coral Geode Ed Metrin Edith Hammond * Tampa, FL Bone Valley Fossil News Granite Chips Lakeland, Florida Durham, NH 2000 Elsie Kane White * Mary Bateman Annis Macrea Gem Cutters News The Dopstick Tips & Trips Baltimore MD Washington, DC Atlanta, GA Emily & Jim Hull * Dorothy McCarthy 2004 Posthumously Joy Bourne The Dopstick Gem Cutters News Shin-Skinner News Washington, DC Baltimore, MD Towanda, PA Leo Romalewski * Jack Burris Rock Bottom Facts, Bellmore, NY EFMLS Newsletter
Pat Andersen * Bramwell Terrill * The Little Gem, Ft. Walton Beach, FL EFMLS Newsletter
Nancy Ballard * Betty Clauser * The Rockhounder, Rockville, MS EFMLS Newsletter
John Lingenfelter * Esther Dunn Lapidary Chatter, Springfield, PA Rockhounds Herald Dothan, AL
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Rose Helle Helen Smith* 1995 Korn Krib News Flint Flashes Jean Reynolds* Mitchell, SD Newark OH Earth Science News Downers Grove, IL Mary McCartney Conrad Petersen* G.I. Nugget BEAC 1961-68 Art Johnstone Grand Island, NE The Conglomerate Russell MacFall* Detroit, MI Roger Pabian * Posthumously Pick & Shovel MWF Publications 1995 Lincoln, NE Vivian Pochay* Paul Good The Rocky Reader Diane Dare MWF BEAC 1972-75 Lyons, OH AFMS BAC Bulletin Editor’s News S.I.E.S.C. Club News MWF Special Publications Awards Kathryn (Kitty) Starbuck Benton, IL Sand Script, Merrillville, IN Gems The Calumet Gem, Highland, IN Kalamazoo, MI Mary Irby Ozark Earth Science News George “Chic” Chihacek Mary & John Boland Home AR The Loop Scoop Pebble Pusher Loup Valley NE LaCrosse, WI Jean Mueller Crystal Cluster Leon Maxwell* Evelyn Rohn* Des Plains, IL The Michigan Gem News Lithnics Jackson, MI Mansfield, OH Nellie Claxton AFMS BAC Margaret Pearson Marie Huizing S.I.E.S.C. Club News The Trilobite The Quarry Benton, IL Milwaukee, WI Cincinnati, OH Joyce Hanschu * Jan Huff Wil DeGraff The Rockpile Beachcomber Lake Agassiz Rockhound Dearborn, MI Waukegan, IL Lake Agassiz, ND Gladys Mohler Leslie Blin Willis Smith The Rear Trunk Cedar Valley Gems The Geode Omaha, NE Cedar Rapids, IA St. Louis, MO Haydon Peterson* Fred Niebauer Posthumously Rockfinder Midwest Federation Newsletter South Bend, IN Ted Marikos Editor & Publisher The Geode Betty Myers St. Louis, MO Ellis Courter* The Tully The Conglomerate, Detroit. MI Park Forest, IL
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Irma Bradley Mary Stark Art Reed* Worthen Worthy Notes Achates Crystal Cluster Carthage, IL Austin, MN Des Plains, IL 1998 Ruth Beauvais Shirley Uebel Robert Mount The Glacial Drifter Escomo The Opal Grand Rapids MI Brentwood, MO Elmhurst, IL
Lois McMahon Lillian Keck 2000 The Opal, Elmhurst, IL The Opal Celia Duluk * Elmhurst, IL Early editor Rita Hagerbaumer member of National Editor’s Assn. Gem City Rock News, Quincy, IL Judy Washburn The Loess Bulletin Julia Donker Springfield, IL 2001 Tulip City Conglomerate Marie Zigler Holland, MI Sophia Brents Tulip City Rock Club Bulletin Arkansas Rockhound News Holland, MI 1997 Little Rock, AR Walt Vogtmann Midwest Publications Olive Sain The Rockpile, Dearborn, MI The Jaspilite 2005 Ishpeming, MI Jane Matz Carl Yagley* M.G.A.G.S. The Conglomerate Dolores Rose Lansing, MI Bloomfield Hills, MI G.I. Nugget Grand Island, NE Frances Bush* 2011 Rocky Reader Sadie Draper* Sharon Marburger Toledo, OH The Petoskey Stone Midwest Federation News Drayton Plains, MI The Pick & Shovel Luella Bond Lincoln, NE Serendipity Gems Alice Mundt Evansville, IN The Prospector Muskegon, MI Karri Nienhuis Gert Larson Tulip City Conglomerate Mastondon Tracks Holland, MI Mission, SD 1999 Donna Curtis Peter Sparks Alberta Cray SIES Club News The Facets Cedar Valley Gems Benton, IL Ann Arbor, MI Cedar Rapids, IA Nancy Piazza Rock Pickings Mentor OH
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1995 Ruby Elliott Margaret Gump Esther Davis Petroglyphs Columbia Gems BAC Chairman West Seattle, WA St. Helens, OR Hy Grader Hellgate Breeze Forest Grove, OR Missoula, MT Jackie Purdy Eureka News Jon Eckerle Joe Robins Mt. Home, ID BAC Chair 1986-88 Emerald Gems Eugene, OR Sue Liebetrau Betty Smith The Geode Alaska Pebble Patter M. June Morse Kennewick, WA Anchorage, AK Oregon Rockhound Bulletin Portland, OR Gwen Elken Betty Swift Maplewood News The Tumbler Mary Berry Edmonds, WA Seattle, WA Emerald Gems Eugene, OR George Goetzelman Norman Steele Rockhound Ramblings The Tumbler Grace & Reino Sarlin Salem, OR Seattle, WA Pebble Trails So. Whidbey Island, WA Louise & Ray Bush Bob Hanson Magic Valley Gem News Carney Hound Madelyn Pierce Twin Falls, ID Longview, WA Gems of the Rogue Grants Pass, OR Melissa McNall Margaret Evans Open Line Bulletin The Pebbles Oregon Rockhound Bulletin Oregon Council Everett, WA Portland, OR Rosalie Wakefield Dan Ice Loyal Gooch Tec Rock Club Newsletter The Geode Golden Spike News Beaverton, OR Kennewich, WA Ogden, UT Estelle Oliver Joreen & Bill Echert Marge Kilgore Skagit Gems Northwest Newsletter, Co-editors The Rock Rollers Mt. Vernon, WA Dust & Grit Spokane, WA Federal Way, WA Bill Walther * Betty Ralls Posthumously Doug Anderson The Rock Rollers Puget Sounder The Rock Licker Spokane, WA Tacoma, WA Walla Walla, WA
Toby Cozens * Florence Anderson Jim Forrester Petroglyphs The Digger Bellevue Rockhound West Seattle, WA Potlatch, ID Bellevue, WA
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Bernice & Ken Drury Doloris Morrical 2003 Magic Valley Gem News Stone Age News Erma Riese Twin Falls, ID Marysville, WA Rock Rollers Spokane, WA Loren Parker * Maxine Anderson Posthumously Petrified Digest 2006 Ore-Bits Wenatchee, WA Vi Jones Port Angeles, WA Skagit Gems 1998 Mt. Vernon, WA Mickey Nelson Bill* & Betty Luke Skagit Gems Northwest Federation Newsletter 2009 Mt. Vernon, WA Mike Wall 1999 The Petroglyph Ellen Strand John Duncan Seattle, WA The Rock-A0Teer Pebble Pusher Puyallup, WA Whidbey Pebble Pushers Dana James Whidbey, WA Rock-A-Teer Betty Gillette Puyallup, WA The Rock Chipper Susan Gardner Medford, OR Rocky Trails, Seattle, WA 2016 1997 Judi Allison 2000 Hatrockhound Gazette Jon Eckerle Myrtle McPhie Hermiston, OR BAC Chair 1986-87-88 Golden Spike News Ogden, UT Patty Amos Dee & Sue * Holland Columbia Gorge Rockhounds Northwest Federation Newsletter Cyndy Bailey Brush Prairie, WA 1986 - 1992 The Geode Kennewick, WA Linda Barr Robert Stobaugh Lower Umqua Gem & Lapidary Society Northside Gem & Hobby News Susan Appleby Roseburg, OR Twin Falls, ID Rockhound Ramblings Salem, OR Jerry Bartlemay Gen & Sid Richards Facets Pebble Trails Portland, OR Langley, WA 2001 Carl Unruh * Off the Dop Michelle Ernsberger Gayle Bryan & Donna Harris Burley, ID Golden Spike Gem & Mineral Society Rockhound Ramblings Ogden, UT Salem, OR 2002 Sylvia & Bill Forman Beth Heesacker Eloise Glass Owyhee Gem The Clackamette Gem Yakima Gem & Mineral News Caldwell, ID Oregon City, OR Yakima WA
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1995 Sandy Lee Michele Lovell Ruby Lingelbach The T-Town Rockhound 1974-75 Sooner Rockologist Rockhound Gazette Tulsa, OK Oklahoma City, OK Stillwater, OK Mary Ann Davis Brett & Jeanne Whitenack Blossomae & Earl Campbell Quarry Quips 1967 - 1974 The Post Rock PaleoDiscovery Wichita, KS McPherson, KS Bismarck, ND Minnie Lee Morgan Pearl Burden Louellen Montgomery Sooner Rockologist Quarry Quips The Glacial Drifter Oklahoma City, OK Wichita, KS Topeka, KS L.A. Damours Nedra Johnson * John Mastin Jade Journal Posthumously Chapparral Chatter Mills, WY Color Country Chips Roswell, NM Panguitch, UT Fran Young Eloise Berry & Steve Berry Color Country Chips Fred La Bahn Pick ‘n Pack Panguitch, UT Technical Fossil writer Colorado Springs, CO for RMFMS Newsletter Margaret Clements * Barbara Langland Posthumously Randy Friend The Rockhound Record News & Views Cherokee Rockhound Phoenix, AZ Salt Lake City, UT Tahlequah, OK
Dixie Lee Alf * Regina Modreski Bea Snow Osage Hills Gems News Nuggets Chips from the Rockpile Bartlesville, OK Albuquerque, NM Pueblo, CO
Mel Albright * Stuart Lancaster Bernadine Riley Osage Hills Gems The Boondocker The Burrow Express Bartlesville, OK Rio Rancho, NM Riviera, AZ
Jam Baumeister Gen & Bill Buresh Leora Alexander The Ammonite Diggin’s from Dakota Behive Buzzer Rapid City, SD Bismarch, ND Ogden, UT
Rujean Brunson Flora & Bob Oxford Barbara Binney Mineral Scoop The T-Town Rockhound Newsletter Salt Lake City, UT Tulsa, OK Wickenburg, AZ
Pauline Price 1997 Connie Bishop BAC & News & Views Norma O’Dell Pick-Hammer News Salt Lake City, UT Publications Chair 1982, 83, 89, & 90 Farmington, NM Deming Rock Chips, Deming, NM
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Bob Disney * Marianne DeMott Elmer Inman Posthumously Deming Rock Chips News & Views Mineral Minutes Deming, NM Salt Lake City, UT Denver, CO Sue Kurtz Carol Syska Yeuleta Foss Roamin’ Rams Chaparral Chatter Gemstone Gazette Westminster, CO Roswell, NM Hobbs, NM 2000 Donald Rathert Polly Townsend Naomi Matney The Ammonite Flatirons Facets Quarry Quips Rapid City, SD Boulder, CO Wichita, KS Carole Griffen Ruth Rice Tee & Lois Green McCurtain Gem & Mineral Club News The Roamin’ Rams News & Views Idabel, OK Westminster, CO Salt Lake City, UT Gary Raham 1998 Dennis Chapman The Lodestone Florence Vickers Johnson* Strata Gems Ft. Collins, CO Hourglass News West Valley, UT Enid, OK Sara Murphy 2001 The Post Rock LaVerne & Lynn Billau Linda Jaeger McPherson, KS T-Town Rockhound T-Town Rockhound Tulsa, OK Tulsa, OK 2014 Bob Carnein Verdie Savage Nancy Hicks LGGMC News Leaverite News Shawnee Slate Lake George, CO Grand Junction, CO Shawnee, OK Cheryl Christensen Marjorie Rasmussen 2002 The Voice News & Views Sharon Farrell El Paso , TX Salt Lake City, UT Pick ‘N Pack Delane Cox Colorado Springs, CO Earl Hoffman Rock, Pick & Chisel Obsidian Observer Siloam Springs, AR Los Alamos, NM 2006 Ed Vos Jim Selby Rimstones Review 1999 Rocky Mountain News Jack Kelly Payson, AZ T-Town Rockhound Bill Lyon Tulsa OK Carolyn White A View From The Arbuckles Quarry Quips Ada, OK Wichita Gem & Mineral Society
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1995 Marion Sunvison Lois McMackin* Stones & Groans Slab and Gab Mignon Wagner* San Antonio, TX Wichita Falls, TX Posthumously Kay Smith* Virgil Perkins* Ray Tyler, 1975-77 The Hound’s Tale The Road Runner Consie Prince* Arlington, TX Big Springs, TX Galia Ries Simonne Wood* Grace Scivally* Caryl Jones The Rollin’ Rock Club Newsletter Posthumously The Rockytier Arlington, TX Slab & Cabs, Corpus Christi, TX Lubbock, TX
Lois Ries* Doris Uhl Lola Lamb The Rockytier, Lubbock, TX The Southwest Gem The Road Runner San Antonio, TX Big Springs, TX Mignon Wagner* Stone Chipper Del Marie Bowden* Austin, TX Posthumously 1998 Gneiss Gnews, Llano, TX Gritty Greetings, Waco, TX Mary Capps* Slabs & Cabs Gaila Ries Wynema Gilmer* Corpus Christi, TX The Rockytier Posthumously Lubbock, TX BAC 1985-87 Peggy Patterson Slab & Gab Stoney Statements Jean Wallace Wichita Falls, TX Houston, TX Austin Paleo Newsletter Austin, TX Mildred Pigg Pickin’s & Diggin’s, Temple, TX Southwest Gems 1999 San Antonio, TX Mary-Ruth Rathjen Consuelo “Consie” Prince* Stoney Statements Gertrude Givens Back-Benders Gazette Houston, TX Houston, TX BAC 1976-78 Galco Pebble Patter Sister Clement Johnson Texas City, TX Liz Greding Texas Faceters’ Guild Newsletter The Hound’s Tale Houston, TX Arlington, TX Phyllis J “P.J.” Green BAC 1980 The Pile Line Ray Tyler 2000 BAC 1974-75 Wichita Falls, TX Angela Wirts The Rockytier, Lubbock, TX Stone Chipper 1997 Austin, TX Rich Cowen* Mable Wheeler* Cross Timbers Talk, Dublin, TX Roc Toc Dallas, TX
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2001 Leslie Connally, Jr. Sharon Scott Phyllis George Tri-City Gem & Mineral Society Lubbock Gem & Mineral Society Backbender’s Gazette The Rock Prattle The Rockytier Houston, TX 2001 – present 2001-2007
Doris Gisler Betty Gosewehr Bill & Cheryl Wildfong Slab-Gab DeRidder Gem & Mineral Society Fredericksburg Rockhounds Victoria, TX Huntin’ & Diggin” Fredericksburg Rockhounds 2002-present 2004 – present Bill Holbert 2015 Rock ‘n Rose Jerry Davis Susan Burch Tyler, TX Central Texas Gem & Mineral Society East Texas Gem & Mineral Society Informer Rock ‘N Rose, 2006 to present Paul Good 2005 –present SCFMS Newsletter Tim Haley 1st editor to receive certificates in David & Laura Dow Gem, Mineral & Lapidary Soc. of Central LA 2 different federations Austin Gem & Mineral Society Rock Club News The Stone Chipper 2001 to present 2002 – present 2003 John Nash Wilford House Bill Alcorn Pine Country Gem & Mineral Society Ark-La-Tex Gem & Mineral Society Pineywoods Rooter Pineywoods Rooter Rock Rattler 2006 – present Jasper, TX Bulletin Aids Chair Toledo Bend Gems Daniel Jones Burkeville, TX Midland Gem & Mineral Society Huntin’ & Diggin’ Midland Gem & Mineral Society Newsletter Leesville, LA Don Shurtz 2005 to present Pleasant Oaks Gem & Mineral Club Chip & Chatter Raymond Lynch 2004 2001– 2007 Hot Springs Gem & Mineral Society SCFMS Bulletin Aids Chair Ike House The Hot Springs Bulletin 2007–2008 2004 to present ARK-LA-TEX Gem & Mineral Society The Rock Rattler SCFMS Bulletin Aids Chair Mildred Matlock 2008 Hi Plains Gem & Mineral Society Al Pennington Chips & Chatter Clear Lake Gem & Mineral Society 1963 - 2014 Iintermittently) 2006 Stoney Statements Norma Tindall 2001 to present Colleen Reigh Southwest Gem & Mineral Society Cowtown Gem, Mineral & Glass Society Southwest Gem Donna Roethler 1991 to present 2001 – 2007 Gulf Coast Gem & Mineral Society Geological Soc. of San Antonio Slabs and Cabs Erich Rose Earthworks 2001 - 2007 Paleontological Society of Austin 2004 – 2007 Paleo Footnotes - 2006 to 2014
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1995 Margaret Johnson * 2001 O.K. Bell * High Country Gleamings, Ted Robles Posthumously Hendersonville, SC Mountain Gem Cocoa Gems Franklin, NC Cocoa, FL Fred Sias Gemscoops Ruby Gunther * Seneca, SC 2003 Posthumously Gayle Graham Mountain Gems June Miller Mountain Mineral Monthly The Rockhound’s Tale Franklin, NC Arden, NC Panama City, FL Frank Mayo * Mid-Tenn Gem’ers Posthumously Murfreesboro, TN 2006 Cobb-L-Stones Mark Easterbrook Marietta, GA Barbara Droman Low Country Diggins Rock Talk, Brooksville, FL Charleston, SC Leo Morris Cobb-L-Stones 1997 2007 Marietta, GA Steve Owen * Jim Haege Posthumously Cobb Country Gem & Mineral Society Margie Dickson Cobb-L-Stone, Marietta, GA Cobb-L-Stones Rocket City Rocks & Gems 1999 – 2007 Huntsville, AL John Watkins BAC Charlote Styers * K-Gems 2013 Cabber Grabber Knoxville, TN Sandra Sullivan Mobile, AL Alabama Mineral & Lapidary Society Robert Cynar Rockhound Roundup Allison Watkins * The Anclote Scoop Posthumously Elfers, FL Jeff Ursillo Canaveral Moonstone Gem, Lapidary & Mineral Society Melbourne, FL 1998 of the Palm Beaches’ Roickhound Steve Henegar Sol Humerckhouse * Mid-Tenn, Gem’ers Jason Hamilton Posthumously Murfreesboro, TN Rock-A-Gem Jacksonville Gem & Mineral Society Jax GeMS St. Petersburg, FL 1999 Ray Rickards Helen Ladd Goldrush Ledger Chats & Chips, Sarasota, FL Charlotte, NC
Velma Moss * Vernon Meerdink Posthumously Mid-Tenn, Gem’ers Rocket City Rocks & Gems Murfreesboro, TN Huntsville, AL
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Rose Lacy 2002 Canada Rock Vein Win Robertson 1995 Winnipeg, Manitoba B.C. Rockhounder, Trudy Martin British Columbia Calgary Lapidary Journal Karen Lechner Calgary, Alberta Strata Data Scarborough, Ontario 2008 Margaret Bowman Bill Verwoerdt The Rock Vein Montreal Gem & Mineral Club Winnipeg, Manitoba 1998 Geminews Graham & Sandy Stead Cleo Sparkes Conglomerate, Ed McCabe The Canadian Rockhound Tullsonburg, Ontario Willowdate Gem & Mineral Club Vancouver, British Columbia Vox Rox Eileen Moss Muriel & Eric Wood The Streak Plate Micronews Kingston, Ontario Canadian Micro-Mineral Assn. New Zealand Agincourt, Ontario Randy Ernst 1995 Central Canadian Federation Phil Vincent Marilyn L. Fraser Newsletter Geolap News, Auckland Cab & Crystal Willowdale, Ontario Mississauga, Ontario Jocelyn Worrall Peter Russell Cahurangi, Christ Church Wat On Earth 1997 University of Waterloo Dave Engberg Waterloo, Ontario Fossil Trails England Alberta Fed. Of Rock Clubs Martin van Kuilenburg 1995 Sherwood Park, Alberta Geminews Peggy Eastwood * Montreal, Quebec Posthumously Barbara Smith Newsletter, Hull Laphounds News, 1999 ictoria, British Columbia Howard Allen The A.P.S. Bulletin Ron Shannon The Alberta Paleontological Soc. South Africa Nuggets Calgary, Alberta 1995 Medicine Hat, Alberta Horst Windisch * 2000 Rockhound Digest, Pretoria Micro News & Views , Pretoria Olga Game Phyllis Richardson The Sands of Time, Pretoria Prairie Gem Gordon Calderwood Regina, Saskatchewan Dirk Schmid Canadian Rockhound
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