'· GEPLOGICAL NEWS LETTER OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE Vol. 21 PORTLAND, OREGON /955 GEOLOGICAL NEWS-LETTER Official Publication of the Geolo11ical Society of the Orc11on Country PROPERTY OP LIBRARY 703 Times Building, Portland 4, Oregon OREOON DEPT. OEJOL. 6: M.JNEf~AL IN&Uif. POSTMASTER: Return Posta11e Guaranteed STATE OFFICB l!ILlJl'l., PORTLAND. OREO. PROPERTY Oft STATB DEP'T OP OEOLOQY l .l!!U~EltAL INDUITIUlle L 1h rtf. '"'f /1 GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE OREGON COUNTRY Office;; ;;(th; fx;ci7ti-;e-~.:d,-1955 - 1956 Zone Phane President: Mr. Wm. F. Clark 3613 S.E. 9th Avenue ~ BE 4-7096 Vice -Pres: Mr. Edward D. Bushby 2626 S. W. Ravensview Drive 1 CA8-3021 Secretary: Mrs. Leo F. Simon 7006 S.E. 21st Avenue 2 BE 6-0549 Treasurer: Mr. Robert F. Wilbur 2020 S. E • Salmon Street 15 BE 5-7284 Directors: Mr, Raymond L. Baldwin (1956) Dr. Francis G. Gilchrist (1956) Mr. Albert J. Keen (1957) Mr. Leroy A. Palmer (1958) Mr. Foy W. Libbey (1957) Staff of Geol,ogical News Letter Editor: Mr. Orrin E. Stanley 2601 S.E. 49th Avenue 6 BE 5-1250 Asst. Editor: Mrs. Lillian F. Owen 5933 S .E. Lafayette Street 6 PR 4-9729 Assoc. Editors: Mrs. Rudolph Erickson 249 S.W. Glenmorrie Drive, Oswego NE6-1873 ' Mr. Ray S. Golden 3223 S.E. 19th Avenue 2 BE 4-3921 Miss Margaret L. Steere 2064 S .E. 72nd Avenue 16 PR 4-6382 Miss Emily Meltzner Board of Trade Building 4 CA2-2420 Library Editor: Dr. Francis G. Gilchrist 0644 S.W. Palatine Hill 1 NE6-4792 Business Manager: Mr. Edward A. Kelham 14018 S.E. Linden Lane 22 OL4-2196 Committee Chairmen Program: Mr. Raymond L. Baldwin Display: Mr. Earl W. Minar Field Trips: Mr. Murray R. Miller Research: Mr. Rudolph Erickson Librarian: Dr. James Stauffer Service: Miss Margaret L. Steere Membership: Mrs. Les Iie C. Davis Museum: Dr. J.C. Stevens Publicity: Mr. H. Bruce Schminky Public Relations: Mr. Clarence D. Phillips Social: Mrs. Wm. F. Clark; Mrs. Albert J. Keen Historian: Miss Ada Henley Society 0 bjectives To provide facilities for members of the Society to study geology, particularly the geology of the Oregon Country; the establishment and maintenance of a library and museum of geological v.\'.lrks, maps, and specimens; the encouragement of geological study among amateurs; the support and promotion of geologic investigation in the Oregon Country; the designation, preservation, and interpretation of important geological features of the Oregon Country; the development of the mental capacities of its members in the study of geology; and the promotion of better acquaintance and closer association among those engaged in the above objectives. Persons desiring to became members should contact the Membership Chairman, Mrs. Leslie C. Davis, 7704 S.E. Taylor Street, Phone AL 3-6723. Regular annual dues (single or family memberships) are $5 .00 for residents of Multnomah and adjacent counties; $2 .50 for others; and $2 ,00 for Junior Members, Make remittances payable to the GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE OREGON COUNTRY. Society Activities (See "Calendar of the Month") Evening Meetings: Formal lectures or informal round-table discussions on geological subjects, on the second and fourth Fridays of each month at Public Library Hall, S.W. Tenth Ave. and Yamhill St. Field Trips: Usually one field trip is scheduled for each month. Library Browse Nights: Once a month. Lewis and Clark College. Luncheons: Informal luncheons, with geological motif, each Thursday noon in Room B, Chamber of Commerce Building, S.W. 5th Ave. and Taylor St. $1.00 per plate. Publication: The Geological News Letter, issued once each month, is the official publication. Vol. 21, No. 1 GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE OREGON COUNTRY 1 January 1955 Portland, Oregon CALENDAR FOR JANUARY Thursday Luncheon Meeting - Room 305 YMCA Jan. 6 Tuesday Library airl Discussion Night - Biology Building, Lewis and Clark Jan. ll College, 7130 to 10100 p.m. In case of snow or ice requiring chains the meeting will be canceled. Call TU 4EIOE! or BL 1-4972 in case of uncertainty. Color-slide enthusiasts are urged to bring ten or twelve of their best slides, preferably ones ot geological interest, for showing. A little summer sun will add enjoyment to a winter night. Thursday Luncheon Meeting - Roan 305 YMCA Jan. 13 Friday Friday Night Meeting - Library Hall, 7100 p.m. Jan. 14 Mr. A. w. Hancock, famous amateur paleontologist, will speak on 11 The Pageant of OM Oregon. n Exhibit of fossil Cycad and Palms by Mr. Richard Rice. Thursday Luncheon Meeting - Room 305 YMCA Jan. 20 Thursday Luncheon Meeting - Room 305 YMCA Jan. 27 Friday Friday Night Meeting - Library Hall, 7100 p.m. Jan. 2a Dr. Arthur C. Jones - "Aerial Glimpses of Western Geology," with kodachrome slides. ***** Many of our members are looking forward to the first Audubon Screen Tour of the season, January 27, 1955, at E!100 p.m., in Cleveland High School Auditorium, 3400 S.E. 26th Avenue, when Charles E. Mohr of the Audubon Center, Greenwich, Connecticut, will show his all-color movie, "Outdoor Almanac. 11 These screen toure have been very popular in the past. The price is 75 cents or $2.00 for the season of three tours. NEW MEMBERS - GSOC - December 1954 Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. Elwin R. 2170 N.E. Hancock Street, Zone 12 JUNIOR M™BER Duckwall, Fred D. E!ll Oak Street, Hood River, Oregon 3562 ERROR IN TELEPHONE NUMBER Clark, William F. 3616 S.E. 9th Avenue FI 7096 2 GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE OREGON COUNTRY vol.21. no.1 "INDOOR FIELD TRIP 11 - SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1954 Sane fifty members of the Society, together with a few friends and visitors, accepted the invitation of three members of the Agate and Mineral Society to visit their homes and see their collections. Under the direction of our trip leader Murray Miller we made 11 ron-de-voo11 in the Hollywood district and then split into three groups; allotting to each group the time and sequence necessary to avoid congestion at any location. · Mr. and Mrs, E. R. Rockwell showed us a large display of dendritic and other types of agate arranged in panels and beautifully illuminated !rem behind to shar the detail of each thin section. Of equal interest was their collection of min~ eral crystals, polished slabs, "thunder eggs" in section, and agatized limbwood.. Mr. and Mrs. Al McGuiness, in the opinion of one of our members who has an extensive collection of his Oli!l, possess an 11 outstanding and well-rounded collection of crystals. 11 They showed also gorgeous displays of agate sections in illuminated panels. Many of the visitors were grateful ibr the opportunity of adding to their own collections from a supply of extra material which Al had set out .fbr this purpose 1 crystals of calcite from King's Valley and of quartz from Placerville, California. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lon Hancock the extensive display of fossils was a most interesting supplanent to Lon's crystals and polished material. Both animal and plant material are arranged in chronological sequence around his display room. In size and in age they progress from minute marine forms of the early Paleozoic era to his "bone yard" of the more recent Tertiary period. A pictorial account of their development is displayed on the walls above the shelving. To add further to the realism there is a pronounced anti­ cline in the shelving, somewhere between Jurassic and Cretaceous. 'Whether designed for effect or a result of sheer weight, the defonna.tion surely is well adapted to the use to which Lon puts his interesting display, making it available to numerous groups interested in the study of paleontology • .The Geological Society is highly appreciative of the spirit shown by these members of the Agate and Mineral Society in inviting us to their homes for an afternoon of entertainment and of study. (R.F.W.) The talk by Leo Simon, Decanber 10, 1954, on his and Johanna's trip east has been interestingly written up by Herbert Laurence and will be included in the February issue of the News Letter. RE HOMO SAPIENS Mr. Louis E. Oberson, one of our charter members, is this year's president of the Men 1 s Garden Club and finding himself very busy. Incidentally, their small daughter Mary Louise, a very meticulous little person, accompanied her parents on the recent basanent trip to view outstanding collections. On her return heme she assanbled her own modest collection, arranged it carefully on shelves, and added a neatly lettered sign1 "Please do not handle!" Speaking of presidents, our own genial president Al Keen has been chosen by the Oregon Agate and Mineral Society to lead their destinies for the coming year. •Nothing succeeds like success • 11 (A.H.) January GEOLOGICAL NEWS LETTER 3 1955 BACKYARD GEOLOGIST By Edward A. Kelham Do you sit at home and feel sorry for yourself because for one reason or another you cannot take the long field trips for ancient bones or decipher the history of Tolcanoes past and present? Don't! There is probably as much geology to be found in your own back yard as your friends will find when they get up before breakfast and take off in the chilly dawn for the land beyond the ranges. This writer has had to avoid long, hard trips for some years now and has discovered that the geology of his own over-sized city lot is quite fascinating. After all anything that nature has done with rocks or soil is geology. With this in mind the reader is invited to come along with us on a geological trip in our O'Wll back yard.