February 19, 2015

Charter GSOC member Lon Hancock was first to discover vertebrate fossils in the Oregon's Clarno Formation

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By Viola L. Obserson, GSOC President 1984. Reprinted with permission from Oregon Geology, Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, December 1979.

Paleontologists the world over know of the work of Alonzo Wesley "Lon" Hancock (1884-1961). Professional men from the universities and museums of the world came to his door to study the fossils he found. He considered himself an amateur, attained no college degrees, and published no scientific papers, but the fossils his persistence enabled him to find have been the subjects of numerous papers, master's theses, and doctoral dissertations. And part of the geologic history of ancient Oregon has had to be rewritten because of his discoveries.

February 12, 2015

Two Generations of "Geesockers"

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1984 President Viola L. Oberson and her daughter Mary Lou Oberson. Husband & Father Louis Oberson was a charter member of GSOC and served as President in 1970.

October 28, 2014

GSOC 50 Years Ago, 1964 Annual Campout

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Friday, September 4th, 1964, GeeSockers began to gather at the Rujada Forest Camp. As shadows vanished in the twilight, the dancing council fire drew everyone to exchange views with the stars and each other. Trip Chairman Truman Murphy wore out his thumb with his guitar accompaniment of the songfest from “Barney Google" to 'Goodnight Ladies", while Echo II sailed overhead.