The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, May 18, 1958, Page 9, Image 9

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Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sun., May 18, '58 (Sec. !)-
Rare, Costly Agates Ground, Shaped to Perfection by Amateur Collector in Salem
, By ROBERT L. STEVENS
Staff Writer, The SUteimaa
Gustav Grodd of Salem is an
fate collector who has accomp
lished more with his hobby in, six ble from a clod when he came to
years than lots of people do in 40 Oregon six years ago from De
years, troit, Mich., to retire.'
A former auto interior designer, Once here he soon became "real
Grodd says be didn't know a peb- excited" about the rare natural
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Aa Inexperienced slip on this sanding wheel and the hidden beauty of the agate will be lost
forever, says Gustav Grodd of Salem who h as more than 3,500 beautiful stones in his
collection. Cutting patterns and other tools of his hobby surround Grodd. (Statesman
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Blueblood Boarding Houses Win Support
LONDON Ur-The dashing Duke
of Bedford suggests Britain's blue
bloods turn their ancestral halls
into boarding houses to help tour
ist trade. "So many stately homes
have large acres of bedrooms
nobody wants to see," he told the
British Travel and Holiday Assn.
The 41-year-old duke's family
motto is "what will be will be."
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beauty of agate. It wasn't long
until he purchased a diamond
saw, grinding and polishing tools
and was out prospecting.
Although the German- born
Grodd has been offered hundreds
of dollars for some of his beau
ties, he refuses to sell. He explains
that he loves them and only col
lects the gems so that others will
also be able to enjoy their unbe
lievable warmth and loveliness.
"That's my pay," the 65-year-old
man explained as he proudly
fingered an agate, one of thous
ands he has collected from all
over the world.
Two large display cases, filled
with fascinating m u 1 1 i colored,
multi-shaped agates, occupy spec
ial places in the Grodd living
room at 3655 Liberty Rd. S.
Perched in plain view atop the
cases are several cups and a host
of blue ribbons which Grodd has
Shoes, Wrong Color
LONDON UH Bfitain's post
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permission to wear brown shoes
instead of black only as per pres
ent regulations but shudder at the
idea of other colors.
Union official L. L. Morgan told
them ". . . the other day I saw
a London postman wearing red
suede shoes ... we can't have
red, green or blue if the postman
is going to get back the dignity
and respect he used to have.
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won with his collection.
Numerous specially built boxes,
stacked neatly in a closet, hold
hundreds more of the small treas
ures. Included in his collection are
gold and black "tiger eyes" from
Africa; opalites, Australian jelly
agates, star quartz, Mexican ag
ates, carnelian purple agates, lav
ender and green obsedians, mixed
agates, moss agates, red plums,
fire opals, jasper rodenite and In
dia bloodstone agates.
Some give the impression of
landscapes, waterfalls and sea
shores. One even contains a del
icately perfect tiny red rose.
Captured in the many stones are
unusual designs, including ferns,
fungus plants and moss, all neat
ly encased millions of years ago
by the jelly-like substance of the
agate when the earth was but a
fireball perhaps flung aimlessly
Canal to Be Renovated
KIEL, Germany The Kiel
Canal, one of the world's most
important man-made waterways,
will be renovated in the next 3V&
years for more than seven million
dollars. The 99-mile canal, com
pleted in 1895, annually handles
more than 50,000 ships between
the Baltic and North Sea. -
from the molten mass of the sun.
Some of the rocks are sawed in
pieces and the pieces are in vari
ous stages of grinding and polish
ing. Already, even in these pre
liminary patterns, they cast a de
lightful clue to what their beauty
will be ' when they assume the
final shimmering quality of the
polished agate.
Born in east Prussia, which is
now Russia, Grodd has no desire
to return to his homeland. He
emphatically explains, in his in
teresting German brogue, "its too
risky." He no longer has any rel
atives in the old country. The
world wars took their toll of his
loved ones. He came ot America
in 1927.
He is content with his under
standing wife, his hobby and bis
new home, which he built himself.
Name for Peak Sought
KARACHI If you'd like to
name the second highest moun
tain, Pakistan's ministry for Kash
mir affairs is open to suggestions.
No prize is announced, but some
thing is wanted to replace the of
ficial designation K2 for the 28,-250-foot
Himalayan peak. Some
people call it Godwin Austen but
the government doesn't. .
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