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Officials at the Bran pi<Uuy and Mineral Cub a new experience at their ann Geo-Rama during the weekend. 1bey ~ueht a gem tlllet It was the 18th year the cl bas put ·on its display or ge Jewell)', stones and visually nlng rocks and minerals. "WJ'Ve never had anything like this before," said club me ber Reg:Dinsmore, who on Sat.J urday oiganlzed a band of slX people to watch a man reported to be ~ketlng some of the Items for sale by dealers at the Wood- man Communlt¥ Centre. "If~ pair of eyes watching him had been a dagger In his back lae~d have ~ dead 10 times ov•r," said Mr. Dinsmore, 72, or Brantford. 1be watchers looked on as the man helped himself to Items Crom a number of exhibits. M he ent to leave, about .ax people rted the man to a back room. onvln~ him to empt¥ his ke~ •d then: called police-, . Dinsmore said. · Items stolen included a gold and turquoise ring, a large chwii of larlmar and a hand-size crystal worth about $200. "I don't know bow he got it In his pocket," said Mr. Dinsmore. More Items were found in a car by police, who have charged a Woodstock man with theft of gooda un~er $1,000. "We have no securi1¥ guard. but all th._, officials are on guard all the time," said Mr. Dinsmore. About ._, :people attended the ~ event to Inspect dis- plays of gems. minerals, Indian artifacts, as well as precious metals - malachite trom South ca, amber trom the Baltic Sea, amethyst from South Amer- ca, jade Crom Brltllh Columbia d lapia lazuli from