These 50 States: Texas
Posted in There’s a yellow rose in Texas, That I am going to see,
Nobody else could miss her, Not half as much as me.
She cried so when I left her It like to broke my heart,
And if I ever find her, We nevermore will part.
Does anyone still remember the series on state shaped patches I was writing last Winter? Finally, I have put together a new entry in this series: Texas. Previous entries have covered state shaped patches from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia.
There appears to be an affinity of sorts between the lodges of Texas and Oklahoma. Some lodges have used the shapes of both states in their patches. Previously I mentioned these in the Oklahoma post and will copy them again here.
Emaà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢o Mahpe 14 issued a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“bus patchà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ along with Wichita 35, Wisawanik 190 and Nischa Achowalogen 486 for the 2006 NOAC. It is a small pocket patch shaped like the states of TX and OK. Each lodgeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s totem appears to be placed on the patch in their lodgeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s approximate geographic location. I have tentatively labeled this X3?
Wichita 35 issued their first neckerchief, as defined by Blue Book and this site, for their 2006 National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) contigent. The shape of the Lone Star state figures prominently in the design. The lodge also used a similar design on another of their NOAC patches, tentatively labeled “X27?”.
Aina Topa Hutsi issued an oddly shaped flap, S8, that includes the shape of Texas as well as their own boundaries in the design. The bottom portion of the flap is shaped like Texas’ southern border.
Lodges 60, 99, 199, 272, and 307 held a South Texas Lodge Pentevent in 2007. The jointly issued patch features the shape of their state as well as the lodges’ boundaries.
When John Berry was elected Southern Region Chief, Tejas 72 honored their lodge brother with the lodgeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s S26. The design features a map of all the Southern Region states. This lodge’s X2a, issued for when the lodge hosted the 1986 SC-4 conclave, also uses the Texas shape in its design.
The Rose chapter of this lodge has a patch listed as P1 in the shape of Texas. The P designation is a stretch here. Regardless of whether it was to be worn on a neckerchief or not, the patch is by no means “pie shaped”!
Tonkawa 99 issued their J3 in the shape of Texas. The background of the patch is taken from the Texas state flag. The lodge’s “X11?”, issued for the 2006 NOAC contingent also uses this now familiar shape.
Mikanakawa 101 issued an attractive jacket patch, Blue Book J3, with the shape of Texas and Oklahoma combined. Previous to this patch, the J2 was issued shaped like just Texas. The lodge’s N0.5 also includes the shape of Texas and Oklahoma in its design.
Lodge 101 also includes the shape of Texas on several of their flaps.
In my opinion Colonneh 137 is not a lodge noted for its innovative designs or memorabilia. However, the lodge issued a mildly unusual woven, W1, for the 1983 NOAC that incorporated both the states of Texas and New Jersey in its design.
Tatanka lodge shows its place in the extreme southwest of Texas on their S49. The lodge also uses the shape of Texas on their NOAC 2002 flap where they implore “God Bless USA & George W. Bush.” Lastly the shape of Texas also appears on the lodge’s 2005 Jamboree flaps, S60-S62.
Nakona 150 uses the shape of Texas on just one of their flaps, S47, issued for the 1998 NOAC.
The next in this long list of lodges to issue a patche shaped like Texas, or to use that shape in its patches, is Kotso 330. Kotso lodge’s P1features the shape of Texas prominently.
Issued jointly with Otena 295, Kotso’s S17 also incorporates an outline of Texas as minor part of the patch’s design.
I think I missed this next issue when I covered Oklahoma. The P1 from Loquanne Allangwh is in the combined shape of both Texas and Oklahoma.
Like the Rose Chapter piece I mentioned above this is rather unusually shaped for it to be designated as a “pie”. I generally prefer a stricter interpretation based upon what the patch is, rather than how it is used.
Nishkin Halupa A Pe Lachi 489 incorporates in their S22, issued for the 1994 NOAC. You might miss it at first as it is hidden behind the eagle in the center of the patch. The lodge also uses the shape of Texas, behind a dancer on their 2000 NOAC patches.
Lastly, the lodge places a very small outline of Texas on their eX1977.
This is all I know for Texas. Please let me know if I missed anything. I hope to start adding to this series with more regularity now. I do not intend to wait four months for the next installment!
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