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April 15th, 2012
Looking for Trading Stock?
Over the past several years I have accumulated an abundance of flaps. This is an opportunity for you. I can now offer lots of ten (10) different and assorted flaps, all mint and no spoofs/fakes, for $40 postpaid to US addresses.
Please, at this time this is a limit of one lot per person. No requests for particular issues or lodges can be honored. My extras are stored in boxes and I will pull them out ten at a time at random.
If interested please send payment via PayPal to me at jpannell@triad.rr.com. Please remember to include your address. Thanks and happy collecting!
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March 7th, 2012
Lodge 296: Region Chief Flap, "MVE"
Greg Grimes recently sent me this image of two RED bordered 2012 Home of the Region Chief flaps, showing something he noticed about them. Apparently there may be thin and thick letter variations in this issue. To me this is not significant enough to be listed as a variety. It is for cases like this that my site uses the notation, "MVE" (minor variations exist).
I told Greg I would share this image with fellow collectors. What do you think? Chase after this variation or not; that is completely up to you!
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March 5th, 2012
Breast Cancer Patch Checklist
Now that there is a growing list of breast cancer related patches as well as a devoted group of collectors chasing after them, I thought now is a good time to put together a list of those issues. I now know of at least 18 issues from 12 lodges, including a key fob and one chapter issue.
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March 4th, 2012
Ahoalan-Nachpikin Issues Breast Cancer Flap
Ahoalan-Nachpikin lodge from Memphis, TN has joined the growing list of lodges (and one chapter) that have issued patches in support of breast cancer research. As with many others, this issue is also a pink monochrome. Thanks to Nick DeMarco for supplying this image.
If you know of any other patches that have been issued for this cause, please either send the images to me or comment on this post below. Thanks.
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February 21st, 2012
2012 NOAC Issues Page Added
I have just added a page to this site showing lodge issues for this Summer's National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC). You may view it here:
http://www.oaimages.com/noac12.shtml
Presently on a few issues are shown. If you know of any that should be added, please let me know. This list should grow rapidly as we get closer to NOAC.
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Archive for July, 2008
Along with the pocket patch and neckerchief issued for this event there was one other unusual piece of memorabilia issued.
This neckerchief slide, pictured, is a rather unique piece. Very few are known to exist and I have not seen one in better condition than this piece. Thanks to Woody Woodruff for letting me photograph this item.
Due to the scarcity of this item, we hypothesize that perhaps this was only issued to members of the host lodge.
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"When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, 'Ours.'"
Father Andrew SDC
The eight remaining lodges of Area 6-A once again met for their area fellowship in 1958. They were hosted by Wahissa 118 at Camp Raven Knob.
The tradition, started in 1957, of including the totem of the host lodge in the patch design was not really followed here. This time only the host lodge’s name is on the patch. Older, or more experienced readers, will notice the patch design was based upon the National issue jacket patch that was current at that time.
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"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity."
Calvin Coolidge
Last weekend Woody Woodruff let me scan his North Carolina conclave neckerchiefs. Among the ones he had for me were these four varieties of the 1961 Area 6-A fellowship neckerchief. The two major color differences are generally known to North Carolina conclave collectors, however the variations on the tan neckerchief may not be as readily noticed. I thought these were interesting enough to warrant their own post.
The tan neckerchief is believed to be the piece that any brother who attended the fellowship could purchase. The first variation of this neckerchief has a dark brown Indian smoking a pipe. The black highlights are heavily screened.
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"The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away."
Ronald Reagan
A third rider in this year’s Tour De France was removed from the Tour for doping. Gee, do you think there’s a drug problem in professional cycling? 
In “honor” of this most recent bust, I offer up this parody video that first appeared last July.
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"The riddle does not exist. If a question can be put at all, then it can also be answered."
Ludwig Wittgenstein
The eight lodges of Area 6-A once again met for their area fellowship in 1961. Croatan 117 hosted this event at Camp Lejeune. This was the first 6-A fellowship to be held at a military base instead of a the host lodge’s camp as had become customary.
The patch issued for this event is shown here. As we move into the 1960s, these patches become easier to acquire. Some patience is still required to find one of these in a truly mint condition. The white background has a tendency to discolor over time due to age, poor storage conditions, or exposure to smoke.
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"You're going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you've got to start going there. But immediately. You can't afford to lose a minute. "
J. D. Salinger
The eight lodges of Area 6-A once again met for their area fellowship in 1960. The BSA’s golden anniversary was also marked at this fellowship. Tslagi 163 was the host lodge for this conclave.
In a small way, the patch designed reverted to the Area I patches of the 1940s by using only text on the patch. To me, it looks like someone never came up with a better design and this was an easy way to have something for the event. This is now a classic conclave piece, but the design doesn’t impress me.
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"We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes."
John F. Kennedy
The eight remaining lodges of Area 6-A once again met for their area fellowship in 1959. They were hosted by Occoneechee 104. I believe the conclave was at (the old) Camp Durant. Please correct me if that is incorrect.
The patch design is nearly given over to a representation of the lodge’s thunderbird totem. The same basic representation, but with outstretched wings, continues to appear on the lodge’s flaps to this day.
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An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
After I had written my previous post on the 1956 Area 6-A Fellowship, it was pointed out to me that there was a neckerchief slide for this event as well as the pocket patch.
Well, that is true… kind of.
The wooden slide, pictured to the left, was made in 1955 by Wahissa lodge brothers. It was intended to publicize the upcoming 1956 Area 6-A fellowship that Wahissa was preparing to host at Camp Raven Knob. As far as I know it was not an official issue of Area 6-A.
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"Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. "
Romanian Proverb
This is a non-patch related story about some experiences I have recently had. Before I start I need to first give you some background information. First, I love mocking puerile catch phrases. I also am a very demanding customer: I expect businesses to treat me professionally and honestly. I respect clear and forthright answers to issues, even if I may not initially like what they have to say.
About two weeks ago now I came home from a bike ride and noticed a crack in the glass of the picture window in my living room. This is a large window with a central portion about five feet across and a narrow flanker on each side. The crack was in the wider central portion. Luckily that section is divided into four panes, one above the other. The bottom pane was crack, from top to bottom. It needed to be replaced and was beyond my skill level.
So, I started calling local glass shops the following Monday, June 30. I knew this was the Monday before a major holiday so I expected businesses to be working a shortened week. Still I did not find it unreasonable to expect folks to be working that Monday.
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"Television is where you watch people in your living room that you would not want near your house."
Groucho Marx
Careful readers will have noticed that in previous posts on North Carolina section conclave and area fellowship items I jumped from 1954 to 1956. Last Saturday Woody Woodruff paid me a visit and helped me fill in this gap, and let me scan a lot of other items from his collection.
No patch was issued fro the 1955 Area 6-A Fellowship, host by Croatan 117 at Camp Croatan. Instead a neckerchief slide was made for the brothers who attended this event.
The design is made from molded plastic. The Indian head is raised, but the text is not. There is a plastic loop on the back.
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"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain."
John Adams
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April 1st, 2012
April Fool!
It should go without saying that my post about this site being sold to a Google/eBay partnership was my annual April Fool's post. I have no plans at this time to give up or sell this web site. Long time readers will know this has become quite the tradition here and I usually start planning the posts several months in advance. The most famous (infamous?) of these was 2008's post concerning the abolishment of lodge names. It still creates difficulty from time to time for those in authority in the OA and BSA due to the inability of some to detect obvious (in my opinion) satire.
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April 1st, 2012
OAImages Soon Under New Ownership
This post contains important information regarding the future of this website. Please read carefully.
Many have noticed that I have found it hard to maintain this website for quite some time now. Due to various reasons, some of them beyond my control, updating the price guide regularly has become all but impossible. Things have become a bit less chaotic, but after 15 years this has become a chore. I also know that there will come the day when control of this site will need to be passed to another. With all that in mind, I have been considering various options for the future of OAImages. In the midst of this, a several months ago I was contacted by someone who made me an offer that was too good to resist. After many months of negotiations I am now free to announce that this site has been purchased by a combined partnership of Google and eBay. This will be effective July 1, 2012.
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January 30th, 2012
Tschipey Achtu Lodge: Update
Back in 2010 I announced the formation of Tschipey Achtu lodge as a result of the merger of Ty-Ohni 95 and Ganeodiyo 417. At the time I was told they would use the number 397, which is also their council number. This created a bit of controversy as that number is currently in use by Chilantakoba lodge in Louisiana. I also announced their first flap. Other than a 2010 Jamboree issue no further news from this lodge made it to me.
I was talking with a Roger Ward last night who was at the recent Winter South Carolina Trade-O-Ree. He tells me it has not been quiet in that lodge. The use of 397 was problematic. Many wanted to choose a different number. Some wanted to claim the number zero, but that was not well received given the special place Unami 1 holds in the Order of the Arrow. The Scout Executive, I am told, stepped in and told the lodge they will use the lower number from the two merged lodges.
The lodge is now known as Tschipey Achtu 95. I have updated the site to reflect this current information. Several new issues have also been added.
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January 14th, 2012
An OAImages iPad App?
Some of those who know me personally, know that I have gone over to the "Dark Side" and have started using Apple products. I bought an iMac a couple of months ago and just recently got an iPad. My brother is trying to tell me that my Droid's days are numbered.
I really like my iPad and started day dreaming about an OAImages app for it. I have no idea how to go about writing this and it would take me into an entirely new area from what I know. It's not something that would happen easily or soon. Here's your chance to give feedback. What do you think about an OAImages app? What would you put in it? Do you have any thoughts on how it would be distributed or how much it would cost?
Please feel free to comment. Comments are moderated for those who have not successfully had a comment published on this blog before in order to control spam. I will do my best to approve comments as quickly as possible in order to facilitate a discussion.
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October 4th, 2011
Indian Summer and Summit Corps Patches
I have added special pages on this site for the 2011 Indian Summer and 2011 Summit Corps. I still have a few images to add but most of what I have images for is now on the site. Thanks for Rick Horne for most of these images.
To view these items, go to OA Images: National and Special Events Patches page and select either of these events from the "Other Specialties" drop down box.
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August 27th, 2011
Coming out of Hiding About April 1st
It's kind of odd to come out of hiding to post about a topic like this.
I'm hearing from some brothers that there have been gullible readers to this blog over the years. I would have thought it was obvious from the context of the posts, but the various posts made on this blog throughout the years that have appeared on APRIL FIRST are all satire. None of them are true. Read them and chuckle but please do not complain to your friendly OA National Committee members, Scout Executives, lodge advisers, or official website administrators about the "changes" that are "announced" in them.
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