1982 SE-7 Conclave
Posted in SE-7 (1982-1993),Section Conclave Patches by John E. Pannell on September 10th, 2008 at 4:53 pm 
1982 SE-7 Conclave Patch
In 1982 the areas of the BSA’s Southeastern Region were reorganized. New OA sections were also created, to be effective with that year’s conclaves.
SE-3A ceased to exist as a section, with the new SE-3 consisting of lodges in Alabama. The eight lodges of the old SE-3A were joined by three lodges from western North Carolina — Itibapishe Iti Hollo 188, Catawba 459, and Eswau Huppeday 560 — to form the new SE-7. These 11 lodges were previously together during the Area I years in the late 1940s.
Occoneecchee lodge hosted the first SE-7 Conclave at Camp Durant. The traditional representation of Occoneechee’s thunderbird totem is the principal part of this patch’s design.
The newly added lodges appear to have been a little bit resistant to this change and did not attend this conclave. Instead they chose to attend that year’s “Dixie Fellowship” (SE-5 Conclave) to be with their brothers from South Carolina one last time. They would join SE-7 in 1983 with a splash.
1982 SE-7 Neckerchief
There was also a neckerchief produced for this year’s conclave. The conclave patch design was printed onto a light green neckerchief with a dark green piping. As far as I know there was no host lodge neckerchief produced this year. (UPDATE: I have since been told there is a host lodge neckerchief. I will post it on the blog when I have an image of it)
Uwharrie 208 N2
There was also one lodge contingent item. Like in 1981, Uwharrie lodge produced a neckerchief for their lodge’s delegates, listed as N2. For this neckerchief, the design of the pocket patch was reduced to a single color and printed on a heavy dark orange neckerchief. The words “Uwharrie Lodge Delegate” were added in an arc above the patch design.
Please let me know if you know of any other items produced for this conclave.
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I attended this conclave and have the official bolo – shoot me an email and I’ll send you a picture of it.
I really expect there to be more items.
Mugs were popular by 1982. Jacket patches were also becoming more common.
Also, this is just after the transition to the “Oscar de la Renta” uniforms. Neckerchiefs were still commonly worn. I would not be surprised to find there was a plastic or metal neckerchief slide produced.