1947 Area Z Meeting Patch

Before there were “Dixie Fellowships” there were Area Z meetings. This area was split from Area J in 1945, as this area grew unmanageably large, and covered all of South Carolina and parts of northern Georgia. The South Carolina portion of this section would later form the core of what was to become known as “Dixie”, and home of the “Dixie Fellowship”.     The first patch for an Area Z meeting was issued in 1947.

The 1947 Area “Z” Meeting patch is a cornerstone of South Carolina conclave patch collecting.     This items is extremely desirable by those who collect “Dixie Fellowship” material.     This patch is made of felt with the text printed upon it.     As such, copies of this item are frequently damaged in some way.

Muscogee lodge 221 hosted this meeting at Camp Barstow.

Thanks to Jason Spangler (www.santeeswapper.com) for supplying the images for the Area Z and Dixie Fellowship patches used on this blog.

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1956 Area 3C Patch

The lodges of Area 3C met in 1956 at Camp Theodore Roosevelt, near Chesapeake Beach, Maryland on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay. Amangamek Wipit Lodge #470 hosted the event; this was the first area meeting hosted by the lodge, which had officially changed its name from “Amanquemack” at the start of the year. This was also the only area meeting ever held at Camp Roosevelt.

The event patch was embroidered on white twill with a tab to cut a buttonhole, and featured the US Capitol with a superimposed arrow.

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I have to admit up front, I am surprised this happened.   I didn’t expect this to pass through the current Congress.

President Bush recently signed into law the Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative Coin Act (H.R. 5872).     This law authorizes the minting of 350,000 silver dollar coins to honor the BSA’s centennial in 2010.

The BSA has issued a press release about this coin:

…à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“It is a great honor for the Scouts to be recognized with this Centennial Commemorative coin.   We thank the President, the House and the Senate, especially Congressman Sessions and Senator Sessions for their support,à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  said Bob Mazzuca, Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America.   This is a treasured moment in the history of our organization and we are grateful for the millions of Scouts and volunteers who have served as the foundation of our success for nearly 100 years.à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ …

The final design for this coin has yet to be determined.     The “coin” shown is not what will be released.

For further details, please see the press release from the Boy Scouts of America.

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1994 Fall Fellowship

This patch, pictured, was in a group of patches I’m trying to identify for someone.     Clearly, at least to me, it’s an OA lodge issue.   It would also appear to be part of a set that forms a unified design of some sort, but I don’t have any of the other pieces.

Does anyone know what lodge it’s from?     If so, please comment.

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1960 Area VI-E Conference Patch

Tipisa 326 hosted the 1961 Area VI-E Conference held at Camp La-No-Che.     Other than the council and camp names there is no explicit reference on this patch to the host lodge.

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Techumseh 332 S3a and ZS1?

Dan Jechura recently wrote me about a probable fake that has recently surfaced of the Tecumseh 332 S3a.   He has discussed the authenticity of this piece with Cary Sitarz, Dave Eby, and Roy More.     All four agree this probably a new fake.   I am inclined to agree with them.

Dan also sent along scans of an authentic 332 S3a and the purported new fake.     A scan of the front sides of these two patches is show on the left.

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1959 Area VI-E Conference Patch

1959 Area VI-E Conference was held at Camp Sebring.   O-Shot-Caw lodge, rechartered only a few years before this, was the host lodge. The pocket patch is pictured here.

For the first time in this area, a neckerchief was also produced for this conclave.     Its design is an adaptation of the pocket patch sewn directly onto white cloth with a red border added.     It’s pictured after the jump.

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1986 SE-7 Conclave Patch

Nayawin Rar lodge hosted the 1986 Old North State (SE-7) Conclave at Camp Tuscarora.   Eleven lodges from North Carolina, all of the staet except for Tsali 134 which was part of “Dixie” were in attendance.

This years conclave patch had a rather simple design.   The traditional representation of Nayawin Rar’s night hawk totem is the principal part of the design.   On some level this works very well with the theme for this conclave, “Adventures of the Spirit”.     I like it.

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Eswau Huppeday 560 eJ2008-7?

Thanks to Jimmy Arthurs for also sending me images of most of the remaining 2008 event patches for Eswau Huppeday lodge.     This includes three new event patches as well as jacket patch.     The jacket patch combines four of this year’s lodge event patches as well as the recently issued “Elangomat Nimat” patch.

The Winter banquet patch, whose design is shown at the bottom right of the jacket patch, has not yet been issued.   Traditionally, Eswau Huppeday’s Winter Banquet takes place on the first Saturday of January.     So, their 2008 Winter Banquet will happen in January 2009.     Maybe they do that just to make my head spin?

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Great Western Council - Jubilee 1983

There has been some discussion on patch-l recently about what makes a patch an OA issue.     It was sparked when Jeff Ansley shared the patch shown to the left with the group.

Jeff questioned whether or not this item should be listed as an event patch for Malibu 566 because of the inclusion of what appears to be the “MGM Indian” in its design.     The general concensus was that this was not an OA issue.   It was noted the design included symbols of the various programs found within this council, of which the Order of the Arrow was one.

I also touched upon this issue, in my recent post about two unlisted items that might be chapter issues from Itibapishe Iti Hollo 188.

This leads to a broader discussion of what is an OA issue and how is it decided whether or not to include an item on this site or in Blue Book.   It’s not always as simple as you might think.

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