Lodge 117: 70th Anniversary
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Croatan 117 S68?
Croatan recently celebrated its 70th anniversary with the issuance of a new lodge flap. There was also a activity patch for their recent Fall Fellowship with a similar design that I will highlight in a later post. Thanks to Greg Grimes for the images of both pieces.
The design is rather simple. It features a representation of the lodge’s traditional totem used on their early arrowhead patches. There is a large 70 to denote the anniversary.
It does not denote any connection to lodge 70! 
I’m just waiting for someone not very knowledgeable to try to list this on eBay as a lodge 70 issue.
The listing data for this issue are as follows:
| Issue | Bdr Color/Type | Bkgd | Name | fdl/BSA | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S68? | BLU | R | YOR | BLK | YOR | fdl; 1938-2008 (70th Anniversary) |
| Croatan 117 page on OAImages.com | ||||||
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Just to be contrary this morning, I say the background color is a dark yellow
When I first drafted this post, I called the background color dark yellow. Then thinking that they meant to replicate the color scheme of the early arrowheads, I changed my mind and called it “yellow-orange”.
I may yet change my mind again.
Either way, either choice would describe the issue sufficiently well for id purposes.