These 50 States: West Virginia
Posted in Florida Lodges,Patch Collecting,These 50 States by John E. Pannell on December 17th, 2008 at 6:05 am 
States Covered Thus Far
It’s been a while since I posted an entry to this series, so I thought this would be a good break from what seems to be “Wahissa Week” here.
With it’s odd shaped border and two narrow panhandles, West Virginia’s shape would be technically difficult to render as a patch. No lodge has yet attempted it. It could make for an interesting jacket patch if someone was to work up a nice design. A few of the state’s lodges, however, did use the state shape on some of their issues.
This will be a short list.
Adjudimo 210 F6
Adjudimo 210 used the shape of West Virginia on their F6, issued for when the lodge hosted their section conclave in 1989. The design is rather simple and is nothing remarkable.
Arrowhead 323 N1
Arrowhead 323 was another lodge in West Virginia known for its rather simplistic and “traditional” patch design. A neckerchief from this lodge, listed as N1, uses the state of West Virginia in its design. The blue star, placed in what would be Ohio, might be intended to show the council’s headquarters, Wheeling, located in the northern panhandle of this state.
Thal-Coo-Zyo 457 P1
Thal-Coo-Zyo 457, attached to the Tri-State Area Council, has shown that it covers part of the states of Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia by depicting the outlines of these three states on several of their issues: N1, P1, P2, S23, and S24.
This was a rather short list of issues and none of them are particularly exciting. It probably wasn’t the best state to pick for the first entry in this series in three months! If you know of any other patches that should be included here, please let me know.
You can see previous entries in this series by selecting the category “The 50 States” from the “Categories” drop down menu on the right side of this blog’s pages. You can also go directly to the category’s archive at this link.
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