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1953 Dixie Fellowship

The second Dixie Fellowship, the 1953 Area 6-B Fellowship, was held in 1953 at Camp Steere. The newest lodge in the area, Catawba 459, served as host lodge.

This was the first time the Confederate Battle Flag was used in the the design of a Dixie Fellowship patch.     This flag would appear in some fashion, sometimes disguised, on most of the Dixie Fellowship patches into the 21st century.

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

According to McLean and Riddle’s A Golden Legacy: A 50th Anniversary History of the Dixie Fellowships the following lodges were in Area 6-B in 1953:

• Santee 116
• Tsali 134
• Atta Kulla Kulla 185
• Itibapishe Iti Hollo 188
• Skyuka 270
• Catawba 459

Starting with the 1953 area fellowships, the areas were reorganized and South Carolina was split between Areas 6-B and 6-C. This sundering of the South Carolina lodges would continue until the 1973 SE-3B conclave.

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