1955 Dixie Fellowship
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1955 Dixie Fellowship
The fourth Dixie Fellowship, the 1955 Area 6-B Fellowship, was held in 1955 at Camp Coker. Santee 116 was the host lodge. Following the tradition started in 1953, the Confederate Battle Flag figured prominently in this patch’s design.
The patch design seems to imply that this section consisted of all of South Carolina, which was not true. It included three lodges in western North Carolina and only three of South Carolina’s five lodges.
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 1955:
- 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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The white area in South Carolina is a depiction of the geographical area of South Carolina which the Pee Dee Area Council covered. I think that was where they were headed with the design. Back then, scouts were not necessarily so involved with the creation of patches, nor was much thought put into the design, as compared to today. My recollection is that this patch was probably designed by a professional scouter – if a scout had designed it, the host/service lodge name would have appeared on the patch and not just the name of the council and its territory.
[...] 1955 Dixie Fellowship Posted on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008 in Area 6-B – Views: (60) The fourth Dixie Fellowship, the 1955 Area 6-B Fellowship, was held in 1955 at Camp Coker. Santee 116 was the host lodge. Following the tradition started in 1953, the Confederate Battle Flag figured prominently in this patch’s design.The patch design seems to imply that this section consisted of all of South Carolina, which was not true. [...]
[...] McLean had commented that he thought the 1955 Dixie Fellowship patch may have been designed by a professional Scouter.  The same may have been true with this [...]
This patch was designed by my father, Walter “Anky” Carter who is now deceased. My father was a lifelong Scouter as he was the director of Camp Coker and was offerred a position with the national office of the Boy Scouts. However, he declined the offer as he refused to leave his family home and farm in Timmonsville. In addition, his new wife (my mother) refused to leave SC. I recently discovered a large number of these patches when going through his collection of patches.
In addition to my previous posting, I discovered Dixie Fellowship patches for most of the 1950′s.