Lodge 560: 2009 Dixie Fellowship Flap Issued
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Eswau Huppeday 560 S48?
Eswau Huppeday 560 will be hosting this year’s Dixie Fellowship (SR-5 Conclave) at Camp Bud Shiele. The lodge’s first flap for this event has just been issued. A second flap is being produced for those who participate in the work weekends leading up to the conclave.
The patch design is rather unusual and I was told there was some difficulty in getting this approved by the BSA. The flap uses caricatures that allude to a battle and the reason for the lodge’s totem of the crossed tomahawk and rifle.
During the Summer at Camp Bud Shiele the totem is explained through the re-enactment of a fictitious battle between the Catawba (symbolized by the rifle) and the Cherokee (symbolized by the tomahawk). After the battle members of the tribes erect a pile of rocks by a river to symbolize their friendship. The rocks placed by a river are shown on several of the lodge’s early flaps, including their S1. With the weapons hidden behind the two Indians’ backs, the scene depicted on this flap does not appear nearly as friendly!
The listing data for this flap are as follows:
| Issue | Bdr Color/Type | Bkgd | Name | fdl/BSA | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S48? | BLK | R | BLK | RED | RED | fdl; Dixie 2009 |
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Reminds me of Spy vs. Spy from the old Mad Magazine.