Pocumtuc S4?

Since my last post on the first flaps issued by Pocumtuc lodge four brothers in that lodge have sent me an image of the “Charter Member” flap that was mailed to them.     Roy Wetherbee, Blue Book editor for New England, tells me he considers this the S4 and that all four flaps will be designated “First Flaps”.

This flap will be added to the Pocumtuc lodge page on this site soon.

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• Honda unveils dog-friendly car

April 13, 2009 – Leave it to a Japanese car company to realize that Americans love their dogs and find a way to capitalize on that. In the meantime, GM and Chrysler are trying to figure out how to get more of the taxpayers’ money.

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• Lodge 104: New Flap Design Under Discussion
  Posted on Monday, April 6th, 2009 in Occoneechee 104 – Views: (109)
  My covert sources within the “Tar Heel Nation” have informed me that some in Occoneechee lodge may be considering yet another flap.     This flap would honor the UNC men’s basketball team winning the National Championship.     Yes, it’s a bit premature but these things need to be worked on in advance.
• Lodge 560: 2009 Dixie Bullion
  Posted on Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 in Eswau Huppeday 560 – Views: (83)
  Jimmy Arthurs knows I collect and like bullions so he sent along an advance image of the bullion that will be issued for the 2009 Dixie Fellowship.     The item is in hand but has not issued it yet.   It is worth sharing here nonetheless.
• Pocumtuc Lodge Issues First Flaps
  Posted on Friday, April 10th, 2009 in Patch Collecting – Views: (238)
  Pocumtuc lodge, formed from the merger of Allogagan 83 and Memsochet 507, has recently issued their first flaps.     These include Ordeal, Brotherhood and Vigil flaps that were first put on sale at the lodge’s banquet on April 5, 2009.     There is also a charter member flap, restricted 2 per person to all those brothers who paid their 2009 dues before January 1st.

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Marian Anderson

In 1939 Marian Anderson was a great contralto, a star of the European operatic stage,   yet she was barred from singing on many stages in her home country simply because of the color of her skin.

In 1939 she was refused permission by the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) to sing for a racially integrated audience at Constitution Hall.     This is said to have upset Mrs. Roosevelt, then First Lady, greatly who resigned her D.A.R. membership in response.   The Roosevelts along with the NAACP, arranged for an outdoor concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday (April 9th) 1939.

A brief newsreel clip of these event can be seen on YouTube.

In conjunction with the commemoration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth, this famous concert will be commemorated in Washington, D.C. today.

Near the end of her singing career, Marian Anderson sang at the inauguration of President Kennedy.     The Boy Scouts of America presented her with the Silver Buffalo award in 1990.

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• Star Trek Re-watch: “Charlie X”

April 9, 2009

• For Kings, the Bell Tolls: A Schedule Change, and What NBC is Doing Wrong

April 9, 2009

• LotR re-read: Fellowship II.4, “A Journey in the Dark”

April 10, 2009

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• Chief Scout Executive to Attend Grand Lodge Dedication At Camp Durant

April 9, 2009

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• Chief Scout Executive to Attend Grand Lodge Dedication At Camp Durant

April 9, 2009

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Pocumtuc S1? (ORD)

Pocumtuc lodge, formed from the merger of Allogagan 83 and Memsochet 507, has recently issued their first flaps.     These include Ordeal, Brotherhood and Vigil flaps that were first put on sale at the lodge’s banquet on April 5, 2009.     There is also a charter member flap, restricted 2 per person to all those brothers who paid their 2009 dues before January 1st.     This charter member flap is being distributed by mail.

There has been some controversy in the collector community over which flap or flaps is to be considered this lodge’s “First Flap”.     The original plan was for the charter member flaps to be sent to the qualifying membership before the lodge banquet and lodge considers this to be their first flap.     However, reports indicate that did not happen and that flaps were not mailed until after the banquet.     Thus a controversy has arisen over what the lodge considers to be their one true “First Flap”.

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• Astronaut Class of 2009 Has No Spaceship

April 9, 2009 – There is something very wrong with this situation.

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Witauchsoman 44 S42?

Recently an image of an unlisted flap from Witauchsoman 44 was forwarded to me that piqued my   curiosity.   Thanks to Kris Silfies it’s pictured to the left.       Just what exactly was the “First World Scout Winter Games”?

According to an article published on the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) website the World Scout Winter Games was held during the Winter of 2008 at the Kandersteg International Scout Centre, Switzerland.     It was a three day event, 28 February – 3 March 2008, designed to bring together Scouts from various countries to compete in Winter athletic events.       There is also a very brief article on Wikiepedia for this event.

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