1973 Dixie Fellowship
Posted in SE-3B (1973-1981),Section Conclave Patches by John E. Pannell on December 1st, 2009 at 6:40 pm 
1973 Dixie Fellowshp Patch
Effective in 1973, the BSA reorganized its structure from 12 Areas into six regions. This meant changes for OA areas nationwide. Area fellowships became section conclaves. The lodges of the old Area 6-B were reunited with their brothers from Muscogee 221 and Unali’yi 236, forming section SE-3B. This put all of South Carolina together again for the first time in over 20 years. They would not be separated again.
Atta Kulla Kulla hosted the 21st Dixie Fellowship, the 1973 SE-3B Conclave, at Camp Old Indian. The conclave patch’s basic design employs the traditional color scheme used on Atta Kulla Kulla’s earliest and all their Ordeal flaps .
The following nine lodges comprised SE-3B:
- Santee 116
- Tsali 134
- Atta Kulla Kulla 185
- Itibapishe Iti Hollo 188
- Muscogee 221
- Unali’yi 236
- Skyuka 270
- Catawba 459
- Eswau Huppeday 560
A mug and neckerchief were also produced for this event. I do not presently have images of these pieces.
Thanks to Jason Spangler (www.santeeswapper.com) for supplying the images for the Area Z and Dixie Fellowship patches used on this blog.
Edited 12/3/09 — Yes, I knew this was not the last 6-B event! That was left from cutting and pasting a template from the 1972 post!
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I don’t think that it is accurate to describe 1973 Dixie Fellowship as also being the last 6-B Fellowship. I think the reorganization that took place at that time was complete and everyone went to new conclaves in April 1973 under the new alignment. If anyone else knows about how the transaction took place in the Southeast Region I would love to hear it.
The patch pictured has “3-B” on it so I’d say it was definitely not a VI-B/6-B event.
The 1973 event was a conclave in Alabama. We were SE-4A that year (rather than V-e).
Sorry folks… my “bad”! Yes, I knew this was not the final 6-B meeting. That event was in 1972. I had cut and pasted from the 1972 post and forgot to delete that sentence!