Echockotee Lodge 200 New Issues for 2011 (more catching up)
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Echockotee 200: 70th Anniversary Flap
In 2011, Echockotee Lodge 200 commemorated their 70th anniversary with the issuance of a flap (S-45?), 800 made, and sold unrestricted. The basic design is based on the 25th anniversary flap (S-5), with a fleur-de-lis embedded in each lower corner; embroidered to match the design. What stands out with this issue is the “70″ in the middle. It was embroidered over what is known as “foam injection”, to create a three-dimensional effect.
The foam injection was also used for their next flap (S-46?), the lodge’s service flap. The patch is available for purchase by lodge members, one for each eight hours of service given. The basic service flap design has been largely unchanged since the late 1950s, with changes made to become compliant with BSA trademark guidelines in 1977 (adding fleur-de-lis, changing to a rolled edge). Changing to different vendors since 1977 have created different issues in the last 34-plus years, but this latest order created a different flap, without changing the design.
In November, Echockotee hosted the 2011 Section S-4 Seminars, a Section-wide training event and planning meeting to prepare for the next year’s Section Conference, held in Florida almost every year since 1977. While attendance is much smaller than that of a Section Conference, over 340 Arrowmen came for the weekend. Echockotee issued only one item as the host (S-47?); 600 made, sold unrestricted.
Other new issues: an Elangomat patch (P-6?, with a BLU BSA), for those that serve as an Elangomat at a lodge Ordeal, and a “First Year Arrowman Award” (X-32?), for new Arrowmen that meet certain participation requirements.
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