O-Shot-Caw 265 has released their multiple sets for the lodge’s ArrowCorps⁵ contingent.   Two of the sets were available for sale as fundraisers, while a third set was distributed to the contingent only, at 2/ person.

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This past weekend was the annual “Conch Craziness Weekend”, hosted by Nok-Su Chapter of O-Shot-Caw Lodge 265 in the Florida Keys. Folks came from four different lodges to attend, with the furthest attendee travelling over 500 miles to Camp Sawyer (Mile Marker 34 oceanside, just north of Big Pine Key). Still, a longer trip than the Cuban refugees that sailed their raft a few weeks ago, to land on the shores of the camp. Continue Reading »

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John has beaten me to the punch with postings about the recent Section S-4S Conference. Osceola Lodge 564 hosted the event, held at Flying Eagle Scout Reservation near Bradenton. Over 1000 Arrowmen were in attendance. The number of patch traders seemed to be lower than usual, making it hard to find some of the more difficult items. Along with the host items that John had previously mentioned, three lodges (Aal-Pa-Tah 237, Echockotee 200, and O-Shot-Caw 265) made items for their lodges’ attendance at the Conference.

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Nok Su Chapter of O-Shot-Caw Lodge 265 will host their annual “Conch Craziness Weekend” on May 2-4, at Camp Sawyer, located on West Summerland Key, just north of Big Pine Key. This event attracts Arrowmen from all over Florida, and even a few making the trip from Alabama, for a weekend of fellowship, tourism, camping, fishing, and patch trading in the Florida Keys (for those that want to visit but stay in civilization, Marathon is about 15 miles away, and Key West is 30 miles the other way. Miami? 120 miles). Camp Sawyer is extremely small (less than 4 acres), but no where else can you set your tent up 20 feet from the ocean like this. Activities include self-guided tours of Key West and the nearby Key Deer National Refuge.

Cost for the weekend is $22, which includes meals and a patch for the weekend (also a breakfast for Vigil members on Sunday morning). While this has been an annual event since 1993, this may be the last for two years, as construction on new facilities may cancel plans for 2009. If you are interested, contact Bob Wolz (chapter advisor) at Bob.Wolz@Craftsmandesigns.com, or: Bob Wolz, Advisor, Box 1411, Key West, FL 33041. Please let Bob know by April 25 if you are interested, by sending in your registration fee. Anyone that needs a ride from out of town, let me know, and I can put you in touch with the people to make it happen.

Oh yeah, the Section S-4S Conference (Florida) begins tomorrow, with 1200+ expected to attend. See you there.

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This is a sequel to an earlier post on this blog called, “What is a Neckerchief?”

Recently I posted the item pictured here as the “X28.5?” from O-Shot-Caw 265. It’s from the 2002 NOAC but had not previously been listed in Blue Book or my site. I had been told it was issued sewn onto a backpack and added it to the listings.

That last point has been debated by some collectors in Florida in email to me. Some believe this piece does not exist separately from the backpack unless the pack is cut up, and that’s why it had not been listed before now. Upon examination of the item in question, the facts prove otherwise.

As you can see, in the image at the top of this post, the item clearly has a finished cut edge border and a plastic backing. After production, this patch was sewn onto the backpack ini question and sold. As far as I’m concerned, this needs to be listed as a lodge issue.

I want to use this item as a jumping point to a more general question.   So, what exactly is a patch? I’ll also ask the related question: What is a piece of OA insignia? What follows is my opinion and your mileage may vary. Continue Reading »

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  The new year means a new annual theme for the patches made for O-Shot-Caw Lodge 265′s weekend events: “Rock Concert Posters”.   The first was their Winter Ordeal, held January 11-13. Continue Reading »

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Occasionally it is more difficult to obtain images of items from the lodges of Florida on a timely basis.   O-Shot-Caw Lodge 265 made several items in  the last few months  of 2007, that are now becoming available to picture.   Shown here is the contingent patch for members attending the Section S-4S Seminars in November, and is the last of their 2007 series “Indians of the Southeast“.   While not a lodge event, O-Shot-Caw has made a patch for their attendees to this Sectional event since 2005, as part of the series of themed event patches for those years. Continue Reading »

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For many years, the members of the Lodge Executive Committee of O-Shot-Caw 265 have been the recipients of a special flap patch made on their behalf.   This year’s version has been released, and tentatively identified as S-122.   Continue Reading »

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Even with the 2007 series that O-Shot-Caw Lodge 265 created for this year in their “Indians of the Southeast” theme (one year patch, six weekend patches), the lodge created an event in late November, mainly for members of the lodge to seal their membership.   Over 50 members trekked down to Camp Sawyer in the Keys for the 2007 Fellowship, with only 150 patches made. Continue Reading »

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O-Shot-Caw Lodge 265 recently held their Fall Ordeal, with the patch for the weekend being the latest of the 2007 set, depicting Southeastern tribal leaders, as depicted from McKinney-Hall lithographs.   The Fall patch is the sixth in the annual set (five weekend activityes plus the   year theme patch).   One more is to be made, for the upcoming Section S-4S Seminars in November.

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