Occoneechee 104 hosted the 1963 Area 6-A fellowship at Camp Durant, just four years after they last hosted in 1959.   This time around only the lodge name was used on the patch.     Their thunderbird totem does not appear.

Some North Carolina collectors may not realize that this is not the same Camp Durant we know today.   Then the camp was at a different location, now run by the city of Raleigh as the Durant Nature Park.

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Along with the pocket patch and neckerchief issued for this event there was one other unusual piece of memorabilia issued.

This neckerchief slide, pictured, is a rather unique piece.     Very few are known to exist and I have not seen one in better condition than this piece.   Thanks to Woody Woodruff for letting me photograph this item.

Due to the scarcity of this item, we hypothesize that perhaps this was only issued to members of the host lodge.

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The eight remaining lodges of Area 6-A once again met for their area fellowship in 1958. They were hosted by Wahissa 118 at Camp Raven Knob.

The tradition, started in 1957, of including the totem of the host lodge in the patch design was not really followed here.   This time only the host lodge’s name is on the patch.     Older, or more experienced readers, will notice the patch design was based upon the National issue jacket patch that was current at that time.

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Last weekend Woody Woodruff let me scan his North Carolina conclave neckerchiefs.     Among the ones he had for me were these four varieties of the 1961 Area 6-A fellowship neckerchief.     The two major color differences are generally known to North Carolina conclave collectors, however the variations on the tan neckerchief may not be as readily noticed.   I thought these were interesting enough to warrant their own post.

The tan neckerchief is believed to be the piece that any brother who attended the fellowship could purchase.   The first variation of this neckerchief has a dark brown Indian smoking a pipe.     The black highlights are heavily screened.

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The eight lodges of Area 6-A once again met for their area fellowship in 1961.   Croatan 117 hosted this event at Camp Lejeune.   This was the first 6-A fellowship to be held at a military base instead of a the host lodge’s camp as had become customary.

The patch issued for this event is shown here.     As we move into the 1960s, these patches become easier to acquire.     Some patience is still required to find one of these in a truly mint condition.   The white background has a tendency to discolor over time due to age, poor storage conditions, or exposure to smoke.

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The eight lodges of Area 6-A once again met for their area fellowship in 1960.     The BSA’s golden anniversary was also marked at this fellowship. Tslagi 163 was the host lodge for this conclave.

In a small way, the patch designed reverted to the Area I patches of the 1940s by using only text on the patch.     To me, it looks like someone never came up with a better design and this was an easy way to have something for the event.     This is now a classic conclave piece, but the design doesn’t impress me.

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The eight remaining lodges of Area 6-A once again met for their area fellowship in 1959. They were hosted by Occoneechee 104.   I believe the conclave was at (the old) Camp Durant.   Please correct me if that is incorrect.

The patch design is nearly given over to a representation of the lodge’s thunderbird totem.   The same basic representation, but with outstretched wings, continues to appear on the lodge’s flaps to this day.

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After I had written my previous post on the 1956 Area 6-A Fellowship, it was pointed out to me that there was a neckerchief slide for this event as well as the pocket patch.

Well, that is true… kind of.

The wooden slide, pictured to the left, was made in 1955 by Wahissa lodge brothers.     It was intended to publicize the upcoming 1956 Area 6-A fellowship that Wahissa was preparing to host at Camp Raven Knob.     As far as I know it was not an official issue of Area 6-A.

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Careful readers will have noticed that in previous posts on North Carolina section conclave and area fellowship items I jumped from 1954 to 1956.     Last Saturday Woody Woodruff paid me a visit and helped me fill in this gap, and let me scan a lot of other items from his collection.

No patch was issued fro the 1955 Area 6-A Fellowship, host by Croatan 117 at Camp Croatan.     Instead a neckerchief slide was made for the brothers who attended this event.

The design is made from molded plastic.     The Indian head is raised, but the text is not.     There is a plastic loop on the back.

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The eight remaining lodges of Area 6-A once again met for their area fellowship in 1958.     They were hosted by Tali Takitaki 70 at Camp Wenasa.

Continuing the tradition started in 1957, the totem of the host lodge figures prominently in the patch’s design.     The artistic quality of the design was also rather unusual for this period of time.

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