John's Soapbox: The companion to OAImages.com. All about OA Patches … with ocassional comments on current events, UNC basketball, or just about anything else I find interesting. Remember any changes to Order of the Arrow policies and programs will be announced through official channels, not here!
Over the past several years I have accumulated an abundance of flaps. This is an opportunity for you. I can now offer lots of ten (10) different and assorted flaps, all mint and no spoofs/fakes, for $40 postpaid to US addresses.
Please, at this time this is a limit of one lot per person. No requests for particular issues or lodges can be honored. My extras are stored in boxes and I will pull them out ten at a time at random.
If interested please send payment via PayPal to me at jpannell@triad.rr.com. Please remember to include your address. Thanks and happy collecting!
Greg Grimes recently sent me this image of two RED bordered 2012 Home of the Region Chief flaps, showing something he noticed about them. Apparently there may be thin and thick letter variations in this issue. To me this is not significant enough to be listed as a variety. It is for cases like this that my site uses the notation, "MVE" (minor variations exist).
I told Greg I would share this image with fellow collectors. What do you think? Chase after this variation or not; that is completely up to you!
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March 5th, 2012
Breast Cancer Patch Checklist
Now that there is a growing list of breast cancer related patches as well as a devoted group of collectors chasing after them, I thought now is a good time to put together a list of those issues. I now know of at least 18 issues from 12 lodges, including a key fob and one chapter issue.
Ahoalan-Nachpikin lodge from Memphis, TN has joined the growing list of lodges (and one chapter) that have issued patches in support of breast cancer research. As with many others, this issue is also a pink monochrome. Thanks to Nick DeMarco for supplying this image.
If you know of any other patches that have been issued for this cause, please either send the images to me or comment on this post below. Thanks.
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February 21st, 2012
2012 NOAC Issues Page Added
I have just added a page to this site showing lodge issues for this Summer's National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC). You may view it here:
Presently on a few issues are shown. If you know of any that should be added, please let me know. This list should grow rapidly as we get closer to NOAC.
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Remember when I was regularly blogging about conclave patches from here in the Southeast? Well maybe it’s time I start again.
The fourteenth Dixie Fellowship, the 1965 Area 6-B Fellowship, was held at Camp Coker and Santee 116 was the host lodge.
The design continues to use the basic formula used on other fellowship patches in recent past years with the totem or a symbol of the host lodge being prominently shown. In this case the Carolina Parakeet. Like most representations of this lodge’s totem, the portrayal is based upon a well-known engraving by John James Audubon.
Eswau Huppeday 560 was founded in 1964. This was probably (I have not confirmed it) their first area fellowship. This area would see no new lodges chartered or mergers within its area up to the present day.
Thanks to Jason Spangler (www.santeeswapper.com) for supplying the images for the Area Z and Dixie Fellowship patches used on this blog.
Well conclave season is upon us and with that the new designations in the Western Region take effect. Since I am from the Pacific Northwest I went the the first event within a 500 mile radius of my home – the W-1N Conclave. This section was formerly known as W-1B.
The conclave was great. What makes a great conclave — great food. The cooking staff went above and beyond the call of duty. Many thanks from my stomach. The attendance was over 300. Which broke last years attendance. This conclave is small compared to those elsewhere but the spirit was there.
There were 4 regular size patch issues and 2 jacket patch issues. The host lodge also issued two flaps and a lodge within the section issued a towel.
I decided on the spur of the moment yesterday to visit the SR-7B conclave today. Nayawin Rar 296 is hosting this at Camp Tuscarora. The special VIP guest this weekend was Tico Perez, the BSA National Commissioner.
There were also a large number of section pieces. Some of which I might cover in a later edit to this post, or in separate posts. These include a pocket patch, jacket patch, chenilled, neckerchief, and various other “doo-dads”.
There were several new issues that I will be posting on this blog over the next several days.
"Gradualness, gradualness, and gradualness. From the very beginning of your work, school yourself to severe gradualness in the accumulation of knowledge. "
Bill Freeman recently sent me this image of a flap he recently rediscovered while rummaging through some boxes of old stuff in his attic. I thought it was interesting and worth sharing with readers of this blog.
Bill reports that in the mid 1970s there was an unofficial club at North Carolina State University called the NCSU OA Supper Club. This was a group of OA brothers at the school that met weekly for dinner at a local restaurant. This group was mostly the lodge and section leaders of the section then known as SE-3A.
The 1962 Area VI-E Conference was hosted by Aal-Pah-Tah 237. It was held at Camp Tanah-Keeta, now called Tanah Keeta Scout Reservation. The pocket patch is pictured here.
I find it interesting that the patch design features both “amber waves of grain” and “purple moutains majesty”. Neither of these are sights one would expect to find in south Florida! I wonder if the conclave theme was something akin to “America The Beautiful“.
The thirteenth Dixie Fellowship, the 1964 Area 6-B Fellowship, was held at Camp Daniel Boone, Tsali 134 was the host lodge.
Tsali lodge is not explicitly named on this patch, however its totem camp name are prominent on the patch. The design returns to the basic formula used on other fellowship patches in recent past years with the totem or a symbol of the host lodge being prominently shown. However the lodge totem is slightly less prominent on this patch, superimposed upon hills, reminiscent of the design of Tsali’s early flaps.
Thanks to Jason Spangler (www.santeeswapper.com) for supplying the images for the Area Z and Dixie Fellowship patches used on this blog.
"The first nonabsolute number is the number of people for whom the table is reserved. This will vary during the course of the first three telephone calls to the restaurant, and then bear no apparent relation to the number of people who actually turn up, or to the number of people who subsequently join them after the show/match/party/gig, or to the number of people who leave when they see who else has turned up.
The second nonabsolute number is the given time of arrival, which is now known to be one of the most bizarre of mathematical concepts, a recipriversexcluson, a number whose existence can only be defined as being anything other than itself. In other words, the given time of arrival is the one moment of time at which it is impossible that any member of the party will arrive. Recipriversexclusons now play a vital part in many branches of math, including statistics and accountancy and also form the basic equations used to engineer the Somebody Else's Problem field.
The third and most mysterious piece of nonabsoluteness of all lies in the relationship between the number of items on the bill, the cost of each item, the number of people at the table and what they are each prepared to pay for. (The number of people who have actually brought any money is only a subphenomenon of this field.)"
Since yesterday I posted on this blog some new issues from Catawba lodge it seemed like an appropriate time for the next post on Area 6-B conclave patches. The twelfth Dixie Fellowship, the 1963 Area 6-B Fellowship, was held at Camp Steere. Catawba 459 was the host lodge.
Catawba lodge is not explicitly named on this patch, however its totem and council headquarters location are prominent on the patch. The design returns to the basic formula used on the 1958-1960 patches with the totem or a symbol of the host lodge being prominently shown “front and center”.
Thanks to Jason Spangler (www.santeeswapper.com) for supplying the images for the Area Z and Dixie Fellowship patches used on this blog.
"The first nonabsolute number is the number of people for whom the table is reserved. This will vary during the course of the first three telephone calls to the restaurant, and then bear no apparent relation to the number of people who actually turn up, or to the number of people who subsequently join them after the show/match/party/gig, or to the number of people who leave when they see who else has turned up.
The second nonabsolute number is the given time of arrival, which is now known to be one of the most bizarre of mathematical concepts, a recipriversexcluson, a number whose existence can only be defined as being anything other than itself. In other words, the given time of arrival is the one moment of time at which it is impossible that any member of the party will arrive. Recipriversexclusons now play a vital part in many branches of math, including statistics and accountancy and also form the basic equations used to engineer the Somebody Else's Problem field.
The third and most mysterious piece of nonabsoluteness of all lies in the relationship between the number of items on the bill, the cost of each item, the number of people at the table and what they are each prepared to pay for. (The number of people who have actually brought any money is only a subphenomenon of this field.)"
The eleventh Dixie Fellowship, the 1962 Area 6-B Fellowship, was held at Camp Old Indian. Atta Kulla Kulla 185 was the host lodge, having just hosted in 1960.
Like in 1961 the design features crossed US and CSA flags, apparently depicting the American flag in use during the US Civil War. I wonder if the area intended to commemorate the centennial of the US Civil War with the 1961 and 1962 designs. Starting in 1963, the area would return to featuring the host lodge totem as a prominent design element on the patches.
Thanks to Jason Spangler (www.santeeswapper.com) for supplying the images for the Area Z and Dixie Fellowship patches used on this blog.
The tenth Dixie Fellowship, the 1961 Area 6-B Fellowship, was held at Camp Palmetto. Skyuka 270 was the host lodge. Continuing the tradition started in 1953, the Confederate Battle Flag was used in the patch’s design. Also included is a U.S. flag, possibly intended to be a depiction of the flag that might have been current during the US Civil War.
This UNC fan likes the pretty shade of “Carolina Blue” used on the patch, however I am sure the color choice had little to do with my favorite school.
Thanks to Jason Spangler (www.santeeswapper.com) for supplying the images for the Area Z and Dixie Fellowship patches used on this blog.
It should go without saying that my post about this site being sold to a Google/eBay partnership was my annual April Fool's post. I have no plans at this time to give up or sell this web site. Long time readers will know this has become quite the tradition here and I usually start planning the posts several months in advance. The most famous (infamous?) of these was 2008's post concerning the abolishment of lodge names. It still creates difficulty from time to time for those in authority in the OA and BSA due to the inability of some to detect obvious (in my opinion) satire.
This post contains important information regarding the future of this website. Please read carefully.
Many have noticed that I have found it hard to maintain this website for quite some time now. Due to various reasons, some of them beyond my control, updating the price guide regularly has become all but impossible. Things have become a bit less chaotic, but after 15 years this has become a chore. I also know that there will come the day when control of this site will need to be passed to another. With all that in mind, I have been considering various options for the future of OAImages. In the midst of this, a several months ago I was contacted by someone who made me an offer that was too good to resist. After many months of negotiations I am now free to announce that this site has been purchased by a combined partnership of Google and eBay. This will be effective July 1, 2012.
Back in 2010 I announced the formation of Tschipey Achtu lodge as a result of the merger of Ty-Ohni 95 and Ganeodiyo 417. At the time I was told they would use the number 397, which is also their council number. This created a bit of controversy as that number is currently in use by Chilantakoba lodge in Louisiana. I also announced their first flap. Other than a 2010 Jamboree issue no further news from this lodge made it to me.
I was talking with a Roger Ward last night who was at the recent Winter South Carolina Trade-O-Ree. He tells me it has not been quiet in that lodge. The use of 397 was problematic. Many wanted to choose a different number. Some wanted to claim the number zero, but that was not well received given the special place Unami 1 holds in the Order of the Arrow. The Scout Executive, I am told, stepped in and told the lodge they will use the lower number from the two merged lodges.
The lodge is now known as Tschipey Achtu 95. I have updated the site to reflect this current information. Several new issues have also been added.
Some of those who know me personally, know that I have gone over to the "Dark Side" and have started using Apple products. I bought an iMac a couple of months ago and just recently got an iPad. My brother is trying to tell me that my Droid's days are numbered.
I really like my iPad and started day dreaming about an OAImages app for it. I have no idea how to go about writing this and it would take me into an entirely new area from what I know. It's not something that would happen easily or soon. Here's your chance to give feedback. What do you think about an OAImages app? What would you put in it? Do you have any thoughts on how it would be distributed or how much it would cost?
Please feel free to comment. Comments are moderated for those who have not successfully had a comment published on this blog before in order to control spam. I will do my best to approve comments as quickly as possible in order to facilitate a discussion.
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October 4th, 2011
Indian Summer and Summit Corps Patches
I have added special pages on this site for the 2011 Indian Summer and 2011 Summit Corps. I still have a few images to add but most of what I have images for is now on the site. Thanks for Rick Horne for most of these images.
It's kind of odd to come out of hiding to post about a topic like this.
I'm hearing from some brothers that there have been gullible readers to this blog over the years. I would have thought it was obvious from the context of the posts, but the various posts made on this blog throughout the years that have appeared on APRIL FIRST are all satire. None of them are true. Read them and chuckle but please do not complain to your friendly OA National Committee members, Scout Executives, lodge advisers, or official website administrators about the "changes" that are "announced" in them.
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