Skyuka 270 S43?+X25?

Skyuka lodge appears to be in the running for the most NOAC patches issued by a lodge in the Carolinas. Back in the Spring of 2008 the lodge issued four two part sets as fundraisers for this event, with a design that was reminiscent of a classic Coca-Cola commercial.     Now Brad Hutto tells me   the lodge has issued three more sets: a trader set, a delegate set, and a set for Founder’s Day.*     This brings them to a total of   14 pieces for NOAC, so far easily the most for any lodge from the Carolinas.

The first of these sets,   S42?+X24?, is designated as their trader set.     The flap features a dragon.     The matching dangle is a sword shaped patch.     Beyond the obvious “Skyuka” in the middle of the name, Brad did not know the meaning of “BRSKYUKANGR”.

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Skyuka 270 Cherokee Chapter A1?

This is yet another new issue sent to me courtesy of Brad Hutto.   This time we have a new chapter patch from Cherokee Chapter of Skyuka lodge.

The simple but effective design shows a map of Cherokee chapter, bisected by the Broad River,   including the cities of Gaffney and Blacksburg, South Carolina.

The listing data for this patch are as follows:
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Skyuka 270 X23?

Brad Hutto recently sent word of two new odd shaped patches from Skyuka lodge.    One was the lodge’s 2008 Executive Committee and the other for the lodge’s 65th anniversary in 2009.

The Executive Committee patch uses the same design scheme as the 2008 events issues.   The most significant change is that the black border has been changed to light gray.

The 65th anniversary patch is in the shape of the central part of the lodge’s double headed thunderbird totem that has appeared on many of the lodge’s issues.   The lodge name and the year, 2009, are ghosted in the blue background.  The fleur d’lis is ghosted in red.

The listing data for these two issues are as follows:

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Skyuka 270 ZS2?

Larry Banks sent me an image a few weeks ago of what we believe is a fake, or unauthorized issue of some sort from Skyuka lodge.

No issue  known issue from this lodge uses this color scheme — white cut edge border with a white background.   However, the S2 has a gray border with pale blue background.  The creator of this patch may have patterned his work after the S2 image on this site.  It is rather dark and someone not familiar with the descriptions might assume the patch had a white border and background.  This leads me to the disturbing conclusion that the creator of this fake may have based his work upon an imperfect understanding of my site.

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Skyuka 270 eR1992-3?

This is the second post for images recently sent to me by Brad Hutto.     This one focuses on events issues.

The first item is a 1992 Fall Fellowship patch.     It is similar to the eR1992-2 from this lodge except the border has been changed from green to white.     I have listed this as “eR1992-3?”

The second issue is a variation on the 2007 Banquet patch, previously listed as “eA2007-2?”.     On the earlier item the “2007″ is light blue while it is rendered in dark blue on this more recent item.   I believe these should be listed as separated varieties, eA2007-2a and eA2007-2b.

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Skyuka 270 A2b?

Brad Hutto has spotted two patches that should probably be listed as new varieties of recent issues.

The first is a variety of the patch previously listed as the lodge’s “A2?”.     It appears I did not previously cover this one on this blog.     The first variety has a black pocket loop.     The second variety appears to be identical except for the red pocket loop.     I suggest these should be listed as “A2a?” (black tab) and “A2b?” (red tab).

The second item is a variety of the bottom piece of this lodge’s 2006 NOAC set.     On the first patch, previously listed “X15?”, the fleur d’lis and various other elements of the design are rendered in what I call “light orange” (LOR).     On the newer variety these elements are rendered in a significantly brighter color that I call “dark yellow” (DYL).   According to Brad Hutto, this was caused by the lodge not having enough of the patches for their needs and then reordering from a different company.       I have listed these   on this site as   “X15a?” and “X15b?”.

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Skyuka 270 N4?

Brad Hutto recently sent me images of several issues that have not yet been listed either in Blue Book or on this site. I will break these up into a few posts.     First up are the neckerchiefs.

Two new neckerchiefs have been added to this site.     The first, listed as “N4?”, was an “Honor” neckerchief issued in 2004.     It was also a sixtieth anniversary issue for this lodge.   The second neckerchief, listed as “N5?”, is a 2006 Service Award item.   I do not know what the specific criteria were for earning either of these pieces.

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Skyuka 270 eX2008-4?

Thanks to Jimmy Summers I now have data and images for the remaining 2008 events patches from Skyuka lodge.

The remaining events patches continue the theme established with the 2008 Winter Banquet patch.     Each of these patches is shaped like a stereotypical “Indian brave” wearing a single feather.   The design prominently features the lodge’s totem incorporated into a totem pole.

The 2008 Pre-Dixie fellowship occurred before the lodge’s Spring Fellowship, as it also did in 2007.     I have corrected the 2007 events listings for this lodge on the main portion of the site to reflect this.

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Skyuka 270 York Chapter X8?

Three new patches have recently been issued by York chapter of Skyuka lodge.     One is reported to me as an   “error” that the chapter decided to use.   The other two are standard issues with a new design.     Thanks to Jimmy   Summers for sending news and images of these new issues.

The first issues, labeled York Chapter “X7?”,   has been reported as an “error”.       It is similar to the “X6?” except the gold mylar fleur d’lis (fdl) has been changed to dark yellow.         Reportedly only 27 were made.     These are being issued to members of the chapter’s 2008 unit elections team, one per person.

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Skyuka 270 Spartan Chapter X10?

After sending images of three recent issues from this chapter, Brad Hutto found a fourth new issue from Spartan chapter of Skyuka 270.   This newest one was issued to members of the chapter’s unit election teams.   Like other recent issues, this issue is shaped like the state of South Carolina and feature the lodge’s double-headed thunderbird superimposed upon a palmetto tree.

This patch is identical to the one I previously labeled “X9?” except for the color of the fleur d’lis (fdl) which was changed from grey to red.     There is no writing on the patch to indicate an intended use for chapter unit election teams.

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