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Dixie Fellowship History (20 Years Ago!)
Dixie Fellowship History The following was the original information that I shared on my first website Santeeswapper.com in a section titled Dixie Fellowship. This was my attempt to kinda summarize some history and outline the memorabilia for the event. The last edit on this information was February 8, 2002 so yes 20 years later it’s …Read More
1973 Dixie Fellowship Neckerchief A Rare Find
Many Dixie collectors were keeping their eyes on the auction featuring the rare 1973 Dixie neckerchief to see if she would hold her value. Let’s just say the question was answered in the affirmative. This n/c has a neat story for collectors. In 1973 the host lodge was pretty tight with their ordering of memorabilia. …Read More
1956 Dixie Fellowship Sign Blows Them Away
For the website I don’t usually make posts about individual items for sale but this one caught my attention. Somehow a seller in Iowa ended up with a sign that somebody grabbed as a souvenir from the 1956 Dixie Fellowship held at Camp Old Indian. Whoever created the sign had some skill. It’s a piece …Read More
Cloth Talk 2.0 Episode #11: OA Mugs Unboxing
You will see the smile on my face when one of my biggest regrets is erased with the Boy Scout collection that I unbox in this video. During a move I broke one of my most treasured OA mugs. Then through a stroke of luck the replacement mug literally landed in my lap. This video …Read More
2019 Dixie Fellowship Design Released
In 2019 Eswau Huppeday Lodge of the Piedmont Council will host the Dixie Fellowship at Camp Bud Shiele. The patch design for this year features the standard delegate (top left red) and staff patch (top right pink) along with a trio of fundraiser patches around a ghosted star center patch. This will be the first …Read More
Issues of the Palmetto State Time Capsule Edition
Issues of the Palmetto State This is an article that has not been on the web in at least a decade! This was posted on the original Santeeswapper.com (my first website) and was likely written in the late 1990s. I always had in my mind that this outline would make a great knowledge and training …Read More
Patch Artwork Proposal for 2015 Dixie Fellowship Hosted by Catawba
Submitted by Lodge Editor Larry Banks Please leave comments below!
Hardest Patch To Get At The 2014 Dixie Fellowship
Now that the dust has settled I’d like to write the story of how some of the host lodge patches became among the toughest pieces for Arrowmen attending the 2014 Dixie Fellowship at Camp Coker to attain. Similar to other lodges Santee 116 issued a host service flap for the event. The deal here was …Read More
1960’s Dixie Fellowship Neckerchiefs Are RARE
There are many collectors who have attempted to put together a patch collection for the Dixie Fellowship. Far fewer is the number that have tackled trying to get all the official neckerchiefs issued for the Dixie. You can take the patch collection back to 1947 if you want to go deep into the era of …Read More
OA Belt Buckles of CarolinaOA.com with Matt Delk
Matt Delk has been collecting OA belt buckles for many years. During that time he has put together an impressive accumulation of buckles from the Carolinas including the Georgia lodges Bob White 87 and Tomo Chi-Chi 119. In this video shot in January 2014 he shares his collection and explains a little of the history …Read More