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Occoneechee Lodge 104 September 2014 Report
If you missed the Occoneechee Lodge’s Trade-O-Ree you missed out on a lot of fun, new acquisitions and a discussion about a newly found issue to some folks. The discussion was all centered around Occoneechee Lodge’s S18 now to be listed with an “a” and “b” variety for those of us that collect backs. The …Read More
Occoneechee Tall Tales: The “Micro” Story
Seeing the Occoneechee Lodge S9 recently sold on eBay reminded me of a story told to me by Johnny Pleasants some years back now. The Occoneechee Lodge S9 flap was the first over-seas embroidery flap of the Lodge. Apparently, there was confusion when the measurements were converted from inches to millimeters thus the smaller size …Read More
Mystery of the Camp Durant Bossman Frames
Many camps have patch frames displayed in buildings at camp and for many boys they have fond memories of staring up at those for years and years. It just so happens that Camp Durant of the Occoneechee Council has some rather famous frames that are currently missing. This discussion captured on Facebook shares images of …Read More
The Basics on How to Make a Guide to Your Lodge’s Patches
Have you ever wanted to create a guide to all of the patches issued by your Lodge but just were not sure how to start? This is intended to give you some information on how the Occoneechee Patch Guide was done in an attempt to make it easier for you when you do one for …Read More
Occoneechee Lodge 104 First Issue Is This Tiny Rocker
This small rocker patch is really Occoneechee Lodge’s first issue, even before the R-1 WAB (1952) patch which is usually recognized by most collector’s as the Lodge’s first patch. This very small patch is roughly only a 1/2″ square that fits around the blue and gold Occoneechee Council ’48-’50 council patch. As many of you realize, when …Read More