Memorabilia History

1945 Area Fellowship Meeting

1945 Area Fellowship Meeting The Order of the Arrow lodges of North Carolina were invited by Tali Taktaki Lodge to a gathering at Camp Graystone in September 1945.  Greensboro Council’s former Assistant Scout Executive Bob Wolff was the leader in organizing and promoting this event. Earlier in the year he had accepted a new job as Scout Executive of …Read More



25 Years Later… “North Carolina Patches of the Order of the Arrow” By Rick Horne and John Pleasants

25 Years Later… “North Carolina Patches of the Order of the Arrow” By Rick Horne and John Pleasants It has been twenty-five years since John Pleasants and I issued the book “North Carolina Patches of the Order of the Arrow” in 1989.  This was in the day before cell phones and the Internet.  Personal computers existed but were very expensive and only businesses were using them.  Patch trading was done primarily person-to-person at …Read More



2011 SR-7B Section Conclave Report

2011 SR-7B Section Conclave Report The 2011 SR-7B Section Conclave was held at Camp Raven Knob located near Mt. Airy, NC on April 15 – 17 and hosted by Wahissa Lodge 118. Rob Orr served as Section Chief.  He was not elected to the job, but took over after the untimely death of Michael Turner on May 1, 2010. Over …Read More



Area 6-A goes to 1958 NOAC

Area 6-A goes to 1958 NOAC The six lodges currently in Section SR-7B have enjoyed being together in the same section for over 70 years.  This close association has led to friendships between Arrowmen and a number of traditions.  This camaraderie can be traced back to the 1950s. On August 23, 1958 a contingent of 37 Arrowmen from Area 6-A boarded …Read More



Early NC Collectors Publication – Section 3A Traders

Early NC Collectors Publication – Section 3A Traders Section “3-A Traders” was an early attempt to catalog North Carolina OA issues for lodges in Section 3-A shortly after it was changed from Section 6-A.  I printed these on a mimeograph machine in the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity office located in the basement of Smith Building on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Download the PDF Booklet Submitted by …Read More



History of Section SR-7B – The OA Comes to North Carolina

History of Section SR-7B – The OA Comes to North Carolina The OA comes to North Carolina In early 1933 Greensboro Council hired a new Scout Executive, Frank W. Braden.  He was an experienced professional Scouter having worked in Birmingham, Alabama.  While there he was a charter member of their Order of the Arrow Lodge, Cherokee Lodge 50.  In a Special Camp Bulletin he advised Scout …Read More