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2019 Dixie Fellowship Design Released

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



Patch Artwork Proposal for 2015 Dixie Fellowship Hosted by Catawba

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

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



OA Belt Buckles of CarolinaOA.com with Matt Delk

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



2014 Dixie Fellowship Proposal

2014 Dixie Fellowship Proposal The November Council of Chiefs meeting has come and gone which means that plans are really finalized for the 2014 Dixie Fellowship to be held at Camp Coker and hosted by Santee Lodge 116.  For memorabilia collectors this Dixie is going to be pretty typical as far as the items that will be issued.  It …Read More



Cloth Talk 2.0 – Episode 1 Hank Birdsong & Patch History Books

Cloth Talk 2.0 – Episode 1 Hank Birdsong & Patch History Books For more than three decades Hank Birdsong has been experimenting with making patch history books for Scouting memorabilia collectors. In this first installment of a new chat format for Boy Scout collectors Hank and I talk about that story using Google+ Hangout. Hank grew up in Wahissa Lodge 118 of the Old Hickory Council and …Read More



2014 Dixie Fellowship Design From Santee 116 Host

2014 Dixie Fellowship Design From Santee 116 Host It is not official yet but it looks like the lodge leadership has settled on this design for their 2014 Dixie proposal.  The design was originally done by C.J. McIlrath and refined by well known graphic artist Todd Knaperek from Tsali 134.  The proposed theme for the event is “United In A Life Of Cheerful …Read More