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Occoneechee Lodge began as an idea when Claude Humphrey's recognized the potential of the Order of the Arrow at the 1937 National Jamboree. The application for membership was approved on August 30, 1937 and early in 1938 the lodge members voted to utilize the name of the Council. At that time, an arrowhead with two arrows was the totem of the lodge. Later in the 1950's, the totem was changed to the thunderbird. There are 3 Council camps served by Occoneechee Lodge: Camp Durant and Camp Reeves in the Carthage, NC area, and Camp W. D. Campbell on Kerr Lake reservoir.
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The Inside Scoop on Occoneechee 104
The Executive Committee of Occoneechee Lodge 104 met at their 2013 Fall Fellowship in late September. Several patch items were brought up for vote at the Sunday morning meeting. The first item was a motion to make a 2015 Order of the Arrow 100th Anniversary/NOAC fundraiser flap. This is NOT part of the themed set …Read More
Occoneechee Collector’s Guide Update
For all interested, “A Patch Collector’s Guide To Occoneechee Lodge 104” has been recently updated to include all of Occoneechee Lodge’s newest issues including the latest Chapter issues. Plans from this point forward are to only update the required pages with new issues and not the entire Patch Guide. You can obtain the most current …Read More
Occoneechee 2020 Patch Set Honors The Military
Occoneechee Lodge 104 Patch Set for 2020 The Occoneechee Lodge’s themed event set + 1 for 2020…”Salute to the Military.” The Air Force Thunderbirds is an “R” issue but it completes the set and what would the set be without the AF Thunderbirds for a Lodge that utilizes the Thunderbird as our totem. Since the …Read More
Occoneechee Lodge 104 5-Patch CSP Set Debuts at Fall Fellowship
Occoneechee Lodge 104 is now only 2-weeks out from our Fall Fellowship (Sept. 20-22) which means the release of the Lodge’s first monochromatic CSP (X70). This will be the first in a series of 5 new odd shapes from the Lodge. The neon orange border will be released first, followed by a purple monochromatic version …Read More
The New Lodge 104 Venturing Flap (X73)
The new X-73 odd shape patch was issued at Pow-Wow a few weeks ago. This was made specifically for the new Venturing uniform. I has been brought to my attention that we may just have a variety in this issue….OH NO!!! Collectors can decide for themselves whether or not it is or it isn’t. The …Read More
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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 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