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Cardinal Conclave
Section SR-7B includes six OA lodges that cover the eastern two-thirds of North Carolina. The following lodges make up the section: Tsoiotsi Tsogalii #70, Occoneechee #104, Croatan #117, Wahissa #118, Nayawin Rar #296 and Klahican #331. From North Carolina’s earliest area meeting in the 1940s to today the territory covered by these lodges has remained in the same section. Through the years the section has added and lost a few lodges and had different designations. It went from Area I to Area 6A, Section SE-3A to SE-7, and from SR-7 to SR-7B. The section uses the name “Cardinal Conclave” for its big annual event. While the section has only six lodges it claims the designation of holding the nation’s largest conclave each April. Typically the Cardinal Conclave draws well over 1,000 Arrowmen.
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Klahican Lodge 331 Cardinal Conclave Host Issues for 2014
Klahican Lodge 331 will host the 2014 SR7B Conclave at Camp Bowers the weekend of April 25-27. The conclave is expected to bring over 1,000 Arrowmen to White Oak, North Carolina. In a stroke of luck for patch hounds the neighboring council and lodge are hosting the 2014 Dixie Fellowship just under two hours drive …Read More
2012 SR7B Cardinal Conclave Report
The 2012 SR-7B Section Conclave was held at Cherokee Scout Reservation located near Yanceyville, NC on April 20-22 and hosted by Tsoiotsi Tsogalii Lodge 70. Dustin Cocklereece served as Section Chief replacing David Joyner in December 2011 when David was elected to the position of Southern Region Chief. The conclave started with nice weather and …Read More
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Memorabilia History
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
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
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
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