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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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

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

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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

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

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