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Nayawin Rar 296 Gold Card Registration Flap
In 2013, Nayawin Rar Lodge started a new program, the Gold Card Registration. This is basically a way to pre pay for the whole year of events at one time and at a discount, and by doing so there was a special gold bordered standard flap given to each member that registered this way. This …Read More
Wahissa Lodge 118 Cook Crew History
Many people across North Carolina have seen a variety of issues from Wahissa Lodge’s Cook Crew. Not all of them are recorded in their entirety on collecting sites we all use. The first Wahissa Cook Crew Issue was from 1975. It has the year date on it and has “Charter Member” on the patch along …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
Tslagi vs. Tsalagi “What’s in a name!”
A new Order of the Arrow lodge was chartered by Cherokee Council of North Carolina in 1939. The new Arrowmen wanted to name their lodge “Cherokee”, but were disappointed to learn that a lodge in Birmingham, Alabama already was using that name. Some unknown individual suggested the Native American word for Cherokee using their language …Read More
1960’s Dixie Fellowship Neckerchiefs Are RARE
There are many collectors who have attempted to put together a patch collection for the Dixie Fellowship. Far fewer is the number that have tackled trying to get all the official neckerchiefs issued for the Dixie. You can take the patch collection back to 1947 if you want to go deep into the era of …Read More
Croatan Lodge 117 History – the 1930’s
In February of 1937 Council Executive John J. Sigwald, Assistant Scout Executive George Thomason, and the Council President Mr. F.C. Harding from Greenville, attended the annual regional meeting in Columbia, South Carolina. At this meeting a session on the Order of the Arrow was held by E. Urner Goodman. Following the meeting the councilmen discussed …Read More
Catawba Lodge Ceremony Ring Dedication Ceremony
Sometime during 2001, expansion of the Webelos area of Clear Creek Scout Camp (now known as Belk Scout Camp) forced the Lodge to consider the relocation of our ceremonial ring. Working with the Camp Ranger and members of the council properties committee, a new location for our ring was selected. It was determined that if …Read More
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
Valentine’s Day for Tomo Chi-Chi Lodge 119
I was an Assistant Scoutmaster for the Troop that the 2010 Lodge Chief was a scout in. We were sitting around a table discussing what the theme for the next year should be, and I was telling them that with 11 lodges in the section, that many of the ideas that they coming up with …Read More
Nayawin Rar 296 Lodge Building Fund Patch
The Lodge had a new fundraising patch that was put on sale Saturday morning of the Winter Fun Fellowship, The Lodge Building Fund Patch. This was a Solid patch that had the look of a 2 piece set, but was not. It is listed as X7. Proceeds from the sale will be going to the …Read More