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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
Muscogee Lodge 221 YS2 prototype
I traded for this prototype with Jason Spangler around the winter of 1992 and it’s the only one that I’ve ever seen in nearly 20 years of collecting. This one has been tucked away since then in my brother’s collection. It resembles the 1977 Jamboree flap but it is fully embroidered like the S3/S4/etc. The …Read More
The History of Klahican Lodge 331 – 7 Page PDF File
Former Lodge Chief Sam P. Douglas, Jr. in a 2008 interview described the tap out and Ordeal in 1952. “There were never more than 2 tap outs and they were always at scout camp. There were no troop tap outs. The votes were done in individual troops and you were elected, I guess, much the …Read More
Eswau Huppeday Lodge 560 S1 First Flap
The first flap Eswau Huppeday lodge issued for wear on the scout uniform, known as the “black teepee” issue or the “dark teepee”. However not many realize that this issue was by several in lodge opinion was not the actual first issue. I personally talked to a lodge member that was inducted into the lodge …Read More
The History of the Skyuka Indian on the Mountain Patch & Caldwell Pins
About 1950 the lodge decided to create it’s own unique “patch.” A committee within the organization was formed to develop an emblem. The first lodge patch was a green triangle with an outline of Skyuka Mountain on it. It is commonly known as “The Indian on the Mountain”. The first versions of this patch had …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
The Order of the Pawnees – Catawba Lodge PreOA Society
One candidate for membership described the Pawnees as one of the ugliest bunch of people he had ever seen. Walt Smith and others in 1926 felt that Camp Steere needed an achievement organization that the campers needed to fulfill during their week in camp. Almost every camp in the country developed a service oriented group …Read More