Category IconLodge 185: 2008 Dixie Fellowship

Posted in Atta Kulla Kulla 185, SR-5 Lodges by John E. Pannell on May 9th, 2008 at 5:02 am

185 X19?Atta Kulla Kulla, like Skyuka and Muscogee lodges, issued only an odd-shaped patch for this year’s Dixie Fellowship. Thanks to Greg Grimes for sending the image.

I can’t quite figure out what the whippoorwill is supposed to be doing on this patch. It looks like he’s striking a cowbell? Why the lavender and pink shirt? Maybe I’d understand the design better if I was there. Can someone fill me in on this?

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"We've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of government himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else?"
Ronald Reagan


Category IconCategory IconO-Shot-Caw 265 Nok Su Chapter Conch Craziness 2008

Posted in Echockotee 200, Florida Lodges, O-Shot-Caw 265 by Robert Mathis on May 8th, 2008 at 5:02 am

This past weekend was the annual “Conch Craziness Weekend”, hosted by Nok-Su Chapter of O-Shot-Caw Lodge 265 in the Florida Keys. Folks came from four different lodges to attend, with the furthest attendee travelling over 500 miles to Camp Sawyer (Mile Marker 34 oceanside, just north of Big Pine Key). Still, a longer trip than the Cuban refugees that sailed their raft a few weeks ago, to land on the shores of the camp. Continue Reading »



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Plato


Category IconLodge 560: 2008 Dixie Fellowship Flaps

Posted in Eswau Huppeday 560, SR-5 Lodges by John E. Pannell on May 7th, 2008 at 5:02 am

560 S46?Eswau Huppeday lodge issued two different flaps for this year’s Dixie Fellowship. Even though they appeared the week before at the SR-7B Conclave, I thought I would hold off on a blog post for them until I got to all the other Dixie issues. Roger Ward and Greg Grimes brought these by my home so I could scan them for this site.

The first flap, pictured, is a depiction of “Eswau World”. The design was inspired by the relative proximity of this year’s conclave location to Carowinds.

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James Harvey Robinson


New Camp Patch Website

Posted in Scouting Blogs and Websites by John E. Pannell on May 6th, 2008 at 5:02 am

There is a new comprehensive website for those who collect camp patches. Earlier today, Bill Topkis announced on patch-l:

Jeff Morley and I would like to announce the launch of our new website;
CampCollection.com . If you share our passion for Camp patches and Camp
honor societies we are sure you will enjoy having a look around.

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Ivon Petrovich Pavlov


Category IconLodge 270: 2008 Dixie Fellowship

Posted in SR-5 Lodges, Skyuka 270 by John E. Pannell on May 5th, 2008 at 12:02 am

270 L5?The post titles are probably looking very repetitive by now, but there’s still plenty more 2008 Dixie Fellowship issues yet to come.

Skyuka lodge was the host lodge for this year’s Dixie fellowship. Like Muscogee and Atta Kulla Kulla (post yet to come), the lodge issued an odd-shape for this year’s Dixie Delegates. However, Skyuka was unique in being the only lodge to issue a leather patch for this year’s conclave.

The design is patterned after the conclave patch issued by the section. Once again, thanks to Brad Hutto and Greg Grimes for sending images and news of this issue.

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Woody Allen


Category IconLodge 221: 2008 Dixie Fellowship

Posted in Muscogee 221, SR-5 Lodges by John E. Pannell on May 4th, 2008 at 12:03 am

Muscogee lodge issued a single patch, not a flap, for the 2008 Dixie Fellowship. The design depicts this lodge’s theme for the conclave: The Mighty 221. The theme was inspired by the movie 300.

Thanks to Greg Grimes and Brad Hutto for sending me images of this piece.

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Ronald Reagan


Centenary Bronze

Posted in Scouting, other than collecting by John E. Pannell on May 3rd, 2008 at 2:42 pm

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was at the Baden-Powell House yesterday (2 May, 2008) in order to unveil a bronze commissioned by the UK’s Scout Association as part of Scouting’s Centenary celebrations.

Scouting was founded in the UK in 1907, so presumably this is one of the last celebratory events.

The Scout Association writes on their website:

“The Queen, Patron of The Scout Association, has today unveiled a bronze of herself, specially commissioned as part of Scouting’s Centenary celebrations.”

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Niels Henrik David Bohr


Category IconLodge 116: 2008 Dixie Fellowship

Posted in SR-5 Lodges, Santee 116 by John E. Pannell on May 3rd, 2008 at 12:02 am

116 S26?The 2008 Dixie Fellowship, SR-5 Conclave, was held this past weekend. Nearly all of the 11 lodges in SR-5 issued patches for the event. This is the first of many blog posts detailing the new issues that appeared.

Santee lodge issued a single flap for this year’s conclave. The Carolina Parakeet, desperately in need of some sunscreen, has taken up building sand castles by moonlight. ;) The flap was issued with a red loop so members could wear the patch without having to sew it onto their uniforms.   Thanks to Brad Hutto and Greg Grimes for sending me images of this piece.

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Aristotle


Category IconLodge 104: Unlisted Events Patches

Posted in Occoneechee 104, SR-7B Lodges by John E. Pannell on May 2nd, 2008 at 12:03 am

Ed Glass sent me two images of events patches from Occoneechee lodge that had not previously been listed in Blue Book. Both date from the 1980s. I don’t believe either of these are particularly rare, but for some reason they have just been missed all these years.

The first of these, pictured on the left, is from the 1980 Spring Ordeal. I guess the lodge was eager to put the 1970s behind them! ;)

The second item is from the 1983 Spring Pow Wow. At first some elements of the design might appear oddly placed, but I suspect a reason. Did the designer of the patch attempt to graphically depict something all OA brothers are told in their Ordeal ceremony?

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"You're going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you've got to start going there. But immediately. You can't afford to lose a minute. "
J. D. Salinger


The Nanuk 355 F1 remake

Posted in Alaska Lodges, Nanuk 355 by skyloo442 on May 1st, 2008 at 1:52 am

355 RemakeWhen I first saw this patch on Ebay I thought it was a really well made fake but once me and a friend started digging we quickly changed our minds rather quickly. This is a real issue from Nanuk 355 and here is the official letter that accompanies each patch sold by the lodge.

I have retyped it here for all to read:

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Mark Twain


Category IconLodge 118: 2007 Fall Fellowship

Posted in SR-7B Lodges, Wahissa 118 by John E. Pannell on May 1st, 2008 at 12:02 am

118 2007 Fall FellowshipWahissa lodge issued this patch for their 2007 Fall Fellowship. The oddly designed patch features a stylized American Indian head in a feathered bonnet rendered in shades of grey. Thanks to Greg Grimes and Roger Ward for letting me scan this issue.

According to what images have been sent to me, this is the first event patch this lodge issued in about two years. I know others were issued for 2007 and I expect there were other issues in 2006 and 2007 but no one has sent me scans or images of them so they remain unlisted here.

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Winston Churchill


Category IconLodge 117: 2008 SR-7B Conclave Flap

Posted in Croatan 117, SR-7B Lodges by John E. Pannell on April 30th, 2008 at 12:03 am

Finally, I am nearing the end of the new issues from the SR-7B Conclave.

Croatan lodge magically (?) depicted the Croatan Express on their 2008 Conclave flap. Some might say that it’s in homage to “rednecks” in the South that the lodge’s deer totem has been rendered as a railroading version of a hood ornament. This is a lodge that has previously demonstrated its ability to poke fun at itself with an odd design choice.

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Robert Orben



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