Archive for January 20, 2007

2004-5 Brotherhood Involvement Award

Posted in Eswau Huppeday 560, SR-5 Lodges by John E. Pannell on January 20th, 2007 at 7:40 am

560bro04Courtesy of Jimmy Arthurs, here’s another North Carolina issue that was missed in the most recent Blue Book.   It’s not surprising this was omitted.

This patch was earned by lodge brothers in 2004 and 2005 who completed a lengthy set of requirements.  Only about 2 dozen were earned.  For those diehard collectors of this lodge’s patches, this will be one of the tougher modern issues to acquire. Continue Reading »



"If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."
Winston Churchill


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LLD Fundraiser Jacket Patch

Posted in SR-7B Lodges, Tsoiotsi Tsogalii 70 by John E. Pannell on January 20th, 2007 at 2:12 am

70lld07.jpgTsoiotsi Tsogalii 70 stretches the line between an events patch and a lodge issue with this newest jacket patch.   I am undecided whether we should properly call this one J5 or eJ2007-1.

This 6″ jacket patch depicts Allowat Sakima in the style of a Cherokee “peace chief”.  It was produced with the specific intent of using the proceeds to fund the lodge’s LLD weekend.  Continue Reading »



An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.


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1980 Fifty Miler Trek - Eno River Trail

Posted in SR-7B Lodges, Tali Taktaki 70 by John E. Pannell on January 20th, 2007 at 1:03 am

1980 Fifty MilerThanks to David York for bringing this patch to my attention.

Tali Taktaki 70, and then later Tsoiotsi Tsogalii 70, had a tradition of intermittently sponsoring Fifty Miler Treks during the week after Christmas.   The trek was in 1979 and the last one I know of was in 2003. Continue Reading »



When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figure, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.
Walt Whitman


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