Archive for April 16, 2007

SR-7B Conclave This Weekend

Posted in Patch Collecting, SR-7B Lodges, Scouting Blogs and Websites by John E. Pannell on April 16th, 2007 at 6:37 pm

conclave07.jpgOcconeechee 104 will be hosting the SR-7B Conclave at Camp Durant this coming weekend, April 20-22.   I hear Occoneechee has been working hard to make this an experience to be remembered.

For a few personal reasons, I will not be officially attending the conclave for the first time in 14 years.  However, I am planning to visit sometime on Saturday afternoon and evening.

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Robert Orben


Lodge 331: Four More Unlisted Neckerchiefs

Posted in Klahican 331, SR-7B Lodges by John E. Pannell on April 16th, 2007 at 1:49 am

Michael Ryan has pointed out to me that there are “problems” with the Blue Book neckerchief listings for this lodge. He sent me images of four more neckerchiefs that have so far escaped listing in Blue Book.

It seems there has been some confusion and disagreement among various editors here in the Southeast as to how or whether to list conclave contingent items other than basic flaps. That, combined with the relative lack of interest in neckerchiefs until recently, may help explain why these pieces have not been listed before.

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"One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half."
Sir Winston Churchill