Archive for December 17, 2007

O-Shot-Caw 265 2007 Fellowship

Posted in Florida Lodges, O-Shot-Caw 265 by Robert Mathis on December 17th, 2007 at 11:41 pm

265-2007-fellowship.jpg Even with the 2007 series that O-Shot-Caw Lodge 265 created for this year in their “Indians of the Southeast” theme (one year patch, six weekend patches), the lodge created an event in late November, mainly for members of the lodge to seal their membership.  Over 50 members trekked down to Camp Sawyer in the Keys for the 2007 Fellowship, with only 150 patches made. Continue Reading »



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Lodge 104: 1992 - 1993 Activities

Posted in Occoneechee 104, SR-7B Lodges by John E. Pannell on December 17th, 2007 at 6:55 am

Here’s some issues from the 1990s that seem to have been excluded from Blue Book.   These patches from 1992 and 1993 are Occoneechee lodge’s first attempt at what some have now dubbed a “puzzle patch”.  This is a group of patches that when pieced together, like a puzzle, for a unified design.

I don’t know if those who wrote the past Blue Book edits for North Carolina were unaware of this piece, just forgot it, or if it was excluded for some other reason.   Regardless, thanks to Warren Kuhfeld for bringing this to my attention.

The large arrowhead, jacket patch sized, design is composed of the three main activities patches for 1992 and 1993 and a central arrowhead patch for “Camp Durant Service”. The central arrowhead is already listed in Blue Book as A1.

Althought such “puzzle patches” are not commonplace in North Carolina, some lodges such as Ag-Im 156 have been creating these regularly for over 20 years now.

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