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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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