Change is good, but I prefer improvement. Many Americans are disappointed in their annointed choices for this year’s presidential election. So, I would like to offer up an alternative that might be appealing to readers of this blog.

The video after the break is worth watching… really…
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A group of Rovers from the Boy Scouts of the Phillipines have produced a tribute to the four Iowa Scouts killed when a tornado destroyed their camp earlier this month.

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The eight remaining lodges of Area 6-A once again met for their area fellowship in 1956.     The patch pictured here is the only item I know of that was issued for this event.

While the lodges of this area did meet in 1955, I know of no memorabilia issued for that year.

The patch design this year breaks with the standard of graphically simple designs of previous fellowships.   While not a common piece,   this patch can be found with some effort.

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The eight remaining lodges of Area 6-A once again met for their area fellowship in 1954.

This patch’s design is probably among the more questionable conclave designs I have seen in this part of the country.     A caricature like this could not be produced to day.     Such a cartoon-like depiction of an American Indian would be considered offensive today.

This started a period of nearly 30 years during which there was no change in the composition of this section. These lodge would remain together in Area 6-A until the BSA reorganized its 12 areas into six regions. Then starting in 1974 these eight lodges formed SE-3A until 1982.

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Here is the next entry in the series of posts on state shaped patches, and state shapes used in patches. About a third of the states have now been covered. Previous entries may be found in the category, “These 50 States.”

The list for Indiana is rather short.     Most of the lodges headquartered in Indiana have since merged or been absorbed by other lodges.   The few remaining active lodges in this state are not known as prolific issuers of patches.

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Unless you’ve been living in a cave or out in the woods, you now know that George Carlin recently died. He now no longer has to worry about what words you can say on TV, or about finding a place for his stuff. He now has all eternity to think about the differences between baseball and football.

He may have been a comedian but in many ways he was prescient when it comes to dealing with the arrogance of those who believe man can destroy the planet.

It should go without saying, but some of the language in the video after the jump isn’t safe for work.

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The eight remaining lodges of Area 6-A once again met for their area fellowship in 1953.     Lodge 188 rejoined their brothers from western North Carolina in Area 6-B.   Though there have since been two lodge mergers, this area now covered the same geographical territory as today’s SR-7B.

This started a period of nearly 30 years during which there was no change in the composition of this section.     These lodge would remain together in Area 6-A until the BSA reorganized its 12 areas into six regions.     Then starting in 1974 these eight lodges formed SE-3A until 1982.

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After the 1949 Area I meeting the Order of the Arrow’s areas were reorganized conform to the BSA’s   twelve areas.   This resulted in North Carolina being split between two areas.

The nine lodges in eastern and north central North Carolina formed Area 6-A.     These included 70 Tali Taktaki, 104, 117, 118, 163 Tslagi, 188, 208, 296 and 331. This grouping only last a few years as Itibapishe Iti Hollo moved to Area 6-B for the 1953 fellowships.

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The ten OA lodges of North Carolina returned to Morrow Mountain State Park for the 1948 Area I meeting. This was the third of three area fellowships held at this location, all hosted by Itibapishe Iti Hollo 188.

This year marks the issuance of the first patch with a design unique to this area’s meeting.   As a commenter to an earlier post stated, the design used from 1945-1947 was also used elsewhere.

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The ten OA lodges of North Carolina gathered again at Morrow Mountain State Park for the 1947 Area I meeting.   This was the second of three area fellowships held at this location, all hosted by Itibapishe Iti Hollo 188. The meeting date was to late October.

This year marks the issuance of the first neckerchief for a North Carolina area fellowship.   It is a simple red silk-screened design on white cloth, very similar to the 1945 slide and 1946 patch.   It would be many years until another conclave neckerchief was issued for this group of lodges.

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