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1950 Area 3B Meeting

Posted in Area 3-B, Area 3-F, Section Conclave Patches by Dave Scocca on August 31st, 2008 at 8:00 am
1950 3B Patch

1950 Area 3B Patch

Ah’Tic Lodge #139 hosted the 1950 Area 3B meeting for lodges of western Pennsylvania at Camp Mountain Run, in Penfield, PA.   The patch was a red arrowhead-shaped felt with white silk-screened lettering.

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1950 Area 3A Fellowship Pow-Wow

Posted in Area 3-A, Area 3-C, Area 3-D, Area 3-E, Nentico 12, Section Conclave Patches by Dave Scocca on August 30th, 2008 at 8:00 am
1950 Area 3A Slide

1950 Area 3A Slide

In 1950 Nentico Lodge #12 hosted the lodges of eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia for the Area 3A Fellowship Pow-Wow on April 29-30 at the two-year-old Broad Creek Scout Camps in Whiteford, Maryland.   The event featured the first known piece of Area 3A memorabilia, a burned wooden slice neckerchief slide saying “Broad Creek” and “WWW”.

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1978 SE-3A Conclave

Posted in Klahican 331, SE-3A (1974-1981), Section Conclave Patches by John E. Pannell on August 30th, 2008 at 5:02 am
1978 SE-3A Conclave Patch

1978 SE-3A Conclave Patch

The 1978 SE-3A Conclave, “Service By The Sea”, was hosted by Klahican 331.   The pocket patch is pictured here.

This patch design is an apparent departure from established customs at that time.   There is no mention of the host lodge on the design.   Its totem does not appear.   There is nothing to indicate where the conclave was held.   One might be able to guess the host lodge as the only lodges in this section on the coast were Klahican and Croatan.

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