Egwa Tawa Dee 129 B3?

Since my collecting interest is very restricted, it’s not often I get to add to my personal collection.   This patch came in the mail to me today.     It was issued last weekend at the Atlanta Trade-o-ree.

Bullions are rather unique items, a synthesis of both wire work and traditional embroidery.     There aren’t very many different ones.     Lodges tend to issue there in small quantities.     Some of them are very scarce.

I think this piece turned out nicely, for the most part.     If I had a list of my favorite bullions this one would probably rank high on it.   Cahuilla 127 B2 probably is still my favorite among the recent bullions.

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Some here might be aware of the problems some users of this site have experienced, namely in getting communcations from me, especially if they had AOL addresses.     In short AOL has been blocking email from this site’s server since early this year.

I can finally report good news on this front.     I received this message from an “AOL postmaster” this morning:

The block on the IP has been removed and please allow 24 hours for the block to be cleared.

Thank you,
Sridhar
AOL Postmaster.

The block has been removed.   I will update the subscription pages on my site to reflect this later today or tomorrow.

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1947 Area J Fellowship Meeting Slide

For the third consecutive year Echockotee lodge would host the Area J Fellowship Meeting in November 1947.     A leather neckerchief slide, much easier to read than the 1946 piece, was issued.   Thanks to Robert Mathis for the image of this piece.

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1946 Area J Fellowship Meeting Slide

The lodges of southern Georgia and Florida gathered again from the 1946 Area J Fellowship.     As in 1945, Echockotee lodge served as the host lodge for this event.

Also as in 1945, a leather neckerchief slide was issued.     Age and the choice of a darker leather make it difficult to read the text of the slide on this image.     Once again, thanks to Robert Mathis for this image.

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1954 Area 3F Patch

In 1954, the lodges of southwestern Pennsylvania met for the first time as Area 3F at Camp Conestoga near Bakersville, Pennsylvania. The fellowship meeting was hosted by Wagion Lodge #6.

An embroidered patch was issued for the event. There was also a drinking glass with a printed design including a conestoga wagon.

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Well I normally write about patches, but for those who know me, I am a Die Hard OSU Beaver Fan & Alumni. If you hate USC then this is great news. My Beavers handed them their first loss this year. I know a lot of you are in SEC country so when your team gets number 1 at the end of the season you know who to thank.

OSU normally starts slow and loses to a chump (Stanford) and a decent team (Penn State) but as the season progresses they become unbeatable. We will most likely be number 1 but we win our Bowl Games.
As a side note we normally have a very good baseball team — ask UNC.

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1954 Area 3E Slide

On May 1 and 2 of 1954, the lodges of central Pennsylvania met for the first time as Area 3E at Camp Tuckahoe near Dillsburg, Pennsylvania. The meeting was hosted by Tuckahoe Lodge #386.

A white plastic neckerchief slide with a red arrowhead was issued for the event. This is the only memorabilia with a specific Area 3E designation issued before 1960; from 1955 through 1959, attendees were given neckerchiefs with an attached patch from the host lodge. There was also a meeting program with a hand-drawn cover.
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1954 Area 3D Slide

On May 1 and 2, 1954, the lodges of northeastern Pennsylvania met for the first time as Area 3D at Camp Acahela in Blakeslee, Pennsylvania on the Lehigh River. The meeting was hosted by Acahela Lodge #223.

A leather neckerchief slide was issued for the event. Like most other Region 3 slides of the 1950s, it is fairly scarce and hard to find.

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1954 Area 3C Patch

In 1954, the lodges of Virginia met as Area 3C for the second time, at Camp Rock Enon in Gore, Virginia. Shenshawpotoo Lodge #276 hosted the Pow Wow. A pocket-flap patch featuring an arrow going through an apple was issued for the event; this was the first Area 3C patch and is the only flap-shaped conclave patch from Region 3. Continue Reading »

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1945 Area J Fellowship Slide

The lodges of Area J met at Camp Echockotee in November of 1945 for their Fellowship Meeting.     Echockotee 200 was the host lodge for this event.   This might be the first such meeting of these lodges.     This is the first piece of memorabilia known to me from this area.     I thank Robert Mathis for supplying the images used in this and forthcoming posts about Area J meetings.

This neckerchief slide should look very familiar to those who collect North Carolina Conclave Memorabilia.     The piece is almost identical in design and text to the 1945 Area I Fellowship Meeting neckerchief slide.

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