1953 Area 3B Meeting
Posted in Area 3-B, Area 3-F, Section Conclave Patches by Dave Scocca on September 19th, 2008 at 8:00 am 
1953 Area 3B Neckerchief
In 1953, the lodges of western Pennsylvania returned to the site of the 1948 Area F meeting, Camp Twin Echo near Ligonier, PA. Anicus Lodge #67 hosted the meeting, which was held the weekend of August 28-30.
This was the only 3B meeting for which no patch was issued. There were instead at least three neckerchiefs; a yellow neckerchief with a red silk-screened design, a red neckerchief with the same design silk-screened in yellow, and a version of the yellow neckerchief with a broad red border. The unbordered neckerchiefs have pinked edges.
1953 Area 3B Neckerchief
In addition to the neckerchiefs, the Anicus Lodge “morale committee” distributed a “crying towel”; this was a brown paper towel, approximately a foot square, with a design printed on half of one side.
1953 Area 3B "Crying Towel"
This was to be the last meeting of all the western Pennsylvania lodges as a group; the following year, the southwestern PA lodges would begin meeting separately as Area 3F.
1953 Area 3B Neckerchief
There were sixteen lodges in Area 3B at the start of 1953:
- Wagion 6
- Eriez 46
- Kuwewanik 57
- Anicus 67
- Sagamore 130
- Ah’Tic 139
- Unalachtigo 168
- Chimalus 242
- Ho-Squa-Sa-Ga-Dah 251
- Chief Cornplanter 255
- Deer Rock 256
- Hopocan 275
- Wopsononock 347
- Packanke 419
- Amadahi 441
- Allegewi 455
Shingis Lodge #497 was chartered in Area 3B during 1953, bringing the total number of lodges to seventeen.
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