1954 Area 3A Pow Wow
Posted in Area 3-A, Nentico 12, Section Conclave Patches by Dave Scocca on September 23rd, 2008 at 1:00 pm 
1954 Area 3A Slide
On May 1-2, 1954, Octoraro Lodge #22 hosted the Area 3A Pow Wow near Rising Sun, Maryland at Camp Horseshoe, which had been the site of the first Area E meeting in 1948. A yellow plastic neckerchief slide was issued for the event; the slide has the horseshoe logo of the camp, but does not indicate the date of the event.
1954 Area 3A Slide Artwork
Also pictured here is what appears to be the original artwork for the slide. Interestingly, this artwork does show a date; it appears that the date was somehow left out when the slide was manufactured.
Camp Horseshoe in 1954 saw a much smaller group of lodges than had been at Camp Seven Mountains the year before. The lodges of northeastern Pennsylvania split off as the new Area 3D, and the lodges of central Pennsylvania–including 1953 3A host Monaken #103–split off as the new Area 3E.
One lodge was added, however; after meeting with Area 3C in Virginia in 1953, Nentico #12 returned to Area 3A in 1954. Camp Horseshoe is less than twenty miles from Baltimore’s Broad Creek Scout Reservation, and the lodges that remained in Area 3A were generally closer to Baltimore than the lodges of Area 3C.
1954 Area 3A Luggage Tag
The seven lodges in Area 3A in 1954 were:
- Unami 1
- Minsi 5
- Nentico 12
- Octoraro 22
- Ajapeu 33
- Delmont 43
- Pohopoco 44
As might be expected of the area including Unami Lodge #1, Area 3A contained many lodges with long and distinguished histories. Delmont #43 and Pohopoco #44, both founded in 1929, were the “youngest” lodges in the group.
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