1957 Area 3D Slide

The lodges of Area 3D met in 1957 at Camp Brulà © in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania.   The meeting was hosted by Winingus Lodge #30; this was the first meeting hosted by the lodge, and the first at Camp Brulà ©.

There were two items issued for this area meeting.   The neckerchief slide was cylindrical and made of a glass, with a multi-colored decal.

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Popularity: 8% [?]

Muscogee 221 eX1997-3

I read the other day that Halloween is now the second biggest holiday in the US in terms of retail sales.   That turns to be false, yet another urban legend.     At best it ranks sixth, but still has become “big business”.     So it’s not surprising that some lodges have issued patches with Halloween themes.   Here are a few of the patches I have found with an explicit Halloween theme.

First is the patch pictured at the top of this post.     It is the 221 eX1997-3.     Halloween Fellowship is what the lodge called their Fall Fellowship that year.     The design of the patch is a stylized jack-o-latern with a representation of the lodge’s totem instead of the more usual scary face.

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Popularity: 7% [?]

There is a grassroots movement to form a service organization within the BSA’s Venturing program called the Corps of Discovery.     The program is very loosely based upon the Order of the Arrow and its idea of servant leadership.

The basis for membership is very different from that of the OA.

Induction into the Corps of Discovery should be a “pay forward” endeavor.   In other words, only current members can nominate inductees, and it is the responsibility of all current youth members to mentor their candidates until they can be inducted.   This reflects the final commission of Kodiak-X, mentoring.

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Popularity: 9% [?]

1957 Area 3C Slide

The lodges of Area 3C met in 1957 at Camp Powhatan in the Blue Ridge Scout Reservation in Pulaski County, Virginia.   The host lodge was Powhatan Lodge #456; this was both the first meeting hosted by the lodge and the first at Camp Powhatan.

A hand-carved painted wood neckerchief slide was issued for the event; the slide has the profile of an Indian and has the area, “WWW”, and the year lightly stamped on the feathers of the headdress.

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Popularity: 15% [?]

1957 Area 3B Patch

The lodges of Area 3B met in 1957 at Camp Olmstead in the Allegheny National Forest near Warren, Pennsylvania. The meeting was hosted by Chief Cornplanter Lodge #255; this was both the first meeting hosted by the lodge and the first at Camp Olmstead.

The embroidered patch for the meeting is a rounded triangle shape with three arrows around the edges. The simple design identifies the event and the location.

Popularity: 8% [?]

1957 Area 3A Patch

In June of 1957, the lodges of Area 3A met at Shikellamy Reservation near Reading Pennsylvania. Minsi Lodge #5 hosted the gathering.

The event patch was white twill with an attached tab that could be cut to go on a button, and featured the wolf totem of Minsi Lodge.

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Popularity: 8% [?]

Word has come to me from Richard Robie that Memsochet 507 and Allogagan 83 agreed to merge on September 28, 2008 at a meeting of the Lodge Steering Committee. Pocumtuc is the new lodge. The wolf will be their totem.   As Order of the Arrow lodges are chartered on a calendar year basis, the new lodge will be officially chartered for the first time in 2009.

Pioneer Valley and Great Trails Councils previously merged to form the Western Massachusetts Council.

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Popularity: 12% [?]

1956 Area 3F Patch

The lodges of Area 3F met in 1956 at Camp Anawanna in Washington County, Pennsylvania, site of the 1952 Area 3B Meeting. Chimalus Lodge #242 was the host.

The event patch was a white twill round with blue and red embroidery, featuring an outline of the area covered by Area 3F. This design would be used for the next few Area 3F meetings, with the only changes being made to the color, date, and host lodge and camp names.

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Popularity: 11% [?]

1956 Area 3E Neckerchief

On May 5 and 6, 1956, the lodges of Area 3E met at Camp Karoondinha near Glen Iron, Pennsylvania. The meeting was hosted by Wapsu Achtu Lodge #343.

Following the practice established the year before, attendees received a neckerchief with a patch from the host lodge attached. The patch was the Wapsu Achtu R4 (twill round with horizontally stitched deer) and was on a light blue neckerchief with a blue chain stitched edge. Continue Reading »

Popularity: 11% [?]

1956 Area 3D Slide

The lodges of Area 3D met in the Spring of 1956 at Camp Lavigne, in Benton, Pennsylvania. The meeting was hosted by Wyona Lodge #18, which had been re-started two years earlier with an Ordeal held at the first Area 3D meeting.

A painted brass neckerchief slide was issued for the event. Continue Reading »

Popularity: 8% [?]