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December 29th, 2008
These 50 States: Delaware and Maryland
Maryland would be an interesting, but difficult, state to use as a shape for an OA patch. To my knowledge no one has tried yet. None of the lodges with council headquarters in Maryland have even tried to use their state shape on a patch.
Only one lodge serves the state of Delaware and it's not known for innovative or unusual patches. So the list of patches using these states' shapes will be rather short.
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December 26th, 2008
Merry Christmas... In Patches
Many lodges traditionally hold year-end functions around Christmastime. Some of these have included a specific reference to Christmas in the event name. A small group of lodges have used a Christmas theme on their patches for events not otherwise connected to this holiday, like the S5 from Tsoiotsi Tsogalii pictured here.
First up are some event patches. Most of these are for the various lodges' "Christmas Banquet".
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December 22nd, 2008
2008 Old Hickory Trade-O-Ree Report
Last Saturday, December 20th, I attended the 2008 Old Hickory Trade-O-Ree, sponsored by Wahissa lodge. As my collecting interests are now confined to a very specialized area, I didn't do much trading or buying, but it was a good opportunity to get out and see some friends and acquaintance that I don't get see that often. It was also a good chance to play with and show off my new Black Berry Storm.
Attendance seemed lower than I remember it in past years. Some people I would have expected to see there did not make it this year. Part of this could be due to the proximity of this event to Christmas and the poor economy. To their credit, the lodge was actively publicizing the date next year's event: December 19,2009.
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December 18th, 2008
These 50 States: Illinois
Illinois and its governor have been in the news a lot recently so it seemed a good state to pick the the next entry in this series.
Throughout history there have been 58 lodges different lodges charted to councils headquartered in Illinois. Most of these have long since merged or consolidated. One of the Founders of the Order of the Arrow, Carroll A. Edson, worked as a professional in Chicago which enabled the OA to become established there early on. Owasippe 7 was also created as one of the earliest lodge mergers.
The list of lodges that have issued patches in the shape of Illinois, or used that state in their patch designs is rather short.
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December 17th, 2008
These 50 States: West Virginia
It's been a while since I posted an entry to this series, so I thought this would be a good break from what seems to be "Wahissa Week" here.
With it's odd shaped border and two narrow panhandles, West Virginia's shape would be technically difficult to render as a patch. No lodge has yet attempted it. It could make for an interesting jacket patch if someone was to work up a nice design. A few of the state's lodges, however, did use the state shape on some of their issues.
This will be a short list.
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December 13th, 2008
Suanhacky Asks, "Just Where is NOAC 2009?"
Bill Mulrenin posted about this on his blog recently. I was amused by it and thought I'd share it here. Sometimes two different universities have similar sounding names, especially to those not nearby. That is the lesson learned by the brothers of Suanhacky.
Take a look at the flap recently issued by Suanhacky lodge for the upcoming 2009 NOAC. Look carefully. According to the flap, next year's conference is being held at ISU, Indiana State University. Maybe the residents of Terre Haute need to defend the high ground from an unplanned assault by several thousand Boy Scouts!
Maybe they were confused and thought NOAC was returning to Iowa State University where it was held in 1998 and 2004!
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Archive for October, 2008
1957 Area 3D Slide
The lodges of Area 3D met in 1957 at Camp Brulé 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 Brulé.
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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Donald H. Rumsfeld
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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“Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.â€
Albert Einstein
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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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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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.
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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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"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."
Ronald Reagan
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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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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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 »
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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.
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January 2nd, 2009
FIFTY THOUSAND And Counting
Yesterday evening, I celebrated the start of 2009 by adding the fifty thousandth image to this site! Even with this many images there are probably still several thousand OA items that are not yet pictured here.
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December 17th, 2008
OAImages on the Storm
I got a new BlackBerry Storm today. It's an early Christmas present of sorts. Now I can join the group that can access this website from a smart phone. So far I am generally pleased with it.
There are a couple of issues dealing with a piece of JavaScript that doesn't work as it should on the Storm's browser, but I can redesign around that. At least I have learned this before the site becomes widely used on these devices. The site badly needs some redesign work and this could be an excuse to at least think about it.
I previously shared how this site is displayed on the iPhone. So, I now will share with readers a few screen captures from the storm.
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December 4th, 2008
New Pages on OAImages
I recently added some new pages to OAImages that some visitors to this site may not have noticed yet. Each covers lodge issues for recent and upcoming national events
All pages can be accessed directly from the links in the above list. One can also access them from the "National & Special Events Issues" on this site's home page.
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December 2nd, 2008
New Server Update
Last Winter I let it be known that this site would soon require a new server. The current server is aging and nearing then end of its live... so I thought. Then in February all plans were put on hold: the server was compromised by a hacker and required a complete reinstall and then I lost my job. For personal reasons -- I'm still effectively unemployed -- I've been loathe to spend money and been hedging on buying a new server.
I think the time to buy has come at last.
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November 28th, 2008
Playing With Plugins
Some of you may have noticed some changes to the blog layout recently, and at least one problem that temporarily messed some things up. One of the benefits of Word Press, as blogging software, is the wide variety of plugins available to perform specialized tasks that are not part of the standard package. I've been playing with several of these lately.
After the jump is a list of the recent plugins I've added and what they're designed to do.
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November 23rd, 2008
OAImages on Mobile Phones
I have been looking at the new Blackberry Storm and drooling. I want one and am trying to figure out how to justify to myself spending money on a new cell phone that does all sorts of "neat things". I'm one of those folks who uses a cell phone as their primary phone, don't even have any visible or active phone jacks in my home.
But, I also am one of the few cell phone users who don't even use text messaging. I already own an iPod that still has a *lot* of space on it. I own a quite servicable laptop with wireless access. I don't travel much anymore. So, beyond the "gee whiz" factor, why do I really need a phone with a 3 megapixel digital camera, built-in MP3 player, touch sensitive keyboard, and a full web browser.
But did I tell you, I think it's really cool? ;) With that in mind, I thought I'd share with those considering a smart phone how this site looks on one. Thanks to Chris Brightwell for the screen captures from his iPhone.
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