Lodge 560: Dixie, Anniversary and NOAC Flaps
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Eswau Huppeday 560 S49?
Eswau Huppeday hosted the 2009 Dixie Fellowship at Cap Bud Schiele. Several new flaps from that lodge appeared there. This included a service lodge flap for the Dixie Fellowship, a set of three flaps for the lodge’s 45th anniversary, and their first 2009 NOAC flap.
The first of these was the service lodge flap, “S49?”. The design is a modernized version of the lodge’s first flap design. A brother could get one flap, or earn the right to purchase a flap, based upon his participation of various events in preparation for the conclave. The lodge published a list of these events on their website.
Eswau Huppeday 560 S50?
The lodge also issued an Ordeal, Brotherhood and Vigil flap in honor of its 45th anniversary, “S50?” through “S52?”. This might prove a minor source of controversy. Order of the Arrow national policy, as published in Operations Update 97-08, explictly states “…There will be no honor distinction denoted by the flap or flap border…” Still, some lodges have managed to gain approval from the BSA’s “patch police” and issue such flaps. The most recent previous example of this covered here were the first flaps of Pocumtuc lodge.
These three flaps also feature three more modernized versions of the lodge’s S1 design. The Ordeal flap depicts a sunset.. The Brotherhood flap has a nighttime scene. The Vigil flap shows a sunrise . The top part of the flap reminds me of the lodge’s S4 design. The flaps are also differentiated by the use of an Ordeal, Brotherhood, or Vigil Honor arrow in the top part of the design.
As an aside: It’s a bit odd that Eswau Huppeday decided to buck policy by issuing an OBV set. In its 45 year history, the lodge has never before issued such flaps. Could it be that they just wanted to be rebels? 
Eswau Huppeday 560 F13?
The last flap at this time is a NOAC flap, “F13?”. The design, embroidered on felt, features a Cherokee headdress superimposed upon the lodge’s crossed tomahawk and rifle totem. If recent conferences are a good guide we should expect at least one more patch from this lodge for NOAC.
The listing data for these flaps are as follows:
| Issue | Bdr Color/Type | Bkgd | Name | fdl/BSA | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F13? | SMY | R | LBL | YEL | SMY | fdl; NOAC 2009 Indiana, emb on felt |
| S49? | BLK | R | M/C | WHT | YEL | fdl; 2009 Dixie Service Lodge |
| S50? | TRQ | R | M/C | BLK | 45 Years of Service 1964-2009; ORD arrow, sun on left | |
| S51? | TRQ | R | M/C | BLK | 45 Years of Service 1964-2009; BRO arrow, night sky | |
| S52? | TRQ | R | M/C | BLK | 45 Years of Service 1964-2009; VIG arrow, sun on right | |
| Eswau Huppeday 560 page on OAImages.com | ||||||
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