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Section S-4S 2008 Conference

Posted in Aal-Pa-Tah 237, Echockotee 200, Florida Lodges, O-Shot-Caw 265, Osceola 564 by Robert Mathis on April 21st, 2008 at 3:00 am

John has beaten me to the punch with postings about the recent Section S-4S Conference. Osceola Lodge 564 hosted the event, held at Flying Eagle Scout Reservation near Bradenton. Over 1000 Arrowmen were in attendance. The number of patch traders seemed to be lower than usual, making it hard to find some of the more difficult items. Along with the host items that John had previously mentioned, three lodges (Aal-Pa-Tah 237, Echockotee 200, and O-Shot-Caw 265) made items for their lodges’ attendance at the Conference.

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Lodge 564: 2008 S-4S Conclave Issues

Posted in Florida Lodges, Osceola 564 by John E. Pannell on April 18th, 2008 at 10:44 pm

564 S42This is the next group of images recently sent to me by Robert Mathis. He usually comments on Florida issues here, but I am filling in for him for these recent issues.

Osceola lodge was the host lodge for this year’s S-4S conclave. The lodge issued three flaps which all followed a similar and very colorful design scheme. The green bordered flap pictured was their unrestricted issue.

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Martin Luther


Osceola Lodge 564: 2007 activity patches

Posted in Florida Lodges, Osceola 564 by Robert Mathis on January 27th, 2008 at 2:47 pm

564-2007-winter-fellowship.jpg  564-2007-vigil-breakfast.jpg   In December, Osceole Lodge 564 held their last event of the year, their Winter Fellowship.  This was also the completion of their 2007 series of activity patches “Seminole Shirts”.  The red shirt on the left is for the weekend event itself; the black shirt with the Vigil sash was made for participants in their annual Vigil Breakfast, held at the Fellowship.  For more information on the rest of the 2007 series, look here.



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Osceola Lodge 564 activity patches 2007

Posted in Florida Lodges, Osceola 564 by Robert Mathis on December 2nd, 2007 at 8:37 pm

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The theme for the 2007 series of activity patches for Osceola Lodge 564 (”Seminole Shirts”, with more here and here), continues with their patches for their 2007 Fellowship (left, black), LLDC (middle, in yellow), and Service Day (right, light blue).

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Aristotle



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