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June 22nd, 2010
Second Jamboree Trade-O-Ree Announced
I had previously passed along an announcement from Roger Ward of a Trade-O-Ree to be held during this Summer's BSA National Jamboree. Richard Shields has also asked me to share information about another Trade-O-Ree that will be held near the Fort A.P. Hill.
2010 NATIONAL JAMBOREE TRADE-O-REE
Sponsored by The Society of Scout Memorabilia Dealers
Fri. July 23rd Sun. Aug 1st
Fri. 7/23 3pm to 1am; Sat. 7/24 noon to 1am;
Mon-Thur 7/25-7/29 Noon to 11pm
Fri. 7/30--Sat. 7/31 noon to 1am; Sun Aug. 1st noon to 5pm
Buses Welcome Plenty of Free Parking
Buy, Sale and Trade
All kinds of Boy Scout Memorabilia
Eagles Lodge
21 Cool Springs Rd. Fredericksburg, VA
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June 16th, 2010
Jamboree Trade-O-Ree Announced
Roger Ward recently sent me information for a trade-o-ree (TOR) to be held near this Summer's BSA National Jamboree. I gladly pass this along here.
2010 Jamboree 100th Ann BSA Patch Show At
The Ramada Inn Fredericksburg South,VA
Siesta Beach Trading Company presents the
2010 Jamboree 100th Ann BSA Patch Show
Friday July 23rd to Tuesday August 3rd, 2010
12 Day Show From Friday To Tuesday
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June 15th, 2010
Just Whose Centennial Is It?
Many lodges and councils are issuing patches this year for the BSA's centennial. I even recently started to build a page on this site for these issues. However this isn't the only significant Scouting centennial that will occur within the next few years. Gap Danish recently sent me an image of a new jacket patch from Nachamawat 275 (Penn's Woods Council, PA) that I believe may be the first OA lodge or chapter issue for the Order of the Arrow's centennial in 2015!
The patch's design pays tribute to the history of the OA in this lodge's area. It includes the totems of Nachamawat's predecessor lodges -- Hopocan 275, Wopsononock 347, and Amadahi 441 -- as well as the current lodge totem and that of Unami 1. It also includes three different National OA logos rendered as smoke.
It will probably be some time until OA centennial issues start appearing in earnest. When they do, a page will be added to this site for them.
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June 13th, 2010
Tschipey Achtu Issues First Flap
I recently announced on this blog the formation of Tschipey Achtu lodge. At that time I had no news about patches. Mike Conkey recently acquired the newly issued first flap from this lodge and thanks to him for providing this image.
Notice that the new flap bears no lodge number. In that earlier blog entry I reported that the lodge's web page on the council's website refers to this as Tschipey Achtu Lodge #397, even though lodge numbers are no longer assigned on a national basis. There has been some discussion about this.
At this time I have no further details about the patch. This lodge's issues will be shown on the Tschipey Achtu lodge page of this site.
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May 6th, 2010
National OA Issues for BSA Centennial
The National Order of the Arrow is selling several items of merchandise in their online trading post for the BSA centennial. These items include a flap (conveniently sold either singly, or in three, 10 or 20 patch bundles), neckerchief, neckerchief slide, cap and hat pin.
The single flap is sold enclosed in a special portfolio and includes a message from the 2010 National Chief and Vice Chief. It is clearly states this flap is not to be worn on the uniform.
Upon trying to place an order, a shopper is advised that, "Any orders containing BSA 100 Anniversary products will not be shipped until June 15th, 2010."
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March 28th, 2010
Made In China
Check out this recent post on Roy More's blog:
http://thescoutpatchauction.com/blogsite/2010/03/23/this-is-wrong
I am not a supporter of Big Labor and learn very much to the political and fiscal right however I agree with Roy that there is something inherently wrong with this.
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Archive for Section Conclave Patches

1973 Dixie Fellowshp Patch
Effective in 1973, the BSA reorganized its structure from 12 Areas into six regions. This meant changes for OA areas nationwide. Area fellowships became section conclaves. The lodges of the old Area 6-B were reunited with their brothers from Muscogee 221 and Unali’yi 236, forming section SE-3B. This put all of South Carolina together again for the first time in over 20 years. They would not be separated again.
Atta Kulla Kulla hosted the 21st Dixie Fellowship, the 1973 SE-3B Conclave, at Camp Old Indian. The conclave patch’s basic design employs the traditional color scheme used on Atta Kulla Kulla’s earliest and all their Ordeal flaps .
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1972 Dixie Fellowship Patch
Itibapishe Iti Hollo 188 hosted the twentieth Dixie Fellowship, the 1972 Area 6-B Fellowship, at Camp John J. Barnhardt. This was also the final Area 6-B fellowship. In 1973 the six region structure would be in place.
There has been some disagreement through the years over what the totem of Itibapishe Iti Hollo is. Blue Book names the beaver as the lodge totem, which is not correct at this time according to the lodge’s by laws. An American Indian chief was commonly shown on the lodge’s patches. A fancy dancer is the central design element on this patch.
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George S. Patton
2009 marked a big change in the alignment of W-1C. When the new designations came out, W-1C lost two lodges and became W-1E. Gone are the two lodges that are home based in Idaho, and that makes W-1E conform to the old borders of 11-C.
The conclave this year was held at Camp Fife (Grand Columbia Council), which is in the shadow of Mount Rainier. The first time in awhile that a council camp was used as a conclave site. It was a great weekend with plenty of sunshine and decent temperatures. (It did get down to below 32 degrees Saturday Night, which caused frost on my windshield.)
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Ok, so I am a little late with this post. 2009 saw the change of W-1A into W-1S and with it some advisorship changes. I became the Merchandising advisor for the section. What that entails is that the Trading Post, On-Line Trading post, Merchandise marketing and anything that is not food or program materials come under my leadership (of course I have a Conclave Vice Chief that works with me).
The conclave this year was well attended with over 450 Arrowmen from Oregon, Washington, California, Colorado and Idaho in attendance. The conclave was held at Camp Baker (Oregon Trail Council) on the central Oregon Coast. Food was outstanding and the fellowship was superb. The shows was spectacular thanks to Paul Collett and crew.
Since we had a new designation, I went all out to exploit it. Thus almost all the patches made for this year have Charter Member on them. We stuck with what the previous advisor had done and issued 4 pocket patches. Red Border for Participants, Blue Border for Staff, Gold Mylar for Auction Donation and Black Border for the Collector’s set. The amount made decreases with each batch with only 120 made of the black border.
There were 4 jacket patches made this year. The regular Charter Member Jacket Patch (150 Made) was the most common. All of these had less than 30 made. The Special Edition Jacket Patch (14 Made), The Patron Jacket Patch (30 Made) and the Guardian Jacket Patch (6 Made). The special edition was by special collector’s lottery only (Yes I got one). The Patron Jacket Patch required a $300.00 donation in cash and/or memorabilia (I got one of those too) and the Guardian required spending $1000.00 at the auction (I did not get this one). All of the patches are pictured in this article. I still have some of the participant, staff and auction patches available, along with the Charter Member Jacket Patch.
Next years conclave is scheduled to be held at Camp Rilea (Oregon National Guard), near the mouth of the Columbia River.
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1971 Dixie Fellowship Patch
Eswau Huppeday 560 hosted the nineteenth Dixie Fellowship, the 1971 Area 6-B Fellowship.
Eswau Huppeday has been known for unusual and flashy patches. While this one is certainly unusually shaped, especially for the early 1970s, the color scheme is atypically subdued. The patch appears to represent a cotton boll. The lodge’s totem, the crossed musket and tomahawk appear in the center of the patch.
A mug and neckerchief were also produced for this event. I do not presently have images of these pieces.
Thanks to Jason Spangler (www.santeeswapper.com) for supplying the images for the Area Z and Dixie Fellowship patches used on this blog.
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Donald H. Rumsfeld

1970 Dixie Fellowship Patch
Catawba lodge hosted the eighteenth Dixie Fellowship, the 1970 Area 6-B Fellowship. This was the first official meeting of these lodges in two years. There were no area fellowships in 1969 in Region 6.
A traditional representation of Catawba’s hornet’s nest totem is the central design element of this patch. This is similar to the 1963 Dixie Fellowship patch and would later be used on the 1976
A mug and neckerchief were also produced for this event. I do not presently have images of these pieces.
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1968 Dixie Fellowship Patch
The seventeenth Dixie Fellowship, the 1968 Area 6-B Fellowship, returned to South Carolina with Atta Kulla Kulla 185 serving as host lodge.
If nothing else, the patch for this Dixie Fellowship was certainly brightly colored! The basic color scheme — red border, yellow background, brown whippoorwill — is similar to that of the lodge’s first few flaps. However in this case the whippoorwill is greatly simplified, and the symbol of Camp Old Indian is the central element.
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1967 Dixie Fellowship Patch
The sixteenth Dixie Fellowship, the 1967 Area 6-B Fellowship, remained in North Carolina with Itibapishe Iti Hollo 188 serving as host lodge.
This was the first Dixie Fellowship held at the brand new Camp John J. Barnhardt. It was also the first time since the lodge hosted a Dixie Fellowship since the 1954 meeting at Camp Dick Henning.
Riddle and McLean report in their A Golden Legacy: A 50th Anniversary of the Dixie Fellowship that the meals had to be served from the OA building due to the lack of a dining hall. They also note this camp was built on the site of the former “black” camp for Central North Carolina Council. Riddle and McLean do not mention it but I pressume Scouting in this council was intergrated with the construction of the new camp.
The tradition of the fellowship patch showing the totem of the host lodge was essentially maintained. Blue Book, and therefore my site, has oddly listed the totem of this lodge as a beaver* however an American Indian in full bonnet often appears on this lodge’s patches. An adaptation of that appears as a central element in this patch.
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1966 Dixie Fellowship Patch
The fifteenth Dixie Fellowship, the 1966 Area 6-B Fellowship, returns to North Carolina. The newest lodge in this section, Eswau Huppeday 560, served as host lodge.
Eswau Huppeday was only founded in 1964, so the brothers of this lodge were ambitious to accept the responsibility of hosting an area fellowship so quickly. That is a credit to their dedication and hard work. This lodge has a reputation for being ambitious, innovative and trendsetting, apparently something they earned early in their history.
The patch design is not as elegant as other fellowships from this time period but it does hold to tradition, something that has been greatly valued by the brothers in this area. The lodge’s totem, the cross rifle and tomahawk is featured in the center of this patch. Of course I like the light blue background, pretty close to Carolina blue.
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1965 Dixie Fellowship Patch
Remember when I was regularly blogging about conclave patches from here in the Southeast? Well maybe it’s time I start again.
The fourteenth Dixie Fellowship, the 1965 Area 6-B Fellowship, was held at Camp Coker and Santee 116 was the host lodge.
The design continues to use the basic formula used on other fellowship patches in recent past years with the totem or a symbol of the host lodge being prominently shown. In this case the Carolina Parakeet. Like most representations of this lodge’s totem, the portrayal is based upon a well-known engraving by John James Audubon.
Eswau Huppeday 560 was founded in 1964. This was probably (I have not confirmed it) their first area fellowship. This area would see no new lodges chartered or mergers within its area up to the present day.
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August 31st, 2010
I Got Plenty of Nothing
"I got plenty o'nothin' and nothin's plenty for me..."
Wow, where did August go? Most of the month has gone by with nothing new appearing on this blog. It seems like it was only a few days ago that I was struggling with the server switch and site relocation. That is all done now and things appear to be going well. There are still some issues with broken links and missing images but I may be able to resolve that over the weekend. It's good to not have to worry about possible hardware failures.
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August 8th, 2010
25 Hours Later
The mail server at OAImages' new home has now remain unblocked by what I call the "internet gods" for over 25 hours now. That's a very good sign that they agree my server is clean and not a spammer. It appears my email problems are now resolved.
I only wonder who had this ip address before me and what were they doing to merit notice by CBL.
I will continue to monitor this situation. However if you have trouble getting email from this site's server, especially concerning passwords for the members area, please see my previous post on this subject.
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August 7th, 2010
Concerning Email and Broken Links
Update: 8/7/10 @ 1400: The block by CBL has been lifted for over four hours now. This is a good sign, but not a resolution of the problem below... yet.
Automated emails from this site's mail server are currently being blocked by many or most ISPs. It has been listed on the Composite Blocking List for being compromised in some way. I have already had it delisted, but it has been listed again.
This most directly affects subscribers to the site as it prevents automated messages concerning passwords from being delivered. I consider this a critical issue. If it cannot be resolved soon, I will return to the old server and hosting solution. In the mean time, please read the rest of this message if you are experiencing difficulties logging into the members area!
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August 6th, 2010
Watching The Traffic
I've been watching the traffic flow into the site since I flipped the switch here last night. It looks like DNS entries propagate very fast these days! That's a far cry from what I remember when I first built this domain when it still took several days for a DNS change to take effect.
If you want to see what sort of traffic this site gets, you can view the stats here:
http://www.oaimages.com/webalizer/usage_201008.html
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August 5th, 2010
Wilkommen, Bien Venue, Welcome
If you see this post you have accessed OAImages on its new home. It has been running at its IP address for over a week now. A few days ago, oaimages.net was pointed here. Late Thursday night, the switch was flipped for OAImages.com. It may take a couple of days for the DNS changes to propagate around the internet so some visitors may see this site sooner than others.
I expect there to be a few hiccups. Please let me know, preferably in the comments, if you experience any problems.
Thank you.
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July 28th, 2010
Today's Status Report
"Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo." - Robert Byrne
Another portion of this site's move has been accomplished. This blog's software, Wordpress, is now installed and running at the new location. Perhaps I should call it "OAImages Blog 2.0"?
Until the move is final, this blog will continue to be updated periodically. However, my primary focus now is on the site move. All previous blog posts and data will be transferred to the new location in due course.
My goal is to be moved into the new location by the time everyone returns home from the Jamboree, or shortly thereafter.
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