Category IconLodge 134: 70th Anniversary Issues

Posted in SR-5 Lodges, Tsali 134 by John E. Pannell on March 18th, 2008 at 12:05 am

134 S60?Thanks to Hank Birdsong for sending me images of several recent issues from Tsali 134.  I’ll cover them here in a few posts.  

Tsali lodge issued two patches for their 70th anniversary this year, a flap and a jacket patch.   Both items have a similar design that incorporates elements from the lodge’s recent flaps as well as their first patch.  

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Category IconLodge 104: Metal Flap

Posted in Occoneechee 104, SR-7B Lodges by John E. Pannell on September 15th, 2007 at 12:36 am

Occoneechee lodge was busy issuing patches this past weekend. In addition to the two 70th anniversary patches posted about yesterday and a fellowship patch to be detailed later, Occoneechee lodge became the second North Carolina lodge to issue a metal flap.

The design features a new and interesting interpretation of the lodge’s totem, the thunderbird. Continue Reading »



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Category IconLodge 104: 70th Anniversary Patches

Posted in Occoneechee 104, SR-7B Lodges by John E. Pannell on September 14th, 2007 at 4:25 am

Occoneechee lodge will issue two more patches this weekend in honor of their 70th anniversary. Thanks to Greg Grimes for sending me the images of these pieces.

Both patches feature modern reinterpretations of classic Occoneechee patch elements. The arrows protruding from a circle and thunderbird were separately used in early lodge issues. See the lodge’s R1 through R7 for examples of these.

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Category IconLodge 104: 2007 Conclave and 70th Anniversary Issues

Posted in Occoneechee 104, SR-7B Lodges by John E. Pannell on March 20th, 2007 at 11:18 pm

A bevy of new issues debuted at the 2007 Pow Wow. This included several issues for the 2007 SR-7B Conclave and three new flaps for the lodge’s 70th anniversary.

Both the jacket patch (J18?) and odd-shape (X32?) are on black velveteen. Some have already dubbed the jacket patch, the “Velvet Elvis”.

Thanks to Greg Grimes for providing the images of these and the Pow Wow event patch. All the images can be found on this site’s Occoneechee Lodge page. Continue Reading »

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Category IconLodge 104: 2007 Pow Wow

Posted in Occoneechee 104, SR-7B Lodges by John E. Pannell on March 20th, 2007 at 5:30 pm

Occoneechee lodge held its 2007 Spring Pow Wow last weekend. A new event patch was issued for it.

Also unveiled this past weekend were a slew of new issues for the 2007 SR-7B conclave and the lodge’s 70th anniversary. These will be detailed in a separate post. Continue Reading »

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Category Icon2007 Conclave Service Flap

Posted in Occoneechee 104, SR-7B Lodges by John E. Pannell on January 21st, 2007 at 7:51 am

104 2007 WorkdayGreg Grimes sent me this scan of a new issue from Occoneechee lodge.

These flaps are earned by lodge brothers who give service at their lodge’s workdays in preparation for the 2007 SR-7B Conclave. The first of these were awarded just recently to those few brothers who attended two workdays. Continue Reading »

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