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Roger Ward and Greg Grimes made me aware of two new patches from Wahissa lodge’s Minsi chapter when they were here at my home a few days ago. As far as I know, these are the first new pieces from this chapter in several years.

Both patches have a similar design, differing only in the color scheme. The first item, pictured here, is in full color and has a red border. The second patch is an orange monochrome version of this design.

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Brad Hutto recently sent me images of three new chapter issues from Skyuka lodge.   There is one each from Cherokee, Union, and York chapters.

The Cherokee Chapter item is the first patch issued by this chapter known to me.   The patch, pictured, is in the shape of a square with the upper right corner rounded off.

Union Chapter has previously issued three arrowheads and two round chapter activity patches.   They break new ground with their first triangular patch.   The classic design features the lodge’s totem on a black background with a white rolled edge border.  BSA is in black above the chapter name.  It is very difficult to see on the image.

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David Cody reminds us of a piece that has escaped Blue Book listing for a couple of decades.   This piece was issued by Tsungani chapter and is very rarely seen.    Few were made.   I have to wonder if any made it outside of the lodge, beyond any chapter members who may have moved and taken this with them.

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Last Saturday, while I was eating pizza at Peppers and cheering for the Tarheels, there was a trade-o-ree in Winston-Salem. Greg Grimes sent me sent me word and images of three new patches from Takachsin chapter of Wahissa lodge.

These were issued for the chapter’s 25th anniversary, under its current name. DuWayne Amen tells us that 25 years ago the council’s districts and the lodge’s chapters changed names but the areas served remained unchanged.

Takachsin chapter has had several patches before but all previous issues were arrowheads. These are their first ovals. Blue book data for these issues are as follows:

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Darrell Green has sent me images and word of the first two issues from Ca-nu-pa chapter of Atta Kulla Lodge.

The chapter issued two round patches, with the same design both depicting a clock tower.  

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This is probably the last post about Wahissa lodge patches for a while. “Wahissa Week” is now ending.

This update is much longer than those for the other chapters. Achowelendam chapter is handily the busiest of Wahissa’s chapters when it comes to patches. The first three of these have been on OAImages for a while now, but are not yet listed in Blue Book.

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This is the third in a recent spate of posts for new chapter issues from Wahissa lodge. Up next is Takachsin chapter with two new issues.

Takachsin’s A3, previously listed, denotes their chapter as “Leader of Happy Places”. This is not what the chapter had wanted. “Happy Place” is the official translation of the lodge name. They translate Takachsin as leader. The chapter wanted to claim their apellation as “Leader of Happy Place”. The new “A4?” corrects this error. Other than that, the designs are identical.

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This beginning to seem like it’s “Wahissa Week” here. I’m not done yet, either. There will be at least one more post of unlisted Wahissa items to come.

Next up is a piece from Minsi chapter issued in 2000 that has evaded documentation and much notice, until now. This is a patch I would expect to befuddle latter day collectors if it were found outside of its area. There is nothing on the patch, either in the form of text or design elements, that mark it as an issue of Wahissa lodge. Add to the confusion that Minsi is also the name of a merged lodge.

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Here’s four ovals from Wahissa lodge’s Eke Otkia chapter that are not yet listed in Blue Book.

One of them is my current frontrunner for the “Most Audacious Use of Pink on a North Carolina Patch” award. That pink is so hot it starts its own heatwave!

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This is the second of three posts about new issues from Atta Kulla Kulla 185.

This piece references the 10th Anniversary Gobbler Grab, so should probably be listed as an event patch.   However, Brad Hutto calls it the R4 for this chapter so that’s how I’ll show it here for now.

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