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Lodge 560: Tsungani Chapter Flap
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.
Lodge 560: 2008 Carolinas Indian Seminar
Things are kind of back to normal on this site, even if my personal life is now a complete mess. In the week that this blog was off line, I had some new issues to report. Now it’s time to start adding them here.
In late January Eswau Huppeday lodge hosted the annual Carolinas Indian Seminar. As is customary in recent years, two patches were issued for the event. Thanks to David Cody for providing the images for these issues.
Each year’s patch design has followed the same basic scheme: an arrowhead on a light blue background featuring a different style of dancer. A fancy shawl dancer was featured on this year’s patches.
Lodge 560: Interesting, But Not a Patch
David Cody, current lodge adviser for Esawu Huppeday lodge, recently sent me an image of the item pictured here. Several of these were made and recently distributed in recognition of exceptional service to the lodge over the past year. It’s certainly creative and a visually attractive piece of lodge memorabilia.
This piece is about 3.75″ across and made of wood. I don’t expect to see it listed in Blue Book as I don’t believe it would be considered a “patch”.
We jokingly thought about creating a new category for this item, just to play with some of my friends’ minds. I had suggested “T” for timber as “W” (for wood?) is already used for another category. 
Lodge 560: 2006 Dixie Fellowship Neckerchief
I previously posted here the neckerchief made by a member of this lodge for the 2007 Dixie fellowship. There was also a privately made neckerchief for the 2006 Dixie fellowship. Thanks to David Cody and Jimmy Arthurs for filling me on on this.
There is a perpetual argument among some collectors over whether private issues should be listed in catalogues. Some feel that listing such material legitimizes it in some way and fuels the demand for these pieces. This argument seems to appear most frequently regarding private issues.
Lodge 560: A Bevy of Neckerchiefs
Eswau Huppeday lodge, prior to 2006, had a custom of issuing a neckerchief for the lodge’s section conclave delegation. They were usually made available on a one per person basis so they were rarely traded or sold. For various and sundry reasons these have not been that well documented and some have probably been forgotten about over the years. They have never been listed in Blue Book. Some have probably just been forgotten about.
There are also a few unlisted lodge NOAC delegate neckerchiefs that have similarly escaped Blue Book listing in the past.
Thanks to Jimmy Arthurs and David Cody for filling me in on these pieces.
Lodge 560: 2007 Dixie Fellowship Neckerchiefs
Eswau Huppeday lodge adopted a Batman theme for their current program year. The theme figures prominently on their lodge event patches as well as the flap issued for this year’s Dixie Fellowship. In keeping with this theme, six different neckechiefs were made for the Dixie Fellowship. Thanks to Jimmy Arthurs and David Cody for tipping me off about these.
There is some question whether these items should be listed in Blue Book. None of the neckerchiefs have anything on them indicating they are from Eswau Huppeday lodge, the Order of the Arrow, or even the BSA. They are handmade, cut from cloth bought in a store and then hemmed. Theoretically, if one could find the same cloth and knew the size of the neckerchiefs more of these could easily be made. I am told all six were made in low quantities, ranging from about 10 to 30 each.
Lodge 188: 1994 “NCAC” Flap
David Cody and Jimmy Arthurs tipped me off to this patch from 188. It is the design of the 1994 NOAC flap from this lodge, where NOAC is misspelled “NCAC”. They believe it should be listed as an issue. I’m more skeptical.
They say that a large number of this lodge’s 1994 NOAC flaps were issued with NOAC misspelled “NCAC” and claim to have traded for several of these pieces. Others were corrected after the fact and show signs of being restitched. They say they informed the North Carolina Blue Book editor of this piece and he has declined to list it.
Lodge 188: Recent Odd-Shapes Untangled
I recently wrote about Itibapishe Iti Hollo’s recent Dixie Fellowship issues. In that post, I had said I was uncertain of the number of one of the pieces because I was confused about recent NOAC issues from this lodge. I thought I knew the flaps well, but the odd-shaped patches left me confused.
Jimmy Arthurs and David Cody were able to dispel my confusion and supply images of most of the recent issues. Thanks, guys.
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