Well for any of you out there that have worked on a lodge memorabilia history book I hope you've taken time by now to review the major changes proposed in the reworking of the Blue Book.  One of the most notable is dropping the "S" designation for solid embroidered flaps and making "F" be the letter used to describe all flap shaped insignia regardless of its material.  That in turn would renumber most lodges completely.  See maybe you should read and comment on this before it becomes final.  Click here to take part.

• Patch 1956 V-A Area Conference Tuscaloosa WWW
• Canada Queen Scouts 3rd Taber Shirt Neckerchief
• Patch 1948 15th National Meeting OA WWW BSA
• 1940's Camp Theodore Roosevelt Award Leather
• CP Mount Baker SES Discovery Bellingham 114
• 1924 The Boy Scout & Overseas Settlement

 

Well in the process of packing this weekend that included going through all my Boy Scout memorabilia reference material.  I had them in a couple of different places and merged all the piles together and discovered a had a few dupes. I'll be listing on those on my Facebook Bargain Store tomorrow including a copy of the original 1970s Arapahoe.

• 1957 Chanco 483 F1 1st Flap Patch Virginia WWW
• Manatoanna N3 Neckerchief St Lawrence Council
• Conclave Area 5E V-E 1955 Camp Istrouma Flap
• T'Kope-Kwiskwis Lodge 502 P? on Neckerchief
• Lodge #16 Tonkawampus F1 First Flap Patch
• Conclave Area 5E V-E 1954 Camp Kickapoo

 

One of the coolest parts of this cleaning project was reading the first couple pages of each book.  I was not really familiar with some of the authors but it's amazing to lay them all out on the floor and literally look at the history of this hobby. If I really find some time I'd like to make a blog post listing all these works to share on the net.  Almost all of them are hopelessly out of print but still it's neat to see the DNA of the hobby in these reference books.

• Sash w/ 37 Merit Badges & Star Life & Rank Badges
• Stange Eagle Scout Medal Sterling Silver Nice MH1
• Camp Patch - Parker Mountain Scout Reservation
• Region 12 Senior Scout Encampment Felt Patch
• 2015 World Jamboree Participant Neckerchief
• 1964 Forty-Niner Council Contingent Patch

 

So far this year the readers of the Hot Fidns have purchased 48 boxes of cookies online to help pay for my daughter Sophia to attend a camp at the BSA High Adventure base in WV.  This year the Girl Scouts have made it even easier to sell cookies to friends online.  The simple storefront here lets you pick any flavor and have them shipped to your house.  Sophia still gets credit and you get months, or weeks or for some of you just a couple days worth of yummy treats that almost taste better coming out of the freezer.
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• 1990 Dixie Fellowship Patch Atta Kulla Kulla 185 Host
• 1952 Area 6-C Conference Patch Tomo Chi-Chi 119
• 1979 Area SE 5 Conclave Patch Bob White 87 Host
• 1998 Dixie Fellowship Patch Eswau Huppeday 560
• 1996 Dixie Fellowship SR-5 NOAC Delegate Patch
• 1980 Dixie Fellowship Patch Muscogee 221 Host
• 1991 Dixie Fellowship Patch Santee 116 Host