Immokalee Lodge  #353

 Chehaw Council

Boy Scouts of America

Patches of Immokalee

Regular Wear Patches

(in order of date of issue)

Blue
Book IV©

Arapaho

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Issue

Date

 General Information

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X1a X2  c1952 See note below
X1b X2 -  
X1c X1 -  
S1 S1 1959 See note below
N1 - 1961 See note below
N2 - 1963 1963 NOAC Neckerchief; 12 made
N3 - 1965 1965 NOAC Neckerchief
P1b X4/N1 1965 Issued before P1a;  See note below
S2a S2a c1967 See note below
S2b S2c c1967 See note below
S3a - c1970 See note below
S3b - c1970 See note below
S4 S3 1974 See note below
S5 S4 1974 200 made; See note below
X2 X3 1975 400 made;  Segments are listed under Fellowship Patches See note below
S6 S5 1975   
S7 S6 1975   
S8 S7 1975   
X3 X5 1976 200 made;  Segments are listed under Fellowship Patches
S13 S11 c1980  Exact issue date unknown but before S9
S14 S12 c1980 Exact issue date unknown but before S9
S15 S13 c1980 Exact issue date unknown but before S9
P1a   c1980 Issued after P1b;  See note below
S10 S8 1982   
S11

S9

1982

  
S12 S10 1982 Double listed;  Same as Blue Book S8
X4 X6 -   
X5 - - BB Issued in error;  No such patch
S9a S14 1986 500 made (Unsure how many 'a' and how many 'b')
S9b - 1986 500 made (Unsure how many 'a' and how many 'b')
S16 S16 1987 200 made
R1 R1 1988 See note below
R2 - 1988 Elangomat Award;  One per Elangomat service See note below
S17 S15 1988 500 made
S19 S17 1990 200 made;  See note below
S18 S21 1991 200 made
S28a - 1991 See note below
S28b - 1992 Probably 200 made
S20 S18 1992 NOAC 1992; 200 made
S21a S22 1992 200 made
S22a S23 1992 200 made
S23a S24 1992 200 made
S24 S25a 1993 350 made;  Youth participant to Jambo
S25 S25b 1993 75 made;  Leader participant to Jambo
S26 S25c 1993 75 made;  Staff participant to Jambo
S21b S29 1994 200 made
S22b S30 1994 200 made
S23b S31 1994 50 made
S27 S27 1994    
S29a S28 1994 200 made
S29b  - 1994 50 made;  See note below
S30 S32 1997 50th Anniversary; Oversize Flap  
S31 S33 1997 1997 Jambo; Oversize Flap
S32 S34 1997   
S33 S35 1997   
S34 S36 1997   
S35 S37 1998 NOAC 1998
S36 - -  
S37 - - Service Flap                      Immokalee Lodge Service Flap Requirements
S38/X6 - 2000 NOAC 2000; 300 S38s made and 150 X6 made  Each sold separately
S39 - - Ordeal flap;  See note with scan on variations
S40 - 2000 Probably only 200 made
S41 - 2001 2001 Jambo
S42 - 2001 500 made; Brotherhood flap with no bars
S43 - 2001 400 made; Vigil flap
F1/X7 - 2002 NOAC 2002; 300 Sets made
F2/X8 - 2002 NOAC 2002; 300 Sets made
F3/X9 - 2002 NOAC 2002; Delegate; 2 per person; 60 Sets made
F4 - 2002 NOAC 2002; No bottom part; 50 Made
S44 - 2003 2003 S4N Conclave Host; 200 made
X10 - 2004 Ceremony Team Award; 36 made; See note below
S45 - 2004 S43 without Vigil triangle or bars; 200 made (76 converted to S46?)
S46 - 2004 NOAC 04; 76 made
S47 - 2004 Brotherhood flap; 200 made; Same as S42 but with Brotherhood bars
X11 - 2004 Ceremony Team Award; 50 made; See note below
S48 - 2005 2005 Jambo; 800 made
X12 - 2006 Ceremony Support Team Award; 50 made
X13 - 2006 Ceremony Team Award; 50 made
ZN1? - 2006 Fake of N1
S49? - 2006 60th Anniversary Flap; 300 made                            
J1? - 2007 2007 Ceremony Team Patch                                            
J2? - 2007 2008 Ceremony Team Patch 

Current flaps are:  Ordeal S39; Brotherhood S47 and Vigil S43

Fellowship Patches
eX1973 1973 Fall Fellowship
eX1974-1 1974 Spring Fellow\ship
eX1974-2 1974 Fall Fellowship
eX1975-1 Fall '75 segment for X2  
eX1975-2 Ordeal '75 segment for X2
eX1976-1 Fall '76 segment for X3
eX1976-2 Ordeal '76 segment for X3
eX1979-1 1979-1980 Fellowship (Red Border)
eX1979-2 1979-1980 Fellowship (Black Border)
eX1980-1 1980 Fellowship (Green)
eX1980-2 1980 Fellowship (Red)
eX2004-1 2004 Winter Pow Wow; 51 made
eX2004-2? 2004 Fall Ordeal; 100 made
eX2005-1? 2005 Winter Pow Wow; 50 made
eX2005-2? 2005 Spring Ordeal; 80 made
eX2005-3? 2005 Fall Ordeal; Ceremony & Support Team; 30 made
eX2005-4? 2005 Fall Ordeal; 80 made
eX2005-5? 2005 Banquet Winter; 75 made
eX2006-1? 2006 Winter Pow Wow; 100 made
eX2006-2? 2006 Spring Ordeal; 100 made
eX2006-3? 2006 Fall Ordeal; 100 made
eX2006-4?

2006 Winter Banquet; 100 made                                                    

eX2007-1? 2007 Winter Pow Wow; 100 made                                                
eX2007-2? 2007 Spring Ordeal; 100 made                                                
eX2007-3? 2007 Fall Ordeal; 100 made  
eX2007-4? 2007 Winter Banquet; 100 made  
eX2008-1? 2008 Endurance Ride, 100 made                                                
eX2008-2? 2008 Winter Pow Wow; 100 made                                                

Patches from Conferences which Immokalee has Hosted
1956 1956 Area 6-D Conference
1961 1961 Area 6-D Conference  (See note below)
1967 1967 Area 6-D Conference

1983

1983 S4 Conclave

1992

1992 SE-4 Conclave
2001 2001 'Great' S4 Section Seminar (see the Section History page for details on Section Seminars and the specific history of the 'Great' S4 Section Seminar in 2001)

2003

2003 Section S4N Conclave

Chapter Patches
R1  n/a Kinchalee Chapter - Service award for Chapter Unit Elections Team Issued beginning in 2003; 25 made

Other Immokalee Items
    There have been a number of tee-shirts and hats made over the years from Immokalee Lodge  They are not listed here
Slides   Immokalee slides from mid-1960s
Pins   Immokalee Lodge issued a well made metal hat pin set (three pins) of the owl wearing the O, B or V sash
Flap Pin   Pin made like flap
Pin   60th Anniversary Pin                                                              
Flap   S10 with an S11 border 
Flap   S9 with tan 'W' 
Flap   S5 made of beads

Issue Notes

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1961 PP   Designed by Gordon Smith as a result of a contest which is mentioned in the December, 1960 Owl Hoot.
X1a

X2

 The X1a is listed and shown in the WAB (Wabaningo Lodge Emblem Handbook, 1952) which was the first book published showing OA lodge patches.
X1 N/C    The X1a was issued on a blue neckerchief with red piping.  Some sources have stated that the X1b was also issued on a neckerchief which is possible. There has been an X1c on red piping sold on Ebay. 
S1 S1 The S1 is seen in photos as early as the 1959 Chehaw Council Philmont contingent.  The  1958 Blue Book which was the first edition of the Blue Book does not list a flap for Immokalee lodge as of November, 30, 1958.  Therefore, a 1959 issue date has been established for the S1  The book First Flaps:  In Color also puts the issue year as 1959.  According to Gordon Smith, lodge member Miles T. Clements had Ken Hancock of Tifton (not a scout) designed the S1 flap.  
N1   Designed in 1961 by Gordon Smith.  It was only issued to members of Immokalee Lodge who attended the 6D Conference hosted by Immokalee Lodge in the spring of 1961.  Only one box was made and each Immokalee lodge member who attended the conference received only one.  Currently only 6 are known to still exist.  These are in the possession of Joe Abernathy, Mike Greene (originally issued to John Woodard), Herman Gaskin (originally issued to Wayne Woodard), John Caldwell (originally issued to ?), Gordon Smith and Mark Graff (originally issued to ?). If you have another one in your possession or have any additional information about this issue please email Mike Greene.
P1a & P1b     The different variations were not known at time of Blue Book indexing consequently they are in reverse order Mike Greene's neckerchief was issued to him in 1972 and it is a P1b  Ben Horton received the last neckerchief from the last box in 1986 and he has a P1a.  It is believed that at least two boxes of neckerchiefs were made.  Travis Smith the others who attended the 1965 NOAC got the P1b (in addition to the N3) for the NOAC in 1965.  The general release of the (P1b) may not have occurred until 1966 as a number of member cards have notes that they received a neckerchief in 1966, but no cards for members are noted as receiving their neckerchief before 1966.  No more were ordered after 1986. The 1960 By-Laws (Lodge Rules) limited neckerchief's to one per life.  This restriction was applied to all P1a and P1b neckerchiefs issued.
S2    The S2 issues probably were issued in the middle or late 1960s.  In 1972 the S3 was being issued.
S3   The Blue Book lists two variations of S3 with the only difference being a slight change in the color of the sky and both at 123 mm wide.  Mike Greene has in his collection three distinct widths of S3 being 121 mm, 123 mm and 125 mm.  The 123 mm having slightly crisper lettering than the 121 mm and the 125 mm widths.  The 123 mm possibly having a slightly different sky than the 121 mm and the 125 mm widths. 

The issue date is either very late 1960s or early 1970s.  See S2 note above.
S4 & S5    A summer of 1974 photo of the Charles L Sommers' Canoe Base crews from Chehaw Council shows a number of known Brotherhood and Vigil members of Immokalee Lodge all wearing the blue border S3.  None of the yellow border (S4 brotherhood) or white border (S5 vigil) are being worn.  Therefore, it  is unlikely that S4 & S5 were issued prior to the fall of 1974 at the earliest.
X2       1975 was not the 30th anniversary of the lodge  At the time the current members thought the lodge was chartered in 1945 because the lodge became active in 1945.  The lodge was chartered in 1947 and so 1977 was the correct 30th anniversary of the lodge.
S9   The September 1986 Southwest Georgia Council newsletter stated that the S9 was first issued at the 1986 Ordeal held August 22, 23 and 24, 1986 at Camp Osborn.
S19    The 75 / 45 was for the 75th anniversary of OA and the 45 anniversary of Immokalee. Again the anniversary of the lodge was calculated incorrectly (See X2 note above). The S19 was first issued at the 1990 Fall Fellowship (September 21-23).
S28    Lee Bates, who was Lodge Advisor at the time these were issued, told Mike Greene that he did not intend to order a navy blue border but apparently one loom run come back with the dark navy blue border and the lighter color lockstitch (S28b in the Blue Book).  Based on Lee's dates of service as Lodge Advisor this would place the patches as being issued in 1991 or 1992.
S29b   The Owl Hoot for the Spring of 1994 (page one & page three) states the requirements for the new service flap and that 50 had been ordered.  It is assumed that these were the 50 with the overstitched borders.
S42     S39, S42 & S43 are an OBV were an original set.  The original order of S42 came back without the brotherhood bars but were used anyway.  Later 200 correct brotherhood flaps (S47) were ordered.  A later order of the S43 came back without the bars and triangle making S45.  The correct set was S39, S47 and S43.
R1    The August 1988 Owl Hoot (page three) states that the Arrowman's Achievement Award design was approved at the LEC in July.  The newsletter reminds members to bring their award cards to the Fall Fellowship and that the award will be given out at the Christmas Banquet.  Consequently, a 1988 first issue date was established for the R1 patch.  IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE CARDS, PLEASE CONTACT MIKE GREENE SO THAT WE CAN PUT A SCAN ON THE WEB SITE.
R2   The August 1988 Owl Hoot (page one) states that Elangomat program will be used in all ordeals from that date forward.  It is assumed from the language of the article that this was the initial use of the program and that the patch was issued at or about the same time. Consequently, a 1988 first issue date was established for the R1 patch.

X10

X11

     The Ceremony Team patch was issued to Arrowmen (one per ceremony weekend) who were on the Ceremony & Support Teams and adults who acted as advisors.  The patch was issued beginning in January, 2004, retroactive to the Fall 2003 Ordeal. The X10 version has 'Ceremony Team' on the bottom line.  The phrase 'Ceremony Team' was moved to the top line when the patch was reordered creating the X11 version.
S45   When the Vigil flaps (S43) were reordered in 2003 they came back without the Vigil triangle or bars.  200 were made.  The lodge had 76 converted to a NOAC 2004 flap (S46) and the remainder were sold to lodge members.
eX2007-3   Prior to the fall of 2007 the make-up Ordeal was held in the spring and was called the Spring Ordeal.  In 2007, the 2008 Spring Ordeal was moved to the fall of 2007 and no Spring 2008 Ordeal was held.  No patch was issued for the make-up Ordeal in November, 2007.
 

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