New Camp Okee items added

Back in March Larry Johnson kindly took time to review the items in his collection related to Camp Okee and Camp Siouan, compare them to the listings on my web site, and send me pictures of items I was missing, including items like a Camp Okee belt buckle and mug.

I was particularly excited to receive a picture of a virtually mint condition red silkscreen on white felt Camp Okee patch (see above). It replaces the example I had below:

Look for these and related items on the Peninsula Council Camp emblems page.

Piankatank Chapter sponsored First Colony District Winter Camporees

Although they are technically more Council event patches than Order of the Arrow event patches, I've included the Heritage District Fall Camporee patches in the Lodge 333 activity emblems page because those events are sponsored annually by Wicomico Chapter of Wahunsenakah Lodge.

George Homewood kindly noticed my omission of First Colony District Winter Camporee patches, and generously sent several to me for inclusion on the site since this event is sponsored each year by Piankatank Chapter of Wahunsenakah Lodge.

Thanks to George you will now find pictures of the patches issued for this event from the years 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. An interesting feature of the most recent patches is the inclusion of an event name in the Native American language. See the listings for translations!

2009 Wahunsenakah LLDC patch issued

George Homewood, Lodge Advisor for Wahunsenakah, shared this patch issued at the recent Lodge Leadership Development Conference. The 2009 LLDC for Lodge 333 was held June 5-6 at the Indiantown Hunt Club, near Capron, VA. The patch design features a council of native Americans with the National OA logo for LLDC superimposed.

Wahunsenakah 2009 NOAC patch design

Lodge 333 Advisor George Homewood shared the design for the Wahunsenakah 2009 NOAC flap and pocket chevron you see above. The clever and innovative "Science Duck" flap set was designed by Lodge member Casey Johnson, who also designed the 2009 SR-7A conclave flaps for the Lodge.

Camp Waters on the James felt patch

After former Chanco Lodge Chief Ben Vincent supplied me with over 70 scanned copies of the Chanco Courier newsletter spanning over 4 decades, he decided to continue his contributions by filling in the needs of Old Dominion Area Council camp patches.

I am in the process of adding the pictures to this web site, and began this evening with a picture of a white Camp Waters felt patch with a single brown feather stitched on to indicate the year it was earned: 1944.

Previously I had a photo of the white felt Camp Waters Indian profile patch with feathers for the years 1947, 1948, and 1949, so it was interesting to learn the same patch was used for at least 5 years for campers who spent part of their summers at this camp which served Old Dominion Area Council from 1928 to 1966.

The camp was physically located on a bluff overlooking the James River, almost directly across from Jamestown, and was named after Col. Francis E. Waters, president of Surry Lumber Company, which donated the 30 acres for the camp site. For more details about Camp Waters on the James including a map of the property, be sure to read The Chanco Chronicles 1952-1992.