I got this email from Sam Fairchild and thought the rest of you might be interested in reading the details. If you can help Sam out his email is: samchild7@gmail.com "Well, we are making progress. The Scouting Century Foundation will provide a 16,000 square foot exhibit at the 2010 National Jamboree in conjunction with the Order of the...Read More
The Boy Scouts involved in the Little Sioux Scout Ranch tornado have been nominated for beliefnet?s ?Most Inspiring Person of the Year? award. After a tornado ripped through their camp near Blencoe, Iowa, last June, dozens of Boy Scouts, ages 13 to 18, performed bravely and selflessly. As their fellow scouts lay bleeding and emergency workers struggled to...Read More
Just bouncing around on eBay this afternoon when I ran across some real top dollar OA items listed by TSPA. Looks like these are some of the remnants of the Morley-Topkis collection. I counted thirty-five items listed that start at $1,000+. In total they have over 1,000 items running right now. Just in case you were wondering...Read More
Just got finished reading the oaimages.com blog where John had the information from the ISCA site regarding the TOR. Its very exciting stuff - unprecedented in our hobby. Rather than repeating it I'll direct you to the source! http://www.scouttrader.org/tforum/toast.asp?sub=show&action=posts&fid=4&tid=63 John's blog can be found here: http://blog.oaimages.com/2009-pre-noac-tor/
Any background on this would be appreciated. It is made of solid wood. It measures about 2 1/2 by 2 1/2+ inches. It was with a group of items from the mid 30's which also included a sash, merit badge cards and Eagle with Palm cards from Galesburg, Illinois. Wigwam Council.
I can't imagine a District patch selling for $135 and this person has 10 for sale. http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-BOY-SCOUT-PATCH_W0QQitemZ160301457104QQihZ006QQcategoryZ13886QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem BigJim
I recently bought a collection from Texas. In it were a few patches the owner said he traded for when his council took a trip to Mexico. Can anybody help with these? Any info would be helpful. Attached files
Just a few pics from the TOR Go to members list acubin54 to see more pics Attached files
Just a few pics from this years TOR Go to members list acubin54 to see more pics Attached files
Feb. 27-28 2009 Orange County Council Service Center 1211 East Dyer Road Santa Ana CA Contact Jeff Iverson for more info [email]Jiversn@cox.net[/email]
Jan. 9-10 2009 Los Angeles Area Council Lodge 252 tor 6:30-10:00 Fri. 9:00-3:oo Sat. Trinity Luthern School Auditorium 4783 W. 130 th Street Hawthorne CA Check out the lodge web site for a flyer http://www.Siwinis.org
This is a GREAT TOR hosted by Chris Jensen of Streamwood. Click here for the TOR flyer. I've attended every one of his TORs for years and I know many of the southern boys on Patchblanket will be there. JANUARY 30-31, 2009 FRIDAY 4PM - MIDNIGHT SATURDAY 8AM - 3PM South Carolina National Guard Armory 107 Rockmont Rd., Easley, SC...Read More
This website looks like it has the potential to be a valuable resource for patches and other memorabilia issued for the BSA 100th Anniversary. http://www.campimages.com/ Nice, clear images, but the fading transition between pages makes it a little slow to surf around. Overall I like it however. Hopefully people will contribute to keep it as up to date...Read More
Let me know if you can help with any of the following. Camps: 1937 Barstow Patch 1975 Barstow Staff Neckerchief 1975 Neckerchief Slide Ceramic Arrowhead Early Brownlee Round (White Background/ Red Border) OA: **** note NF= non-flap shaped issue other than pie shaped issues or jacket patches. Preferably pre/fdl**** 70 Tali Taktaki, NF 70 Keyauwee, R1...Read More