Comments on: Kamrgo Lodge #294 Neckerchief Slide http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/2007/05/15/kamrgo-lodge-294-neckerchief-slide/ Collecting New York State OA, one patch at a time. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:07:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: paul savage http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/2007/05/15/kamrgo-lodge-294-neckerchief-slide/#comment-13423 paul savage Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:08:15 +0000 http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/?p=818#comment-13423 This is great place. I have about a dozen Roland Flora Slides in my posession - including an Eagle Scout Medal / BOLO - that Roland made at one point around 1975 - when I was on Staff at TMR. I have slides from 1972 thru 1980. My two favorites are my Eagle Bolo and the American Indian Headress that he carved. A question - does any one know if Roland's wonderful work has been taken on by others? I have looked on the web - and have yet to find anything similar - other than instructions on making your own slide or bolo. Thanks for bringing back a wonderful memory. This is great place. I have about a dozen Roland Flora Slides in my posession - including an Eagle Scout Medal / BOLO - that Roland made at one point around 1975 - when I was on Staff at TMR. I have slides from 1972 thru 1980. My two favorites are my Eagle Bolo and the American Indian Headress that he carved.

A question - does any one know if Roland’s wonderful work has been taken on by others? I have looked on the web - and have yet to find anything similar - other than instructions on making your own slide or bolo.

Thanks for bringing back a wonderful memory.

]]> By: nyoatrader http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/2007/05/15/kamrgo-lodge-294-neckerchief-slide/#comment-10872 nyoatrader Tue, 22 May 2007 00:38:45 +0000 http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/?p=818#comment-10872 Ray, I had the same problem so I adjusted the <a href="http://www.nyoatrader.com/graphics/Flora.jpg" rel="nofollow">url</a>. It should work now. Ray,
I had the same problem so I adjusted the url. It should work now.

]]> By: Ray Gould http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/2007/05/15/kamrgo-lodge-294-neckerchief-slide/#comment-10864 Ray Gould Mon, 21 May 2007 12:05:07 +0000 http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/?p=818#comment-10864 Hi Bill- The link you provided for the article is no longer active or I'm having technical difficulty accessing it. -Ray Hi Bill-
The link you provided for the article is no longer active or I’m having technical difficulty accessing it.
-Ray

]]> By: nyoatrader http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/2007/05/15/kamrgo-lodge-294-neckerchief-slide/#comment-10836 nyoatrader Fri, 18 May 2007 13:23:44 +0000 http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/?p=818#comment-10836 Ray, Roland Flora operated the Slide Farm from sometime prior to 1972 (my first visit) to the end of the 1990 Ten Mile River Summer Camp Season. His shop was located a 10-30 minutes drive from TMR (depending on where on the reservation you were) near Narrowsburg, NY. He carved and his wife painted the neckerchief slides and bolos. It was standard practice for the various TMR Camp staffs to have a slide (or bolo) made each year for the staff to wear. Many troops had slides made to commemorate their stay at TMR. He also had a dozen or two stock designs you could buy as a walk-in to the shop. He also did slides for OA chapter and lodges and other camps and councils. Several summers back before he passed away (I think in the summer of 2002 the 75th Anniversary of TMR), the TMR Museum was fortunate to be able to display several hundreds of his slides (he kept a sample of each one he made) during that season at camp. One that sticks in my mind was what I believe to be a Tuscaroa Lodge #284 slide. Unfortunately, this was prior to my maintaining a blog and I did not take any pictures of the display. The TMR <a href="http://www.tmrmuseum.org/" rel="nofollow">Museum</a> has a picture on its website of an <a href="http://www.nyoatrader.com/graphics/Flora.jpg" rel="nofollow"> article</a> done in the local paper which shows some of the slides he made. Ray,

Roland Flora operated the Slide Farm from sometime prior to 1972 (my first visit) to the end of the 1990 Ten Mile River Summer Camp Season. His shop was located a 10-30 minutes drive from TMR (depending on where on the reservation you were) near Narrowsburg, NY. He carved and his wife painted the neckerchief slides and bolos. It was standard practice for the various TMR Camp staffs to have a slide (or bolo) made each year for the staff to wear. Many troops had slides made to commemorate their stay at TMR. He also had a dozen or two stock designs you could buy as a walk-in to the shop.

He also did slides for OA chapter and lodges and other camps and councils.

Several summers back before he passed away (I think in the summer of 2002 the 75th Anniversary of TMR), the TMR Museum was fortunate to be able to display several hundreds of his slides (he kept a sample of each one he made) during that season at camp. One that sticks in my mind was what I believe to be a Tuscaroa Lodge #284 slide.

Unfortunately, this was prior to my maintaining a blog and I did not take any pictures of the display. The TMR Museum has a picture on its website of an article done in the local paper which shows some of the slides he made.

]]> By: Ray Gould http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/2007/05/15/kamrgo-lodge-294-neckerchief-slide/#comment-10807 Ray Gould Thu, 17 May 2007 12:04:55 +0000 http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/?p=818#comment-10807 The Roland Flora thought seems reasonable given the explanation I received. These were handmade (in quantity) but not locally. Orders were taken and sent to an outside source. The Roland Flora thought seems reasonable given the explanation I received. These were handmade (in quantity) but not locally. Orders were taken and sent to an outside source.

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