Comments on: Ranachqua Lodge #4 Service Award? http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/2007/11/13/ranachqua-lodge-4-service-award/ Collecting New York State OA, one patch at a time. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:26:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Evan Camp http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/2007/11/13/ranachqua-lodge-4-service-award/#comment-15457 Evan Camp Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:01:08 +0000 http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/2007/11/13/ranachqua-lodge-4-service-award/#comment-15457 It may also be possible that this is something from the late 1970s or early 1980s when Treasurer David Malatzky was hand-making lots of resale and awards. He made beaded stuff and a few special wards, but I don't have this one, so it may be from the Feigenbaum years. Malatzky shouldn't be too hard to get in touch with. He's involved with the TMR museum, and still with Ranachqua lodge. It may also be possible that this is something from the late 1970s or early 1980s when Treasurer David Malatzky was hand-making lots of resale and awards. He made beaded stuff and a few special wards, but I don’t have this one, so it may be from the Feigenbaum years. Malatzky shouldn’t be too hard to get in touch with. He’s involved with the TMR museum, and still with Ranachqua lodge.

]]> By: John Tegtmeier http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/2007/11/13/ranachqua-lodge-4-service-award/#comment-14950 John Tegtmeier Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:21:41 +0000 http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/2007/11/13/ranachqua-lodge-4-service-award/#comment-14950 First observation is that this was listed as the 50s. The stylized owl used on this was first done by Michael Feigenbaum (a fine graphic artist of the National MGM patch fame) in the mid 1960s. Second observation is that it is not a finished piece, its straight off the loom. As far as I know this was never used. My best guess is that this is something Mike Feigenbaum thought up for the upcoming 50th Anniversary in 1970 - he did fully beaded complete legend Vigil sashes for his friends (I still have mine) - so he was fast and good on a beading loom. This was probably 67-68 when I was occupied in SE Asia, but as a former Chief, I pretty much knew what was happening. Besides, my father was also a Vigil member of the Lodge. Michael got involved on the National level through Bernie Drock with the 1969 NOAC (later getting the Distinguished Service Award), so he wasn't very active with Ranachqua after the 1967 Banquet (the Lodge's sole JP to date.) The Lodge ran the 47th Banquet as a sort of dress rehearsal for 1970. Again, some of this is educated guesses, but the facts are that I had everything from the Lodge in the 60's and early 70's, and the Owl design is certainly post 1964 (see the 4S2 as the first example of this.) Add to that the unfinished nature of the piece, and ... First observation is that this was listed as the 50s. The stylized owl used on this was first done by Michael Feigenbaum (a fine graphic artist of the National MGM patch fame) in the mid 1960s. Second observation is that it is not a finished piece, its straight off the loom.

As far as I know this was never used. My best guess is that this is something Mike Feigenbaum thought up for the upcoming 50th Anniversary in 1970 - he did fully beaded complete legend Vigil sashes for his friends (I still have mine) - so he was fast and good on a beading loom. This was probably 67-68 when I was occupied in SE Asia, but as a former Chief, I pretty much knew what was happening. Besides, my father was also a Vigil member of the Lodge.

Michael got involved on the National level through Bernie Drock with the 1969 NOAC (later getting the Distinguished Service Award), so he wasn’t very active with Ranachqua after the 1967 Banquet (the Lodge’s sole JP to date.) The Lodge ran the 47th Banquet as a sort of dress rehearsal for 1970.

Again, some of this is educated guesses, but the facts are that I had everything from the Lodge in the 60’s and early 70’s, and the Owl design is certainly post 1964 (see the 4S2 as the first example of this.) Add to that the unfinished nature of the piece, and …

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