Here is another image provided by Neale Cummings, this one from the 1953 Area 2-G Conclave held on September 12 & 13, 1953. The OA Conclave Handbook by Dingwerth and Jensen does not show a 1953 Conclave, however Neale provides information from the 1968 Area 2-G Conclave booklet which lists a 1953 Conclave hosted by Adirondack Lodge #357 and held at Camp Portaferry. Unlike all of the other conclaves, there is no listing for an Area Chief.
My guess would be that this was an organizing event and likely the first time these lodges got together, which also explains the very simple design. If you also check the numbering used on the later 2-G conclave issues , the 1953 would be the Zero Conclave.
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July 9th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Hi Bill-
This neckerchief has long caused some confusion. I have a different view on this neckerchief regarding date and conclave:
This neckerchief was actually used for the 1955 conclave (not 1953 as suggested) held at Camp Rotary hosted by Tahgajute #247.
These are the reasons why this makes sense:
1. Look at the neckerchief, stylistically, it looks very similar to the 1955 patch (which also makes no mention of the conclave or date).
2. It is more likely that the neckerchief was produced for the 1955 event because a patch was definitely issued (for the 1955 conclave) and was likely paired with it.
3. As Bill states, it is possible that nothing was produced for the 1953 meeting (it was probably not a true conclave because the 1956 patch clearly states “Area II-G 3rd Conference”). This implies that the first “true” conclave was 1954 (which has both a neckerchief slide and neckerchief….both clearly dated and stylistically similar). I believe the said 1955 patch was erroneously attributed to this (1954) conclave in the collecting guide (it stylistically looks nothing like the other 1954 pieces).
I would place both the arrowhead shaped patch (I believe you’ve shared it in previous blog posts) and neckerchief in the same year. Either both were used for the 1953 meeting (very unlikely….because it leaves us with the no items being produced for the 1955 event) or both for the 1955 conclave (by deduction, it is more likely that either nothing or a much smaller production run was produced for the 1953 planning meeting….perhaps leaving us with the possibility that there are still 1953 items to discover)
My 2 cents-
-Ray
July 9th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Ray,Thanks for the analysis. I used the date that was provided to me on the scan. I’ll need to dig through what has been provided to me by Tom Neale and yourself see what I have for the 1955 2-G patch.
The 1954 2-G Conclave issues can be seen in this post http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/2008/03/14/area-2-g-1954-section-conclave-neckerchief/
July 9th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
The 1954 Area 2-G Conclave isues can be seen here:
http://www.nyoatrader.com/blog/2008/03/14/area-2-g-1954-section-conclave-neckerchief/
August 17th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
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