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I’ve heard that Ranachqua Lodge #4 had a 2 person contingent traveling with Man-A-Hattin Lodge #82 to NOAC this year. Regardless of the size of the contingent, they did issue a flap for the event.

Ranachqua Lodge #4 2009 NOAC S33

Blue Book style stats:
S33 LGR R WHT BLK LGR FDL; RED WWW, BLK NOAC 2009

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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.

Bertrand Russell, Impact of Science on Society (1952) ch. 1
British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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John Tegtmeier sends along word of a new regular issue flap from Ranachqua Lodge #4.  The design is the same as the S29, but the new version has light green FDL’s rather than Black.

Ranachqua Lodge #4 S32

Blue Book style stats:
S32 BLK R WHT BLK GRN FDL; RED WWW, BLK The Bronx New York design of P1

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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
US poet (1807 – 1882)

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There was a second interesting neckerchief slide I saw at the TMR Museum last weekend. While not an official Blue Book Issue, it showed the artistic ability and handiness of a Bronx Scout from over 50 years ago.

As you can see from the picture below, this was a handmade and hand-painted neckerchief slide. It is made from White Birchbark, and is quite delicate.

The design is of the A0.7 from Ranachqua.

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The Ten Mile River Scout Camp Alumni Day was held this past weekend, during the event, I was working at the TMR Museum and came across a previously unlisted event issue from Ranachqua Lodge. It is a leather neckerchief slide from the 1955 Ranachqua Conclave.

Blue book stats for this one would be:
eL1955 - - BRN WHT - 1955 WHT 1955, WWW, Ranachqua Conclave Alpine

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“If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.” —Will Rogers

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Forget the formatting, but here is a breakdown of Area 7 which will have 2 Sections. Section NE-7A with 3 GNYC Lodges and 3 NJ Lodges. And Section NE-7B which will have the 2 remaining GNYC Lodges with the rest of Long Island and 3 ‘upstate’ NYS Lodges.

2008 Section Council Name Council # Lodge Name Previous Section Cncl City
Area 7
Section 7A
Northern New Jersey 333 Lenapehoking IX NE-2B Oakland
Central New Jersey 352 Sakuwit NE-2B Princeton
Patriot’s Path 358 Woalpalanne NE-2B Mountainside
GNYC – Brooklyn 642 Shu-Shu-Gah NE-2C NY – Brooklyn
GNYC – Manhattan 643 Man-a-Hattin NE-2C NY – Manhattan
GNYC – Staten Island 645 Aquehongian NE-2C NY – Staten Island
6 Section Lodges

Section 7B
Hudson Valley 374 Nacha Nimat NE-2C Salisbury Mills
Theodore Roosevelt 386 Buckskin NE-2B Massapequa
Westchester-Putnam 388 Ktemaque NE-2C Hawthorne
Suffolk County 404 Shinnecock NE-2B Medford
Rip Van Winkle 405 Half Moon NE-3B Kingston
GNYC – Bronx 641 Ranachqua NE-2C NY – Bronx
GNYC – Queens 644 Suanhacky NE-2C NY – Queens

7 Section Lodges

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A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.

Samuel Goldwyn, Goldwyn’s Law of Contracts US (Polish-born) movie producer (1882 – 1974)

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A couple on months back, I posted on the 2008 Realignment of the Northeast Region of the BSA and its likely effects on the various OA Sections in New York. This was based on the original post on John Pannells site.

I have just received what is reportedly the composition of the OA Sections (from 2 different sources) which I will post on later tonight or tomorrow, once I have had a chance to absorb the information.

The first thing is that the 5 GNYC Lodges which have always been if the same section or area since Area C in the 1940’s are now being split up. The world is rent, the center cannot hold!

It was reported that NE7 would include:

It seems that there will be these lodges will be split into 2 Sections NE-7A and NE-7B. Shu Shu Gah #24, Man-a-Hattin Lodge #82 and Aquehongian Lodge #112 will be in the half of the Section with the NJ Lodges. Ranachqua #4 and Suanhacky #49 will be with the upstate NY Lodges (and Long Island).

More details to follow.

photo credit: BNSFinSeattle

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It’s never just a game when you’re winning.

George Carlin US comedian and actor (1937 – )

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I recently came across another neckerchief slide from Ranachqua Lodge #4. This one is different from the Ranachqua slide I had previously posted over on over a year ago. I’m not sure if this issue predates the previous or is a later issue. This is is a clear hard plastic side with the owl image in black and a black WWW on its chest. It is not the usual Ranachqua owl seen on much of their memorabilia.

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