New York OA Trader

What: Second Annual Empire State Trade-O-Ree

WHEN: October 16th, 2010 9:00 am-3:00 pm (dealer setup at 7:45 am)

WHERE: VERONA FIRE DEPARTMENT (Station #1)

Directions: (from NYS Thruway I-90…TOR is less than 1 mile from end of exit ramp): *Take Exit #33 (Verona-Rome-NY Route 365). *Head East on Rt. 365 (Eastbound) towards Rome. *At 2nd light from exit, take left onto Spring St. *At stop sign, make left onto Main St. *Turn right onto Volunteer Ave. *Fire station is at the top of the hill.

ADMISSION: FREE…FREE…FREE…FREE

Tables: $8.00 provides you one 8-foot banquet table for selling/trading your items. Space is limited to 30 tables, so reserve yours TODAY!

In addition to trading, buying, and selling Boy Scout memorabilia/

collectibles, the following will also be available:

*Scouting Memorabilia Displays and Competition (come and show off your

collection!)

*Free Space available for “Trade Only” swapping (after all, this is a

TRADE-O-Ree)

*Free Table Space available for Scout Councils and O.A. Lodges to sell

Trading Post items

*Nearby Lodging, Restaurants, and Entertainment Only Minutes Away

(details available in TOR flyer)

I’ll be there again, and hope to see many of my readers there too.

Hey Ray save me two tables, the check is in the mail!

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The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

William James
US Pragmatist philosopher & psychologist (1842 – 1910)

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Welcome back!

For the fifteenth year in a row, Shu Shu Gah Lodge #24 will once again be hosting a Trade-O-Ree in Camp Alpine.

Where: Gary Laermer Pavilion at Orbach Arena, Camp Alpine, Alpine, NJ

When: Saturday November 20, 2010

Time: 9:00AM to 3:00PM (dealer setup begins at 8:30AM)

Admission: Free to All – A unique day trip for your troop or pack

Tables: $20.00 for each table. All tables $25.00 after October 15, 2010 if avialable

Table Reservations on a first come first served basis.

Patches, Patches Everywhere

Shu Shu Gah Lodge will conduct a live auction at the TOR. The auction proceeds will be used as part of the lodge’s commitment to the Reeves Lodge Capital Campaign which has been set up by GNYC to refurbish Reeves Lodge, the training center at Camp Alpine.

Many of you know Reeves Lodge from the many NLS, SOS and other training courses held there. If you are interested in donating items for this auction, please contact me at nyoatrader@nyoatrader.com.

Some previous Auction Lots

Our efforts to publicize this years TOR continue.

Flyers have been or will be handed out at many of the upcoming local TOR’s, at the NE-7A and NE-7B Section Conclaves, GNYC’s Summer Camp Ten Mile River, the Ten Mile River Scout Museum, the TMR Annual Alumni Day, the Brooklyn 2010 Program Kickoff, the Lodge newsletter, the Blue Heron and other local Scouting events.

We have also added a Facebook event for the TOR to try to tap into a different segment of the Scouting Community.

Flyers or information are also available in ISCA website, on various dealer lists, local Scout Camps, etc.

Please mark your calendars; I look forward to seeing you all at the TOR.

You can get a copy of the 2010 TOR flyer here.

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A committee can make a decision that is dumber than any of its members.

David Coblitz

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Western New York Traders Association In Conjunction With The Greater Niagara Frontier Council

29th Scout Memorabilia Trade O Ree & Auction

Friday September 17th 5 PM – ???
Saturday September 18th 9 AM – Auction – Saturday – 1:00 PM (new time)
Location: 300 North Forest Rd., Williamsville, NY 14221 US

All Proceeds to Benefit Greater Niagara Frontier Council B.SA. Council Museum Fund & B.S.A. Scout Camperships

A Trading Only Area Will Be Available Food, Beverages & Snacks Will Be Available

Address questions to: Dirk Norwich, Trade O Ree Chairman dnorwich@tpicast.com
or to Paul Freitag, TOR Co-chairman (716) 829-9025 scout_historian@roadrunner.com

Always a good local TOR, I’ve been a regular attendee for at least the last dozen years and I’ll be there again this year. If you have any of my 2010 NYS OA Jamboree or Centennial needs or any of my other NYS OA needs I’ll be there trading both days.

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“There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism—by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide.” – Ayn Rand

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Mitch Reis sends along word of a Trade-o-ree for those of you who will be attending or visiting the 2010 National Jamboree.

2010 NATIONAL JAMBOREE
BOY SCOUT MEMORABILIA SHOW & SWAP MEET
Sponsored by the Society of Scout Memorabilia Dealers
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Friday JUL 23rd – Sunday AUG 1st, 2010

EAGLES LODGE
21 Cool Springs Road
Fredericksburg, VA
(same place as the 2005 show)

Buy, Sell and Trade all kinds of Boy Scout Memorabilia
FREE ADMISSION (Food Available)

DIRECTIONS:

From the South: Take Exit 133 North – US-17 towards
Warrenton. Keep right at the fork. Follow signs for
Falmouth/ US-17 Bus and merge onto US-17/ Warrenton Rd.
(see below)

From the North: Take Exit 133A – Falmouth / US-17 Business.
The exit merges onto Warrenton Rd.
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Continue to follow Warrenton Rd. In 1.7 miles stay in the left lane.
You will cross US-1 and the road becomes Butler Rd/VA 218.
Continue another 1.2 miles. You will pass a CVS on the right and
cross a small bridge. At the traffic light turn right onto Cool Springs
Rd. The Eagles Lodge is 3/10th of a mile on the left.

HOURS:

Open Daily – Noon to 11:00 PM
(Open until 1:00 AM on Friday & Saturday Nights)

Special Hours on Fri JUL 23 – 3:00 PM – 1:00 AM
Sun AUG 1 – Noon to 5pm

For Table Rental & Other Info
Contact:Richard Shields 704-282-1339
richard@thecarolinatrader.com

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If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee — that will do them in.

Bradley’s Bromide

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“The time has come,” the Walrus said,
“To talk of many things:
Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax–
Of cabbages–and kings–
And why the sea is boiling hot–
And whether pigs have wings.”

The Walrus and The Carpenter
Lewis Carroll

Back from the Central New York TOR held this past weekend with lots of news and images which should see the light of day over the next couple of weeks. Thanks to Dick, Steve and the rest of the William Hillcourt Scout Museum for putting on the TOR.

I have news and images for a number of patches issued by various NY OA Lodges some heard at the TOR and other via email reports.

• Half Moon Lodge #28 has at least 3 varieties of its current regular issue flap.
• Tkaen DoD Lodge #30 reportedly has a new anniversary issue out.  Need scans and a trade.
• Suanhacky Lodge #49 has 3 new issues out, an 80th Anniversary flap and 2 different Vigil triangles.
• Man-A-Hattin Lodge #82 has a 2010 Jamboree Flap out
• Ho-De-No-Sau-Nee Lodge #159 issued a 2010 Philmont Trek flap
• Ho-Nan-Ne-Ho-Ont Lodge #165 issued a 2-piece set for the 2010 Jamboree featuring Heron-man seen on their 2009 NOAC sets.
• Kayanernh-Kowa #219 has two final issues, a neckerchief celebrating their 10th Anniversary in 2009 and a final flap issued as a gift from the Lodge Advisor.
• Lowanne Nimat Lodge #219 has 3 issues in the works, 2 Jamboree Flaps and a Charter Member flap. There is some question over which will be issued first.  There is also word that there totem may not be the Gougou (which translates as ―A giant, man-like beast); but a red fox.
• Ashokwahta Lodge #339 has a new black-bordered regular issue flap.
• Kittan Lodge #364 has issued 4 flaps celebrating the Centennial.
• Tschipey Achtu Lodge #397? has issued 4 patches, a Charter Member flap, a two-piece set and their first event patch.
• Buckskin Lodge #412 has a new Jacket Patch  and a new Chapter issue.  The chapter patch was issued jointly by two of Buckskin’s chapters.
• The 2010 Section conclaves have begun, Sections NE-7A and 7B have both held their conclaves and both issued a pocket patch and a jacket patch.

Lots of new issues, posts with these issues should begin appearing tomorrow.

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Though we are not now at that strength which in better days moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; one equal temper of heroic hearts made weak by time and fate but not in will; To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield

Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Richard Krzyiewski posted the following to Patch-L

I just want to give you some info about the 2010 CNY/TOR to be held on

Friday June 11th (5 to 10pm) and Saturday June 12th (9am to 3pm) at Camp

Woodland, Longhouse Council, sponsored by the William Hillcourt Museum. The

TOR is offically SOLD OUT! We will host 30 Tables of Scouting Memorabillia

from all over the Northeast Region! The event has been a HUGE success over

the past 10 years and we want to invite you to attend! Admission is ONLY $1

and ANYONE in ANY type of Uniform (Scouting, Military, Police, Fire, Rescue

or Conservation) is admitted for free!

This year, the Museum Committee has put together an excellent event in

celebration of 100 Years of Scouting! Food, Friends, Fellowship and FUN is

our motto! On Saturday, we will host Silent Auctions every hour from 9am til

2pm and offer a LIVE Auction at 2:15pm. We have secured some very nice

collectible items from numerous donations and we don’t want you to miss out.

Please check out our proxy bidding at:

http://www.orgsites.com/ny/greenbarbill/_pgg1.php3 to view some of these

Great Scouting pieces!

This is an excellent event for Scouts and Scouters of All ages! An

outstanding way to increase your trading Stock for the National Jamboree or

Brotherhood Camporee’s, fill a hole in your private collection or just

browse and see some of the  History of the Scouting Program!

The Museum will be OPEN all weekend and as always, Admission is FREE!

You can find a link to the flyer here.

See you there?

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“With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance employ for the preservation of our liberties; being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live as slaves.” –Declaration of the Cause and Necessity of Taking up Arms, July 6, 1775

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Steve Austin sends along word about the 2010 Central New York Trade-O-Ree.

2010 Central New York Trade-O-Ree Scouting Memorabilia & Trade Show

When: Friday, June 11th (5pm –1opm)and Saturday, June 12th (9am –3pm)

Where: Camp Woodland

Kibbie Lake Road

Constantia, New York 13044

Tables: 8 FOOT TABLE + 2 CHAIRS Prior to 6/5/10($15) After ($20)

Admission Is $1.00Per Person

Anyone In Any Uniform Is Free!!!

Live And Silent Auctions

Displays / Trading / Dealers / Appraisal’s

Food / Friends / Fellowship / Fun

Great Event For Families And Scouts Of All Ages

Visit The William Hillcourt Scout Museum And Carson Buck Memorial Library which will be open that weekend.

For more info rkrzyiew at twcny dot rr dot com

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“It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not entirely strangled the curiosity of inquiry.” – Albert Einstein

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