{"id":2265,"date":"2008-10-03T16:16:10","date_gmt":"2008-10-03T20:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2008-10-02T21:26:49","modified_gmt":"2008-10-03T01:26:49","slug":"knowledge-is-power-area-i-1945-conclave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/03\/knowledge-is-power-area-i-1945-conclave\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge is Power &#8211; Area I 1945 Conclave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/knowledge.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"left\" title=\"Knowledge is Power\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/knowledge.gif?resize=397%2C52\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"52\" \/><\/a>John Pannell is running several series of posts on Area and Section conclaves, similar to my posts on New York State Issues.\u00c2\u00a0 One of the series is on North Carolina Area and Section Conclaves. He began the series with one of the earliest North Carolina OA Issues, the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.oaimages.com\/2008\/06\/14\/1945-area-i-meeting\/\" target=\"_self\">1945 Area I Fellowship Meeting Slide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The first OA area fellowship, the precursor of today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s section conclaves, in North Carolina was held in 1945 at Camp Graystone.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Tali Taktaki 70 served as the host lodge.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Area I, in existence from 1945-1949, covered the entire state of North Carolina.\u00c2\u00a0 Memorabilia from these early meetings are arguably the most highly prized conclave insignia from North Carolina.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2266\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/1945-area-i.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2266\" title=\"1945-area-i\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nyoatrader.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/1945-area-i.jpg?resize=243%2C227\" alt=\"Image Courtesy of OA Images\" width=\"243\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Courtesy of OA Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There is one available on <a href=\"http:\/\/ads.shoppingads.com\/pagead\/link_d77108bbdf253f711bda_4ad9cd673c12ac5dd6bc59ad401622ce_http%3A\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/1945-North-Carolina-OA-Fellowship-Meeting-Leather-Slide_W0QQitemZ360094316985QQcmdZViewItem%3Fhash%3Ditem360094316985%26_trkparms%3D39%253A1%7C66%253A2%7C65%253A10%7C240%253A1318%26_trksid%3Dp3286.c0.m14\" target=\"top\">eBay<\/a> now.\u00c2\u00a0 It has a starting bid of $500.\u00c2\u00a0 Where will this one end up?<\/p>\n<p>OA Conclaves are one of the few remaining mainly uncataloged areas in OA Collecting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;<strong>A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong,  which is but saying that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.<\/strong>&#8221; &#8212;Alexander  Pope<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Pannell is running several series of posts on Area and Section conclaves, similar to my posts on New York State Issues.\u00c2\u00a0 One of the series is on North Carolina Area and Section Conclaves. 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