J7

Issue Details

Issue Number

J7

Issue Type

J: Jacket Patch

Category

Regular Issue

Description

"Seventy-five Years of Cheerful Service"; "Leaving a Legacy"; 1938 - 2013; OA Ceremony in Arena scene

Year Issued

2013 

Quantity

200 

Material

Embroidery

Backing Type

Plastic Back - Security Backing 

Issue Shape

Other 

Border Type

R  

Border Color

YEL  

Background Color

M/C  

Lettering Color

BLK  

FDL/BSA Color

GRN  

Manufacturer

Stadri Emblems

PatchScan URL

Unknown

Color Count (PS)

Unknown

Coverage (PS)

100

Size in mm

Unknown

Restrictions

No restrictions on this issue

Annotations

FDL
WWW
ANN

Designed by

No designer listed

History

Description of the Imagery in Each of the Six Flaps and in the Center Back Patch of Wahissa Lodge’s 75th Anniversary Set

by Ken Badgett, 75th Anniversary Committee (ken.badgett@gmail.com)

Center Back Patch: The scene depicted in the center back patch is based on a photograph taken by Mr. Steve Tincher of Winston-Salem at about 8:45 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at the Vaughn-Woltz Order of the Arrow (OA) Arena at Camp Raven Knob in Surry County, North Carolina. That day and date was the first Visitors’ Night Campfire and the first Ordeal call-out ceremony of the 2013 summer season, about seventy-five years and two weeks after the lodge’s founding at Camp Lasater on June 4 and 5, 1938. The arena’s 75th Anniversary sign in the archway was made by Mr. Adam Atkins, based on the lodge’s anniversary logo created by Zach Brown. The floor of the arena was a mixture of sand and grass (brown and green thread on the patch) during the summer of 2013, a situation brought about by repairs to the OA Arena during the spring. The torchbearers wear sashes in honor of Wahissa’s Ordeal and Brotherhood members. [200 Center Back Patches produced by Stadri Emblem Co.]

Camp Lasater Commemorative Flap

Wahissa Lodge was founded in 1938 at Camp Lasater, the Old Hickory Council’s summer camp from 1924 until 1954. The camp was located on about forty acres about eight miles north of downtown Winston-Salem in the Walkertown community of Forsyth County. The images and colors on this flap come from Wahissa’s first lodge emblem, the “Round” patch, which was created about 1945. The small green and white patch in the center of the flap is a reproduction of the camp emblem at Camp Lasater in 1938. [350 Camp Lasater Commemorative Flaps produced by Stadri Emblem Co.]

Lodge Chiefs’ Commemorative Flap

With more than sixty lodge chiefs over seventy-five years, some having served two terms, Wahissa Lodge has been a training ground for leaders. This flap honors all of Wahissa’s past chiefs - lodge chiefs, lodge vice chiefs, chapter chiefs, and chapter vice chiefs. The headdress depicted on the flap was that of George Kellock Hale, Jr., a co-founder of the lodge. This headdress, one used by chiefs of Wahissa Lodge and by chiefs at the area or section levels, is on permanent exhibit in the Raven Knob Boy Scout Museum at Camp Raven Knob. [350 Lodge Chiefs’ Commemorative Flaps produced by Stadri Emblem Co.]

Camp Raven Knob Commemorative Flap

Camp Raven Knob opened during the summer of 1954. The first Order of the Arrow area fellowship (now section conclave) that was held at Raven Knob occurred in April 1956. The colors and images on this flap are intended to mimic those on the patch that was created for the Area 6-A Fellowship at Raven Knob in 1956. The 1956 fellowship patch was the first to depict Raven Knob Mountain on a Boy Scout patch. The raven on the flap is similar to one that has appeared on most Camp Raven Knob patches since 1957 and was first used on what is now called the “Raven” camp patch. [350 Camp Raven Knob Commemorative Flaps produced by Stadri Emblem Co.]

OA Rededication Commemorative Flap

The current arrowhead logo of the Order of the Arrow and the OA’s current Ordeal, Brotherhood, and Ordeal sashes are depicted on this flap. Wahissa’s 75th Anniversary pin was designed to be placed over the ghosted number “75” on this flap. The pins were distributed at Wahissa Lodge’s rededication ceremony at Camp Raven Knob during Fall Fellowship on Saturday, September 21, 2013. The red and white colors on the flap are the colors of the national Order of the Arrow organization. [350 OA Rededication Commemorative Flaps produced by Stadri Emblem Co.]

Wahissa Founders’ Commemorative Flap

Wahissa’s founders were George Kellock (Kel) Hale, Jr., Scoutmaster of Troop 38 in Mount Airy; and William E. (Skipper or Ned) Vaughn-Lloyd, Sr., Scout Executive of the Old Hickory Council, of Winston-Salem. The Wahissa Lodge Building (also known at the G. Kellock Hale, Jr., Training Center) at Camp Raven Knob is depicted on this flap. The building was dedicated to Kel Hale by E. Urner Goodman, co-founder of the Order of the Arrow, in a ceremony at the front of the building in July 1974. Note the image of ironwork in the foreground of the patch; the actual ironwork at the lodge building was created by Larry Day. The brick courtyard beyond the iron railing holds bricks purchased in memory or in honor of many Scouts and Scouters. The granite retaining wall was constructed in honor of Mr. Ken Spicer of Elkin. [350 Wahissa Founders’ Commemorative Flaps produced by Stadri Emblem Co.]

Old Hickory Council Commemorative Flap

The century-old Old Hickory Council of the Boy Scouts of America, based in Winston-Salem (NC), has been fully supportive of Wahissa Lodge since Scout Executive William E. Vaughn-Lloyd suggested the creation of the lodge to Scoutmaster George Kellock (Kel) Hale, Jr., in early 1938. Mr. Hale was a member of Unami Lodge #1 of the Order of the Arrow in Philadelphia, PA. The color and design of this flap are based upon a 50th Anniversary patch, with its multitude of segments, that was created in 1969 to celebrate the upgrade in 1919 of the Winston-Salem Council (renamed the Old Hickory Council in honor of United States President Andrew Jackson in 1941) to a “First Class Council,” which involved employing a scout executive. Notice the red arrowhead segment on the left side of the flap; this segment was presented to Boy Scouts who participated in Order of the Arrow activities during the anniversary year. [350 Old Hickory Council Commemorative Flaps produced by Stadri Emblem Co.]

Composite Back Patch

This back patch is a composite of the six Wahissa 75th Commemorative Flaps and the Center Back Patch. [200 Composite Back Patches produced by Stadri Emblem Co.]

Revision History

There have been 6 revisions. Last change was update on 11 Oct 2026 by Link King

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