Re: Special Council Shoulder Patches
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Mon, 18 Jan 1999 12:02:51 -0600
Branden Morris <morris@NET1PLUS.COM> wrote and asked:
>Not to call you on the carpet, Mike, but is it just me or do I
>sense a double standard in your post? One one hand, you express
>the need to wear correct uniforming, yet you also say that you
>wear the lodge flap of a lodge that no longer exists and isn't
>your current lodge?
Considering that I don't presently have a "current Lodge", Branden,
it could be seen as a "double standard". But more of an
"illustration" of the fact that although we have uniform standards,
we still wear some of our insignia not out of ignorance nor
definance but rather out of nostaglastic(?) reasoning, as I do with
my Zit flap.
And as others do with various CSPs, not the "offical one" issued
through their local Councils.
>Most of my fondest OA memories were in Quanopin #309; that's where
>I received my Ordeal, Brotherhood, and Vigil; where I served as a
>youth officer and a member of the ceremonies and dance team , and
>was the newsletter editor. But when they merged with Nikiwigi #329
>to become Grand Monadnock #309, I replaced my Quanopin flap with
>the newest one. It's the lodge I'm now a member of, and all of the
>brothers wear the same flap -- we're members of the same lodge. If
>I was a member of your lodge, I might be a little concerned that
>you didn't want to be counted among us :)
You're right, if I was registered here, which I'm not. I currently
live *on the borderline* between two great Councils (and their
Lodges). I've opted to retain my registration through the Council
in Indiana where I came from which ends at the end of this summer.
After then, I'll haggle over the registration thing again (fun!).
Therefore, if there's ANY Lodge flap I SHOULD be wearing, it is the
Lodge flap of THAT Council (which I do have sewn on another shirt).
Settummanque!
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