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In September of 1948, Area I, Area J, and Area Z was reorganized as Region 5 as part of the 1948 integration into the twelve scouting regions.
By 1949, Region 6 had four areas: 6-A, 6-B, 6-C, and 6-D.
No area conferences were held in 1969.
Randy Yates in his book Georgia and Florida OA Area and Section Fellowships explains: "the National OA Committee decided to discontinue the Area Conclaves during the same years as the National OA Conferences, which were held every other year. They recommended that there be held an Area Officer Training Conference in place of the conclaves. There was such an outcry from the OA membership against this action, that the National OA Committee decided to continue the annual Area Conclaves when it met at the 1969 NOAC."
This is also mentioned in The FloridOA Handbook by Rick Obermeyer: "1969- No Conference. Regional headquarters decided that the Areas would meet only every other year, to alternate with the National Conferences. After this year, that was discontinued."
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- Area 6-A was created from Area I in North Carolina:
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Area 6-A (1949)
| Tali Taktaki 70 (from Area I) |
| Occoneechee 104 (from Area I) |
| Croatan 117 (from Area I) |
| Wahissa 118 (from Area I) |
| Tsali 134 (from Area I) |
| Tslagi 163 (from Area I) |
| Itibapishe Iti Hollo 188 (from Area I) |
| Uwharrie 208 (from Area I) |
| Nayawin̅ Ra̅R 296 (from Area I) |
| Klahican 331 (from Area I) |
| Area 6-A (1949-52) |
| <did not meet 1949-51> |
Area 6-A (1953-73) <1969> | |
to Area 6-B |
| Tali Taktaki 70 |
| Occoneechee 104 |
| Croatan 117 |
| Wahissa 118 |
| Tslagi 163 |
| Uwharrie 208 |
| Nayawin̅ Ra̅R 296 |
| Klahican 331 |
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| Tsali 134 |
| Itibapishe Iti Hollo 188 |
| 6/51: Catawba 459 |
m = merged into
nc = name changed
dis = disbanded
rc = re-chartered
<did not meet>
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- Area 6-A did not meet until 1952. Area I met one last time in 1949 at Camp Uwharrie.
"Polio outbreaks in the area may have prevented events from being held the next two years."
Reference: John Pannell, OA Images Blog
"Due to concerns over a polio epidemic in North Carolina in 1950 and 1951 no Area 6A Fellowships were held, but in March 1952 the first event was held at Camp Tuscarora and was hosted by Nayawin Rar Lodge."
Reference: Tali Taktaki Lodge 70 History
- Area 6-B was created from Area Z in South Carolina:
Area 6-B (1949-52) <did not meet in 1949>
| Santee 116 (from Area Z) |
| Atta Kulla Kulla 185 (from Area Z) |
| Muscogee 221 (from Area Z) |
| Unali'Yi 236 (from Area Z) |
| Skyuka 270 (from Area Z) |
Area Z met one last time in 1949 at Camp Old Indian.
- In 1952, Area 6-B was given the name "Dixie Fellowship". Before this, each year the fellowship was named based upon where it was held.
Reference: John Pannell, 1950 Columbia Fellowship
- In 1953, Region 6 experienced a region-wide realignment.
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| Old Area 6-B |
Area 6-B (1953-72) <1969> | |
to Area 6-C |
| Santee 116 |
| Atta Kulla Kulla 185 |
| Skyuka 270 |
| Tsali 134 (from 6-A) |
| Itibapishe Iti Hollo 188 (from 6-A) |
| Catawba 459 (from 6-A) |
| 1964: Eswau Huppeday 560 |
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| Muscogee 221 |
| Unali'Yi 236 |
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- Area 6-C was created from Areas J and Z in Georgia. Because Areas J and Z met one last time in 1949, 6-C did not meet until 1950, at Camp Sidney Dew:
Area 6-C (1949-52) <did not meet in 1949>
| Tomo Chi-Chi 119 (from Area J) |
| Chattahoochee 204 (from Area J) |
| Wehadkee 273 (from Area J; dis '50) |
| Immokalee 353 (from Area J) |
| Bob White 87 |
1950: Egwa Tawa Dee 129
└ Broad-Winged Hawk 129 (from Area Z; nc) |
| Mowogo 243 (from Area Z) |
| Waguli 318 (from Area Z) |
| Thundering Spring 324 (from Area Z) |
| Hiawassee 333 (from Area Z) |
| Echeconnee 358 (from Area Z) |
- In 1953, Region 6 experienced a region-wide realignment.
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| Area 6-C |
Area 6-C (1953-55) | |
to Area 6-D |
| Bob White 87 |
| Tomo Chi-Chi 119 |
| Mowogo 243 |
| Echeconnee 358 |
| Muscogee 221 (from 6-B) |
| Unali'Yi 236 (from 6-B) |
| Pilthlako 229 (from 6-D) |
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| Egwa Tawa Dee 129 |
| Chattahoochee 204 |
| Waguli 318 |
| Thundering Spring 324 |
| Hiawassee 333 |
| Immokalee 353 |
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| Area 6-C (1956-67) |
Area 6-C (1968-72) <1969> | |
to Area 6-D |
| Bob White 87 |
| Tomo Chi-Chi 119 |
| Muscogee 221 |
| Pilthlako 229 |
| Unali'Yi 236 |
| Echeconnee 358 |
| 3/30/60: Alapaha 545 |
| Echockotee 200 (from 6-E) |
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In 1969, "Muscogee Lodge hosted a Lodge Officer Training Conference at its Camp Barstow for Area 6-C and some 6-B lodges sent representatives. Even though Pilthlako Lodge is located in Area 6-C, it hosted a Lodge Officer Traning Conference at the 4-H Center on Jekyll Island, GA for Area 6-D and some 6-E lodges also sent representatives."
Reference: Georgia and Florida OA Area and Section Fellowships by Randy Yates
- Area 6-D was created from Area J in Georgia and Florida:
Area 6-D (1949-52) <did not meet in 1949>
| Seminole 85 (from Area J; dis '51) |
| Echockotee 200 (from Area J) |
| Calusa 219 (from Area J) |
1950: Pilthlako 229
└ Chawtaw 229 (from Area J; nc*) |
| Aal-Pa-Tah 237 (from Area J) |
| Semialachee 239 (from Area J) |
| Ala Paw Taw 265 (from Area J; dis '9/49) |
| Tipisa 326 (from Area J) |
| Timuquan 340 (from Area J) |
Area J met one last time in 1949 at Camp Flying Eagle.
*Chawtaw 229 started using the name "Pilthlako" in 1947, but didn't change it on National paperwork until 1950.
Reference: Georgia and Florida OA Area and Section Fellowships by Randy Yates
- In 1953, all of the lodges of 6-D, except for Semialachee 239, were transferred to Area 6-E:
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| Old Area 6-D |
Area 6-D (1953-63) | |
to Area 6-D |
| Semialachee 239 |
| Egwa Tawa Dee 129 (from 6-C) |
| Chattahoochee 204 (from 6-C) |
| └ Hiawassee 333 (from 6-C; m after 4/24/1964) |
| Waguli 318 (from 6-C) |
| 1953: Ini-To 324 |
| └ Thundering Spring 324 (from 6-C; nc) |
| Immokalee 353 (from 6-C) |
| 1954: Wehadkee 273 (dis '61, rc '62) |
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to Area 6-E
| 1952: Kiondashama/Seminole 85 (rc) |
| └ Seminole 85 (dis '51) |
| Echockotee 200 |
| Calusa 219 |
| Aal-Pa-Tah 237 |
| Tipisa 326 |
| Timuquan 340 |
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References: Georgia and Florida OA Area and Section Fellowships by Randy Yates
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Area 6-D (1964-72) <1969>
| Egwa Tawa Dee 129 |
| Chattahoochee 204 |
| Semialachee 239 |
| Wehadkee 273 (dis '65, rc '72*) |
| Waguli 318 |
| Ini-To 324 |
| Immokalee 353 |
| Mowogo 243 (from 6-C in 1968) [did not attend in 1972] |
In 1969, "Muscogee Lodge hosted a Lodge Officer Training Conference at its Camp Barstow for Area 6-C and some 6-B lodges sent representatives. Even though Pilthlako Lodge is located in Area 6-C, it hosted a Lodge Officer Traning Conference at the 4-H Center on Jekyll Island, GA for Area 6-D and some 6-E lodges also sent representatives."
Reference: Georgia and Florida OA Area and Section Fellowships by Randy Yates
*Wehadkee 273 disbanded and rechartered several times over a span of twenty years. It last rechartered in 1972, but apparently not in time for the area meet that year.
References: Arapaho II, 2000 ed., Immokalee Lodge #353 Section/Area History site, and Georgia and Florida OA Area and Section Fellowships by Randy Yates
- The region was realigned in 1953 when Area 6-E was added to cover the southern 2/3rds of Florida. Calusa 219 disbanded 12/31/1955*, rechartered in June of 1961 as Eckale Yakanen 552 (new name AND new number). In 1959, Chiriqui 391 of the Canal Zone Council joined the area.
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Area 6-E (1953-67)
| by 1958: Seminole 85 |
| └ Kiondashama/Seminole 85 (from 6-D; nc) |
| Echockotee 200 (from 6-D) |
| Aal-Pa-Tah 237 (from 6-D) |
| Tipisa 326 (from 6-D) |
| Timuquan 340 (from 6-D) |
| 6/1961: Eckale Yakanen 552 (rc w/ new name) |
| └ Calusa 219 (from 6-D; dis '56) |
1955: O-Shot-Caw 265
└ Ala Paw Taw 265 (dis '49) |
| Chiriqui 391 (from "Region 13" in 1959) |
*"Chartered June 6, 1942, and officially ended
when its 1955 charter expired on December 31,
although its members did participate in the April,
1956, Area 6-E Conference."
-From Kuna and Calusa by Rick Obermeyer, April 1991
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- In 1968, Osceola 564 is split off from Eckale Yakanen 552, while Echockotee 200 is transferred to Area 6-C.
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| Area 6-E |
Area 6-E (1968-72) <1969> | |
to Area 6-C |
| Seminole 85 |
| Aal-Pa-Tah 237 |
| O-Shot-Caw 265 |
| Tipisa 326 |
| Timuquan 340 |
| Chiriqui 391 |
| Eckale Yakanen 552 |
| ↳ 1968: Osceola 564 |
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References: Georgia and Florida OA Area and Section Fellowships by Randy Yates
Conflicting information regarding names and dates Seminole 85 and Kiondashama 85:
- Uh-To-Yeh-Hut-Tee Lodge's website: "The Boy Scouts of America approved the Order of the Arrow as part of its program in 1934 and two years later the council in the Tampa Bay area accepted the O.A. too. The lodge was chartered in 1936 under the name Kiondashama Lodge 85, and the head of Osceola was chosen as the lodge totem. It was soon discovered that the Knight and Wall Paint Company of Tampa had trademarked the Osceola head. At that time, a Pine Tree became the lodge totem. In 1938 the name of the lodge was changed to Seminole Lodge 85, and the totem was changed to the White Ibis.
In 1951 Seminole Lodge lost its charter, but just one year later they were once again active."
- Seminole Lodge's website: "In 1944 the name of the lodge was changed to Seminole Lodge 85. In 1951 Seminole Lodge lost its charter, but just one year later they were once again active."
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National Lodge/OA National Bulletins:
- prior to 9/38: Kiondashama changed name to Seminole according to minutes of the National Meeting that year
- 1940: listed as Seminole lodge
- 1944: listed as Seminole lodge
- 1945: listed as Seminole lodge
- 1946: listed as Seminole lodge
- 1949: listed as Seminole lodge
- 1952: listed as Kiondashama lodge
- 1953: listed as Kiondashama lodge
- 1955: listed as Kiondashama lodge
- Arapaho II states that Kiondashama 85 chartered 36 May 21, disbanded 1952, rechartered in 1953 as Seminole 85. This had been confirmed by Randy Yates. However, in Georgia and Florida OA Area and Section Fellowships, he shows that the lodge kept the name Seminole from 1938 to the present.
- First Flaps in Color states that Seminole Lodge's first flap was issued circa 1958. Other sources show the name Seminole during that 1960s as well.
- Rick Obermeyer posted twice on PATCH-L:
3/25/06: "A newspaper clipping with picture of a Scout reporting his achieving Eagle was discovered in a troop scrapbook from the vicinity of Gulf Ridge Council (Tampa). The article mentions that he is in the Order of the Arrow. The clipping is dated from the late 1930's. We know that with a number of #85, Seminole Lodge got a charter way back when. We also know that it has been Seminole Lodge only since the early 1950's, when the OA was revived after a lapse. We know that the previous lodge name was Kiondashama. Beyond that, there is nothing. It isn't even known for sure exactly when Kiondashama dropped out and Seminole was picked up. We don't know if Kiondashama itself might have stopped and started up again once or twice. That newspaper clipping is, so far, the only evidence that there was any OA at all in that area in the 1930's."
6/1/09: "Then there's Kiondashama #85. We know from a newspaper clipping that the OA existed in the Tampa area in 1937, but with no confirmed lodge name as of that date. That name Kiondashama is documented both in late 1940's National OA newsletters and in the minutes from early Council of Chiefs meetings ca. 1950. There is a hiatus of a year or two, and then #85 reappears in the Council of Chiefs minutes as Seminole Lodge."
Therefore, between 1952 - 1957, I will list the lodge name as Kiondashama/Seminole 85.
