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Fall Fellowship 1999 was a great Eswau event. There were training sessions Saturday morning and chapter competitions that afternoon, including the 1st BIANNUAL BOXCAR RACE. There was also the annual Patch Action. The training sessions included drumming, willow lazy back weaving, basket weaving, lazy stitch beadwork, and U. S. History. In the afternoon there were many competitions including Black powder shoot, tomahawk throw, canoe race, two hole golf course, orienteering course, and the boxcar race. On Saturday night was the annual Lodge Patch Auction, and we made a total of $1,997.00. At the business meeting, $500 of this amount was earmarked for possible flood relief to Scout camps in Eastern North Carolina. 1999 Vigil Honorees
We have had 5 Brotherhood conversions at this event. They were:
We had a total of 50 Brotherhood Conversions in 1999. Hello, If you have any information concerning Chapter reports, committee reports, or anything that you think needs to go in the Elogam, contact me at elogam@aol.com or 121 Old Stage Ln.; Mooresville, NC 28117; (704) 663-0719 --Thomas White Dixie Fellowship is just around the corner. This event is fun and has something for everybody. It is also a must for Dance and Ceremonies team members to be at these events. Dixie Fellowship will be April 14-16 at Camp Daniel Boone. Tsali Lodge will host this Section event. We do not have registration details yet but your space may be reserved by mailing a minimum of $10.00 to the Lodge Treasurer. Registration and Memorabilia pre-order information is usually late arriving and the deadlines are usually in December. This is your early notice, if you want to go this year, send your reservation in early. Y2K is Here! Your 2000 lodge dues, that is. If the mailing label on this issue does not say dues paid 2000, you need to send $7.00 immediately to: Eswau Huppeday Lodge c/o Joe Slade, 3300 Gardner Park Drive, Gastonia, NC 28054 The remaining stock of 1998 Dixie Fellowship Service Flaps will go on sale at Winter Banquet for $6.00 each. The Lodge voted at the August Ordeal business meeting to sell the remaining supply first to those on record of working at the Dixie or on a previous work weekend. Any remaining will we sold to the general membership. All sale proceeds will be used for transportation expense to NOAC 2000. These flaps will not be sold by mail order or pre-reservation. Plans are being made for a completely different LOTC. The Lodge has voted to adopt the National O.A. Lodge Leader Development Conference model for our fall planning and training meeting. This is the event where Lodge Goals are set, the activities to follow. For a cost of only $9.00, it is a great opportunity to have your Chapter and committee really prepared for 2000. Brothers to be honored with the Founder's Award will be nominated and voted on at LLDC. CIS will be held January 21-23, 2000. If you would like to be on staff, and have not received your information yet, contact Jeff Whisenant (jafowiz@twave.net). Cook Team We are always looking for new members. We have some new members, and the veteran members are looking forward to training them. We are also looking for new meal ideas. --Paul Sisk Dance Team The Dance team is still looking for more members. We are planning to take Old Style Sioux to NOAC 2000. If you would like to join, contact me at: rjwhity@aol.com or 121 Old Stage Ln.; Mooresville, NC 28117; (704) 663-0719 --Robert White 1999 Winter Banquet will be held January 8, 2000. The location is tentatively set for First United Methodist Church in Gastonia. This will be the final event of the 1998-1999 Lodge Year and recognize all the accomplishments of our Lodge members for the previous year. Warm weather is predicted. You should pre-register by mailing $13.00 per person to: Eswau Huppeday Lodge c/o Joe Slade, 3300 Gardner Park Drive, Gastonia, NC 28054. The section SR-5 Dixie 2000 will be held at Camp Daniel Boone in April, and Arrowtech, the Section raining event, will be held November 5-7, in Columbia, SC. At Dixie this year, Eswau will be faced with the challenge of competing against 9 other Lodges in Spirit, Team Dance, Quest Events, Lodge Planbook, Lodge Display, Drum, and many other events. Anyone interested in helping with this, please contact Activities Chairman Kenneth Pekarek or Lodge Chief Dustin Drennan. --Mike Nail "Leadership is not just one quality, but rather a blend of many qualities. While no one individual possesses all of the needed talents that go into leadership, each man can develop a combination to make him a leader" --Vince Lombardi
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