Prior to 1973, what we know today as Sections were called Areas. The Area numbers corresponded to what were than Twelve Regions. New York was part of Region 2. In a previous post, I provided a checklist for the Areas which contained a New York OA Lodge.
Randy Holden, the NJ Blue Book Editor advises the neckerchief below is from 1972. It contains the totems from the lodges which comprised Area 2-A. Three of them were from New York; 15 Mide, 246 Horicon and 444 Munsi. The balance were from NJ.
Can anyone verify Randy’s dating of the neckerchief? Was it the the Conclave neckerchief for that year?
Hi-
I cannot verify date but similar neckerchief from Section 2-B (showing all lodge totems) was available in late 1980’s-1990. It was not a conclave neckerchief but specifically a Section neckerchief. That is, the 2-B neckerchief didn’t replace that year’s conclave neckerchief but was made in addition to (and sold over a period of roughly 2 years).
My 2 cents-
-Ray