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The second puzzle is a secret hiddenin the simple design to observe the demiseof Hanigus Lodge. On the neckerchief the“O” and “A” are superimposed over eachother and have a double meaning. The letterscan also be viewed as a sun settingover a snow capped mountain representingthe sunset of the lodge. The 30 thanniversary neckerchief of Hanigus is graywith black piping. It has the name, arrowand “30 years of service” screened inblack.Of the three lodges that bore the number246, only the last, Horicon Lodge 246,issued a neckerchief. It is silk-screened onwhite cotton with blue piping. (Fig 17)The design features a raccoon on an arrowwith the name of the lodge in red.Figure 19 – The Chappegat Chapter ofMide Lodge 15 issued aneckerchief that is greatly similarto the old Chappegat Lodge 15.the tradition of the Order of the Arrow andare just as special as the badges issuedcontemporaneously with them. Lack ofknowledge and failure in the past to haveaccurate listings of neckerchiefs has contributedto the mistaken belief that theywere not issues worth collecting like theirbadge counterparts. Perhaps the inverse iscloser to the truth. With The Blue Bookwe now, for the first time, have a worthwhilelisting of over 1,400 non-patchneckerchiefs. The Blue Book, second edition,will have over 1,600 OA neckerchiefslisted. ❏EDITORS NOTE — FOR ISSUES NOT LISTEDIN The Blue Book (FIRST EDITION),DECIMAL BLUE BOOK NUMBERSCORRESPOND TO BLUE BOOK 2ND EDITION(IN PRESS).Figure 18 – The Mide Lodge 15silkscreened neckerchief.Mide Lodge, 15, the resultant lodgeof the merger of Chappegat and Hanigusissued one lodge silk-screened issue andone chapter neckerchief. The Lodge neckerchiefis a peach colored neckerchief withan orange shiny ribbon border. (See Fig18.) It is the same design as their P1 andlike many neckerchiefs was issued becauseit was considerably less expensivethan a Swiss embroidered pie.Chappegat Chapter of Mide issued achapter neckerchief. The neckerchief isdesigned to look exactly like the arrowheadneckerchiefs issued by the originallodge. (Fig. 19) It is white silk-screen onred cotton and has a white piped borderunlike the Chappegat issues which had ribbonborders. Because of the design, thisneckerchief is easily mistaken for aChappegat neckerchief and could easilybe missed by an unaware collector.Figure 20 – Ktemaque Lodge 15 neckerchiefs.Finally, Ktemaque Lodge 15, thelodge that now represents all ofWestchester County issued neckerchiefs.(See Fig. 20.) Their basic neckerchief is adirect embroidered neckerchief on brightblue cotton with white piping. Ktemaquealso issued a neckerchief for their 1976training weekend. It is a white unborderedcotton neckerchief with orange silkscreening.From the OA neckerchiefs ofWestchester County we can see the truediversity of neckerchiefs. They came stenciled;block printed, silk-screened anddirect embroidered. They could be issuedin extremely small quantities and at a dramaticsaving. They were issued forNOACs, Section Conclaves, and anniversariesand for esprit de corp. But perhapsmost significant is that these neckerchiefsare important issues of the lodges forwhich they stand. They are emblematic ofWANTEDMerit Badgesbefore 1950Eisner BSA Coatswith Merit BadgesMerit BadgeAccumulationsWhite MeritBadge PamphletsCallJohn Pleasants(800) 322-3918Journal of The American Scouting Historical Society13