Order of the Arrow Section List

In 1995, I wanted a list of all lodges and councils by sections so that I could track mergers and realignments. I posted several requests on Arrow-L and Scouts-L for arrowmen to email me a list of the lodges in their section. I received quite a few responses, but to my surprise I got even more requests for a copy when it was done. Well, it took over a year to put it all together, and then in June of 1996 I was able to create the OA Section List. A year later, thanks to Derek Pillie's listing it on his OA Page, it was featured in the 1997 National Bulletin.

"How a Web Site Can Help Your Lodge"
by John Bicket & Andy Martin

Since then, I've been able to announce the newest mergers and realignments, document section and region changes going all the way back to the 26 Areas of the 1940s, developed a section timeline for each lodge. I've also made section maps and diagrams, as well as several patch scans.

Now in its fifteenth year, the Section List is one of the oldest Order of the Arrow websites. It would not have been possible without the following arrowmen:

Phil Abbey, Gamenowinink Lodge #555 Mark Paul Amatrucola, Shu-Shu-Gah Lodge #24 Kevin Ambra, Otahnagon Lodge #172 Chris Anderson Matt Baldwin Michael Ban Mike Bazonis, 1997 NSJ OA Service Corps, Lodge Chief, Alibamu Lodge #179 Dr. Gene Berman Mike Bremser John C. Cameron Brent Clark, 1993 NSJ Public Relations staff Bill Claycomb, 1994-95 Section W-5A Chief Bruce E. Cobern, Suanhacky Lodge #49 Rex Cole, Pachsegink Lodge #246 Mike Conkey, Tahosa Lodge #383 Sean Cox, 1992 National Chief Neale Cummings, Section NE-3B webmaster Brandon DeVito, Kayanernh-Kowa Lodge #219 Scott Dillard, Blue Book CD Dr. Frank S. Dingwerth Josh Dippold Wayne Dukes Joe Eckman Ed Evans, Region 4 and Section EC-4 Conclave Patch Collection Robert C. Evans, Passaconaway Lodge #220 Leslie D. Fife Tony Fiori, 1996 Western Region Chief James Ford, Black Warrior Council Section Conclave Issues, and Region 5 Fellowships Bill Fox, Buckskin Lodge #412 Farley Fox Adam Fromm, 1998 Section NE-3A Secretary and webmaster William C. Gardner Barry Griffin, Egwa Tawa Dee Lodge #129 Joe Glenski, 1998 Section C-1B Adviser Joseph Gulick, Kotso Lodge #330 Ken Hayashi, Western Region Committee Doug Heller, Section C-5A Adviser John Hoffman, Bucktail Council Scout Executive Randy Holden, Blue Book Regional Editor Everett Holm, ASTA Webmaster Alan R. Houser, Troop 24 (Berkeley, CA) OA page at emf.net Mike Hulsizer, Western NY Conclave Memorabilia Dave Hultberg, Susquehannock Lodge XI Conclaves Patches C Kent Jackson, Coosa Lodge #50 Ken Jenkins, 1998-99 Northeast Region Chief George Jennings, 1957 Area 2-F Chief John Jewett JW Justice Bruce Kaffenberger, Louisiana Trader Conclaves Jason Kracht, Section W-5B Secretary Bob Kearley Tom Keck, Te'kening Lodge #37 & Japeechen Lodge #341 John Kent, 1999 Haudenosaunee Lodge #19 webmaster Bill Kethley Bro. Andrew Kosmowski David Kruse		Jim Lake, Otahnagon Lodge #172 Fred Lang, Jr. Ted Langdon Rob Lee Ben Lefever, Section NE-5A & NE-6/4C Memorabilia Sage Lichtenwalner, 1999 Section NE-2A Chief, Lodge Chief, Sanhican Lodge #2 Bob McCanless, The Patch Blanket blog Tracy Mesler, Blue Book Regional Editor J. Todd Metcalf Roy A. More, The Scout Patch Auction Sean Morrissey Andrew Mueller, Kayanernh-Kowa Lodge #219 Bill Mulrenin, New York OA Trader blog Joan Nester, Sakuwit Lodge #2 Kevin Nichols, 2007 Lodge Chief, Amangamek Wipit Lodge #470 Dave Panko, W-5A Associate Section Adviser John E. Pannell, Internet Guide to OA Insignia John M. Papp, Kittan Lodge #364 Mike Perkins Derek Alexander Pillie Roger Poulard John Richers, Area 5 Director, Western Region Joe Rion, Anpetu-we Lodge #100 Jay Schnapp Mark Scheiderer, Chapter Adviser, Timuquan Lodge #340 Kevin Doyle and Don Shull, Patch-L Listserve Tracy Schultze, History of Western Region Area 4 Dave Scocca, Nentico Lodge #12 Memorabilia Bob Sherman Nick and Joan Skoglund Herb Smith, S-7A Adviser John Stafford, Kayanernh-Kowa Lodge #219 Tom Stombaugh Brian Sutilla, 1997-98 Wag-O-Shag Lodge #280 Chief, Section C-3/3A webmaster John Tegtmeier Jason Thompson, 1998 Section C-6 webmaster Joey Traywick, 2000 Section NE-2B Conclave Coordinator Don Turk, Cahuilla Lodge #127 Russ Votava, Golden Sun Lodge #492 Lodge Adviser Mike Walton "Settummanque, the blackeagle", Black Eagle Lodge #482 Dave Wilson, Gyantwachia Lodge #255 Warren Williams Rich Wolos, Tschitani Lodge #10 Randy Worcester, Collectibles Editor, American Scouting Digest Randy Yates, Georgia and Florida OA Area and Section Fellowships
Other sources include: Arrow-L Listserve Davis, Kenneth P. The Brotherhood of Cheerful Service: A History of the Order of the Arrow, 3rd ed. Irving, TX: Boy Scouts of America, 2000. Dingwerth, Frank, and Chris Jensen, Order of the Arrow Conclave Handbook, 2 vols. 1993. Doyle, Kevin. "PacificOA, memorabilia of Hawaii and Guam." Gilwell.com's hatPatch Reference. n.d. Web. 13 Sep 2003. Retrieved 11 Jun 2010. "Lodge Conclave Record." Passaconaway Lodge #220. 7 Jun 2007. Web. Retrieved 1 Jan 2009, last available from http://www.dwcbsa.org/districts/oa/conclave.shtml. Patch-L Price, Bill. OA Illustrated Lodge Patch Handbook, 7th ed. Machkeu, 1977. Renfrow, Kevin. "Section W-1S History." Section W-1S, 29 Dec 2008. Web. Retrieved 31 May 2009. Reynolds, E Forest. Order of the Arrow Lodge Listings, 30 Nov 1958. "Blue Book 1958". The Internet Guide to OA Insignia. n.d. Web. Retrieved 23 Apr 2009. ---. Blue Book: 1968-69 OA Lodge Listings, Nov 1968. Reynolds, E Forest and Paul Weary. Blue Book: Order of the Arrow Lodge Listings 1967, Jan 1967. Scouts-L Listserve "Section / Area History." Immokalee Lodge #353. n.d. Web. Retrieved 13 Jul 2010. "Section W-1C History." Section W-1E, 2008. Web. Retrieved 31 May 2009. Shelley, Bruce C. "The History of Patch Trading." International Scouting Collectors Association (2004) Topkis, Bill, Jeff Morley, and Duane Fowlks. "Run for the Border: The BSA's History in Mexico." Journal of the American Scouting Historical Society, vol 8 (Winter 1998) "Virtual Patch Collection." Golden Sun Lodge #492. n.d. Web. Retrieved 25 Jun 2010.

Special thanks to Bret Hollander, creator of the Order of the Arrow in Cyberspace, who provided invaluable research that helped me get started. His website was the largest and most well-known OA resource in the early days of the web, and it inspired many early OA sites.

To Chris Jensen, co-author of the Order of the Arrow Conclave Handbook, for collaboration, advice, and insight on conclave history.

And finally to my lodge brother, Todd Rogers, who bugged me to start a homepage for our lodge (which was promptly shot down, as the BSA hadn't formulated any kind of policy in 1996) and who helped me to keep this site up when I couldn't afford the hosting.

If you wish to contribute, have a comment, or a suggestion,
you can email me at webmaster [at] oasections.com. Feedback is always welcome.

OA Section List
Created: June 19, 1996
This page updated: 08-26-10