Ed Basar, probably the top Region 7 OA collector in the country, stopped by yesterday. We were going over a letter Paul Myers sent about a leather patch that he got in from the estate of a former lodge advisor for Kepayshowink lodge 89. Attached to the patch was a note that it was the first Kepayshowink patch. Paul had asked us to do some research on it. Neither Ed nor I had ever seen it before. Very neat item.

This lead us into a discusion of Michigan OA issues which both Ed and I collect. What struck us in this discussion was that separately we both came up with the same lodge as being the hardest to collect for lodge neckerchiefs in Michigan – Indian Drum Lodge 152. I then dug out my 152 collection and began showing Ed several N/Cs that he didn’t know about. We then went into Blue Book and found N/Cs listed that I didn’t have and N/Cs that I had that weren’t listed. Basically, I don’t think anyone knows all of the neckerchiefs this lodge has. Oh well… its the hunt that keeps us going.