Chanco Lodge 483 - Newsletter

The "Chanco Courier" was the official Lodge newsletter of Chanco Lodge 483. This page represents an online archive of the Courier, with links to PDF versions of over 80 previous editions spanning 5 decades and almost 500 pages of Chanco Lodge history. Special thanks to Ben Vincent, former Chanco Lodge Chief and the author of The Chanco Chronicles, who provided scans for 84 editions of the Courier to make this extensive online archive possible. Thanks also to DeWitt Holland and Larry Johnson who have provided copies of the Chanco Courier to me in the past. If you have any editions not listed below please let me know.

Chanco Courier Online Archive

PDF, 3 pages - 1.1 MB

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PDF, 5 pages - 4.5 MB

PDF, 7 pages - 5.9 MB

Please help supply missing data and let me scan your Couriers to include on this page!

Chanco Courier Mastheads

Chanco Courier Editors

Everett Birdsong

Have? - is the patch in my collection?
BDR - emblem border color
CSP - Reference '98 Ed. of Aid to Collecting CSP's by Franck, Hook, Ellis, & Jones
JSP - Jamboree Shoulder Patch

E - edge type (usually Rolled or Cut, may be Felt)
BKG - emblem background color
FDL - fleur de-lis
* - Reference Art Hyman's RWS Guide
PP - Pocket Patch

This web site is dedicated to the memory of E. Bailey Tudder, longtime Kecoughtan Lodge Advisor, and Dr. Ron Godby, former 463 Arrowman and co-author of the most comprehensive reference on Lodge 463 emblem issues.

The Kecoughtan Lodge 463 Emblems web site was created by Glenn Chase on an Apple Macintosh with absolutely zero Microsoft products. All images presented are protected with a digital watermark, and are the exclusive property of Glenn Chase, all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted. No commercial usage of these images is allowed without prior consent. Please send corrections/additions/suggestions to .

This page was last updated on: Jun 29, 2014, 08:14 PM