Choccolocco "No. 1" Patch

Choccolocco Council was headquartered in Anniston, Alabama and basically composed the upper NE quadrant of the state.  The Council went by its assigned number by the BSA National Office - Council 001.  Basically this was based early on from the alpha sequence of states and the city headquarters - thus Anniston, AL was listed first or given the moniker Council "No. 1".  Never ashamed to take advantage of things it received, the Council used the "1" to its benefit in everything it did.

The patch pictured above is one of three that were likely made by the Council with the large "No. 1".  They also had the FDL and Heart of Dixie slogan for the State of Alabama.  This is the green bordered cut edge version of the patch.  There were two other blue edge versions that appeared.  In 1999, Choccolocco merged with Birmingham Area Council #6 amd Tennessee Valley Council #659 to form the Greater Alabama Council now headquartered out of Birmingham. The new Council decided to keep the Council #1 designation which went with the OA Lodge number 50.  Later when the National OA decided to limit the use of Lodge numbers, Coosa Lodge would use G.A.C. #1 with their name.  Of course not to be confused with the Mother Lodge - Unami One.