2023 Hall of Fame Dinner

[Jeff Kuss]

Seventh Parker Gun Foundation Induction Ceremony and Hall of Fame Banquet

The Parker Gun Foundation will host the Seventh Parker Gun Foundation’s Hall of Fame Banquet
and Induction Ceremony at 7 pm on April 28,2023 to honor its new inductee.

This year’s inductee is Louis Parker, one of the authors of the Parker Story and a member of the Parker
Family.

The event, as usual, is in conjunction with the Southern SXS Championships in Sanford NC. It is a very popular social and dinner event.

Carolina Trace Country Club in Sanford, at 2100 Country Club Drive, will be our venue. The food will be
excellent, the hospitality warm and for our shooters and collector/buyers, the location is very close to
the Southern SXS and the PGCA hotel.

The venue is fabulous, the guests are at the top of our collecting and shooting fraternity and the
distinguished inductee is richly deserving of the honor.

As is our custom, we encourage our honorees to bring some of their favorite items from their collections to display for us. We know that Louis will have some special treasures on display. It will be a night to remember.

Tickets are $125 and are available on a first come first serve basis. They will only be available be sending a check payable to The Parker Gun Foundation to George Purtill at –
George Purtill
Hall of Fame Dinner
2146 Main Street
Glastonbury, Ct 06033
Space is limited to 100 people. Tickets will not be available at the door. Questions- Please email
George.m.purtill@snet.net

[Garry L Gordon]

Thanks, Jeff for this information, and thanks to George for his role, too.

[Bill Murphy]

I don't remember a PGCA hotel being mentioned in 2022. What is the PGCA hotel this year?

[Dean Romig]

We'll be there. I sent my check to George today.





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[allen newell]

Dean, are you driving down there?

[Dean Romig]

We haven’t decided yet if we’re driving or flying.

We’ll let you know when we decide.





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[CraigThompson]

We haven’t decided yet if we’re driving or flying.

We’ll let you know when we decide.
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I flew down the first time I came and it was fine in a six passenger plane . Flew into the little rinky dink airport almost in sight of Deep River .

[Mike Koneski]

Craig, some of us can't take enough guns and ammo on a plane!! :rotf::shock:

[CraigThompson]

Craig, some of us can't take enough guns and ammo on a plane!! :rotf::shock:

That trip I brought two EH guns for display and only stayed four or five hours . That was 2018 I believe then didn’t return until 2021 .

[CraigThompson]

Okay my check for the dinner is in the mail .

[George M. Purtill]

You will not believe the stuff that Louis has to display.
By the way I am getting checks from people I have never seen or heard of.
You old regulars should not wait to the last minute.
My limit is 100 and I ain't giving up my ticket............

[Allen Peterson]

My dad lived in Carolina Trace not a bad place for dinner. Nice Robert Trent Jones Golf course

[Matthew Hanson]

I got my tickets!! I am so excited!! holy cow!! Now I need a name tag..... :)

[Mike Franzen]

Hey George, I need 2 tickets. Check is in the mail!!

[Matthew Hanson]

Mike you better be there!! Hey George, I need 2 tickets. Check is in the mail!!

[George M. Purtill]

I got my tickets!! I am so excited!! holy cow!! Now I need a name tag..... :)

Holy Cow is right.
I am not making or sending tickets (as usual) and so I would love to see the tickets you got.
We decided years ago to NOT print tickets nor mail them out so we could keep the event affordable.
George

[Matthew Hanson]

Then I hope I am on the list? Pretty sure I was paid for? Party crasher? :rotf::rotf: Holy Cow is right.
I am not making or sending tickets (as usual) and so I would love to see the tickets you got.
We decided years ago to NOT print tickets nor mail them out so we could keep the event affordable.
George

[George M. Purtill]

Then I hope I am on the list? Pretty sure I was paid for? Party crasher? :rotf::rotf:

You are paid for by a secret admirer.......

[Chuck Bishop]

I'd like to encourage everyone to attend the HOF Dinner at the Spring Southern this April. I'd especially like to see the guys bring their spouses. I think they would enjoy the event. You don't have to be a dues paying PGCA member to attend this event. It's once in a lifetime to see Louis Parker's family treasures. I hope to see some of our women there.
Chuck Bishop

[Michael Moffa]

The not printing tickets caused Pretty Wife and I to miss the 2019 HOF dinner. I even asked our esteemed President where he was going for dinner that Friday night as he was wearing tux. He never mentioned going to the HOF dinner. If he had my Pretty Wife and I would have gone as we had bought tickets months before. We went to our first HOF the year before and it was on Saturday night. I never realized that it was moved back to Friday night in 2019. I didn't even know until after the Parker Smith challenge that it was the previous night. My bad but still tickets would have helped. Are there seats still open for this years events?

[George M. Purtill]

The not printing tickets caused Pretty Wife and I to miss the 2019 HOF dinner. I even asked our esteemed President where he was going for dinner that Friday night as he was wearing tux. He never mentioned going to the HOF dinner. If he had my Pretty Wife and I would have gone as we had bought tickets months before. We went to our first HOF the year before and it was on Saturday night. I never realized that it was moved back to Friday night in 2019. I didn't even know until after the Parker Smith challenge that it was the previous night. My bad but still tickets would have helped. Are there seats still open for this years events?

Yes there are Mike.

[George M. Purtill]

I need emails for anyone going to the dinner for two reasons:
First I will send you a confirmation that I have received your check.
Second so I can get your menu selection once Jimmy hall decides what we are eating!!
Thanks

[Dean Romig]

There is limited seating for the Parker Foundation Hall of Fame Induction Banquet as George stated in his opening post, of 100 max. I’m glad I sent payment for two soon after his initial post.
Maybe George can tell us what the count to date is…





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[Mike Kobos]

George,
PM sent
Mike

[Stan Hoover]

I had purchased tickets last year for this event and I would like to do so again, but, I'm still trying to work through the logistics of making it happen with fellow travelers:rolleyes:

[Matthew Hanson]

I am so excited to go to this event. This will be my first HOF dinner and I think I picked a good one. My question George is the attire? Tie? Assoct? Tweed? Suit?

[George M. Purtill]

I am so excited to go to this event. This will be my first HOF dinner and I think I picked a good one. My question George is the attire? Tie? Assoct? Tweed? Suit?

Most people choose business casual except for Koneski who goes Biker Formal.

[Dean Romig]

I generally wear a jacket and tie to this and the PGCA Annual Meeting Banquet, but that’s just me. Others do and still others wear business casual.





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[Garry L Gordon]

Posted my check this morning. Elaine and I are looking forward to being there. Louis was so gracious in helping me with my research on Wilbur, Sr., and I want to have the chance to talk with him in person...and see what I'm sure will be some stunning Parker treasures.

[George M. Purtill]

Posted my check this morning. Elaine and I are looking forward to being there. Louis was so gracious in helping me with my research on Wilbur, Sr., and I want to have the chance to talk with him in person...and see what I'm sure will be some stunning Parker treasures.

send me your email address please

[Garry L Gordon]

send me your email address please

George, I included my email and our names in my note with the check. Thanks for your good work! Garry — g.g2@aol.com

[CraigThompson]

Most people choose business casual except for Koneski who goes Biker Formal.

How about Hawaiian subdued :rotf::rotf::rotf:

[Mike Koneski]

Most people choose business casual except for Koneski who goes Biker Formal.

George, George, George, you do realize that I did wear a sport coat and tie? Granted it was leather, but it was a sport coat! It was rather stylish. I thought just wearing a tie would be enough but nooooooo!!! A tie is like a noose to me and a sport coat/suit like a straight jacket!!

That's why I like the Parker banquet, I can wear a Hawaiian shirt just like Chuck and Mike Franzen. That's as formal as I care to be. Just sayin'. :bigbye:

[Mills Morrison]

George, George, George, you do realize that I did wear a sport coat and tie? Granted it was leather, but it was a sport coat! It was rather stylish. I thought just wearing a tie would be enough but nooooooo!!! A tie is like a noose to me and a sport coat/suit like a straight jacket!!

That's why I like the Parker banquet, I can wear a Hawaiian shirt just like Chuck and Mike Franzen. That's as formal as I care to be. Just sayin'. :bigbye:

So that was you in the coat and tie? And we thought you didn’t make it

My check was in the mail as of last week and should be received by now

[Mike Koneski]

Mills, you took the photo!! :rotf::shock:

[Chuck Bishop]

Get your self a Hawaiian sports coat, a clip on Hawaiian tie, you already have the shirt, and a pair of slacks and your all set. Just sayin!

[Michael Moffa]

Checks in the mail for tix for The Pretty Wife and myself. Looking forward to seeing y'all.

[Josh Loewensteiner]

Sent in my check today!

[Mike Franzen]

That's why I like the Parker banquet, I can wear a Hawaiian shirt just like Chuck and Mike Franzen.

Looking to Chuck and me for social cues might not be the wisest option. Now John Davis and Tom Wooden can teach you how to dress like a dandy!

[Michael Moffa]

George did the check show up?

[Mike Koneski]

Looking to Chuck and me for social cues might not be the wisest option. Now John Davis and Tom Wooden can teach you how to dress like a dandy!

Those guys are wayyyy too high-brow for me!! :rotf:

[Chuck Bishop]

Truer words have never been spoken!

[Mike Koneski]

It's not about playing dress up. It's about getting the job done, shooting gooder than others and winning BLING!! Plus, who wants to pack a suit/tie/dress shoes for a road trip that is 99% shooting?? Just sayin'. :nono:

[CraigThompson]

It's not about playing dress up. It's about getting the job done, shooting gooder than others and winning BLING!! Plus, who wants to pack a suit/tie/dress shoes for a road trip that is 99% shooting?? Just sayin'. :nono:

Heck there was a time that I used to wear a coat and tie to UVA football games as well as anytime I went to steeplechase races or hunt meets . But like a good many other things that time has come and gone .

[Dean Romig]

I know there is no written or enforceable dress code for this event but after all, it is an induction ceremony for a highly esteemed and respected PGCA Member and co-author of TPS and a great display of some of the finest pieces of Parker family history in his possession.

Just my $0.02....





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[Mike Franzen]

It's not about playing dress up. It's about getting the job done, shooting gooder than others and winning BLING!! Plus, who wants to pack a suit/tie/dress shoes for a road trip that is 99% shooting?? Just sayin'. :nono:

As always, your logic is impeccable! You might be the only one showing up in a Hawaiian shirt but I guarantee you won’t be the only one without a coat and tie. Coming from my perspective as someone who makes their living wearing funny robes and walking around barefoot, a coat and tie is a nice change of pace. I think those who may be outraged by a Hawaiian shirt could possibly be mollified by the addition of the traditional grass loincloth. Just a thought.

[Garry L Gordon]

As always, your logic is impeccable! You might be the only one showing up in a Hawaiian shirt but I guarantee you won’t be the only one without a coat and tie. Coming from my perspective as someone who makes their living wearing funny robes and walking around barefoot, a coat and tie is a nice change of pace. I think those who may be outraged by a Hawaiian shirt could possibly be mollified by the addition of the traditional grass loincloth. Just a thought.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::shock::shock::shock:
I can’t un-see this!

[Mike Koneski]

Mikey, I have the legs to pull off the grass skirt, scars and all!! Grass skirt is just a Hawaiian kilt, correct? If I go in that garb you should go in your gi.

[Mike Franzen]

I’m afraid if I agreed you would call my hand. The HOF banquet isn’t an appropriate venue for something like this. However there might be a professional wrestling event that would gladly host the Karate Kid vs Momo!!!

[Mike Koneski]

:rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf: Now that there is just funny!

[Mills Morrison]

If you see this tag, you’ll know Mike has arrived.

[Mike Koneski]

Now that’s funny!!

[George M. Purtill]

Jeff Kuss and I have wisely delegated the food aspect of the HOF banquet to Sir Jimmy Hall and he has the following delicious information:

There will be passed appetizers that will cause you to chase the wait staff around to get more!

There will be a dessert bar where you can choose of many sweets.

And your dinner options will be:
A) 8 ounce Filet Mignon
B) Pan Seared Salmon Filet
C) Southern Fried Chicken Breast
D) Gluten Free option

The entrees will include a lovely garden salad and great sides.

I need to know your dinner entrée choices ASAP. Please include your guests selections as well.

Please email me your choices to: george.m.purtill@snet.net as soon as you possibly can.
If I don't get your choices you might get the Purina option.

George

[Mills Morrison]

Filet. Thank you

[George M. Purtill]

Filet. Thank you

Mills is showing us how to select the Purina option by not sending me an email.

[Mills Morrison]

Ok. Ok. Email sent.

[CraigThompson]

I emailed you ! But filet also and medium rare if possible .

[George M. Purtill]

I emailed you ! But filet also and medium rare if possible .

Look Fellows
I am not a waiter and this is a BANQUET facility. Please don't tell me your temperature selections for your beef or salmon. We are having 100 plus dinner entrees.
Thanks for understanding my angst.

[Mike Koneski]

What, no PA Dutch surf & turf? Woodchuck and carp. :corn:

[George M. Purtill]

When i receive your menu selections and post it to my huge spreadsheet, you will receive an email that just says DONE.
That will confirm both your "ticket" and your selection.
George

[Jeff Kuss]

Mike,
I believe that is the bring your own and eat it in the parking lot option.
Jeff

[Mike Koneski]

Mike,
I believe that is the bring your own and eat it in the parking lot option.
Jeff

:rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf:

[JAMES HALL]

How much are the tickets for the tailgate party. Mike?

[Mike Koneski]

No tix, pot luck style. Must be wild game. Road kill OK. 👍🏻

[Jeff Kuss]

Gentlemen,
It is 6 weeks till the Southern and the Hall of Fame Dinner. Time flies. It is time to get
your tickets ordered for the Parker Gun Foundation Hall of Fame Dinner.

[Dean Romig]

I bought my 2 when it was first announced.
It will be so nice to get together with good friends again and to fully enjoy and appreciate all the “Parker” things Louis will have on display for all to see.





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[Mills Morrison]

I am looking forward to it! This should be a good one!

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Lynda Grissinger ~ Filet Mignon
Megan Carmichael ~ Filet Mignon
Gary Carmichael Sr. ~ Filet Mignon

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Gents at the tailgate party what would be the beverage of choice! Maybe some mountain spring water aged into good corn "licker" or for the faint of heart some blueberry port! Gary

[Jeff Kuss]

Gary,
Please email your dinner choices to George.
Thanks,
Jeff

[CraigThompson]

Gents at the tailgate party what would be the beverage of choice! Maybe some mountain spring water aged into good corn "licker" or for the faint of heart some blueberry port! Gary

I was thinking more like a ten year old fine Virginia Sauvignon Blanc :whistle: Or better yet a fine Virginia Port !!!!!

[George M. Purtill]

THERE ARE SEVERAL OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT GIVEN ME YOUR DINNER SELECTIONS BY EMAIL. I HAVE NOW REMINDED YOU BY EMAIL IF I HAD YOUR EMAIL!!
PLEASE MAKE SURE I HAVE IT AND FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME IF YOU ARE WORRIED THAT I DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT!!!!

MY EMAIL: george.m.purtill@snet.net

[George M. Purtill]

I received a check for HOF attendance from James and Sylvia Faircloth but I don't know who they are or have an email or phone number for them.
Can anyone help?

[Mills Morrison]

THERE ARE SEVERAL OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT GIVEN ME YOUR DINNER SELECTIONS BY EMAIL. I HAVE NOW REMINDED YOU BY EMAIL IF I HAD YOUR EMAIL!!
PLEASE MAKE SURE I HAVE IT AND FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME IF YOU ARE WORRIED THAT I DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT!!!!

MY EMAIL: george.m.purtill@snet.net

Give them the veggie option if they don't cooperate

[Randy G Roberts]

I received a check for HOF attendance from James and Sylvia Faircloth but I don't know who they are or have an email or phone number for them.
Can anyone help?


George I have sent you their address and phone # as taken from the membership directory via a PM. It's the only Faitcloth in the directory so assumption rules.....

[George M. Purtill]

Contact me by email if you need tickets. We have a few spaces left.
There will be a spectacular Silent Auction, See separate posting.
George

[George M. Purtill]

As usual we will have a silent auction of good Parker and sporting items.
Jeff Kuss is in charge of the auction and he is soliciting donations of items for our fundraising event.
We received many items form a single member.
Let Jeff know if you want to donate something by emailing him at jeffkuss1@gmail.com
I will ask him to explain further.