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Jeff Kuss
11-01-2022, 05:48 PM
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
11-01-2022, 06:33 PM
Thanks, Jeff for this information, and thanks to George for his role, too.
Bill Murphy
11-02-2022, 03:03 PM
I don't remember a PGCA hotel being mentioned in 2022. What is the PGCA hotel this year?
Dean Romig
11-29-2022, 05:28 PM
We'll be there. I sent my check to George today.
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allen newell
12-06-2022, 05:14 PM
Dean, are you driving down there?
Dean Romig
12-07-2022, 11:11 AM
We haven’t decided yet if we’re driving or flying.
We’ll let you know when we decide.
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CraigThompson
12-07-2022, 12:42 PM
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
12-07-2022, 04:10 PM
Craig, some of us can't take enough guns and ammo on a plane!! :rotf::shock:
CraigThompson
12-07-2022, 07:19 PM
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
12-13-2022, 09:48 PM
Okay my check for the dinner is in the mail .
George M. Purtill
12-17-2022, 02:24 PM
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
01-03-2023, 05:07 AM
My dad lived in Carolina Trace not a bad place for dinner. Nice Robert Trent Jones Golf course
Matthew Hanson
01-22-2023, 05:46 PM
I got my tickets!! I am so excited!! holy cow!! Now I need a name tag..... :)
Mike Franzen
01-24-2023, 05:40 PM
Hey George, I need 2 tickets. Check is in the mail!!
Matthew Hanson
01-24-2023, 08:36 PM
Mike you better be there!! Hey George, I need 2 tickets. Check is in the mail!!
George M. Purtill
01-25-2023, 01:14 PM
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
01-25-2023, 01:54 PM
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
01-25-2023, 02:28 PM
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
01-30-2023, 09:11 PM
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
01-31-2023, 12:11 AM
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
01-31-2023, 08:30 AM
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
01-31-2023, 08:34 AM
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
01-31-2023, 08:46 AM
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
01-31-2023, 09:32 AM
George,
PM sent
Mike
Stan Hoover
01-31-2023, 10:12 AM
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
01-31-2023, 10:17 AM
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
01-31-2023, 10:39 AM
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
01-31-2023, 11:36 AM
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
02-01-2023, 09:19 AM
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
02-01-2023, 09:36 AM
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
02-01-2023, 10:05 AM
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
02-01-2023, 02:09 PM
Most people choose business casual except for Koneski who goes Biker Formal.
How about Hawaiian subdued :rotf::rotf::rotf:
Mike Koneski
02-01-2023, 02:43 PM
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
02-01-2023, 04:06 PM
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
02-01-2023, 04:42 PM
Mills, you took the photo!! :rotf::shock:
Chuck Bishop
02-01-2023, 06:35 PM
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
02-02-2023, 02:47 PM
Checks in the mail for tix for The Pretty Wife and myself. Looking forward to seeing y'all.
Josh Loewensteiner
02-09-2023, 10:27 AM
Sent in my check today!
Mike Franzen
02-09-2023, 04:13 PM
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
02-09-2023, 07:38 PM
George did the check show up?
Mike Koneski
02-10-2023, 04:39 PM
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
02-10-2023, 05:45 PM
Truer words have never been spoken!
Mike Koneski
02-11-2023, 04:16 PM
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
02-11-2023, 04:24 PM
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
02-11-2023, 07:02 PM
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
02-12-2023, 08:37 AM
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
02-12-2023, 09:03 AM
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
02-12-2023, 01:46 PM
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
02-12-2023, 11:53 PM
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
02-13-2023, 08:14 AM
:rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf: Now that there is just funny!
Mills Morrison
02-13-2023, 07:47 PM
If you see this tag, you’ll know Mike has arrived.
Mike Koneski
02-13-2023, 08:17 PM
Now that’s funny!!
George M. Purtill
02-25-2023, 09:57 AM
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
02-25-2023, 03:46 PM
Filet. Thank you
George M. Purtill
02-25-2023, 06:25 PM
Filet. Thank you
Mills is showing us how to select the Purina option by not sending me an email.
Mills Morrison
02-25-2023, 06:39 PM
Ok. Ok. Email sent.
CraigThompson
02-25-2023, 06:53 PM
I emailed you ! But filet also and medium rare if possible .
George M. Purtill
02-26-2023, 08:41 AM
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
02-26-2023, 09:17 AM
What, no PA Dutch surf & turf? Woodchuck and carp. :corn:
George M. Purtill
02-26-2023, 09:25 AM
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
02-26-2023, 11:20 AM
Mike,
I believe that is the bring your own and eat it in the parking lot option.
Jeff
Mike Koneski
02-26-2023, 12:33 PM
Mike,
I believe that is the bring your own and eat it in the parking lot option.
Jeff
:rotf::rotf::rotf::rotf:
JAMES HALL
02-26-2023, 02:35 PM
How much are the tickets for the tailgate party. Mike?
Mike Koneski
02-26-2023, 04:45 PM
No tix, pot luck style. Must be wild game. Road kill OK. 👍🏻
Jeff Kuss
03-17-2023, 08:15 AM
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
03-17-2023, 08:20 AM
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
03-17-2023, 12:42 PM
I am looking forward to it! This should be a good one!
Gary Carmichael Sr
04-01-2023, 09:23 AM
Lynda Grissinger ~ Filet Mignon
Megan Carmichael ~ Filet Mignon
Gary Carmichael Sr. ~ Filet Mignon
Gary Carmichael Sr
04-01-2023, 09:37 AM
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
04-01-2023, 10:12 AM
Gary,
Please email your dinner choices to George.
Thanks,
Jeff
CraigThompson
04-01-2023, 12:24 PM
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
04-01-2023, 04:19 PM
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
04-01-2023, 04:53 PM
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
04-03-2023, 09:49 AM
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
04-04-2023, 01:31 PM
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
04-19-2023, 12:20 PM
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
04-19-2023, 12:26 PM
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.
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