Meriden Today

[Autumn Daze]

Thanks Rick and All.....

[John D.]

I find it absolutely AMAZING what ONE person can do for an entire organization. They just have to have that "Fire In the Belly" to make it happen and get it done....

Dave - nicely done... You have my admiration and respect..!



John D.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Larry Frey

I'm not sure why Dave didn't mention it and I hope it was not intended as a surprise but one the other events that day will be a trip to the Meriden Historical society. Dave, Deb, and I spent about an hour and a half their last night delivering and setting up a new PGCA display. We have a beautiful Oak and glass display case that was commissioned by Austin Hogan and several Parker guns from an early Parker/Snow muzzle loader, two Triplet and Scott rifles with one being a carbine, and a couple of interesting hammer guns. This combined with the guns and other items produced in the various Parker owned factories in the area should make for a very interesting time for those interested in the Charles Parker Company. I hope to see many of our members there.

A late update on the Parkers' Snow muskets and the Triplett & Scott breechloading rifles that Larry mentions -

There will be an article with pictures in the upcoming Autumn Issue of Parker Pages on these special guns. You all may remember PGCA Member Jim Kucaba as an active participant on the PGCA Forum as well as an exibitor at some of the gun shows in the Southwest. Jim passed away over a year ago and he had amassed quite a nice collection of early Parkers, hammerguns being his specialty. Jim's last wishes as told to his best friend, Tom Latham, was that these four important guns be donated to the Parker Gun Collectors Association. We are ever grateful for Jim Kucaba's generosity as well as Tom Latham's dedication to Jim's last wish and seeing it through to this fine result.

[JoeRags]

Whoops! I just saw the end of this thread. I started a new thread with a link to the article this morning.


Again... great effort by all those involved.

[Dean Romig]

Thanks Joe for the links you provided.

Dean

[Angel Cruz Ortiz]

Guys I just got out of the hospital and would love to read the story,. what am I looking for when I click on the link. All I get is a jounal page????

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Angel Cruz

Guys I just got out of the hospital and would love to read the story,. what am I looking for when I click on the link. All I get is a jounal page????

Angel, nothing serious I hope.

the article link from the other thread is (if that is the one you mean)

http://www.myrecordjournal.com/merid...a4bcf887a.html

that should take you to an page titled
"Fans of Parker guns fix up family plot in Meriden"

[Double Play]

Angel'
I hope your are doing well and it was nothing too serious. When you are done with that artical you can read this one that was posted by another member JoeRag. http://www.myrecordjournal.com/lates...3d2a5cf25.html

[Angel Cruz Ortiz]

Rick, Larry , thank you both. Nothing too serious. I had an infected cyst under my left armpit and the infection got into the blood stream and got into my left lung and started a pnemonia. Four days of antibiotics and I,m almost back to normal.

[B. Dudley]

Sounds like quite an adventure Angel. Glad to hear you are back at it.