Its about time!

[Tom I.]

Wade, Thanks so much for the Bio info on Karl E. Palmatier.  This is the first I've heard of him, unfortunately. What an Archer, and it's great that his accomplishments have been recognized.

Bill...can you post a close-up of Karl's pic?

I never thought much about this until Dean Torges brought it to my attention when I place an order with him.  He made a remark about my full name and it's similarity to another famous archer.  My full name is Maurice Thompson Ireland. It always seemed like more than a mouthful so I've gone by Tom all of my life.
And I'm a junior....my Dad always pronounced his
first name "Morris" and said that was correct for the Irish pronunciation.  So that's the way I pronounce too...
Tom I.

[JavelinaHink]

Thanks....I'm glad everyone likes the pic's

Kurt...I believe the black lines are black plastic used in refrigerators that Nels Grumley used in his Bow's after he left Bear Archery and lived in Rockport, Mi. where he worked.

Tom...great name...I'll try to locate the picture without getting into the display. Its one from a cover of the Archery Magazine.

Wade....add that to my list.

[Chuck Homitz]

NICE DISPLAY BILL. I MAY SEE YOU AT COMPTON.

[JavelinaHink]

Hi Chuck...Thanks and I hope you can make it. There's alot of things going there and you can camp right there with all the needs of being home.Its Compton's 10 th year and ABCC 35th year  
 

[Cody Roiter]

Hello, Bill I think I remember then B.H u have here LOL......

Great Post Bill.....

Cody

[Wade Phillips]

Tom - You have a very significant God given name.

In my earlier post in this thread about answering your question about Karl E. Palmatier, I failed to mention several other important facts about this great but little known old time bowman...

Most notable is that in addition to receiving archery's three highest awards of his era, the NFAA's Compton Medal of Honor, the NAA'a Thompson Medal of Honor, and being an inductee in the initial class of the Archery Hall of Fame...

Karl also is one of the chosen few to not only recieve those three highest awards, but also have a meritorious archery award that bears his name...

The Karl E. Palmatier Award of Merit was conceived by the Professional Archers Association.

This award is granted to recognize administrative excellence and untiring contributions to the Sport of Archery.

Karl's personal archery items that Bill has in his display are unequaled by any other public or private Palmatier collection or display in existence.

[JavelinaHink]

Here is some more of Karls iems
 
 
 

[Wade Phillips]

Bill - More cool STUFF !!!

I had forgotten about the Larry Whiffen Award.

Don't believe many people would recognize Larry Whiffen Jr. in that photograph... What happened to all of that hair ??????

If you have that in your display at Compton, we'll have to get a "then and now" photograph of Larry holding that magazine page...