I was going through some photo albums I have,thinking about some of the archery greats I have met and found these pics of Dick Lattimer.I thought I would share them with everyone.Such a loss to our community.This first one is from the Compton shoot a few years ago.I had my Bear Archery display set up in the building right between John Grumley's collection on the right and Wade's display on my left and was surprised by a visit from Dick.I often thought of how it must have made him feel to see a whole building full of memorabilia related to his old friend and employer Fred Bear and Bear Archery.He looks pretty happy here.Sorry for the poor quality pics,my scanner is down and I'm using my daughter's digital camera to take pictures of my pictures.
This next one was taken in Mt. Pleasant,Michigan at Floyd Eccelston's Chippewa Archery Shop.It was his birthday and Floyd was sick at the time with cancer.Many of the old timers were there including (l-r)Floyd,Howie Hatfield(Bear employee),Dick Lattimer,Frank Scott.All four of these gentlemen are gone now.
This last one is from a group of photos taken in the fall of 1987 at Grousehaven.This was the last time Fred would be at his beloved Michigan hunting grounds.Fred had invited a couple of old friends from the Detroit days of Bear Archery to visit him there.They had some old scrapbooks full of archery photos of the Detroit Archers going back into the 1930's and 1940's.Here Dick and Fred are looking through one of the scrapbooks.I'll bet some wonderful memories were stirred up on that day.
Topic: Dick Lattimer is Gone (Read 983 times)
