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If I'm not mistaken, today, November 7th, would mark the 25th anniversary of Elgin's Gates passing. Dollie found him slumped over his desk. Love him or hate him...he was the driving force of IHMSA and put IHMSA on the map.
As the head of IHMSA he advanced handgun shooting a longs ways from where it had been.

As a bit of "Blast from the Past"....Elgin was not the first President of IHMSA. Can anyone name the person who was?

Alvin

John Adams

I agree. Love or hate him, he was the life blood of IHMSA.I consider my self lucky to have known Mr and Mrs Gates.
As a past region 4 Director i was invited to his home in Idaho at the 1986 Internationals.Mr Gates showed us some of his African safari
home movies, and Mrs Gates served Ice cream.Something i won`t ever forget. Thanks you very much Mr Gates!
the other president was John Adams.

I have always felt that the reason for IHMSA's skyrocketing growth was the fact that there were two organizations, IHMSA & The Silhouette. Elgin was President of IHMSA but owned The Silhouette. the Silhouette (read Elgin) sold handguns cheap! Thus, the attraction, buy guns cheap & shoot a fun game. After Elgin's death IHMSA was a stand alone and lost that ability.

Now, who was the person that single handedly saved IHMSA after Elgin's death by driving out to iHMSA HQ, picking up all the records and bringing them to a new location and starting up a new HQ? Hint: He does post here & is a very quiet and unassuming person.

Steve W.

TONEDADDY!

Thanks TONEDADDY!

Had a lot of good talks with Elgin over the years. Also got to visit with John Adams this year at the LASC Extravaganza.
Mugs

tonedaddy wrote:Jim Sluder?

Nope. I doubt anyone will get it.

Steve W.

1st. Name Dan or mike

ole95 wrote:1st. Name Dan or mike

Nope, sorry Richard. I am sure he is reading these posts and chuckling!

Steve W.