This is my dad, Carl Hempe, He won several national pistol matches (not national titles)
and he won "America's Finest Physique" contest in 1939 - Nick Name Saxon. They had 3 that year, he was the
middle weight. Dad won
the medium height catagory (click here to see his results)
He was married to a great lady ... Jetty Hempe for many years .... she took very good care of him after his
illness.
He and my mom Margaret Hempe divorced around 1967.
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This picture was taken by one of my dad's greatest friends, Dr. Jerry Cole, LLU grad-class/69 - an endodontist in Concord CA. Jerry lost his battle with Lymphoma shortly after this.
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Here is a picture of Jerry Cole doing some Precision Shooting at the Pistol range. Picture taken by my dad.
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Sheriff Warren Rupf of Contra Costa Co. presenting the award from the California State Legislature from the honorable Richard Reiney for my dad at his retirement. Assemblyman (Now Senator) Rainey was kind enough to have 4 of these made up - one for me & my two sisters too!
 
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This is part of the award (that I could fit on my scanner) presented to Carl Hempe