Charlottetown on its way to Halifax. The 10 barrel order of clay pigeons appeared to be the Club's annual requirement, as the same size order had been placed with Nelson Long for the past few years.

The next item discussed was a place to shoot. Each year the Club seemed to require, for one reason or another, a change in shooting grounds, but this year things seemed different--more secure. After all, the Club had enjoyed its most active season ever in 1913 on the infield of the race track at the Exhibition grounds, and there was no reason to believe that they would not be fully welcomed there again especially since Club President Frank Heartz was also the President of the Provincial Exhibition Association. At the meeting, Major Bill Weeks, a longtime shooting member, brought up a point that provoked some extra thought among those present, relative to a shooting ground. He pointed out that things were very tense in Europe, and that right across Canada a military alert was underway, so why not conduct shoots, for example, at the Brighton Ordinance Grounds, located out the Brighton Road close to the river, where, along with regular club shooting on Saturdays, the militia might use club facilities to train on moving targets. Bill Weeks was suggesting the Club just might be able to make a contribution to the country's defense. The Club expressed an interest, and suggested that Bill Weeks head up a committee to conduct a shoot at the Brighton Grounds as a trial...One can't help but wonder if the frugal members of the Newstead Gun Club just might have visualized, way back in their minds, some free targets and ammunition made available through the military? Brighton, however, would be tried.

Five hundred new letterheads for the Club were ordered from printer J. D. Taylor, on Grafton Street, for a total cost of $2.50, and then, the fruits of the Club's effort to grow were realized, when no less than thirteen men were voted in as new members. There were three Dentists, Dr's. T. E. E. Robins, Clifford H.

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