CHAPTER 8 NORTH RIVER ROAD

By the Summer of 1946, the terrors and tragic memories of World War II had moved almost one year into history, and in Charlottetown, post-war energy was evident in every walk of life. Clay target shooting had almost been forgotten, as the inactive seven-year span of wartime all but obliterated not only the enthusiasm of the former members of the Charlottetown Skeet Club, but also much of their potential to re-organize. George Hardy, the catalyst that brought skeet shooting to the Island was gone, and age and war had taken its toll on many other former members. If interest in organized clay pigeon shooting was to be renewed, it was evident that a new vitality was necessary.

The incentive to regroup would come in June when Ollie Harper, who had been an active member of the Club before the war, was cutting the hair of his good friend and Charlottetown furrier, Arthur G. Hogan, at his Queen Street Barber Shop. They were both active members of the Charlottetown Kennel Club, and, apart from this, had a common devotion to smoothbore shooting. The discussion, usually concerning dogs, guns, or upland birds, this time centered around clay target shooting, and the possibility of getting the Old club going again. They considered the old buildings were still sitting dormant at the former Winsloe shooting site, but were not sure where the traps might be. They did agree then and there to make an effort to seek out whatever was left of the Charlottetown Skeet Club, and put it together in a new venture.

About this time another young City resident, who had recently returned home from serving his country and entered into business with his father, was creating a clay target enthusiasm of his own. Sidney E. Green had been casually shooting for some time,

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