Shortly after this event President Tam Gillies 
     
     was transferred back to Moncton, and Past President 
     
     Ollie Harper was asked to finish out his term of 
     
     office. Two more small club shoots were held before 
     
     the summer was over and the winners of these were 
     
     Ralph Jenkins and Sid Green. 
     
    
   
   
    
     There were problems with the Squaw Point location 
     
     for the Skeet Club. The co-operation required to co- 
     
     exist on Rifle Association property was showing some 
     
     signs of strain, and perhaps this could be overcome, 
     
     but one deterrent that appeared to have no solution 
     
     was mosquitoes—-they were almost unbearable at times, 
     
     and on more than one occasion, shooting had to be 
     
     terminated. Their impact was emphasized by a former 
     
     member who recalled; "I didn't mind them biting me, 
     
     but when they sat on the fence and laughed when I 
     
     missed a target, that was it"--And that was it. When 
     
     the Club closed for the season in September, they 
     
     resolved that a new site would be required come 
     
     spring. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Planning was underway in Summerside for the 
     
     establishment of skeet shooting in the Western 
     
     Capital. Three Prince County residents had attended 
     
     the shoot held on the 24th weekend at Squaw Point and 
     
     had been more than impressed with the mechanics of 
     
     skeet shooting. Martin McKenna, funeral director 
     
     Ensor Bowness, and insurance salesman, D. H. (Domie) 
     
     Gallant of Miscouche, had returned home, determined 
     
     that they would have their own facility as soon as 
     
     some funding and potential members could be found. 
     
     They would also need to search out suitable shooting 
     
     grounds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     With the new year came the beginning of the 
     
     second half of the twentieth century, and a new 
     
     dawning in the history of clay target shooting in this 
     
     area. The new decade would see accelerated growth, 
     
     not only in Charlottetown, but in both Montague and 
     
     Summerside, where skeet shooting would soon gain a 
     
     foothold. Another highlight of the early fifties 
     
    
   
   
    
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