The old side-by-side doubles were all but gone from the skeet field and semi-automatics by Stevens, Franchi, and Browning, and pumps by Winchester, Ithaca, and Remington were the most common guns used. New over/under models were being introduced to the North American market by Browning, Franchi, and Marlin, but the $300. price tag was not adding to their popularity.

To be president of the Club at a time of anticipated major change presented quite a responsibility, especially since I had only been a member for three years. All of the executive officers were under 25 years of age and, since the senior group of members had placed us there for our enthusiasm, we resolved to do our best.

The first week in January of 1955 Hugh Simpson and I visited with Mayor J. David Stewart in his chambers at City Hall, and presented our case to hold a major Maritime competition during Charlottetown's Centennial year, and "would the City help by perhaps assisting in the construction of a couple of small buildings?"...hoping, through it, to be able to adda second field to our facility. Following discussions, and approval to help in some small way, we decided to push our luck to the limit and suggested that, rather than dollars, we would provide plans for a combination high/low house, and a 'pull' house, and perhaps the City Corporation would build two of each for us. They agreed, and would construct them over the winter at the City Barn on lower Pownal Street--we were going to have three skeet fields whether we wanted them or not.

By mid-February the Club directors had completed plans and presented them to a general meeting for approval :

--The buildings required to give the Club three skeet fields were being constructed.

--Wallie Rodd's approval had been given to level grade

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