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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