of crows, decided the winners. The competition lasted for three years before it phased out.

The 1976 summer games competition was held on August 28th, and this time it was not even a contest as most of the top shooters in the Club resided in Queen's County, and Glen MacEachern, Bill Morrell, Harley Ings, Walter Carver and Ted Woodruff teamed together to score 464 x 500 targets (92.8%), and take the gold medal without a threat.

The last week in September the Club shut down for the hunting season, responding to pressure from local residents to protect their hunting grounds in the area of the gun club. At year end a reflective look back showed that smooth shooting Glennie MacEachern (who, incidentally, is one of the best natural shotgunners this writer has watched) had registered the best competition score of the year (98 x 100) to win the 1976 club championship; consultant Don Milligan, farm equipment dealer Allan Ford, and Maritime Electric lineman Roger Giddings joined the club; Harvey Jay proved he was capable of everything from shooting a 100 straight to opening the bore of a shotgun by hacksawing the muzzel off; and longtime clay target shooter, past provincial trapshooting champion and Club past president, Dr. Gilbert Houston, passed away on December 17th.

1976 ended on a sad note, and the new year began the same way with the death, on January 30th, of third generation clay target shooter Bob Hyndman. It is rather ironic that these two lifelong shooting friends, who travelled and gunned together for so many years, would pass away within a month of each other.

Don Milligan and Allan Ford, both short term members, were elected to the Club's highest offices as President and Vice-President, with Harley Ings as Secretary and Bill Morrell, Treasurer. It would be a year similar in activity to 1976. Shot was selling for $12.95 a 25 lb. bag, powder $5.00 1b., wads and

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