of personal concerns was forced to forego clay target shooting and did not renew his membership.

The Club's annual meeting was again held at the Kinsmen Centre on Queen Street, January 30th, 1979, and, to example the extent of the frustration, asked a tired old gunner to become president...and I accepted, with Bill Morrell in the back-up position, his wife Yvonne as Secretary, and Sid Green Treasurer, all determined to get the organization rolling again and, to begin with, established a policy whereby an executive meeting would be held at least once a month.

The old space heater was eliminated, and the new clubhouse was heated each Saturday by a pair of high output electric heaters. Through February and March a Saturday morning programme, to encourage and assist potential shooters, was initiated, resulting ina number of new and active members. In March the first issue of a new club bulletin called "Targetdust" appeared, and a month later plans were completed for a new shooting competition to be held in May called "The Hyndman"-~-a tribute to late member Bob Hyndman, and his forebears, who contributed so much to the develop- ment of clay target games in our province. This first "Hyndman" competition would be sponsored by the in- surance company that clay pigeon shooter Fred W. Hyndman established over 100 years ago.

Capital facilities at the Charlottetown Trap and Skeet Club continued to grow with a very small cash outlay, thanks to the contributions and efforts of members. In June, Owen MacLean gave it a major new dimension in weather resistance and appearance when he supplied all the labour in the construction of a new veranda for the clubhouse. This same month the Club endured a continuous element of vandalism that terminated, with R.C.M.P. involvement, following the burning to the ground in early July of the one facility that, when required, was totally invaluable-- the two-holer located in the woods behind the clubhouse.

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