Arlayne Brown 13 years old

Miss Arlayne Brown, a 13 year-old from St. Louis won an expert’s medal in the Pistol Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio in September 1929. She was pictured in a release of the Toledo Blade-Universal newsreel shown in the Vita-Temple and State theaters. Mr. M.J. Gittinger, a local cameraman for the Blade-Universal newsreel, went to St. Louis to take pictures, which shows the child doing mirror shooting, upside down shooting and other feats. Miss Brown can "Split a Playing Card" edgewise or a chalk crayon at 45 feet.

Shooting against the foremost adult shooters of America, Arlayne Brown, has won nineteen (19) medals. Miss Brown is pictured here shooting in the "Junior Rifle Corps Matches" at Camp Perry, Ohio scene of the National Rifle and Pistol Matches. Photos by Universal Newsreel. Cameraman, M.J. Gittinger. (Mr. Gittinger is the Father-In-Law to Mrs. Pat Gittinger, Personnel, Civilian Marksmanship Program) Dated 1929