The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-30

score OF picnics hae been signed up
using the camp grounds during the
next two months. Small camp COM
mittees In outlaying districts and
the different areas of Waterbury
are raising money to send worthy
boys to camp.
YMCA campers and parents will
be surprised to learn of the many
new Improvement planned for the
coming camp season by the YMCA
camp committee under the direc-
ton of Barlow L. Heminway and
Camp Director William Briggs. The
outstanding new feature will be
theelectric equipment which Is be-
ing installed in the camp dining
hall and kitchen. Among the other
improvements are a new and SAM
tary -dish-washing equipment and
new hot water heating plant for
the kitchen.
Stanley v. Volovski, chairman of
the camp Improvement committee,
is hard at work at camp today with
a crew of workmen repairing the
camp dam and charging the camp
tennis courts. Both camp courts are
to be heightened 10 feet in the
back court section and entirely re-
surfaced.
Additional sand will be trucked
in to enlarge the beginners swim
ming pool over to the long pier.
The sandy beginners beach is a
feature which delights camp par
ents and this year it will be
beautiful site with the long stretch
of clear white, sand for the young
err boys.
More boats and canoes will be
added to the camp navy which now
numbers 20 vessels and additional
play skiffs will be purchased. The
camp Is buying new tents and MAX
ing plans to equip with permanent
tents both outpost camps. The
new outpost camp which will be
opened up under the direction of
Curtis Sherwood for nature study
hikes will also have overnight ac-
comm odations.
Under the auspices of the "send
a boy to camp" committee of VOL
colt arrangements have been made
to present three reels of motion
pictures and talk by the camp
director in the Wolcott health week
program.
The Wolcott committee has al
ready raised nearly 500 toward
its goal of 5000 to send 10 Wolcott
boys to the Y camp for two weeks
each. 1t is planning a monster card
party as a benefit at Lakeside Tav-
ern in the middle of May.
The Bradleyville school in Mid
dlebury will see the Y camp movies
Wednesday afternoon as part Of
same pictures will be shown in the
Center school, Middlebury, Friday
afternoon.
In accordance with the Y camp
custom of entertaining Y clubs,
church and church school groups
at the camp grounds, WATERFOWL,
there are already a large number
of picnfcs signed up for May and
June.
The Y entertains as it's guests any
church or Sunday school desiring
a picnic ground. The Y provides
adequate life-guard protection and
makes available all of it's equipment
including % boats and canoes, out
board motor, tables, benches, to ac-
a crowd of any size. In
addition the athletic equipment and
neldS are free for the picnickerS
including quoits. horseshoes, base
ball, volleyball, track athletics, etc.
The first picnic will be that of
the Brooklyn Falcons on May 6.
Other clubs are scheduled to go out
during the month Of May.
The Emmetts will be there for
q week during the school vaca-
ton. The North End Adelphi will
have the Memorial day weekend
The 'Oakville Congregational church
has reserved Saturday, June 2; the
Brooklyn Cowboys. Sunday, June
8; the Watertown Congregational
Saturday, June 9; the
kenosha club of the Central Y,
Sunday. June 10; the Waterbury
Ministers association, Tuesday.
June 10; the American Brass sales
department., June Ia; the First
Baptist church, Saturday, June 16
Cavaliers club. Central Y. Monday,
June IS: Mill Plain Union church,
Saturday, June 20. The Salem-Lu-
theran church of Naugatuck has
pending.