The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-18
RECREATION SPOT
 SOUGHT BY MANY
More Community Spirit Is UrgedL. l. P. Sup.
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BROOKLYN NEWS

According to an announccmo oni last night concerning the placing of a parklet on Washington ave- nue residents of this section are planning to ingtlgate a better community spirit. Many of tho lenders of tho district have been trying for years to secure some. thing biRgor than this proposed project. They desire q recreation field and tho use of the shower bnths at Duggan and Barnard schools during the summer months, Last night considerable tnlk was hoard about rc0rgnDizln. the old Brooklyn md Town Plot Improvement society.
 Influential leaders point Co the spirit of residents Of othor sections and what they havet0 show in re. garfa to n beautiful tract Bet aside for recreation purposes. They laud tho spirit shown by others and Do. lIeve that something similar could Do done in this section. The most recont strides have been fnadO nt Bunker Hill. The community club of that locality has secured n park m dat present work ig nenrly com |. ploted on tennis courts and q bso- ball diamond. This work will ba finished within q weeks time. .
 ,'hc Town Plot sltes talked of have been deemed to be too much of an uphill climb for residents of lower Brooklyn and for thig rea- son land Is lt A premium. How over, .0th0r sites have been mem tIonod, particularly tho Hnndolph asA fsinmaa neaa aanrtv nad tauh m South Leonard street.
 At any rato tho community spirit socms Co have a new life and whon it reachcs a peak per- hnps the field aB well ns other I'm. club. lt tB expected that there will be q meeting ct some near future date.
 Mombersof tho f.. !. r. club will sponsor m old fashioned supper and danco at their Green street headquarters to-m0rr0w evening. It is expected that there will be n largo turnout for tho occasion. John Jonusaitis heads tho com. mittee on arrangements.
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 Captnin Joseph James. Lithua. hian air man resigned as pilot of tho New York to LIthuaniu flight listed to take place in June. Tho national committee of which Dr John HtancBl0w is chairman, has selected Captain Felix WaitkuB ns n successor to James.
 Tho state Lithuanian societies will hold m air meet at Bridge port Sunday. Captain KaitkuB will be among tho flyers participating in tho carnival. Tho proceeds Of tho meet will be used to sponsor tho Atlantic span next month. Passengers will Do taken up in tho plano intended for the flight. it is a Lockheed- Vega. similar to the ono used by Wiley Post on his fa- nous world tour.
 No definite reason has been given for the resignation of Cap. tain James. It is believed that he made consistant demands which the national committee deemed unwise to grant. It has been known for some time now that in addition to remuneration the pilot wanted tho plane in the event that he fas successful in crossing. The machine will prove to be inval- uable to tho committee for hIstOr- ical reasons and they have no in. tentIons of parting with it.
 Special buggcs will ir!n from Waterbury 10 Bridgeport Sunday for the purposeof conveying pnr- sengers to the met. Last year sev- eral hundred people from this city attended tho carnival in Hartford.
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