75th Anniversary Gala - Three Arrows Cooperative Society

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75 Years
www.threearrowsco-op.org
2011
1.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Seventy-five years ago, as a beloved Three Arrows song describes, “once a
band of dreamers found a hilltop paradise.…”
We are ever grateful to those founders for doing so and for creating a
community based on direct democracy, as messy as that can sometimes be.
From these strengths, we continue to grow and evolve, with members who
are just as talented and opinionated as those who came before us. What
continues is the spirit of cooperation that is imbued within us all.
On this anniversary, as our dockside and Social Hall conversations
illuminate, we are indeed a diamond in the rough, continuing to take shape
and to shine.
Cooperatively,
Leni Gross Glauber
President
Our President was one of the
campers in 1960 who made this
mosaic that adorns the Social Hall.
2.
INTRODUCTION
Credits:
2011 Gala Committee
Merle Bogin
Gabriel Brodsky
Karen Brodsky
Helen Brown
Chuck Cosler
Cate Crowley
Nina Drooker
Leni Glauber
Deborah Gorman
Judy Gorman
Carol Gruber
Sylvia Ripps
Sarah Simon
Bea Simpson
Paul Stein
Eleanor White
Hilary White
Bruce Zolot
Lynn McCary, Chair
Book Production
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Design: Susan Vladeck
Editors: Margaret Benton,
Nina Drooker
Cover photo: Ryan Hallquest
Photos: houses & pages 37, 51
Deborah Gorman
Common spaces & people,
Susan Vladeck
Photo contributions, Chuck Cosler,
Lynn McCary, Paul Morrill, Henry Pita,
Julie Ruben
House genealogy:
Sylvia Ripps, Helen Pasik Brown
Contents:
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
This book presents snapshots of
camp for the 75th Anniversary. The
future is envisioned in the committee
reports written 25 years hence with the
presumption of continuity. Thus there
are also some tidbits from the past that
have led to the present and created the
seeds for the future.
president's letter
2
introduction
3
map
4
There are photos of each of the 75 houses,
some with their present occupants.
rochdale road houses 6
The number of each house identifies the
history of past ownership:
twin pines houses
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l with each new family in bold,
l present owners in italics and
l houses continually occupied
by the same family with an asterisk * by the house number.
l When members have changed houses you will see the same names
repeated at different addresses with
the following symbol beside their
name.²
barger street house
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committee reports
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There are also pictures of people, of
things we see every day and of the
common buildings and gathering places
essential to community life.
The poems and essay are from the
Tuesday Writers Workshop.
Thanks to Sarina Bromberg
and Riva Danzig for their help.
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Reservoir
Ball Field
Community Garden
4.
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View toward Hudson River
from Piano Mt. summit (west)
Red Barn
Norman Thomas Hall
Changing Rooms
Tennis Courts
Barger Pond
5.
Rochdale Road
3. The Dining Room is where they dined, and now is a rental unit. Andrew's Shack to
the left of the Dining Room was the summer
home of the original caretaker, who lived in
the Main House only during the winter.
1.
Main House was home to founding members
and beds were rented when it was a camp.
Later Day Camp couselors lived here.
Now the residence of the caretaker.
7.*
William & Irene Vladeck
Irene Vladeck
Irene (Vladeck) & Abe Klein
Irene L.V. Klein & Amy (Vladeck) Heinrich
Amy (Vladeck) Heinrich & Susan Vladeck
6.
5. Leo & Etta Kampf
Etta Kampf
William & Etta Kampf
William Kampf
8. Ben & Rose Rubenstein
Walter & Dora Postman²
Walter & Jeffrey Postman
Jeffrey & Susan Postman
Irving & Alice Siegel
Alice Siegel
Alice (Siegel) Appenzeller
Rochdale Road
10.
Irving & Lillian Amdur²
Murry & Sandra Ribolow
Sandra Ribolow
Judith Gorman²
15.
Norbert & Maizie (Vladeck) Bromberg
Ben & Helen Greenfield
Helen Greenfield
Vivienne Freund & Alice Rosenthal
16.
Moe & Dorothy Smith
Dorothy Smith & Ann (Smith) Gross
Isadore & Goldie Shapiro
Sherwood & Ruth Jacobson
Charles Cosler & Waddy Thompson
lower pump house
12. Sam & Jennie Hoffman
Diana (Hoffman) & Jack Altman
Irwin & Rita Opas
Rita Opas & Maryellen (Opas) Klein
Joel Roselin & Sharen Duke
7.
Rochdale Road
22. Frieda Strauss
Martin & Clarissa Brick
Abraham & Ruth Weiss²
Bert & Wendy (Weiss) Lipsky
Wendy (Weiss) Greenberg
Susan Leboff & Bruce Weiner
Julie Ruben
18. Fred & Miriam Bosworth
Miriam Bosworth
Miriam Bosworth & Nancy (Bosworth) Phillips ²
Emi & Julie Bromberg
20.
8.
Harry & Sunny Simon
Leo & Charlotte Rhodes
Ray & Nettie Stein
Alice Falkenstein
Alice & Rachel Falkenstein
Rachel Falkenstein
24. Justus & Jennie Ebert
Three Arrows property
26. Jack & Rose Drachler²
Phil & Gerry Pasik
Helen Pasik Brown
Rochdale Road
Your Three Arrows Home
You may have the feeling
That what you wish comes true
That beyond the rainbow
The sky is always blue
But as Dorothy has shown us
It’s home, it isn’t Oz
And Three Arrows is the best
home ever was
28. Nat & Beverly Katz
Sidney & Ruth Schindler
Ruth & Susan Schindler
Marion Niethamer & Harvey Pincus
Irene Krarup & Brad Abrams
Looking out the window
The branches rock and sway
And the leaves wave slowly
As chipmunks chase and play
And the butterflies are sailing
The birds sing from the trees
Nature’s movies, these Three
Arrows memories
32.* Charles & Ann Schaffer
Charles Schaffer
Charles Schaffer & Muriel (Schaffer) Epstein
Bruce & Lisa White
Here we fill our hours with
activities,
Racing to the next one, it’s a
squeeze;
It’s a squeeze
You might look for Eden
Or search for Shangri-la
Take a trip to Sweden
Or travel west by car
But it’s here in Putnam Valley
You do not have to roam
It’s your summer heaven, your
Three Arrows home
30. * Harry & Pauline (Schaffer) Solomon
Pauline & Eleanor (Solomon) White
Myron & Eleanor White
Eleanor White
Hal Drooker
*From the Finale of
“Ulysses and the Robots”
Labor Day Show 2006
34.
Mary Schaffer
Mary (Schaffer) & Joseph Pulver
Jonathan & Hilary White
Marianne Pita & Anurag Jaiman²
Edward & Dorothy Pita
Dorothy Pita
9.
Rochdale Road
36.
42.
Mr. & Mrs. Kramer
David & Anna Trevas
Anna Trevas
Carol (Trevas) & Michael Fleischer
Merle Bogin
Merle Bogin & Wally Berger
38. Jack & Ruth Schaffer
Sam & Elsie Sklar
Elsie Sklar & Eric Sklar
10.
Julius & Alice Greenberg
William & Dorothy Morrill
Larry & Susan Moss
Marjorie & Morris Black
Marjorie Black
Lynn McCary & Evan Hughes
43.* Eleanor Schachner
Eleanor Schachner & Ethel (Schachner) Dancis
Ethel Dancis & Bruce Dancis²
Bruce Dancis & Karen Dean Dancis
Rochdale Road
48. Sam & Rhoda Meyerson
Paul & Kim (Gross) Stein
53.* Seymour & Doris Trevas
Seymour Trevas
Bruce & Joan Zolot
51.* Ernest & Vera Doerfler
Vera Doerfler & Nina (Doerfler) Drooker
Nina (Doerfler) & Hal Drooker
55.* Phil & Edith (Sklar) Brodsky
Gabriel & Karen Brodsky
11.
Rochdale Road
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Larry & Charlotte Stolper
Charlotte Stolper
Richard Stolper & Ira Stolper
Roxi Marsen & Mike Gallagher
59. Herman & Henrietta Silberberg
Roberta Levine & Marcy Casper
12.
61.
George & Adele Schottenfeld
Adele Schottenfeld
Adele (Schottenfeld) & Herbert Kampf
Sylvia Humphrey & Edgar Cordero
Ruth Fishbein
62. Moe & Dorothy Sheib
Carolyn (Nisinson)²
Eliot & Ruth (Pasik) Rosenthal
& Cliff Fee
Ruth Rosenthal
Ruth (Rosenthal) & Herman Fishbein Cliff Fee
Rochdale Road
Tents
Between 1937 & 1939 several
members lived in tents on
platforms.
63. Harry & Rose Brooks
Mildred Kaminsky &
Abe & Sophie File
Riva (Kaminsky) Danzig
Frank & Johanna Leff
Riva (Kaminsky) Danzig &
Johanna Leff
Sarah (Danzig) Simon
Peretz & Mildred Kaminsky Sarah (Danzig) & Michael Simon
These included:
•Isidore & Fannie Fried,
•Sid Isaacs,
•Philip & Gerry Pasik,
•Max & Sarah Siegel,
•Sam Friedman,
•Sid Perlman,
•Arthur Seid,
•Julius & Minnie Umansky (Manson),
•Irving & Rosa Wexton.
66. Ben & Tilly Finler
Leo & Millie Rohmer
Margaret & Peter Benton
67.*Oscar & Jessie Signer
Jessie Signer
Carol (Signer) Gruber
65.*Jack & Betty Gorman²
Jack Gorman
Deborah Gorman & Judith Gorman²
Deborah Gorman
13.
Rochdale Road
MEMBER TIES THAT BIND
...sisters, and their cousins that
they reckon by the dozens and
their aunts... (List is only of historical
relations who are not apparent on
house lists. Many current members
are children of members, and/or
siblings).
68.
Emanuel & Gertrude Kalish
Larry & Sylvia Orkin
Louis & Viola Yavner
Viola Yavner
Judith Yavner & Ruth (Yavner) Himes
Charney & Sharon (Fromowitz) Bromberg²
SISTERS
• Ruth Fischer & Rhoda Meyerson
• Gertrude Shever, Bea Rosenberg &
Sophie Fleischman
• Jessie Signer & Celia Menken
• Rose Fromowitz & Bess Levine
• Chana Melnick & Helen Brockner
• Vera Doerfler & Rose Young
• Sarah Siegel & Anne Gross
• Ethel Dancis & Eleanor Schachner
• Hilda Glass & Dora Postman
70. Henry & Ruth Margulies
Ruth Margulies
Ruth (Margulies) Pashman
Gloria & Eugene Garson
Gloria Garson
71. Gerald & Dorothy Coleman
Dorothy Coleman
Samuel & Dorothy (Coleman) Tolmach²
Julia & John Mack
Kay & Yair Harel
Kay Harel
SISTERS & BROTHERS
• Bill Vladeck & Maizie Bromberg
• Phil Pasik & Ruth Rosenthal Fishbein
• Sam Sklar & Edith Brodsky
• Iz Fried & Paula Ariel
• Charlie & Jack Schaffer & Mary
Pulver & Pauline Solomon
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BROTHERS
• Leo & Herbert Kampf
• Sam & Max Meyerson
• Ed & Ira Gottlieb
COUSINS
• Ruth Margulies, Irene L. V. Klein, Bill &
Maizie Vladeck
PARENT & CHILD
• Celia Lefkofsky & Dorothy Coleman
69. 14.
Ben & Selma Seibel
Ralph & Belle Silverstein
Isaiah & Daisy Terman
Jane (Terman) & Ian McMahan
AUNT & NIECE
• Gertie Kalish & Gerry Pasik
Rochdale Road
73.
77. Samuel & Beatrice Tolmach
Samuel Tolmach
Samuel & Philip Tolmach
Duane Campbell
Duane & Christina Campbell
Harold & Sophie Fleischman
Irving & Helen Brockner
Irving Brockner
Mitchell Stephens and Esther Davidowitz
Benedick
Lane
75. Walter & Bernice Benedick
Bernice Benedick
Amicus & Eleanor Most
Leslie & Renee Rosenthal
79. Lee & Paula (Fried) Ariel
Lee Ariel
Susan Immergut & Ray Shaffer ²
15.
Rochdale Road
81. Harold & Vera Luxemberg
Irving & Lillian Amdur²
Lillian Amdur
Melvin & Lillian (Amdur) Feldman
82. Mr, & Mrs. Muravchik
Ben & Adele Roberts
Adele Roberts & Phyllis (Roberts) Spielman
Phyllis (Roberts) Spielman
16.
Irving & Joan (Amdur) Morris
Joan (Amdur) Morris
Charlotte (Chernow) & Jay Hoffman
Charlotte Chernow
83. Moe & Pauline Bengal
Pauline Bengal
Mary O’Brien & John Gorman
85.* Etta Meyer & Esther (Meyer) Goertz
Esther & Augustus Goertz
Augustus Goertz
Jerome Segal
Jerome Segal & Naomi Nim
Rochdale Road
87. Ed & Peggy Koppel
Ed Koppel
George & Tom Koppel
Arthur Wisotsky²
Arthur Wisotsky & Jean Lambertsen
92. Max & Sarah Siegel
Leo & Rose Young
William & Celia Menken
91. Morris & Sally Miller
Sally Miller
Murray Edelman & Andrea Parmegiani
95. www.threearrowsco-op.org
William Menken
Phoebe (Menken) Planick & Neil Planick
Ken & Taunya De Maio
Kirsten & Anya Brodsky
Ruby Weber
Harold & Bernice Nisinson
Bernice Nisinson
Carolyn (Nisinson) Fee ² & David Nisinson
17.
Rochdale Road
100. Jack & Betty Gorman²
Abraham & Hilda Danzig
Tom & Florence Rossi
Florence Rossi
Florence & Peggy Rossi
Greg & Margaret Schwed
103.*
Hyman & Rose Fromowitz
Rose Fromowitz
Rose (Fromowitz) & Ben Smith
Sharon (Fromowitz) & Charney Bromberg ²
Eli Bromberg & Shana Bromberg
suicide gulch
102.*Irving & Rosa Wexton
Rosa Wexton & Halona (Wexton) Balgley
Halona (Wexton) & Joshua Balgley
18.
104. John & Hazel Cummings
Max & Anne Gross
Seymour & Vera Steinsapir
Vera Steinsapir
Judith Steinsapir & Carol Steinsapir
Rochdale Road
105. Milton & Bess Levine
Will & Blanche Fury
Irving & Beatrice Simpson
Beatrice Simpson
109. Carrie Carmichael & Jeffrey Greenfield
Oscar & Clara London²
107. Leo & Blanche Manso
Milton & Beatrice Rosenberg
Milton Rosenberg
Carol (Rosenberg) Marsh & Peter Marsh
Carol (Rosenberg) Marsh
112. Abe & Mary Wisotsky
Mary Wisotsky
Eric & Amy Marcus
Eric Marcus
19.
Rochdale Road
118.* Max & Sarah Siegel²
Mac & Anne Gross²
Anne (Gross) Schachter
Leni (Gross) Glauber & David Gross
114.* Louis & Gertrude Shever
Sylvia (Shever) & David Ripps
116. Max & Julia Meyerson
Irving & Helena Hollander
Helena Hollander
Helena Hollander & Judith (Hollander) Mage
Judith (Hollander) Mage)
Paul Jr. & Kathleen Costello
Naomi Leiter
20.
120. Henry & Celia Kass
Arnold & Esther Mendelson
Henry & Sonia Hirshberg
Sonia Hirshberg
Natasha Prenn & Stelios Vasilakis
Rochdale Road
Summer Road
Turning onto our summer road, ease descends;
an expectant in-breath, a smile.
The road, laid out in curves, unrolls
as it did for my parents, long-gone,
for my brother, knobby-kneed, now gray-haired,
my sons running, shouting; my grandchildren waving twigs.
The road, dusty, pebbly, overhung with green, is unchanging.
It bends, takes a slight descent and then rises
until we see, each in his own time, the house,
our house, the family house, high on the green lawn.
The road is framed by bushes and explosive ferns;
sunlight through tall trees lays lacy, shimmering patterns
on its surface.
O road of expectancy, of long hot days, of pleasure!
122. Sol & Esther Perrin
Esther Perrin
Susan Immergut & Ray Shaffer²
Joan Greenbaum
Our footprints and tire tracks layer the road.
I walk, long-legged in a damp bathing suit,
towel twisted at my waist, dreaming of summer boyfriends;
I hold my granddaughter’s hand, following a parade of ants.
My mother in her sundress is me in mine.
This is a hopeful, rising, road that slows time.
Always the same curve of anticipation,
The same sky, same green.
All summers, one summer.
Nina Drooker, Three Arrows Writers Workshop
124.
Lou & Clara Hay
Al & Kate Jackson
Carl & Leah Fichandler
Leah Fichandler & Alice (Fichandler) Eddy
Alice (Fichandler) Eddy
Jerry & Lynn Stein
Jerry Stein
21.
Twin Pines Road
Twin Pines Schematic
2.* Mason & Pauline Morrill
Mason Morrill
Mason Morrill & Paul Morrill
Paul Morrill
6. Ben & Sarah Robbins
Ben & Nathan Robbins
Nathan & Florence Robbins
4. Edward & Marian Gottlieb
Celia Lefkofsky
Oscar & Clara London²
Richard & Theresa Fox
Edward & Esther Brill
7. Winston & Ethel Dancis
Ethel Dancis ²
Henry & Patricia Hood
Debby & Vince Mahoney
22.
Florence Robbins
Abe & Ruth Weiss²
Ruth Weiss
Carol Rovane & Akeel Bilgrami
Twin Pines Road
AGAIN
Each summer I make big plans
— things I must do (must I
8.* Clara Orloff & Muriel (Orloff) McCaffrey
Muriel McCaffrey & Karen McCaffrey
Karen McCaffrey
really?) and things I want
to do for the sheer fun of it.
Then sometime in September
it hits me: it’s happened yet
again. The weeds were too
persistent; I had to pull them
out too many times. That leak
in the roof cried too loudly
to be ignored. My progeny
so enjoyed to swim, and then
sleep surrounded by birds and
trees. How can I balance all
that must be with all that I just
hoped would be?
12.
But there was plenty of delight
where I did not expect it. That
chance conversation at the
Dock with someone I hardly
knew; the fawn that paused
to share the joys of woodland
life. Maybe plans are really
useless—for who can even
guess at life’s random path.
Still, as a creature that learns
only slowly from what life is
trying to tell me, next year
I will start again. After all,
how can I tolerate all those
long days of cold if not for the
pleasure of anticipating that
whole summer ahead?
Isidore & Fanny Fried
Fanny Fried
Fanny (Fried) & Harry Weber
Fanny (Fried) Weber
Cate Crowley & Dan Ruderman
Cate Crowley
David Ripps,
Three Arrows Writers Workshop
10. Robert & Rose Hirsch
Seymour & Sylvia Brick
Ben & Nedda Wyle
Ben Wyle
Sally Naar
14. Jack & Esther Rubenstein
Esther Rubenstein
Jack & Rose Drachler²
Nancy (Bosworth) Phillips²
Alfred & Esther Smoke
Esther Smoke
Esther Smoke & David Smoke
David Smoke²
Sascha Brodsky & Aisling Ryan
23.
Twin Pines Road
19. Bruno & Ruth Fischer
Ruth Fischer & Nora (Fischer) Kisch
Andy Biskin & Limor Tomer
15. Walter & Dora Postman²
Ben & Rose Rubenstein
Morris & Molly Schoenfeld
Penny & Jack Grossman
17. Joseph & Hilda Glass
Max & Isabelle Rosenberg
Jack & Minna Kaye
Israel & Helen Kugler
Marianne Pita & Anurag Jaiman²
24.
21. Ben & Paula Wolf
Philip & Evelyn Heller
Evelyn Heller
Melvin Feldman
Leonard & Mary Smoke
David Smoke²
Twin Pines Road / Barger St.
23.* Julius & Minnie Umansky (Manson)
Julius Manson
Julius & Betty Manson
Julius Manson & Carol (Manson) Bier
Carol (Manson) Bier & Jerry Cooper
Rental Bungalows
207. Ira & Mrs. Gottlieb
Penn & Chana Melnick
Chana Melnick
Tammy Brennan
Upper Bungalow
Lower Bungalow
25.
Committees, Workshops, Regular Classes
Weekly workshops and classes include Chorus, Writers Workshop, Yoga and Movement.
These pictures are from some of these activities, planned social events or just casual moments
from the daily gatherings at the dock. The committee reports that follow were written as if it
were 2036, twenty-five years in the future, envisioning the 100th Anniversay of Three Arrows.
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27.
Three Arrows Cooperative Society
THE VOICE OF THE HILL
2 Rochdale Road, Putnam Valley, NY 10579
Message from the President
What a great summer season it has been so far! As you
know, due to the dramatic rise in sea levels, which has
submerged Manhattan, most of our members are now
living year-round at Three Arrows. This has inspired us
to transform our environment. Our hillsides are now
beautiful terraced gardens that provide us with most of
our food. For those of you who are having trouble with
your gardens, don’t forget to forage in the remaining
wooded areas — such as the swamps at the bottom of
the hill where the Atlantic Ocean meets Barger Bay.
Saturday Night Entertainment
Reminders from the Health and Safety
Committee

Don’t forget your spf 500 sunblock! If you are
outdoors between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and
3:00 p.m., you must wear your radiation suits.

Our new Hurricane Warning System has
finally been installed. If you hear the warning
siren, take cover in the shelter that has been
built inside Piano Mountain.
From the Landscape Committee
This weekend’s music promises to be a special
experience for all. Noah and Ezra Bromberg’s band, the
Blue Meanies, will perform using only vintage
instruments — if they can find strings for the guitar they
have recovered from our landfill. If anyone has a pack of
guitar strings lying around their attic, the band will pay
up to $5,000 for them.
28.
August 2036

New poison ivy recipes are included in this
issue of the Voice.

Remember to cook the new mutant varieties
only. These are easily recognized by their
clusters of four leaves. “Leaves of four, eat
some more!”
Other Workshops
The “Other Workshops” Committee is still
wrestling with what to call ourselves. For this
year we would like to be called the “Distinctively
Abled” Workshops. However, we warn the
community in advance, by 2036, this name will
not be PC. This year our offerings will include
Hop Gliding (for 3 to 9 year olds), whistlewarbling for the seniors (102 and older), and
mind reading (open to all ages and all sexes).
As our budget has been cut to $18 million, we
have had to cancel mud wrestling. Our Inhouse Japanese Master Teacher has scheduled
Aikidogenshirahrah classes every Tuesday at
sunrise, but hari-kari will be postponed until
next summer. Lilli Gorman will, of course, be
teaching yoga, and Ida Bromberg will be teaching
movement, and they are jointly requesting a
new romper mat (fitted to the footprint of the
Social Hall), as the old one smells of beer. We
are proposing a special assessment ($6 million)
for this essential equipment. Maya’s multimedia
poetry workshop will be scheduled on Thursday
mornings and the poems will be broadcast Friday
on 4-D smelly-vision at the dock, the ball field
and the barn. We apologize in advance that the
1800 suggestions (all from the same computer)
for a Laser Tag workshop have not been included
in this year’s programming because we have
been informed that the Bylaws (Article 389,
Section 21, Paragraph 4) expressly forbid the
playing of Laser Tag on Piano Mountain, in, on
or at the Lake.
Respectfully submitted,
Moishe Segal and Allyoops Jaiman
29.
Waterfront
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Notes from the 2036 Memorial Day
Meeting of the Waterfront Committee
Little Lake
With our committee’s share of the huge fee
paid by VerizoNyseg for the broadcasting
tower atop Piano Mountain, we chose
to increase our recreational options. We
have purchased a sonar machine for the
creation of surf-able waves and three
“helipods”—those newfangled small,
silent, two-seater hovercraft that skim
along above the water, providing a kayak
experience without the labor of paddling.
To ensure members’ safety and peace
while we enjoy these new amenities, we
propose the following policies.
(An Ode to Barger Pond)
Surface dappled, shining bright.
Diamonds dancing, refracted light.
Others cooler, deeper, greener hue,
But my lake superior
evermore you!
Carol Gruber,
The sonar machine is to be used no more
than three hours a day, from 10 a.m.
until 1 p.m., on the north side of
Barger Pond. This is to ensure that
the waves do not disrupt schmoozers
on the dock nor destroy the habitat
of the snapping turtles and beavers.
All surfers must wear life vests and
must have passed the lake test.
Additionally, those under the age
of 16 must have parental permission on
file to surf. Finally, the machine is to be
used only with a lifeguard present; the
remote to operate the machine is to be
locked in the lifeguard shed at all other
times.
Users of the helipod hovercraft must
wear both a life vest and a bicycle
helmet. The committeee debated the
helmet extensively as it compromises the
pleasure of the helipod ride. However,
because the craft may attain a speed
of 30 mph and is easily disrupted by a
strong wind, the use of a helmet is basic
prudence.
Enjoy our new equipment responsibly!
30.
Insurance
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Roads
dock canopy collapse winter 2011
The Roads Committee is overjoyed
to report that the garlic mustard and
Japanese knotweed infestations have
finally been eradicated! The final phase
of the Pave Three Arrows Project (P3AP)
is complete. This controversial project,
you need not be reminded, will allow
us to live free of the invasive species of
plants and animals that have threatened
and devoured our Members since the
early '20s. We proudly report that the
last bit of green space (sorry for cursing)
is now but a horrific memory.
Eighty-five percent of members have
adopted Three Arrows medical benefits
for their families. The program comes
from the Non-Profit Healthcare Access
law recently signed by the President.
The law enables non-profit membership
associations (such as Three Arrows) to
obtain coverage from the governmentsponsored single-payer plan at “the best
competitive group rate” available from
any insurer, nationwide.
We just signed up for the Eye-in-the-Sky
Property and Liability Tracking Service
offered by our insurance company. A
drone lighter-than-air craft keeps video
eyes on Three Arrows property and can
tag and track movement of all property
and identify break-in attempts. Eyein-the-Sky complements the network
of Webcams sprinkled throughout the
area. Members voted to accept the
service on the recommendation of
our Privacy and Security Protection
Committee.
After a long and difficult search, the
Insurance Committee found affordable
coverage for member windsurfing on
Barger Pond. Only one insurer is willing
to cover activities made possible by
the 50 mph gales we now experience
each afternoon. The issue still to be
decided by the Waterfront Freedoms
Committee is whether a windsurfer
has to wear a lifejacket or whether it
is enough to tether the lifejacket to
the board or the pole.
Let's recall when our ancestors
praised "Nature," in all its varied
and (seemingly) benign forms, and
grew plants for food, or simply
to beautify their surroundings.
Times were simpler then, before
our children's peanut allergies
gave way to tree allergies, grass
allergies, and sunlight allergies.
Sunlight, you'll recall, shone
brightly on the land prior to the
arrival of the Great Smog. Fun
fact: If sunlight returned, our new
asphalt would bring Three Arrows
to 122 degrees Fahrenheit in July.
dock canopy raising summer 2011
With the dismantling of the Indian Point
nuclear power facility nearly complete,
we were informed by our insurer that
the 300 percent premium surcharge for
coverage in event of a nuclear accident
will be rescinded in 2036.
Looking ahead: Now that the last of
the cars have been replaced with
jetpacks and matter transporters,
the Roads Committee has found
itself in agreement with President
Bieber and concluded that roads
are obsolete. We will begin the
removal of all road surfaces and asphalt
this fall, with the goal of covering all
of Piano Mountain in state-of-the-art
Grasstro-turf by the spring of 2042. You
won't believe it's not real grass! (For
pictures of grass, see the exhibit on
extinct species in the Social Hall).
Caroline Benton, member, Insurance
Committee, age 30.
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Education
Archive
Membership
Ever since the governance schmoozes,
introduced by the elders in 2011, let
loose a cacophony of voices, there have
been problems on Friday nights. Most
recently, the Save the Lake schmooze
was interrupted by picketing and catcalls
from the Save the Beavers faction.
And the "true diversity" faction sent
an independent invitation to President
Bristol Palin. Clearly, changes must be
made.
Documenting the second hundred years
of the Three Arrows Cooperative Society
will be entirely digital. All documents
produced will be uploaded by the writer
to the Tamiment Archives site at NYU,
eliminating the excessive use of paper
“A clairvoyant applying for membership—
how amazing!”
“I was able to see clearly only about 25
years into the future; my abilities are
limited you know. Yet, I saw myself on the
dock—rebuilt yet again and quite lovely—
in a heated debate about the waiting list
for homes at Three Arrows. Apparently,
there had been an e-article in the Times
Cyber News about how this community
has remained loyal to its traditions. The
article mentioned the endless debates on
everything, especially spending money,
but that in the end everyone just helped
to keep it affordable. In my vision, I
then had to run off to Yoga so I would be
limber for Weed Pulling that afternoon.”
It has been proposed that members
"attend" schmoozes in their homes, via
electronic hookup, so they can mute
whatever bores or agitates them, and
delete anything they disagree with. Some
members objected that refreshments
could not be availed of online and
that for the full schmooze experience
members need to meet in real space-in the ball field, in the newly renovated
Norman Thomas Hall.
But it appears that there are scheduling
problems. The summer season is not long
enough to accommodate the political
pundits eager to verify what they've
heard about a self-governing democratic
community that has lasted 100 years,
and the Three Arrows Nobel Laureates
clambering to make a presentation here
and make their parents REALLY proud.
The solution: to adopt the proposal for
in-home, electronic schmoozes, all year
long. Refreshments will be available in
Three Arrows, at the first Membership
Meeting of the 2036 summer season.
32.
“I already love this community, and now
that I have peeked into the future I can
see that Three Arrows will still be going
strong when my children were ready to
inherit my house.”
and the extra steps of collecting, sorting,
and delivering. The Archive Committee
will monitor the updates to be sure all
important documents are collected.
The single exception will be ballots,
which will remain paper. Votes will
continue to be cast on paper ballots and
counted by several members several
times. This exception was voted in by
the membership after several lively
debates in summer meetings.
In addition, a program of regularly
recording the memories of older members
was instituted, again, to be uploaded
directly to the Archives, for preservation
and transcription. Again, the Archive
Committee will check the transcriptions.
“Were there many people around?”
“Yes, a huge group of children—all ages—
they were tie-dyeing tee shirts. I have
never heard such happy squeals before.”
“And I saw a group of, I must say, rather
old-looking people, holding much younger
adults enthralled with their reminiscing
about the summers they had spent with
their parents and grandparents at Three
Arrows. They kept coming back to the
phrase: 'there was a lot of work, but so
worthwhile.’ When I saw all these sights
and sounds in the future, I knew I had to
be part of it.”
David Ripps
Green (Water)
Trees
The Water Committee, defunct since Best Case Scenario Though the Optimistic
everybody installed wells in 2015, has Lens of the Tree Committee
been focused on our green initiative and
Our climax Eastern deciduous forests of
is now the Green Committee.
maple-beech and oak-hickory are finally
Re-purposing the miles and miles of water regenerating since we figured out how
piping to be used for collecting solar hot to get sunlight to the forest floor, using
water on the roof of the caretaker's house our recently patented complex system
has saved Three Arrows approximately of mirrors. Besides, there are many
$2400 a year of the $4800 utility bill fewer white-tailed deer, now classified
allotment paid to the caretaker. Adding it as an endangered species. We have just
to the Social Hall roof has eliminated the annihilated what we believe was the
ailanthus, and we are beginning
need for the hot water heater and the final
to see the return of American elms and
solar electric has been very reliable for chestnuts.
all our functions in the summer season.
In conjunction with that, the geothermal The Forest Resource Management Plan
energy collection system run in tandem (2005) has led to the establishment of a
with the wind turbines, on the site of “Small Pharma” cottage industry in the
the old reservoir, has proven successful Ebert bungalow, producing an extract of
in powering one fourth of the homes on Japanese knotweed. Unfortunately, we
Piano Mountain.
are back-ordered due to the international
stampede to obtain this anti-aging serum.
We are very proud of the great strides We continue to produce our renowned
made in our community composting Three Arrows Tincture of Jewelweed
efforts to keep our mountaintop garden, for the prevention and treatment of
formerly the ball field, 100 percent poison ivy. Profits from the Japanese
organic. The addition of the two acres of Knotweed Serum have lowered our dues
year round community-run greenhouses dramatically, but we continue to offer
has made the availability of fresh veggies our Jewelweed Tincture free of charge
to markets in the area a true relief to the to anyone in need.
local consumers.
Because of the foresight of the community
Our goal of lessening our carbon in saving our existing hemlocks from
dreaded Wooly Adelgid in 2011, the
footprint by eliminating the need for the
hemlocks planted in 2013 for screening
long haul truckers to bring vegetables in are flourishing, providing ample nesting
from other states has been realized. The for birds while completely obliterating
open-house tours of our green projects all sight and sound of Putnam Acres. After
have inspired our neighbors living on considerable coordinated community
Barger Street to start their own organic efforts over the past 25 plus years, garlic
gardens and install solar electric or hot mustard has been eradicated from Piano
water collection systems. There is talk of Mountain.
a Barger Street wind energy initiative in
the works as this goes to press.
We now cultivate it under carefully
controlled
circumstances
in
our
Stay tuned for more exciting green Community Garden to prepare our annual
July 4th pesto.
projects in the future!
Landscape
Worst Case Scenario Through the Lens of
Landscape
With few wooded areas remaining in the
county anywhere other than on our 125
acres, the deer population increased to
such an extent that Three Arrows Bylaws
were amended to allow site fences. The
resulting further inequities in site size
still divide the community, although a
new assessment was determined to be
not worth its cost. These fences have
obstructed the use of the old paths,
which remain only in the memory of our
centenarians. In any case, no one can
contemplate walking anywhere in camp
due to the proliferation of deer ticks, so
cars are in constant use.
Once again meadows and views abound
everywhere, because invasive species
have completely crowded out our native
trees. We miss the songbirds, long gone
due to a dearth of nesting places and
native insects to eat.
All of the beavers in Putnam County,
once thought to be killing our lakes,
have been exterminated. Consequently,
the ecology of the wetlands is now out
of balance and Barger Pond has receded.
Water lilies – beautiful as they are - were
controlled by the lily-loving beavers, and
now the most pressing daily chore for the
Landscape Committee is to cut a channel
for swimmers, who are required to wear
life vests outfitted with GPS.
33.
Arts & Crafts
Social Committee
The Bad Patch started in the early
teens when Piano Mountain was silent
on Saturday nights. The only lights on
the Hill seemed to come from home
entertainment screens and the occasional
firefly. Today, the NTSH resounds with
lively bodies, arguing, dancing, eating,
etc. We’ve been interviewing folks from
that period to find out what caused the
gap in community. Some date it to 2013,
when the initial Hill-wide wireless zone
was established. "Who needed other
entertainment?" said Maya Drooker with
a shrug, although she remembered lying
on her stomach outside the Social Hall,
drawing, when she was a child. Others
claim that after Skype and Twitter went
viral on handheld devices, physical
contact waned. Carly Zolot, a young
teenager in that period, agrees. "The
spread of 'Twang,' 'Pong' and ‘Schlep’
hooked people into their own device
world. Some elders did try to organize
physical events, but we were like, Why
would people want to sweat together?"
In 2028, when the July 4th Picnic reemerged under the leadership of Lorcan
Brodsky, cooperators suddenly recalled
the camaraderie of shared meals. Music
was next. In 2029, Noah Bromberg
developed a “kick ass” Saturday night
live-entertainment program. Was it
heavy with mid twentieth century
sounds like the Beatles? Maybe, but the
music called and soon members eager to
dance flooded the Hall. Today, favorite
Schmoozes are broadcast over “Schlep.”
“When There Wasn’t Peace in the Middle
East” recently topped the charts. Our
antiquated Hall rocks again. (And
everyone has just about figured out how
to open and close those plastic-covered
metal chairs.)
Nathan Greenbaum Dublin
Arts and Crafts have provided an exciting
creative outlet to all members this
summer. The Red Barn remained the
center of activity with tie-dye and clay
workshops but with our bank of computers
we also have digital photography,
woodworking, painting and drawing, and
even digital graphic design. Playing with
mud has been fun since the beginning
so clay continues as a well-attended
activity with high tech new plastics that
allow you to make something, sit in the
sun and the glazes will emerge. We no
longer have a need for electricity hogging
kilns. We still need our hands and eyes
to use wheel, make pinch/coil pots, and
carve images into slabs of clay.
Tie-dye has been so perfected by members
they have simply thought about patterns
and sent signals to cloth without the mess
of lye and dye. Digital photographers
have taken advantage of our beautiful
surroundings to produce shared image
and online rotating exhibitions. In the
past we had woodworking workshops and
we began them again this summer using
our own farmed wood to make boxes,
birdhouses, and furniture. Silk screen
technology allowed us to color separate
complex images, allowing young artists
to produce their scribbles with a push of
a button.
Find your creative self and play with us!
Team effort led by Juliana Cordero
34.
Health & Safety
I. Circa 2011
Where has all the garbage gone?
long time passing
long time ago
Where has all the garbage gone
gone to dumpsters one by one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
II. Circa 2021
long time passing
Where has all the garbage gone
long time ago
Gone to compost everyone
When did they finally learn?
When did they finally learn?
gone to flowers everyone.
Long Range Planning
It’s July 10, 2036 and Long Range Planning
has put out the word through “telekinesis”
— our new way of communicating. After
25 years of meeting, talking, planning,
writing, re-writing, editing and repeating
this cycle many times, we officially
declare we have reached the Utopian
plain!
Now we can communicate by only willing
our minds to do so. The LRP found that
governance, a board and committees are
no longer needed — since we now beam
ideas to everyone. By functioning on a
higher consciousness consensus comes
merely through thought.
As a model community, all members
communicate at the same high level
and all participate and think together.
Outside groups pay us to train them in
our advanced methods. Profits are so
substantial that dues are not necessary
and we agreed to use surplus funds to
pay for craniosacral therapy for our tired
brains.
Celebrations are wondrous with everyone
connecting as we float above the Social
Hall floor making set up or take down of
chairs obsolete. Music comes from the
joy of telekineting at the same moment,
so we all feel blissful, replacing Saturday
night events. Since this is a relatively
new skill, we haven’t figured out what
to do with the extra funds. Ideas from
members? Just send your thoughts
directly to us!
Management
In 2086, we will not need snow-plowing.
The lake will come up to the Main House,
and folks will boat from the Taconic to
get here. All maintenance will be done
via a Google Cloud or its successor
technology, with nanotechnology serving
as the basis for monitoring functionality
and triggering off robots to perform all
necessary tasks. Life will be very peaceful,
democracy will be programmed into the
robots' prioritization mechanisms, and a
new level of serenity will be enjoyed by
all.
Building & Planning
For many years, the Planning and Building
Committee was known as the Building
and Planning Committee. There are
many Three Arrows members who believe
that this name Building and Planning
Committee more accurately reflects the
spirit of Three Arrows — that we build
first and plan later. It is our hope for
future that the Committee remains true
to its name and that the Three Arrows
membership plans first and then builds.
The LRP is everywhere!
35.
36.
A Three Arrows Memory
Sampler
Part I
And silently, his mouth open just so
He sang the things around him
In lines and colors
Painted folk songs of that time
Frozen in combat with the boulders
Embedded everywhere
Fighting the eternal battle
Over who owns this land
The old ones here
When they were not so old
Younger, in fact
Than I am now
Left pieces of themselves
behind
I cannot name them all
But their sites are
(Now that I live near the top of
the hill)
A frequent reminder
On the daily climbs and
descents
Of which we have three
A crane that said
This was 1950
A tugboat, front on
Ploughing the grey-skyed East River
Under the Brooklyn Bridge
The one I liked best, now with my sister
The Quonset hut
Designed by my Uncle Bill
With half moon girders of hard steel
Placed to break my head when I wasn’t
looking
And so often
I wasn’t looking
My father, out front
Bare to the waist in his navy grey pants
Swinging a pick on the patio
The Quonset
Barn red
The weeds and trees
So green
Time
Try as it might
Does not dim
This piece of what was left
Behind
Who could hit the ball over the
road?
Who was strongest in arm and
leg?
Who wanted most
To show her smartness at the
schmooze?
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who was prettiest of them all?
Who stole away for lakeside
trysts
At that fecund place
Where night cloaked mysteries
Our youth could not grasp
Charney Bromberg
I remember Ben Wolf’s face
His pointed nose
And sharp chin
Like the grille of a 1947 Pontiac
His strumming guitar
The strength of his voice
Lolly tudom, tudom
Lolly tudom day
The songs he sang
Now wall-papered
In my room of memory
37.
38.
The Simpson Family wishes all Three Arrows another 25 years
And hope you will all enjoy what we have enjoyed since 1974.
Bea Simpson
625 Route 6, Mahopac, NY 10541
845-628-4500
Fax: 845-628-1804
www.spainins.com
Your Insurance Professionals Since 1922
39.
PVRC
PROTECTING OUR RURAL CHARACTER
YOUR FARMERS' MARKET HOST
Congratulations
on your 75th Anniversary!
Peter Tarrant & Michelle LeBlanc, Co-Chairs
845.284.2440
www.pvdems.com
facebook.com/Putnam Valley Democrats
Congratulations On Your
75 Th Anniversay
Wishing You Many More
40.
PUTNAM VALLEY RESIDENTS COALITION CORP.
www.putnamvalleyresidents.com
Congratulations
on the 75th!
Sally A. Naar
Congratulations
from your friends at
(914)
245-4040
w w w. c l u b f i t . c o m
41.
Congratulations
Three Arrows
from the Schaffer children
in loving memory of Jacob "Jack" and Ruth Schaffer
Henry, Amy and Edward Schaffer
On the 54th anniversary of our family's participation in Three Arrows we look forward to
many more wonderful years in this community. Judy & Carol Steinsapir, Joel & Debbie Shufo.
42.
Congratulations
To
Three Arrows Cooperative Society Inc.,
on its 75th Anniversary
***********
We have enjoyed working with you for over
thirty years
*****************************************
Saidel & Saidel, P.C.
Attorneys At Law
P.O. Box 308 Yorktown Heights, New York 10598
Tel # 914-736-6500 Fax# 914-736-6581
Marc L. Saidel
Sheryl M. Saidel
*******************************************
“Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world. Indeed, it is the
only thing that ever has.”
-- Margaret Mead
43.
We join our fellow members in the celebration of our 75th anniversary. Let us all rejoice in the shared experiences
and shared memories of this very special place, and work to keep it strong for the next generation.
Karen, Gabriel, Anya, Nate, Kirsten, Ziv, Aisling, Sascha, Lorcan, Benji & Mila
Happy Anniversary to the Wonderful Community of Three Arrows
We will be forever grateful that we discovered this
beautiful place and this warm, vibrant community,
Thank you for welcoming us and providing
us with so many vivid summer memories.
Kathleen, Anthony, Benjamin and William Verde ("The Renters")
44.
•••••••Dan of all Trades•••••••
No job too big, No job too small!
I live at Three Arrows
and love working within my community.
I am fully insured, bonded, and licensed for home
improvement and repair in Putnam County.
~~~~~~~Dan Kinlin~~~~~~~
845-325-4643
dankinlin@yahoo.com
emergency house calls 24 hours
Our future—Three Arrows’ future—Our children
Sylvia & David Ripps
"Dan's on site? That's outtasite!"
South Putnam Animal Hospital, Pllc
Dr. Cindy Kosacz, Dr. Kathi Heiber, Dr. Julie Fixman,
Dr. Judith Mason and Dr. Maria Kaprielian
Preventive Health and Dental Care
Full Medical and Surgical Services
Convenient Evening and Saturday Appointments
Cat Medical Boarding
845-628-1834
230B Baldwin Place Road

Mahopac, NY 10541
Visit our website at www.spahvet.com
45.
With Love and
Gratitude to
Mintzie & Peretz
Kaminsky....
With a nod to the past,
we toast our future!
Here's to many more
wonderful years of
cooperation and community
Leni Gross Glauber
President, 2008-2011
In affectionate memory of:
Thank you
for giving us
Three Arrows.
– a shaynem dank!
photo by Deborah Gorman
46.
Penny Melnick
Ruth Weiss
Esther Smoke
Renee Rosenthal
Leslie Rosenthal
Peter Marsh
Carol, Zarina & Akeel
Welcome to
Rowan Francis Benton
Born June 29, 2011
And to his big sisters
Josie and Caroline
With love from
Grandma and Grandpa
Benton
Congratulations to Three Arrows
on its 75th Anniversary
A remarkable past and a glorious future await it -- we feel so fortunate to be part of the Three Arrows family.
Clara & Oscar London
MAY THE FUTURE SMILE ON
THREE ARROWS!
HAL & NINA DROOKER
STAR & RAIN, ERIC & EMMA
47.
in memoriam
Giant Snapper
who ate our
crumbs and gave
years of
pleasure to all on
the dock
Remembering
Peter Marsh
In loving memory of
founding members
Phil & Gerry Pasik
Thank you for raising us
in your Socialist dream
Helen & Lisa Brown
48.
I don’t know anyone who loved nature more
than Peter. He loved the quiet, and the light
of the late afternoon. Often we would watch
the bright pink and deep purple colors of the
summer sunset and the night sky rich with
stars. These are some of the memories I have
and will hold onto of Peter in Three Arrows.
Carol Marsh
In blessed memory
of all the Three Arrows
members who are no
longer with us
Ed & Esther (Levine) Brill
49.
In memory of
Selig and Jessica Signer
Father, Mother,
Grandfather, Grandmother
Present, Past, Future
thanks to all
who worked
to
make this gala
possible
Carol & Andrea Gruber
In memory of our
Three Arrows
pioneering parents
WINSTON & ETHEL DANCIS
and our aunt
ELEANOR SCHACHNER
whose house we live in
Bruce Dancis &
Karen Dean-Dancis
Lily Dancis
Alexis Dean
Nick Dean
Chloe Taylor
In Loving Memory
Of My Dear Herb
Alice Appenzeller
50.
51.
Copyright © 2011
THREE ARROWS COOPERATIVE SOCIETY
2 ROCHDALE ROAD
PUTNAM VALLEY, N.Y. 10579
52.
Dawn at the Dock
THREE ARROWS COOPERATIVE SOCIETY
2 Rochdale Road, Putnam Valley, NY 10579

75th Anniversary Gala - Three Arrows Cooperative Society

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