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Croo Table (under construction!)

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Step One:

Ask the webmaster for the login information. Give your full name, so that the webmaster can check that you are a former croo member.

Step Two:

Log in to visit the Croo Table.

So far (as of February, 2007) there is not much there, but the more that former Croo ask the webmaster for access (and nag about it) the sooner (s)he will work on re-constructing these pages! There is already a list of former croo, with e-mail addresses, which is why we decided on password protection.

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Croo Visitors Policy

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This is just to clarify the status of croo visitors to the island during the summer. We do welcome former croo and friends, but would like to set down some guidelines to avoid confusion. Please be sure to let us know well in advance if you are planning to have guests or know of croo who are returning. All visitors should be signed into the Visitors List in the Office. Please also sign the visitors on the Visitors List in the kitchen so that the kitchen staff can plan accordingly. Please remember that having visitors is a privilege, so be sure to check first with the managers.

Visitors:	Type of Stay:	Cost:
Former Croo	2-3 days sleep in croo quarters work and eat with croo	Free
Croo friends, Croo siblings	2-3 days sleep in croo quarters work and eat with croo	Free
Friends of Former Croo (accompanied by former croo) Friends of siblings	2-3 days sleep in croo quarters work and eat with croo	$5 per day
Croo Parents	2 days depends on availability of cabins	1/2 daily camper rate
Former Croo (up to age 25, unmarried) who wish to eat with guests and/or stay in a camper cabin	2-3 days	1/2 daily camper rate

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Croo Photos

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Croo Photos on the Three Mile Island Picture Album

There are many crew photos in L. Stroker Rogovin's A History of Three Mile Island Camp. The crew photos below for 1965, 1966 and 1967 are courtesy of Frank Woods.

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Memories of Three Mile Island Camp; 1920-1929

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(originally published in 1983 in A History of Three Mile Island Camp by Stroker Rogovin)

"In July 1920, my mother introduced me to Three Mile. We traveled by train on the Boston & Maine. Starting at the old North Station, in Boston, we went to Portsmouth, Dover, Rochester to Alton Bay, where we boarded the STR "Mount Washington." We had lunch on this famous boat, as we sailed to the Weirs, thence to Bear Island....."

"In 1927 I was asked to be a 'waiter.' Even though I had been at Three Mile for many summers, I had much to learn as a crew member. Setting up tents with the conveyance of cots, mattresses, etc., both by boat and by land, took much muscle and brain-power at the start of the season.... Camp was presided over by Prof. Crosby R Baker and his wife, Ruth, during these summers. They did a great job, with many challenges to meet."

"The summer of 1928, I was asked to be at Three Mile around June 17th as a member of the Spraying Crew before camp opened................ time off was spent swimming, rowing, diving, horseshoes. I had a part-time job paddling a lady around the lake."

"In 1929, I graduated to the Big Kitchen. The pay was good for the long hours spent on the job. Day began about 5:30 A.M., to get the fires going and assist Freddy the Chef and Minnie the Pastry Cook in preparing breakfast."

"One hot morning, with only shorts and a t-shirt, I found myself locked in the ice- box. I could hear Freddy and Minnie yelling, "Where is that boy??" Finally, after being well-chilled, the door was opened from the outside. Later on, a latch was applied to the inside."

John C. Alden
Boston, 1980

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