Pennswood Village’s building names honor certain prominent Quakers who manifested important values by letting their lives speak. The PDF below tells their stories. They inspire now as they did in their own times.
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When Ruth Peterson and Jack Bertolino came to Pennswood 30 years ago, they very much wanted to start a Dance Committee. The earliest mention we have of a dance at Pennswood was a Square Dance that occurred in the Activities Room in 2004.
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The development of the Pennswood Meadow was a pioneering example of enlightened problem solving. Nancy Spears and Evan Stone guided the process through the development of the concept, winning the support of the Pennswood Community and its corporate directors, and finally constructing it successfully. It is a celebrated achievement that is both an engineering achievement
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A river runs through it–sometimes. Our picturesque meadow may seem very natural, but it is actually meticulously designed and engineered to serve a practical storm water management purpose. It captures runoff so that the land can reabsorb it. Unlike conventional stormwater management systems, the meadow doesn’t simply control the rate of outflow, it frequently prevents
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Famous New Yorker Cartoonist Henry Martin’s humor tempered the necessary disruption of creating Pennswood’s meadow.
Interview with Ruth Bertolino and Jack Williams 10-31-22 Remembering Jack Ruth Bertolino and Jack Williams Interviewer: Marguerite Chandler OK, we’re recording. This is October 31, 2022. And you are? 00:08 Ruth: I am Ruth Bertolino. My husband, Jack, and I arrived in Pennswood on September 9, 2003, when Mott was a brand new building. 00:23 MC
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In February 2024 the PVRA sponsored a fair to showcase all of the many service and entertainment activities that residents create for the Pennswood community.
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AUDLAND – A Light Within Every Person Pennswood’s “A” Building Quakers believe there is “that of Light/God/Love/Truth within each person. John Audland (d. _____) was a farmer, a textile merchant, and a preacher. He became a “seeker” after “spiritual truth” during the time of the Protestant Reformation that was happening throughout Europe. Audland heard George
[What’s Behind the Names of Pennswood’s Buildings?] Pennswood’s “B” Building One of Quaker core beliefs is living “integrity and truth,” expressed as “Let your life speak.” Quakers do not take oaths on a Bible, believing that a person’s word should always be truthful. Gervase Benson (d. _____) was an influential lawyer of his time, a notary public, an alderman,
