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Camp Barrington and Camp Rhoda
Camp Barringtoni was a Jewish Summer boys Camp founded in 1921 in West Copake, New York and Camp Rhoda was a sister Jewish summer girls camp founded in 1923 also in West Copake, New York. Both camps closed in 1967

History
Camp Barrington was founded in 1921 by Sanford S. Bettman, a school administrator on the shores of Upper Rhoda Pond in West Copake, New York. He then founded a sister camp for girls, Camp Rhoda, in 1923 on the same property as Camp Barrington. The property occupied by the camps was previously owned by the David and Harmon Rhoda families. Beginning in 1936, the two camps were run by two attorneys and their wives, Abe Porchenick (Uncle Porky) 1908-2004 and his wife Ella as well as Gustave De Lemos (Uncle Gus) 1906-1985 and his wife Ruth. They ran the camps until their closing in 1967.