What's in a name
We took a Co-op vote to name the new building. In his words, Harley Hardman wanted to name the building something like "Love Hall." He poured his heart and soul into the Co-op. He knew that names would lose meaning over time, but not a theme such as Love or Peace. Hansen, who was the crotchety maintenance man, had no affection for the Co-op. The third employee, the cook, was Pat de la Torre, a salty, foul-mouthed ex-sailer, who loved the co-op but no one would put his name on a building. And so it goes...
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Pat was famous for drinking beer all day at work and for propositioning young women who were doing their work hours in the kitchen. - which naturally was alarming and unpleasant for those who had only recently left home. He would suggest that they could go to the walk-in fridge to enjoy each other's company. In 1971 Zorina Schemanas finally whirled on him and said, "Sure, Pat - I'll go into the fridge with you but if you don't come across the whole co-op is going to know about it." He wouldn't even go near the fridge for the rest of the week.