Oley Valley High School - Olean Yearbook (Oley, PA)

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1946 OLE A XV L j0K14f!?'Rss A 1 . y4'?3! w?,.'5m PUBLISHED BY SENICJR CLASS OF OLEY, PENNSYLVANIA

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Four EOREWOED THE PRCDMISED LAND For many years inhabitants have been impressed with the richness in historic lore, and the charms of the scenic beauty of the community of the Oley Valley. The name Oley is from the Indian Olink, which is defined to signify hemmed in like a kettle . This is true of our valley, which is surrounded by beautiful hills. The territory is now occupied by the present township of Exeter 1erected in 17185, District 117579, Rockland 117581, Earl 117819 and Pike 118123 and includes the walls of the kettle known as the Oley Hills. This original township of Oley is important and fascinating to the local historian, because it was the first section of Berks County to be settled in 1710 before which it was part of Philadelphia County. Our immigrants were: Swede, English-Quaker, Welsh, Scotch-Irish, Swiss, German or French Huguenot and to Oley came Europe's choicest classes. Once ashore and free to work out their own futures, the new arrivals plunged bravely into the wilderness. They cleared forests so that they could have fertile farming land and then began to build their homes. As these people stood on the limestone soil, they awaited an answer 5 thus, our generation soon came forward with customs of the past. OLEY - THE BEAUTIFUL! Passing through the roads of our vivid community, we should look at some of the architectural buildings. The churches with their colorful stained Windows invite us inside to see the Reformed, Evangelical, and Lutherans and Friend worshippers. The homes of native limestone, resembling a manor house, are examples of typical Colonial Architecture with their six paneled front doors, arched doorways and small window panes. Inside you find a hallway, with paneled walls along which is the stairway leading to the attic. Corners, doorways, Window-heads have elaborate molding and friezes. OLEY - THE SCENIC VALLEY! As you approach our valley from our hillsides, you see a level plain through which flows the beautiful Manatawny, Beaver, and Furnace streams. The surface of the valley is beautifully undulated, slightly inclining, and the numerous streamlets irrigate from all sides, and then unload their productive afiiuvia to mix with the already fertile and pro- ductive soil. fContinued on Page 292