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

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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

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DEDICATION t Dedicated to MARIE I-l. DeTURCK B.S. University of Pennsylvania Social Science To Miss De Turck, a descendant of one of our pioneer families, we dedicate this book, as an acknowledgment of her untiring efforts for twenty-five years in behalf of many students who have become citizens of our com- munity. We appreciate her ex- cellent scholarship, her noble character, her wise guidance and inspiration and her sincerity and loyalty in training youth. To the Class of 1946: With your faces turned toward an enlarged world, you may well ask what has been gained as a result of the years spent in study. You have had experiences which have enabled you to interpret life more intelligently. You have been brought into contact with various fields of human learning and you have been under the influence of teachers who have imparted to you not only information, concerning their sev- eral subjects, but also something of themselves, their views of life. If you have used your opportunities, you realize what school means to the individual and to the community. The subjects studied in class-room are not the only contributions that the school has made to your life. Among yourselves you have formed associations and friend- ships. You have discovered that it is not necessary that men should be absolutely in accord on all subjects, but likewise, that there are certain broad principles of thought and of conduct, which educated men and women have in common, without which the world would be a very unhappy place. You have discovered that these who have been educated interpret life in a manner impossible to those whose minds have not been trained. The old Latin phrase, Alma Mater , has real meaning. The Oley Township Consolidated School has nourished and cherished you. You will look back to her with affection, with loyalty and with gratitude. May I extend to you both person- ally and officially my affectionate good wishes, press the hope that what you have learned in school may be the foundation for lives of usefulness and happiness. Fwe