THE ORIGINAL VOICE OF VALMEYER

Volume 14 – Number 28 July 10, 2006

To look in and not out, to look forward and not back, to look up and not down.

IF THE ROOSTER DIES . . . . . . . BUY AN ALARM CLOCK!

VALMEYER PUBLIC LIBRARY - - - - - THE SUMMER SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS:

Mondays and Thursdays – 3:00 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays – 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. THE PIRATE IS NOW IN PLACE TO GREET EVERYONE AS THEY ARRIVE AT THE LIBRARY. He is in marvelous full costume with ruffles, hook and eye patch. There is one problem. He doesn’t have a name, so a contest is being held to give him a name. The story hours will begin at 2:00 p.m. and take place on July 11. The closing program on July 18, will feature the Elsenpeter Water Show. PREPARE TO GET WET!!!!! . . . . . . . . . . . The Valmeyer Public Library District Board of Trustees is having a Book Cover Contest. Participants are to take their favorite book, or just one that catches their fancy and design a cover for it. Entry fee is $5.00 and the entrant must provide a copy of the book. For more information, check at the Library for a registration form. It’s time to get creative!!! . . . . . . . . . The Library web page is up and running again, so you can keep current with what is going on at the Library. Go to www.valmeyerk12.org and click on LIBRARY.

Homes have started popping up in Bluff Meadows – Valmeyer’s newest addition to the northeast.

Next meeting of the Valmeyer Village Board of Trustees – Tuesday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Emergency Services Building.

VALMEYER SCHOOL CALENDAR . . . . .

Tuesday, July 18 and Wednesday, July 19 – Registration for all students in Grades K-8 for the 2-006-2007 School Year – from Noon to 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, August 16 – First day of school for the 2006-2007 School Year.

FROM THE PAGES OF HISTORY . . .

On August 30, 1930, representatives and attorneys of the Gulf Pipe Line Company of Pennsylvania met with the Monroe County Board of Commissioners for permission to construct a pipe line across the County and cross the road between Valmeyer and Maeys Station. The County Commissioners granted their permission and construction began on the new facility. . . . . . . Even though the Pipe Line facility was located just outside the Village limits of Valmeyer, it became a major part of the community. A pumping station was completed by the Gulf Pipe Line Company in 1930. The pipe line pumped petroleum from the oil fields in Texas and Oklahoma to the refineries in Toledo, Ohio. The first Superintendent was Jess Vaughn, followed by C. H. Morrison and A. J. Nabers. Also during 1930, a pipe was laid through the County which reached all the way from Texas to Cleaves and Toledo, Ohio. A huge engine and pumping station was set up at the Valmeyer facility. There were 14 such stations along the line, every 50 miles as the crow flies. Counting from Texas, the Valmeyer station was number seven. The engine and pumping plant took up about two and a half acres of land. It was situated on a forty-acre tract of land to accommodate the enormous tanks which were necessary with an operation such as this. Crude oil was pumped from the oil fields to the refineries through this line. The engine and pumping room had to be kept immaculately clean. The plant in Valmeyer was always simply known as “The Pipe Line.” It once employed fourteen men, but that number was reduced to five in 1966. At that time A. J. Nabers was the chief engineer. Other employees were Aaron Hawkins, Sylvester Maher, George Andres and Wesley Althoff.

Visit the School’s webpage at www.valmeyerk12.org . . . find the Original Voice of Valmeyer on line by visiting the Community Links section of this site. SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!