SAVE OUR SIDING NEWS - PROGRESS UPDATE
~~ as reported by Frank Kosmerl

Carl [May] and I went down today (Thursday,Sept. 19th) and picked up the freshly milled siding for the Hall, and it is now stored in the basement. I plan to pick up some dark brown stain and work on some pieces to get ready for some installations soon.

Here is a pick of the milling of our siding. They were just finishing it up when Carl and I arrived.

The milling machine was brand new at High Profiles Millworks in Penn Yan, NY (http://www.buzzfile.com/business/High-Profiles-315-536-0525). The new machine was just delivered about two weeks ago and they had to rent a large generator because the power company was late in getting their 400 amp electric service connected.

There were about 23 pieces totaling 300 feet. It is Cyprus wood, which has a very nice grain to it. The distributor was in Massachusetts and the wood was from the southern states.

The bill was $870 and we could use a bit more contributions to cover it completely.

Website Managers Note: Although we now have the siding in our possession, there is still much to be done. The siding need to be stained to match the old siding, the old damaged siding must come down and the new siding put up. Contributions toward our siding are being accepted at our GoFundMe campaign (https://www.gofundme.com/save-our-siding-sos) and via our own web site SOS Page (historicvalentownmuseum.org/SOS).