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August 31, 1977
Historic District (continued)
[continued from back page]
The District, which Mr.
Watson's office has already
surveyed and submitted to
the Interior Department, is
expected to be approved in
about six months.
Mr. Watson explained
upon being questioned that
the District will infringe
“not at all’’ on the rights
of homeowners. No proper-
ty will be required to look a
certain way or be maintain-
ed in any prescribed man-
ner.
‘““Then there are no
requirements attached to
being in the District?”’ we
asked him.
“None whatsoever,” re-
‘plied Mr. Watson.
Although the government
will not require anything of
the homeowners in the
area, it will strongly en-
courage them to preserve
historic structures within
the district.
The governmental per-
suasion comes in the form
of tax structures. For
example, the cost of dem-
olishing an old building is
ordinarily a tax write-off. If
the razed building is in an
Historic District, the cost of
demolition is capitalized
and added to the cost of
the property. Other tax
changes can be found
under section 2124(b) of
the tax law.
On the other side of the
Historic coin is good news
for people who want to fix
up their historic properties.
Mr. Watson said that S0%
matching funds would be
available for improvements
to historic structures. The
La Leche League to discuss
advantages of breastfeeding
The E-town/Mount Joy
chapter of the La Leche
League will hold its regular
meeting on Thursday, Sep-
tember 8th at 7:30 p.m. at
the Norlanco Family Health
Marine private Henry J.
Ruby, son of Mrs. Mary
Ruby, of 253 W. Market,
Marietta, has completed
recruit training at Parris
Island.
Center. The topic of dicus-
sion will be ‘‘The advan-
tages of breastfeeding to
mother and baby.”’
Any interested woman is
invited to attend. For more
During the 11-week
course, Henry learned ba-
sic battlefield survival, was
introduced to Marine Corps
routine, and studied the
standards traditional to his
branch of the service.
information or counseling,
call: Elaine Good, at
653-1590; Deborah Kuntz,
653-8566; Jan Haitman,
367-3102; or Libby Ketter-
ing,-653-8591.
Pvt. Ruby completes training
He took part in a
physical conditioning pro-
gram, and gained proficien-
cy in first aid, marksman-
ship, and close order drill.
He signed up in Decem-
ber 1976.
Doug Morris deployed in
Mediterranean
Navy Yeoman Seaman
Douglas Scott Morris, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Morris of Elizabethtown, is
Atn. hunters:
Notice to hunters: The
PA Game Commission has
outlawed any shotgun shot
larger than #2 for the rest
of the year. The reason is
that, while heavier shot
travels farther, it is more
likely to cripple birds than
the smaller shot.
Large shot has been
favored by some hunters
for waterfowl. BB’s and
ball bearings have been
loaded by a few.
Remember, too, that lead
shot has been banned in
our area. Only steel shot is
allowed, due to lead poi-
soning of our streams and
rivers. Rifles and handguns
cannot be used to hunt
waterfowl.
If you hunt with a
shotgun other than guage
12, you may use lead,
James
Lawrence
graduates
James Lawrence, of RD2
Mount Joy, graduated from
Penn State last Saturday
with a D.ED. in educational
administration.
currently deployed in the
Mediterranean Sea aboard
the USS Independence.
Morris and his squadron
recently completed 52 con-
tinuous hours of flight
operations there.
He joined the Navy in
December 1975.
heavy shot outlawed
however. Steel shot is not
readily available for theses
guages.
Because the steel shot
ruling applies only in the
local area (Lancaster county
and along the Susquehanna
River), it may be hard to
find steel shot in 12 guage
of the proper size, smaller
than #2. It would be best to
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costs S0% more than lead
and has a shorter range (35
to 40 yards at most).
Beyond '40 yards the num-
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not retrieved is large. They
advise against ‘‘sky
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funds could be used for
work that ‘‘benefits the
public,’’ i.e., which pre-
serves the historic nature
of the building. Thus the
‘addition of shutters and
painting would be eligible
for funding, but a new
furnace would not (in a
private home; a furnace in
a public building would
benefit the public).
The Federal funds, which
could be obtained along
with state funds, would be
given only to owners of
“‘historic’’ buildings within
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the Historic District. As
Mr. Watson put it, ‘You
wouldn’t get anything to fix
up a gas station.”
Mr. Watson implied that
funding should not be hard
to get for owners of the
right sort of property.
Owners of the more recent
sort may be able to escape
the tax law by proving to
the proper agency that
their property is not histor-
ic in nature.
There are only about 30
Historic Districts in Penn-
sylvania, and none in
Lancaster County (although
there exist 20 or so
‘‘Historic Sites’’). When
we asked Mr. Watson why
his office had picked Mari-
etta, he replied that it was
“close.”
‘““Close to what?’’ we
asked.
‘‘Harrisburg,’”’ he re-
plied. ‘“We only have three
people, and we didn’t have
to go very far to survey
you. We considered Lan-
caster, but that’s bigger,
and would have taken
longer.”
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