August 30, 1978
More on the Historic District
Last week the Susque-
hanna Times reported on
insured loans and tax
breaks for residents of the
new Historic District in
Marietta. This week we
present, below, a brief
follow-up.
First: for more informa-
tion on loans, write to your
State Historic Preservation
Officer (SHPO). He is:
Executive Director, Penn-
sylvania Historical and Mu-
suem Commission, P.O.
Box 1026, Harrisburg, PA
17120. Ask for literature.
Information may also be
available from HUD, Curtis
Building, 625 Walnut St.,
Philadelphia 19106.
For more on tax breaks,
write to your SHPO or to:
Tax Reform Act, Office of
Archaeology and Historic
Preservation, U.S. Dept. of
the Interior, Washington,
DC 20240.
Procedures for obtaining
certification for business
properties in the District in
accordance with Section
2124 of the Tax Reform Act
of 1976 are explained in
Title 36 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, Part
67. The assistance of a
lawyer or the IRS is urged
upon you for any definite
business decision making.
GRANTS IN AID
One type of money we
didn’t mention last week is
matching grants-in-aid.
If we understand the
literature sent to us by the
Museum and Historical
people, grants-in-aid may
be awarded to individuals
by the state, once the
federal government has
given the money to the
state. However, these
grants seemed to be aimed
Maytown Civic Assoc
plans activities
The Maytown Civic Asso-
ciation begins its fall and
winter activities with a
general meeting Tuesday,
Sept. Sth at 7:30 PM in the
Municipal Building. All
members are urged to
attend. We will discuss the
activities of the past sum-
mer and plan new
programs.
After the summer recess
the regular monthly pin-
ochle parties will begin
with the first to be held
Friday Sept. 8th at 8:00
PM in the Municipal
Building.
We urge public support
of our meetings and activi-
ties if our present under-
taking, the annual summer
supervised playground, is
to continue.
Ivan Hess,
Publicity Chairman
mainly at municipalities.
Eligible projects are
those which involve the
acquisition of title to or
interest in National Regis-
ter properties (such as all
of Historic District Marietta
properties), as well as the
protection, restoration, re-
habilitation, etc., etc., of
such properties. All pro-
jects must be in accordance
with an approved State
Historic Preservation Plan.
Private organizations, as
well as local governments
and individuals, can get the
grants.
The highest priority is
given to projects working
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on historic properties which
are threatened with ‘‘de-
struction or impairment.”
However, the lowest prior-
ity does not require any
immediate or forseeable
threat, only ‘‘demonstrable
need.”
For more information:
Executive Order 11593 dir-
ects that the Secretary of
the Interior develop and
disseminate to Federal,
State, and local govern-
ments information concern-
ing methods and tech-
niques of preservation,
restoration, and mainten-
ance of historic properties.
Try the SHPO again.
Flea market and fire carnival
which advertises the upcoming flea market sponsored
by the company.
Mel Scheuing subs for Deb Smeal, who was having
lunch, and paints a sign at Maytown Fire Company
Florin companies of Mount Joy, the Maytown company,
Pioneer of Marietta, the E-town/Mount Joy Forest Fire
Crew, and 17 other fire-fighting organizations.
The carnival will continue this Friday and Saturday.
Fire chief Bob Ricedorf tends a booth at the carnival,
which marks the 50th anniversary of the Rheems Fire
Company. In the afternoon the Old Harrisburg Pike was
the route for a parade including the Friendship and
ly alumni pursue the ball. There were plenty of turnovers and
thletes and the crowd, overwhelmed by nostalgia, had a good
seemed to take the game more seriously.
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