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New Oxford Item

Location

New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1955

Page

3

Countians May Own 7 Million in Personal Property Taxobj

About 1000 Countians hold nearly seven million dollars in stocks bonds mortgages and judgments subject to the Adams County personal property tax. Commissioners send forms to be returned by January 15 to ensure correct four mill tax. Last year the county collected about twenty seven thousand from this tax. this year officials expect surpassing seven million as the total.

Adams County Pennsylvania Commissioners Gettysburg

Tax filing rules for Littlestown residents and property owners

The notice instructs Littlestown residents in First and Second wards and Union Two to file annual personal property tax returns with the local assessor or county commissioners. Returns are due January 15, with tax due July on combined notices. Penalties include five percent plus six percent interest per year up to five years. Forms available from assessors, commissioners, or Adams County banks.

Littlestown Union Theau Adams County

Larceny Hearing Post $500 Bond For Hayes

Howard V. Hayes of Gettysburg R F5 posted $500 bond before Justice of the Peace Robert P. Snyder to face a lar ceny charge at 11 AM Saturday. Kenneth E. Appler of Gettysburg R 5 charged Hayes with taking Appler’s shotgun from a rack at Hunterstown Gun Club during a Monday shoot. Adams County court also approved bond for Constable H. S. Bentzel of Berwick Two.

Howard V. Hayes Gettysburg Justice of the Peace Robert P. Snyder Hayes Snyder Kenneth E. Appler Appler Hunterstown Adams County Court H. S. Bentzel Berwick

Fire damages banana cargo along York Springs road

A tractor trailer carrying bananas en route from Baltimore to Harrisburg caught fire near a barn north of York Springs around 11 pm after a flat tire. Firefighters extinguished the blaze within minutes, but many bananas froze due to water and cold. total damage not yet determined.

Baltimore Harrisburg York Springs A. B. ©. Williams Willams Williams

Thomas Near Quota in U. S. Savings Bond Sales

Edmund W. Thomas county chairman for the U S Treasury and president of the First National Bank of Gettysburg reached 97 percent of the January through November quota for series E and H savings bonds. The Treasury announced the total bond sales to date.

Edmund W. Thomas U. S. Treasury Department First National Bank of Gettysburg

Adams County Pa ranked 20th in 97 percent quota

The report places Adams County at 20th among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties with 97 percent of quota reached. Prices for cattle, calves, hogs and poultry are listed in ranges, including dairy cows per head 78 to 166 dollars and chickens 17 to 22 dollars per hundred.

Adams County Pennsylvania

Wolgamuth Brethren Church Delivers Treats to Homes

Wolgamuth Church of the Brethren distributed ice cream and oranges to the Brethren Old Folks Home Cross Keys and candy and oranges to the Children s Home Carlisle. Boxes were arranged by the church for shut ins here.

Wolgamuth Church of the Brethren Brethren Cross Keys Carlisle

Pleads Guilty To Hit And Run Case In Gettysburg Area

Herbert F. Lloyd age 32 pleaded guilty before Justice of the Peace John H. Basehore to a hit and run charge. Bail set at 500 dollars for sentence court in January. The incident occurred Sunday evening when a car sideswiped Laura Crescent near Emmitsburg Road, five miles south of Gettysburg, causing 250 dollars damage and the other driver fled. Police traced a black 1950 Buick with matching damage to its side found in Aspers, with green paint transfer and chrome fragment from Crescent car.

Herbert F. Lloyd Rothers R Justice of the Peace John H. Basehore Lloyd Gettysburg Emmitsburg Rd Laura Cresent Chevy Chase Maryland Miss Cresent Aspers

Driver admits hit and flee after collision

Police report that Lloyd located the owner of the other car and freely admitted he struck the vehicle and drove away. He confessed to the incident and left the scene, authorities said.

Lloyd

Auto Crash Leaves Three Injured At Rail Canal Road

Three people were treated at York Hospital for injuries from a two car collision Sunday at 12 30 a m at the Susquehanna rail Canal Road intersection in Zion View. John Aston 61 of Harrisburg and his wife Marian 61 suffered chest injuries while Evelyn Bixler 25 of Manchester Route 1 received a scalp cut as a passenger in Edgar Bakers eastbound car from East Berlin Route 1. Damages were estimated at 1000 to the Aston car and 500 to the Bakers car.

York Hospital Susquehanna Rail Canal Road Zion View John Aston Harrisburg Marian Evelyn Bixler Manchester R. 1 Edgar Baker East Berlin R. 1 Aston Baker

Staub Anniversary Quietly Observed in Gettysburg

Mr and Mrs Cyril J Staub of Gettysburg observe their anniversary. The couple married December 27 1920 in Westminster. He is a Gettysburg plumber with four children. she is former Miss Vivian Brindle. He is a native of McSherrystown.

Cyril J. Staub Gettysburg Mr. Staub Staub Vivian Brindle Westminster McSherrystown

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