Tag: Tax Assessor


This Week in Chester History…

Charles A. Williamson, Tax Assessor for the Borough, and Peyton Rochelle, Tax Assessor for the Township, announced that all applicants for the senior citizen exemption must file applications with their respective assessors on or before November 1, 1961, said the Observer-Tribune. Williamson said that pending legislation necessitated the use of a new form filled out by citizens who claimed an $800 exemption for 1961, as well as people filing this type of claim for the first time.


This Week in Chester History…

In the 1937 primary elections, the following Chesterites won: for Chester Borough Council, Dr. Hugh L. Fry and Adam Schaefer; Borough Tax Assessor, Harry Q. Segur; Chester Township Committee, William E. Terhune and Clifford W. Emmons; and County Committee, Mrs. Katherine Jackson and Everett Skellenger.