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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1950
Page
5
Mount Airy residents and visitors are noted in a wide spread social column. J. G. Greenwood wins a legion auxiliary membership award while families travel to North Carolina camps and attend weddings and gatherings in Virginia, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
Mr and Mrs R P Jones and daughters plan a trip to the Great Smoky Mountains and Fontana Village and will be special guests at the Cherokee Pageant Unto These Hills in the open air theatre. Mrs BF W Kearney and children from Jackson Miss visit W G Lewis and attend the HatcherClark wedding. P N Taylor attends Governor's Highway Safety meeting in Raleigh as engineering committee chair. Bill Cochrane visits Franklin family. Duke Power employees enjoy a chicken fry at Veterans Memorial Park.
The Organ of Grace Moravian Church is being rebuilt with a new console arriving and immediate installation. Chimes will switch from pneumatic to electri action and painting plastering and carpentry work are planned to complete the renovation.
Surry County Tax Supervisor J. Pate Fulk warns owners of shows, carnivals, and other amusement companies to comply with the privilege license tax law. The statute states no person firm or corporation or aggregate of fame shall be relieved from payment of these taxes.
The text states taxes apply to all persons firms or corporations hosting shows exhibitions or performances in the state, regardless of whether proceeds go to charity or educational causes. It notes Surry County authorities lack authority to relieve any organization from these license taxes, as stated by Mr. Fulk.
W. J. Kaylor and son of Suffolk Virginia visited Me and Mrs Albert Cox over the weekend as friends and relatives, sharing time at their home.
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