In addition to the cultural val ue of Longwood College, there is a dollars and cents value to the economic well-being of the com munity, Dr Francis G Lankford told the Chamber of Commerce Monday evening. The biennial operating budget is $1 million, a large portion of which is spent locally Salaries and wages for 150 employees, including 60 faculty member, average $50,000 monthly, he said. Of the 60 faculty membcis. dd own their homes, eight having bought homes within the past two years. Students spend over $17 000 a month in Farmville, he said The Slater System supplies the food service at the College and employs 28 persons. A good por tion of the food is bought locally F ■ j* t*»c I'* — ■ <i • 11 ii *. .j >.* 'o—u i
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“In addition to the cultural val ue of Longwood.” Farmville Herald, April 1957.
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