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from Emporia. Some of those seated with him were Delegates ■D. French Slaughter, Orby L. Cantrell of Pound, Tom Downing, Secretary of Ruritan National, Earl Shiflet, associated with the Virginia Cooperatives, Mrs. W. E. Warren, Home Demonstration, Paxton Marshall, Professor of Economics, University of Virginia, and a group of four University of Virginia students introduced as the Governor’s State Interns.
An opening statement by the chairman offered some interesting figures - 7% of the people in the U. S. live on 1% of the land - Virginia’s population has grown 15.9% from 1960-68 and at the July, 1969 mark, the increase was 17% compared with a U. S. average of 11.5%.
The first of the registered speakers was Robert C. Hamsberger, Vice President of Luray Caverns. In an excellent study centered on the economy of rural Virginia he pointed out that travel in the Old Dominion was a billion dollar business, ranking second in the state. Still there is room for added income by providing additional camping facilities, trailer parks which are now overflowing. These may be public or privately owned. Farm markets for tourists and vacationers lend opportunity for many home products. Here
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