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At Country Manor Phyllis Swindler reports that business is booming. The Swindlers decided to buck the trend of gas stations closing and instead invested in much larger gasoline tanks. Now, buying in large volume, they are able to sell gasoline at prices that are compeititve with Warrenton prices, James Swindler said. “I’m dealing with the recession by working a 80-hour week instead of a 70-hour week,” he added, saying gasoline sales have trippled.
The Swindlers also decided, when 1-66 took traffic away from Sperryville, to branch out into the mail order catalog business. Now they have turned the store outside Sperryville into a catalog outlet, with prices lower than those offered through the catalog.
This strategy is working. Their business grows and although there are fewer customers coming in from the road, those who come are more serious buyers, Mrs. Swindler added. She noted, however, that not all Sperryville merchants are faring as well. Some shops which used to be open throughout the week are now open only on weekends, she said. She added that fewer Sperryville businesses belong to the Sperryville Business Council.
Another factor improving the economic climate in the county comes from the four-lane construction projects for U.S. 211-522. Ken By waters, site superintendent for L.F. Franklin and Sons, working on the project closest to Washington,
See ECONOMY, p. A-8
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