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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1957
Page
11
A Market Sales Management survey shows Surry County residents spark strong spending with retail purchases reaching 48.317 million dollars, up 10.1 percent from last year while disposable income totals 51.744 million. The South Atlantic region trails the 1955 record, influenced by a car sales slump.
The 1965 buying power index shows Surry County ranking high in disposable income and buying volume. With 1965 figures, average per family spending nears $4,386 while the county acts as a regional business hub as populations and incomes rise across the area.
Area students received degrees at the college's first commencement in Winston-Salem. Jimmie D. Simmons of this city earned the doctor of medicine and Grady R. Motsinger Jr. of Pilot Mountain earned the bachelor of laws.
Mrs. Thamons is the former Miss Lorena Whitaker, marking the birth announcement in the local column.
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