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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1973
Page
6
City inspections division reports March permits totaling 2,931,477 across 193 permits. Non-residentials and additions led with 2,165,718, including 26 new non residential structures at 1,588,618 and nine additions at 577,100. New houses were 23 permits totaling 512,900, the year's lowest.
High Point employment official William Hollar reports March 1973 data showing strong overall job demand with about 600 monthly openings. While new job applications fell 13.3 percent from a year earlier, placements rose 1.8 percent. Unemployment insurance claims up 8.9 percent, weeks claimed down 35.8 percent. 523 new applications in March vs 603 a year ago.
Government Operations Committee reports on the subject of Sen. Ervin amid rising North Carolina speculation about a possible bid for re election to the Senate in 1974. Ervin is serving his third term in the Senate.
Central districts ranked from superior to average as Ragsdale High School Jamestown led Group V with excellent marks under Paul Rainey. Trinity High School earned an excellent rating in Group IV under T. W. Marlowe. Ledford High School gained superior in Group III under John Mauney while East Davidson and Central Davidson scored excellent and superior in Group II. Band director Jim Baldwin chaired, with judges Fuller Whitcomb and Charles Isley of Boone.
The Marimont facility in Marion, a wholly owned autonomous Henredon subsidiary, covers 210000 square feet with own lumber storage dry kiln and frame manufacturing. It will employ 450 to 500 and currently houses 150 workers on a 350 acre site with two lakes. Speakers included Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. Congressman Roy A. Taylor and Marion Mayor James H. Segars.
The idea of a sabbatical year permits land to lie fallow or rest every seventh year. This traditional practice supports crop renewal and soil health. The concept intersects agricultural policy and ancient agricultural law, highlighting balance between productivity and land stewardship.
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