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Mast General Store is in the old Brown-Rogers-Dixson building, which dates back to 1928. The company
took two years to refurbish the old building to capture a 1920s look.
Downtown Winston-Salem store is open
BY DONNA ROGERS
THE CHRONICLE
if a visitor entered Mast General
Store, 516 North Trade St., while
singing "A Few of My Favorite
Things," it would be appropriate. In
fact, some of the sales people might
join in singing the song.
The store, which opened
Wednesday, May 6, offers various
Southern staples, such as Moonpies
packaged with RC Cola, grits, jams,
jellies and preserves. It offers pop
corn popped fresh in an old-fashioned
popper. It also offers cast iron skillets
and paraphernalia from Wake Forest
University, the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and N.C.
State University. Food products come
from Winston-Salem and other areas
that have Mast General Stores.
Fred Martin, president of the
company, which is owned by workers
via an employee stock-ownership
plan, said Mast General Store uses
more than 3,500 vendors.
Some of the main attractions of
the store are its old-fashioned candy
in barrels and its toys. The company
says it carries 500 old-fashioned
favorite candies. All the toys it carries
do not have batteries, except one. The
store also carries vintage children's
books and stuffed animals as well as
old-fashioned signs, such as one that
says "Cheerwine."
The Winston-Salem Mast General
Store also carries traditional fashions,
rugged outdoor gear and outerwear,
travel clothing, hiking and casual
footwear, home decor and country
gourmet foods.
Prices vary according to the
items. For instance, jams, preserves
and jellies start at about $5 while the
clothing starts higher. The canwyis
sold by the pound: $7.99 for one^
Mast General Store said in a news
release that Zach Lail, the general
manager of the Winston-Salem store,
is making sure that staff members
will be ambassadors of the downtown
area, in addition to being knowledge
able about the goods in the store. His
staff of 35 includes four employees
who moved to the city from other
Mast Stores to be a part of the store.
The store is in the old Brown
Rogers-Dixson building, which dates
back to 1928. Brown-Rogers-Dixson
sold farm equipment, including trac
tors, seed and household hardware.
John Cooper, chairman of the
board, said last week that his compa
ny is a slow-growth company that
takes its time to research where it will
open a store. He said the company
wants to be invited to areas and was
invited to look at Winston-Salem. It
started the process in 2006.
"We want to be wanted in a com
munity," Cooper said.
Grand opening festivities are
scheduled for Friday through Sunday,
May 15-17. Winston-Salem store
hours are Monday-Wednesday, 10
a.m.- 6 p.m.; Thursday-Saturday, 10
a.m.-8 p.m.; and Sunday, noon-6 p.m.
The phone number is 336-727-2015.
To find out more, visit
www.MastStore.com.
Submitted photo
Omega Psi Phi Grand Basileus Tony Knox Sr.; Winston Salem State University Chancellor Dr. Elwood
Robinson; Sixth District Representative Brother Brian O. Beverly, Esquire; and Omega Psi Phi Chief of
Staff Victor L. Bruinton show the amount of money Sixth District of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. donated
to the WSSU General Scholarship Fund.
Omega Psi Phi donates $10,000 to WSSU
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The Sixth District of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity Inc. donated $10,000 to the
General Scholarship
Fund of Winston
Salem State
University on
Sunday, April 26,
during the Sixth
District's 70th annual
meeting, Brother
Brian O. Beverly,
Esquire, announced.
"During every
annual meeting, we
raise money for a
community partner
and the District will
match funds raised
up to $5,000," said
39th Sixth District
Representative
Brother Beverly.
Brother Dr. El wood
Robinson, Chancellor of Winston Salem
State, received the check from the fraterni
ty-'
The Sixth District of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity Inc. is comprised of all graduate
and undergraduate chapters in North
Carolina and South Carolina.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. is the
oldest black Greek Letter fraternity found
ed at a historically black college or univer
sity. Worldwide,
the fraternity has
over 700 chapters
throughout the
United States,
B e r m u. d a ,
Bahamas, Virgin
Islands, Korea,
Japan, Liberia,
Germany, Kuwait
and the United
Kingdom.
Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity Inc. was
founded in 1911 at
Howard University
in Washington.
D.C. Some famous
Omega men with
ties to the Sixth
District are:_ the
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Dr. Charles K. Drew,
Dr. Ernest E. Just, Michael Jordan.
Honorable Mathew J. Perry, Honorable H.
Carl Moultrie, U.S. Rep. James Clybum,
Dr. C. Tyrone Gilmore Sr.. and the current
Grand Basileus, Antonio F. Knox.
"During every
annual meeting, we
raise money for a
community partner
and the District will
match fufMs raised up
to $5,000,"
- Brian O. Beverly
One of the main attractions of the store is its old
fashioned candy in barrels. The company says it
carries 500 old-fashioned favorite candies.
Mast General Store offers Southern staples, includ
ing Moon Pies and RC Cola.
Children's books include the "Dick and Jane" series
from decades ago.
John Cooper, chairman of the board of Mast
General Store, and his wife, Faye, speak to reporters
during a sneak peak of the store on Friday, May 1.
They bought the original Mast General Store in and
refurbished it and grew the company to the ?? stores
it has today.
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