THE BETTER WE KNOW US
• • •
by Miller Carter, Jr.,
HIGH POINT-With the slogan-
“We Make It Work”--James E. Mack,
president of B & C Associates, Inc.,
has been making it work for eleven
years. The Winston-Salem born and
reared Mr. Mack attended public
schools and college in his home town.
He graduated from Winston-Salem
State University majoring in English
with a minor in liberal science. While
at Winston-Salem State he spent much
of his time working for the school
newspaper.
Following graduation, Mr. Mack
went to work for the Winston-Salem
Journal-Sentinal putting his journal
ism skills to work. After leaving the
Journal-Sentinal he worked for Wa
chovia Bank as a general auditor.
When applying for a job at Wachovia,
he had asked for a position in the
public relations office but he never
got it. After two years at the bank,
Mr. Mack found that general auditing
was not what he really wanted to do.
He felt the need to deal with the
public more. Then, one day, he talked
to a friend at the bank who told
him about a black-owned public
relations firm, B & C Associates,
Inc.
This was Mr. Mack’s first “big
break”. He went to B & C Associates
and talked with Mr. Robert Brown
who was then president of the firm.
Right away he liked Mr. Brown and
found that B & C was the kind of firm
he would like to work for. “It was like
a dream come true,” says Mr. Mack.
And soon after he went to work with
B & C Associates as a marketing
assistant. As marketing assistant he
gathered marketing data, prepared
reports and analyzed marketing re
source data. Mr. Mack has been
with B & C for eleven years and for
the last six years has made High Point
his home.
As president of B & C, one of the
oldest and most respected minority
consulting firms in the nation, Mr.
Mack comments that it was not too
difficult to get where he is now. He
further says that he was given re
sponsibility early and it was just a
matter of being in the right place at
the right time - along with hard work.
According to Mr. Mack, this combina
tion deserves credit for most success
ful businesses. For, after only three
years with B & C, he worked his way
up to the vice presidency. He had nev
er dreamed it would happen; but
the combination of being at the right
place - at the right time - along with
hard work proved itself to be the way
to advancement. The part of his work
that he enjoys most is developing an
idea and standing by it until that idea
is fully nurtured and implemented.
“Being in the public relations
business is not the glamorous work it
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GREENSBORO— Sep- Day” in Greensboro, and Al’s
tember 17 was “Al Attles many friedns really turned
From Bag-Boy To Store Manager
by Mitter Carter, Jr.
Staff Reporter
HIGH POINT-From a
bag-boy to a manager in 12
years is the story of Mr. Neal
McLean, newly appointed
manager of Food Word at the
Eastgate Shopping Center. “It
wasn’t too hard - and then it
again - it wasn’t too easy,” to
get the manager position said
Mr. McLean, “considering my
age.”
Mr. McLean was bom in
Roberson County but has
been living in High Point for
the past 19 years. He began
working at Food World No. 2
on South Main Street, at age
16, as a bag-boy and went
from bag-boy to stock clerk.
From stock clerk he was
promoted to the grocery
department as a grocery
manager and from grocery
manager, he went almost to
the top ~ assistant manager.
After working as the assistant
manager, he was promoted
Aggies Journey Toward
Homecoming
GREENSBORO—From
Detroit they will be coming
by a chartered plane, and
from New York City and
other places along the Eastern
Seaboard, they will travel by
busses.
At any rate, their destina
tion will the week-long Home
coming celebration at A&T
State University October 13 -
19.
More than 20,000 visitors
are expected to pour into
Greensboro for the festivities
planned for students, alumni
and friends of A&T.
In keeping with the univer
sity’s celebration of the Amer
ican bicentennial, the theme
of this year’s Homecoming
will be “A Blast From the
Past: Through Aggieland”.
“We are going all out to
make this an outstanding and
memorable occasion,” said
James Qarfield, chairman of
the general Homecoming com
mittee. “We expect significant
ly more participation from
the students and from the
alumni chapters throughout
the nation.”
The student activities will
include the traditional bon
fire and Aggie feast, the
coronation of “Miss A&T
State University”, a campus-
wide dormitorj' and plot
decoration contest, and sev
eral dances and social affairs.
A special highlight of the
alumni activities will be the
annual A&T Sports Hall of
Fame induction ceremony on
Friday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. in
the Cosmos I Club. Four
former outstanding A&T ath
letes and a coach will be
inducted this year.
The alumni will also hold
their annual ball Saturday
Oct. 18 at 9 p.m. in the
Royal Villa and their annual
worship service on Sunday,
Oct. 19 at 11 a.m. in the
Richard B. Harrison Auditor
ium.
Another special feature of
the week will be the nightly
presentation of “Porgy”, by
the Richard B. Harrison Play
ers.
A mile-long parade in East
Greensboro on Saturday will
precede the annual Home
coming football game between
A&T and the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore. The
game will get underway in the
Memorial Stadium at 1:30
p.m.
once again to the very top -
manager.
Now instead of taking
orders, he gives them. As
manager of this store, which
is only one out of the largest
supermarket chain in North
Carolina, Mr. McLean is in
charge of the entire store.
When he was the assistant
manager, he was the one that
did all of the ordering and
keeping the store stocked;
but now, as manager, he plans
everything that goes on.
On his way up, Mr. McLean
encountered very few prob
lems; however, of the ones he
did have to cope with, the
most significant problem was
getting the general public to
accept him, a black man, in a
responsible position. Today,
Mr. McLean enjoys his job
very much and has no prob
lems at all. One would think
that a black manager would
have a few problems with
employees but Mr. McLean
says he has no problems with
his employees, black or white.
Having to work and help
support his family when he
was very young did not allow
him the opportunity to attend
college; but with thoughts
of going even higher in the
company someday, Mr. Me-
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out to say thanks to the nice
guy who last spring guided his
Golden State Warriors to the
championship of the National
Basketball Association.
From an emotional reunion
with Cal Irvin, Al’s tutor at
A&T, to a lively banquet that
night attended by 450 Aggies
and their friends, Al enjoyed
every moment of it.
Al was a big hit with the
students. In a morning con
vocation in Moore Gym, he
told more than 4,000 of
them:
“You don’t get everything
you pay for, but you pay for
everything you get.” They
loved him, and he spent
nearly an hour afterwards
signing autographs and posing
for pictures which the stu
dents took with their Brown
ie cameras.
“The tie we have is not
basketball,” Al also told the
audience, which also included
many of his former teachers.
“It is love.”
Following the convocation,
Al appeared as a guest on
“Sandra and Friends”, hosted
by another Aggie, Sandra
Hughes.
Then it was on to a press
lucheon at the Cosmos Club
on East Market Street.
But the climax of the day
was the reception and banquet
held in the Royal Villa. One
of the largest banquets held
in Greensboro in recent years,
the affair drew persons from
as far away as New Jersey
and Norfolk, Va.
Chancellor Lewis C. Dow
dy, the Athletic Department,
the Aggie Boosters, the City
of Greensboro, the Alumni
Association, and Converse
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GREENSBORO — co«ch of the ckamploniWp
ATTLES HONORED IN Golden State Warriors, le-
GREENSBORO-Al Attles, special citation from
, mayor of Greens
boro, N. C. Attles played for
A&T State University in
Greensboro.
Fayetteville State U. Femme Fatales
Photographs by John B. Henderson
MISS STUDENT CENTER-Pretty Fay
etteville State University senior English
major Shirley Smith was recently chosen
“Miss Student Center” at FSU. A native
of nearby Stedman, N.C., Shirley is a
member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority.
MISS SENIOR—A native of Charieston,
South Carolina, Marilyn Gilliard was
recently selected “Miss Senior” at Fay
etteville State University. Majoring in
biology, Marilyn plans to teach in high
school when she graduates in May, 1976.
MISS JUNIOR-Lovely SheUa Bryant,
a resident of Tabor City, N.C., was chos
en as “Miss Junior” recently at Fayette
ville State University. Majoring in ele
mentary education, Sheila enjoys cook
ing, modeling, and reading for relaxation.
Miss SOPHOMORE-Beautlful GaU WU-
lingham, a native of Jacksonville, N. C.,
was recently chosen “Miss Sophomore”
at Fayetteville State University. An hono]^
roll and dean’s list student, Gail is major-,
ing in sociology at Fayetteville State.
MISS FRESHMAN —Recently chosen
“Miss Freshman” at Fayetteville State
University is lovely Annette Morrison. A
native of Winston-Salem, N.C. Annette is
the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Herman Springs
of that city.
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