THE BETTER WE KNOW US
• • •
by Don L. Bailey
Determination,, fortitude, and good
fortune have made many a man
successful, and Nathaniel Oates, Jr., a
marketing representative for IBM may
well serve as proof of that statement.
Nathaniel’s story to date would not
receive a commendation from President
Ford, nor from Governor Holshouser. But
Nathaniel should be better known by all
because he has combined the three
variables for success mentioned above to
the point that success is surely
forthcoming, if not already arrived.
In working as a marketing representa
tive for IBM around the High Point area,
Nathaniel encounters daily the great
remesis to a Black man’s success,
prejudice, and were it not for his
determination and fortitude teamed with
good fortune, he certainly would have
been tallied as another failure for the
Black race. To consistently face doors
being closed in your face, being rushed
out of offices, and having white managers
and business owners buy your product
from a white salesman with your
company in another district to avoid
dealing with a Black man, is more than
many Blacks, whether in the same field or
another, whether man or woman, could
actually survive, much less survive and
succeed!
Hailing from Iron Station, N.C., a small
community just north of Charlotte,
Nathaniel received his B.S. degree in
Business Education in 1967 from
Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C. He
then entered the teaching field as a
business instructor at Dallas High School
in Dallas, N.C. from 1967-1971.
In 1971, Nathaniel put aside the
teaching occupation to head north to
Lindenwold, N.J. He entered employ
ment there with the Dow Chemical
Company as a manager trainee, but
ended up as an automotive salesman for
Dow Chemical. This went on for seven
months, afterwhich he began selling
packaging materials for Dow Chemical.
For six months, Nathaniel covered
southern New Jersy, Delaware, eastern
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington,
D.C., and northern Virginia selling
packaging materials. This job meant a
great amount of travelling and overnight
trips, and after six months Nathaniel left
Dow to join IBM for more money, less
travel and no overnight trips.
In his first year with IBM in 1973 as a
sales representative, Nathaniel sold
100% of his assigned quota. He
accomplished this in eight months, and
did it right here in North Carolina. His
assigned quota in that first year was
$300,000 worth of sales, and he had to
protect (prevent account cancellation)
$1.5 million worth of established
accounts. ■ Because of his hard work,
Nathaniel was then made a marketing
representative for IBM, the position he
currently holds. His assigned yearly
quota is now $500,000-$600,000 with his
protection obligation remaining the
same. The amazing thing is, that despite
his problems with prejudice and the
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A&T Graduate Named N.C, Teacher OF The Year
Notes & Reminders
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Greensboro-North
swimmers age 6 to 18 to
RALEIGH - A graduate
of A&T State University,
Mrs. Ruby Swinson Mur
chison, has been named
“Teacher of the Year” in
North Carolina. She cur
rently lives in Fayetteville,
N.C.
Mrs. Murchison, 42,
is sponsored jointly by the
state Department of Public
Instruction and the Asso
ciation of Classroom Tea
chers.
In accepting the award,
she said, “This is more
than an individual honor. It
is a tribute to the teaching
profession.”
Craig Phillips, state » ■ J J
superintendent of public AffT
instruction, described Mrs. ” M V
Murchison as “a creative.
Carolina Mutual Insurance swim on it’s competitive veteran of 22 years in the warm, capable and compe-
Company has many train
ing programs. One of its
most outstanding programs
will be held in Atlanta,
Georgia this year. It is
called the “Zone A and
Zone B Planning Commit
tee”. This planning session
is designed for developing
ahd training Managers and
Staff Managers in the
States of Georgia, Alaba
ma, Tennessee, South
Carolina and North Caro
lina.
Persons attending this
meeting will be Staff
Managers. Matthew Pat
terson, Richard Brothers,
Roosevelt Sims all of our
District Office, John Mad-
kins, of our Reidsville
Office. Vander Purcell of
swim team. classroom, is a seventh- tent teacher.’
We will be competing in teacher at Washing- , Mrs. Murchison pre-
the Northern Piedmont Drive Junior High viously taught at elemen-
YMCA Swimming League g^hool in Fayetteville. She tary and secondary schools
has taught language arts in Bath, Lillington, Linden,
North Carolina
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the past 14 years.
She said that m her earfy
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Taylor YMCA, 1101 E. pypjis^ but found that lor’s and master’s degrees
Market Street, Greensboro, (;o^^,seling with the indivi- from A&T State University
dual and the parents was m Greensboro. The teacher
much better. of the year award program
Fayetteville and at Western
Carolina University Sum
mer Demonstration School
in Cullowhee.
She received her bache-
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272-0198.
272-0197
573,349
GREENSBORO - A team
of transportation research
ers from A&T State
University have been se
lected to help evaluate a
new federal pilot program
designed to improve tran
sportation systems in the
nation’s rural areas.
The A&T involvement
will be directed by Mrs.
Joyce Johnson, who has
already accomplished con-
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The Navy begins a major
review today of its equal
opportunity program. The
Chief of Naval Operations,
Admiral James L. Holloway
111, ordered the establish-
our Burlington Office and ^ j^avy Affirmative
Ivery C. Brandon, Manager Action Planning Task Force
in-depth
of the Territority. The
Planning Committee is
designed for improving
service and sales.
HIGH POINT-Fourth
Street Y.W.C.A.: Monday
thru Friday - Adult Day
Care beginning at 8
a.m After School Care
beginning at 3 p.m.
Wednesday (Dec. 3):
Open Recreation, 7 p.m.
Thursday (Dec. 4): Gold
en Agers. 11 a.ni Piano
Lessons. 4:30 p.m.
Friday (Dec. 5); Open
Recreation, 7 p.m.
GREENSBORO-Zeta
Omega Chapter of Tau
Gamma Delta Sorority will
meet at 4:30 p.m.. Sunday.
December 7. at the home of
Miss Donna Lee, 1016
Dewey St.. Greensboro.
Sorors from Lambda Chap
ter. Durham, will be
present.
“IF YOU FIND MIS
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CATION, PLEASE CONSI
DER THAT THEY ARE
THERE FOR A PURPOSE.
WE PUBLISH SOIME-
THING FOR EVERYONE,
AND SOIVIE PEOPLE ARE
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR
MISTAKES!”
Greensboro-Hayes-
Taylor YMCA is looking for
NUMBER ONE IN N.C.-Mn. Rnby
Murchinson (2nd from left), recently
chosen as North Carolina’s “Teacher of
Navy Reviews Equal Opportunity Program receives congratulations from blacii
The task force will make get the Navy as an command and by each
a comprehensive review of institution involved in equal person in the Navy.” g 00 language and arts
established programs and opportunity to the point Rear Adm-iral Paul C.
where it will become Gibbons, Jr., Commander
self-sustaining within the Training Command Atlan-
chain of command. “To tic, in Norfolk, Virginia,
make this work,” he said, will serve as Director of the
“each individual in the task force,
chain of command is Admiral
accountable for insuring served a;
that the Navy progresses office of
toward the goal of equal Resource
opportunity. Success de
pends upon vigorous sup
Instructor, Mrs. MnrchlMm Is greeted by
(L-R) W.T. Brown, Assistant Super
intendent, Fayetteville City Schools; Dr.
C.R. Edwards, Chairman, Board of
Education, Fayetteville City Schools; and
Joseph Pillow, President, local NAACP
Chapter.
‘to conduct
policies, identify areas for
improvement and develop a
Navy Affirmative Action
Program which establishes
the goals and outlines the
actions required to increase
Minority-Owned Banks Increase
review of the present status the effectiveness of equal
of equal opportunity in the opportunity programs
Navy and to determine Navy-wide,
those changes necessary to In establishing the task
achieve full equal oppor- force. Admiral Holloway
tunity for all personnel.” stressed that he wants to
Gibbons has
commanding
the Human
Management
Center in San Diego and
has extensive background
port at all levels of Continued on Page 6
The number of banks
designated by the U.S.
Treasury Department as
minority-owned increased
from 57 in June of 1974 to
71 in June of 1975. Total
bank deposits also increas
ed by about $133 million
during that period.
Alex Armendaris, direc
tor of the U.S. Commerce
Department’s Office of
Minority Business Enter
prise (OMBE), said that
compares with 31 minority-
owned banks in 1969, with
total deposits at that time of
$396.5 million. Deposits
today have reached $1.3
billion.
In terms of deposits, the
three largest banks are
Republic National Bank of
Miami, with deposits of
$123 million; Banco de
Ponce in New York City,
with deposits of $120
million; and The Bank of
Miami, with deposits of
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THREE I NIQUE STUDENTS-There are
several unique things about these three
lovely Fayetteville State University [N.C.]
coeds [left to right] Sharon Moore
Campbell, Colette Moore, and Sandra
Sherrill. First, they all were recently
selected to Who’s Who Among American
Colleges and Universities; secondly, all
are honor roll and Dean s List students;
thirdly, they all belong to the Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority; and fourthly, all of
them finished South Iredell [County]
High School. However, there is one
difference, only Sharon and Colette are
sisters but ail of them arc good friends.
JFSU Photo by John Henderson]
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