ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, December 2, 1995 TAG: 9512040035
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-1 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: The Good Neighbors Fund
During the holiday season, what do you give a boss who has everything?
For the past couple of years, employees of Old Dominion Glass Inc. in Roanoke have given a donation to the Good Neighbors Fund in honor of their bosses, Ray Tate and Joan Trice.
"We do this because they really appreciate it," said Rosalie Goad, company manager. She has been working at Old Dominion since it opened in 1990.
"They know [the fund] does a lot of good," added Goad, one of 10 employees.
Another contributor, Cynthia Northcross, gave to the fund this year in memory of her sisters-in-law, Emily Northcross, Josephine N. Fagg and Billie Northcross Ellis.
"They were a special family. I just happened to be married into it," said Cynthia Northcross, who was married to William Preston Northcross, a retired Army colonel who died in 1979.
"Billie, who was the founder of North Cross School, died this past fall. Emily was a nurse at Foxcroft School in Middleburg, and Josephine retired from teaching in the Roanoke County School system, then taught music at North Cross School until she was 80," she said.
"We used to spend every Christmas morning at the Northcross family home in Elliston."
Friday's contributors included:
In honor of the Pudge Partners
Old Dominion Glass Employees-Roanoke, in honor of Ray Tate and Joan Trice
Cynthia Northcross, in memory of Emily Northcross, Josephine N. Fagg and Billie Northcross Ellis
Don J. Morris, in memory of his wife, Betty Jean Morris, "who I still miss very much."
The Tuesday Book Club
The Wednesday Bridge Club
Mary Ruth Lancaster
Col. Victor Armistead
Janet and Ken Otey, in memory of their dads, Paul Martin and O.W. Otey; sister, Barbara M. Price; and nephew, Steven Holdaway
Michael L. Massey
Mrs. Albert E. Echols, in memory of Albert "Red" Echols
Edward B. Scruggs
The Lydia Sunday School Class of Virginia Heights Baptist Church, in honor of Joan Kopcial
Richard A. Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Gravett
Dick and Nadine Huffman, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smyth
Frank and Lucy Ellett
Dorothy Ikenberry, in memory of her husband, John
Oscar S. Foster, in memory of Mary W. "Jackie" Foster
Delores F. Diamond, in honor of Bernice Richardson
Martin C. and Faye B. Philpott, in memory of Ruby Bratton
Phil Smith, in memory of Jamie Dawn Smith
John R. Palmer
John W. and Velma F. Dulaney, in memory of their parents, John and Gertrude Dulaney, and John and Nannie Fralin; and sister, Ruth Fralin Bower
Harley and Joyce Crawford
Susan, Meredith and Gregory Carter, in memory of Mary E. Gammon
Troy and Alice Holland
Anne N. Dixon, in memory of James Mallory Nimmo, and Walter and Marelia Dixon
Dr. and Mrs. A. Sidney Barritt III, in memory of Hugh Davis
Dorothy Garst Murray
Lillian D. Hopkins, in memory of Mrs. A.H. Hopkins and Mrs. William B. Dewar
Al and Edna Follmar, in honor of Dr. Jacob P. Neathawk, Dr. Marc G. Nevin and Dr. Timothy L. Hormel; and in honor of Don and Pat Shoemaker, Michael and Barbara Overstreet, and Sam and Lonna Carter, Salem
Timshel Purdum, in honor of Bob Cook
Winston and Dorothy Sharpley
Eleanor W. Alvis, in memory of her husband, James R. Alvis Jr.
Louise Wimmer, in memory of Paul Thurman
Joanne Foster, in honor of Nancy Ayling
Betty Winfree
Harold F. Jennings
Everett & Christine Reckley
In honor of Lutie Belcher Hunt
ANONYMOUS DONATIONS$545
SUBTOTAL$2,715
TOTAL AS OF 12/1/95$15,300
Checks should be made payable to Good Neighbors Fund and mailed to The Roanoke Times, P.0. Box 1951, Roanoke 24008.
Names - but not amounts of donations - of contributing businesses, individuals or organizations, as well as memorial and honorific designations, will be listed in the newspaper. Those requesting that their names not be used will remain anonymous. If no preference is stated, the donor's name will be listed.
Gifts cannot be earmarked for any particular individual or family. Gifts are tax-deductible.
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