ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, December 20, 1995 TAG: 9512200042
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-1 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: the good neighbors fund
Shirley Noell donated to the Good Neighbors Fund in memory of her parents, Clarence and Mildred Chittum.
"They worked long and hard hours their entire life and raised a family of five," wrote Noell. Clarence Chittum delivered milk for Clover Creamery Co. in Roanoke for 30 years. At Christmas, he and his wife gathered greens on Poor Mountain and stayed up late at night making wreaths. "Then she would sell them early the next morning on the Market," said Noell.
"They were conservative in their living in order to make ends meet and to put aside a small portion for their elderly years," she continued. Upon the death of her parents, Noell said, the small amount remaining in their estate was divided among the children.
"It has become a personal commitment of mine," she said, "to each year pay tribute to them by giving a portion of their earnings left to me to help those with financial burdens."
"They would approve of celebrating Jesus' birth with this gift," she said.
In the past, the faculty and staff at North Cross School have held a holiday party for employees and their spouses. But this year they voted to forgo the party and send the money to the Good Neighbors Fund instead.
Everyone seems pleased with the change.
"We are all very blessed and hope that this will help brighten the holidays for others," wrote Liz Holt, director of the lower school at North Cross.
Tuesday's contributors included:
Shirley C. Noell, in memory of her parents, Clarence and Mildred Chittum
Faculty and staff of North Cross School
Buchanan Elementary School
Christie Myers, in memory of Bentley Myers
Marie McNeill, Lee Slusher and Mary Lou Moore, in memory of their father and mother, Lewis and Nell Slusher
Marie Fulcher
Bill and Dot McBroom, in memory of their parents
Bruce, Kathy, Michael, Katherine and Lauren Stockburger, in honor of their teachers and Sunday school teachers
Margaret W. Starkey, in memory of Mary Kochendefer and Ann and Joe Starkey
In memory of Lisa Garrison, Doris Garrison, Samuel A. Garrison Jr., David Harris, Kevin Hazzard and Gina Riner
Roanoke Lodge of Perfection, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
Martha S. Whitesell, in memory of her granddaughter, Morgan Whitesell Rushkoff
Allen C. and Gail M. Thomas, in memory of Willie T. Mitchell
Judy and Jennifer Perfater, in honor of Hazel Owens and in memory of Mart Owens
John and Bernetta McGuire, in thanksgiving for their progeny and daughters-in-law
Lorraine, Juergen and Peter Fleck, in honor of Caren Diefenderfer and David and Mark Robertson
Carol McKenna, in honor of Nancy Ayling
Margaret E. Pierce
David Clutter
Employees of A.G. Edwards & Sons, in honor of Bob and Betty Kulp
Oak Grove Bowling League
Shirley Thomas, in honor of her father, Vernon Allen, and in memory of her mother, Sara Lee Allen
Walter and Diane Kingery
Polly and Bill Armistead
Sarah F. Morgan, in memory of her husband, Ed
Network Operations staff at Atlantic Mutual Cos.
Dawn Forbes and Scott Anderson
Ralph and Charlotte Seikel
W.M. Otey, in memory of his grandfather, Warren W. Hobbie, and his father, W.M. "Bud" Otey Jr.
Pauline Young, in memory of loved ones
Irene Varney, in memory of Ray Varney
Roger and Kathy Kronau, in honor of Don and Carol Kronau
Fifth grade at South Salem School
Jo Ann Beckner
Irvin Marsh, in memory of his wife, Lessa, and loved ones
Dan Camden, in honor of Carol, Elva, Joy, Linda and Martha
Employees of Roanoke Stamp & Seal Co., in honor of Francis Freeman, Greg Freeman, Bill Scott and Frank Mills
Michael and Patti Abbott, in honor of Sunday school teachers at First Presbyterian Church, Roanoke
Data-processing staff of Lewis-Gale Hospital: Gale Terry, Robert Robertson, Michele Amburgey, Trena Jones, Barbara Johnson and Denna Bayse
Mary Pasley, in memory of her husband, Melvin Pasley
Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Spangler
Earl and Temple Boitnott, in memory of John Blackwell Hanes
Earl and Temple Boitnott, in memory of Amy Boitnott Talbert
H.W. Elliott
Anne W. Davis, in honor of her parents, Olen and Louise Waldrip; and in memory of her brother, John B. Waldrip
Love Sunday School Class of Connelly Memorial Baptist Church
Louise and Roderick D. Sinclair
Frances L. Powers
Suzanne Glass
Bob, Pat and Suzanne Popper, in memory of Noreen H. Popper
Roy and Jackie Minnix, in honor of Jim Satterfield
Charles and Anita Minter, in memory of Rennie Houck
Saint John's Lutheran Church Men's Club
Andrew and Anne DeLeo, in memory of Lawrence Cormier
Ken, Betty, John and Cyndi Briggs, in memory of Adam Sweet on his birthday
Dot and Bob Hartman
Margaret M. Robertson, in honor of her parents, Michael and Mary Lou Moore
Lee and Margaret Kreger, in honor of their Sunday school teachers and Youth Club leaders
Doris M. Owens, in memory of Brenda and Jackie Edwards
Cynthia Petzold
Pat Collins, in memory of Nace Collins
Verona E. Nunn
Thursday Night Bridge Club
Richard and Vickie Thrasher and Byron Penick, in honor of Ruth and Harry Withers and Roy and Frances Thrasher
Paul and Barbara Moore, in memory of Kathleen Wilson
Rose Guzi, in memory of her mother, Pat Guzi
Virginia W. Cooke, in memory of her husband
E.J. and D.P. Pickett, in memory of William E. Pickett
Stephanie Wise, in honor of "the wonderful parents who volunteer in my kindergarten class" at Crystal Spring Elementary School: Kris Levy, Jennifer Wilson, Peggy Feldman, Miriam Bowden, Charlie and Debi Dorsey, Jamie Waldrop, Leslie Rakes and Elaine Stephenson
Sidney and Joanne Snead, in memory of all our loved ones
Joe and Jeanne Moses
Suzanne and Lynn Avis
Maggie McDowell, in honor of her teachers at Crystal Spring Elementary School: Dana Rocco, Kimber Scott and Chris Barlow
Matthew McDowell, in honor of the sixth-grade Icon Team teachers at James Madison Middle School
Quilters of First Church of the Brethren, in memory of their deceased quilting friends
Judy Feierabend, in honor of her friends; and in memory of her father, Jack Collyer
Jim Dickenson, in honor of Lynn Dickenson
Ron and Dottie Beck, in honor of Gertrude Beck and Dorothy Teaford
Ruth A. McCray, in honor of the S.A.L.T. Group (senior adults) of Melrose Baptist Church
Juanita Ruble, in honor of her parents
Mark and Melanie Steinle, in memory of their grandparents
Ann, in honor of Calvin Eugene Brown
The Keenagers, First Church of the Brethren, in honor of their leader, Frances Via
Ruben and Jayne Terry, in memory of Louise Cox
Virginia M. Wiley
Men's Helping Hands Bible Class of Highland Park United Methodist Church
In honor of Robert, Nancy, Louise, Stan and Christina
A member of the 1940 Jefferson Senior High School class
ANONYMOUS DONATIONS - $926.00
SUBTOTAL - $5,598.27
TOTAL AS OF 12/19/95 - $69,097.52
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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