Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, April 19, 1990 TAG: 9004200677
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-7 EDITION: METRO
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Stafford joined Sovran in Norfolk in 1969 and held various positions at the Abingdon Operations Center before coming to Roanoke.
\ WILLIAM E. VOLTZ, formerly of Roanoke, has been named vice president of merchandise marketing at Norfolk Southern Corp. He formerly was vice president of marketing.
\ ROBERT W. COFFEY, vice president of sales and industrial development at Norfolk Southern Corp. and formerly of Roanoke, has retired after 42 years of service.
\ THERESA MATHIS has joined the Roanoke campus of National Business College as assistant campus director. She coordinates the college's associate, diploma and certificate degree programs.
\ DOTTIE A. WHITESIDE, a registered nurse at Roanoke Memorial Hospitals, has received the Nursing Practice Award from the Emergency Nurses Association. Whiteside, who has been in nursing practice since 1961, is a member of the hospital's Strategic Emergency Response Team.
\ THE ROANOKE DIVISION OF APPALACHIAN POWER CO. has won the large-division category in the American Electric Power System annual safety competition. This is the second consecutive year that the Roanoke Division has won the award.
Roanoke Division employees had accumulated 3,669,370 safe hours by the end of 1989. The last disabling injury occurred on April 18, 1985.
\ PORTERFIELD DISTRIBUTING CO. INC. of Salem has won the Proud Lion Award from the Stroh Brewery Co. Porterfield was given the award in recognition of excellence in all areas of wholesaler operation.
\ JOAN SHRADER and JANIE WHITLOW have received awards from Waldrop Realty.
Shrader was named top selling agent for February and Whitlow was named top listing agent.
\ DANNY L. BARKER, son of Cecil and Mabel Barker of Roanoke, has been promoted to director of printing for Schering-Plough HealthCare Products in Collierville, Tenn. He formerly was assistant production manager.
\ CONNIE MAYS, park ranger at Booker T. Washington National Monument, received a superior-performance award from the Eastern National Park and Monument Association in Philadelphia.
Eastern National is a non-profit organization that sells books, postcards and other materials, the proceeds of which are returned to the national parks to be used for visitor programs.
Mays, who has been a seasonal ranger at the park for three years, was recognized for her work in expanding the variety and quality of books offered at the park and increasing 1989 sales by 35 percent over the previous year.
\ GROVER MITCHELL and HARRIET HODGES of Craig County were recognized as Conservation Farmers of the Year by the Mountain Castles Soil and Water Conservation District.
Also recognized were S.M. Holzer, who received the district's forestry award, and Mel Linkous of WSLS-TV, who was cited for his contributions to the agricultural community through his career in communications.
\ ALLEN H. CAMPER, owner of the Midas Muffler and Brake Shop at 1320 Williamson Road N.E., recently graduated from the Midas Institute of Technology in Palatine, Ill. The four-week course trains personnel in brake service and steering, suspension and alignment and installation of mufflers and shock absorbers.
by CNB