Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, May 10, 1990 TAG: 9005110580
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: E2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Frances Stebbins
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Robert C. Lawson Jr. and Heidi F. Krisch recently were appointed to the advisory board of the Salvation Army in Roanoke.
\ TWO SOVIET-JEWISH FAMILIES are expected in Roanoke by the end of May. One from Kiev includes a young couple and their child. The parents have skills in photography and dressmaking. The other couple has two children and worked in the U.S.S.R. in tractor manufacturing and statistics. The Roanoke Valley's two Jewish congregations are collecting household needs for apartments in the Southwest area. The Shapiros and Zelakovitchs are among many Jewish political refugees recently approved for emigration.
\ IN MEMORY OF ADOLPH O. KRISCH, members of Temple Emanuel and Beth Israel congregations have planted more than two dozen white pine trees on the edge of the Jewish cemetery on U.S. 460 east of Roanoke.
\ MARY KAY COOPER, a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Roanoke for 62 years, has been honored by the Roanoke Valley Baptist Association for her leadership in inner-city home mission work of the Woman's Missionary Union. The association's annual was dedicated to her.
\ ROANOKE AREA MINISTRIES now has storage space for household furniture and seeks beds and chests, tables and chairs as well as kitchen utensils and other home essentials. Donors may bring these articles to RAM House, 820 Campbell Ave. S.W. weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Pickup by a RAM volunteer can be arranged by calling 981-1732.
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