Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, July 8, 1993 TAG: 9307080456
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-4 EDITION: METRO
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The Rev. Noel C. Taylor, retired mayor of Roanoke, will receive the Community Builder's Award from the Masons' Webber High Twelve Lodge 282 on July 21.
Taylor will receive the award in recognition of his service to the community. He is pastor of High Street Baptist Church and a former city councilman. He was mayor for 16 years.
A Community Builder's Award is given yearly by each of the 12 lodges in the 22nd Masonic District.
Taylor's award will be presented by Grand Master Werner Herman Morlock at the Scottish Rite Temple at 12:30 p.m.
Northside graduate is lottery ambassador
Michele Renee Allen, daughter of Robert M. and Barbara S. Allen of Anchor Drive Northwest, has been selected as one of six Virginia Lottery Ambassadors.
The ambassadors, college students or recent graduates, travel to fairs and community events throughout the state. They answer questions, distribute promotional items and sell lottery tickets.
Allen has had an internship with Earle Palmer Brown of Richmond, the lottery's advertising agency. She is a graduate of Northside High School and is a rhetoric and communication studies major at the University of Virginia.
Roanoker buys winning ticket in Blacksburg
Ada M. Harrison of Roanoke won $100,000 for matching all five numbers in the June 22 drawing of the Virginia Lottery's Cash 5 game.
Harrison bought the ticket at Wade's Supermarket in Blacksburg. She plans to use her winnings - $68,000 after taxes - for travel.
Southern Cross group installs new officers
The Southern Cross Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy recently installed new officers and presented awards to members.
Penn Kime is the president. Other officers are: Dolores Smith, first vice president; Virginia Cushwa, second vice president; Mary Frances Zimmerman, recording secretary; Avis Hunt, treasurer; Mary Arthur, registrar; Dixie Woods, historian; and Virginia Proctor, recorder of crosses.
Louise Hurt received a pin for her for 40 years of service to the organization. Dolores Smith received a pin of appreciation for outstanding achievement during the past two years.
Knights of Columbus council elects officers
Steven J. Talevi has been elected grand knight of Roanoke Council 562 of the Knights of Columbus for 1993-94.
Other officers are: Michael J. Lazzuri, deputy grand knight; Joseph A. Abbatello, chancellor; Jan M. Hodnett, treasurer; John C. Webb, advocate; Harry D. Cheney, warden; Kevin P. Oddo, recorder; Michael J. Doyle Jr. and George J. Palmerio, inside guards; Joseph A. Colosimo, outside guard; and William T. DeBerry, trustee.
SPCA plans annual membership drive
The Roanoke Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will hold its third annual "Lockup in the Mall" July 17 in conjunction with its membership drive.
The SPCA needs radio and TV personalities to volunteer to assist local celebrities who are soliciting memberships. During the lockup, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at at Tanglewood Mall, celebrities will serve two-hour "sentences" in a jail cell at the mall to publicize the need for new members.
For more information, call the Roanoke Valley SPCA at 344-4840.
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