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DATE: THURSDAY, December 1, 1994                   TAG: 9412010089
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-1   EDITION: METRO 
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CHRISTMAS GIFT TO BANK'S BOSS A GIFT TO OTHERS

The employees of Southwest Virginia Savings Bank made sure their Christmas gift to the bank's president would be useful, thoughtful and needed.

They donated money collected for Bill Rakes' gift to the Good Neighbors Fund in his honor. Roanoke Area Ministries uses money collected in the fund to help needy residents meet fuel, utility, medical and other emergency needs.

Wednesday's contributors included:

Roy E. Foutz

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Zelenak, in memory of their nephew, Loni Payne

Southwest Savings Bank, in honor of bank President Bill Rakes

Roanoke Welding Co. and CEI, in memory of John Conley's mother

Lawrence Fitzgerald, in memory of loved ones

Mrs. Delores Coles, in memory of Maggie B. Scott

Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Manning

Susie Hall, in memory of Mason and Nina Hoye; Ray and Dorothy VanValkenburg; the Thomas Joyce family; the Jon Bennett family; Cliff and Betty Leweke

Tony J. and Joanne G. Wazny

Marie J. Nerren, in honor of her sister-in-law, Margaret Johnson

In honor of Frances Shields Harris and Jean Maxwell Hobbie

Elizabeth B. Aldridge, in memory of Bill Aldridge

Lucille M. Snyder

Nadine Mullins, in memory of her husband, Billy Mullins

Lucille B. Lewis, in memory of Virgil E. Lewis

Nancy and Byron Crow, in memory of Hybernia Wickline

Eda Wynn, in memory of her mother, Regina Withers

Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Robinson Jr.

Georgette F. Dew, in memory of Roderick (Corky) Dew

Phil Smith, in memory of Jamie Dawn Smith

Ken Sorenson, in honor of Virginia Sorenson and Gertrude Meyers

Barbara and Devrah Sprinkle, in memory of Al Sprinkle

Winston and Dorothy Sharpley

Mark B. Campbell, in honor of Sharon Chapman and all former and current employees of Shoney's Restaurant

Mark B. Campbell, in honor of Stacy and all Shoney's employees

Cheryl Moses Snead, in memory of John and Catherine Whaley

ANONYMOUS DONATIONS$280

SUBTOTAL$1,044

TOTAL AS OF 11/30/94$11,167

Checks should be made payable to Good Neighbors Fund and mailed to the Roanoke Times & World-News, 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.



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