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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 2016
Page
5
In minutes the Chimney Tops fire near Gatlinburg raged through the city as 87 mph winds and drought fueled destruction. By evening 20 buildings burned, 700 fled the resort area, and a search for missing and dead began amid collapsing homes and a shattered tourist town.
Parades rolled through Bramwell Montcalm Bluewell Pocahontas Richlands and Tazewell with Christmas festivities. The Nutcracker was staged at Bluefield High School with a repeat matinee today. A live Nativity at Bailey Log House runs 2 to 4 p.m. Santa will appear, carols and popcorn nearby. Tazewell marks sesquicentennial with a Christmas Tour of Homes and Churches 3 to 6 p.m. Southwest Virginia Community College hosts a joint concert at 3 p.m. in King Center gym. Bramwell’s Historic Holiday Home Tour returns 5 to 8 p.m. Dec 10 with $15 admission at Bramwell Presbyterian Church. Contact cboothe online.
The Little Jimmie party returns December 22 at noon to 1 30 PM in Bluefield city auditorium. Readers can mail or drop donations to the Daily Telegraph for the Community Christmas Tree Fund with checks payable to the fund. Saturday contributions list multiple memorial gifts totaling 1825 with a year to date of 15065 and a prior total of 13240.
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