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Christmas in Bluefield A Holiday Drive Memoir
Larry Hiypes recalls a pre Christmas Bluefield trip with family and friends. He details shops visited from Rexall to Dutch Oven Bakery and Kresge to Penney's, noting people like Bus McNeer and Bill Armentrout, local sports talk, and the festive mood as dusk falls on the last week before Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Bluefield
Mom
Mr. Haven
Carl Jackson
Jake
Harding Creasy
Boissevain
Pocahontas High School
Tommy Lucas
Eddie Goss
Harrell Erwin
Sammy Caldwell
Bramwell
Company
Dr. Ballard
Frankie Rodriguez
Mack Saunders
Texaco
Wolfe
Taft Wagner
Falls Mills
Bill Armentrout
Hale’s
Bill
Norfolk & Western
Graham Pharmacy
McNeer
the Sporting News
Beckett
Johnny Beckett
Duhling Street
Episcopal Church
Gordon Jennings
Cecil Surratt
Moose Lodge
Don Whitt
Ramsey Street
Bluefield Sanitarium
Kammer Furniture
Hugh Shott
Richard Wesley
Daily Telegraph
Bland Street
Mr. Shott
Wesley
Max Kammer
Kresge’s
Thornton's
Clark’s
Penney’s
Alfred Land’s
H&m Shoes
Dutch Oven Bakery
College Avenue
Sarver Candy Company
Acme
A-Mart
Westgate
Jerry Altizer
Santa Claus