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Christmas Eve in Bluefield A child's walk through holiday bustle
Larry Hypes, a Bluefield Daily Telegraph columnist and high school teacher, recalls a Christmas Eve in Bluefield. The narrator bikes through a crowded main street, visits shops, sees decorations and trains, and notes family plans for Christmas Day with relatives and traditions.
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Daddy
Bluefield
Carl Jackson
Uncle Jake
Charles Hinkle
Abbs Valley School
Mr. Morrall
Pocahontas
Water Street
Poca Fuel Company
A.O. Bishop
Whittaker
Frank Loos
Pocahontas Market
Rexall Drug Store
Andy Geeson
Frankie Rodriguez
Center Street
Barnes Shumate
Paul Ealy
Wolfe
Bluestone
Jack
Norfolk & Western
McDowell County
U.S. Steel
Consist
Hale’s
Episcopal Church
Duhring Street
Darnell Miller
Moose Lodge
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ramsey Street
Swing Kings
Gordon Jennings
Smitty Smith
Don Whitt
Boots Collins
Whis-Tv
Max Kammer
Kresge’s
Mom
Montgomery Ward’s
Alfred Land Diamonds
A.W. Cox Department Store
Clark’s
J.C. Penney’s
Pinnacle
H & M Shoes
West Virginian
Thornton's
Colonial
Granada Theatre
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bland Street
Uncle Gene
Larry Hypes
Daily Telegraph
Dohuneiet