Miracle on Stadium Drive Brightens Christmas in Bluefield
The 87th Community Christmas Tree program in Bluefield, staged in freezing rain at the City Auditorium, touched hundreds of youngsters with gifts and festive performances. Receipts this year surpassed 30,000 dollars, benefiting Mercer's schools and local volunteers including Cecil Surrett, Don Witt, Bill Archer, and Charlie Cole, plus the Bluefield Rotary Club.
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Bluefield City
Mercer
Little Jimmie
Cecil Surrett
Don Witt
Cecil
Don
Bill Archer
Karl Miller
Jim Dent
Jimmie
Kmart
Don Rice
Eugenia Hancock
Delores French
Charlie Cole
City Auditorium
Charlie
Bill
Bluefield
David Scruggs
WD. Hasty
First Presbyterian Church
Stephanie Deason
Randy
Patty Wilkinson
West Virginia Sciences Center
News Editor Names and Editorial Staff Credits
A partial byline listing state editor senior writer and several editors appears in a Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead. The text includes names Samantha Perry Andy Patton Barbara Hawkins Bill Archer and Thomas A Colley with executive managing roles and a Bible verse citation.
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Andy Patton
Barbara Hawkins
Bill Archer
Homecoming Hopes For Brushfork Guardsmen Returns Soon
Area residents urged to display yellow ribbons and flags as the 1st Battalion 150th Armor arrives home from Iraq. Maj. Cadle said a fixed date is not set though plans point to a late year or January return to Fort Bragg or Bluefield. Two soldiers at Fort Bragg coordinate the Stateside mission while other units remain in Iraq, with losses noted among Princeton and Richlands service members.
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Army National Guard
150Th Armor
Brushfork
Mike Cadle
Tina Cook
Fort Bragg
Cook
Bluefield
Cable
150Th
Cabte
Iraq
America
Lance Cpl
Juston Thacker
Princeton
Afghanistan
Tazewell
Guy Stanley Hagg Jr
U.S. Army
FEF
Richlands
U.S
Mosul
Renovation of Bluefield College President's Home Praised
Tom Carr of Bluefield College thanks area residents for helping renovate the former President's home, now a missionary residence. The old building, part of campus for about 75 years, is nearing exterior completion. Volunteers and donations are invited to finish the project to house missionaries resting overseas, with churches and Sunday schools urged to participate.
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Bluefield College
Bessroahim Sinéd
Larg
Tom Carr
Institutional Advancement
2004 Bright Spots Honored By Holiday Gratitude
A year-end tribute highlighting civilians and volunteers who showed courage generosity and service in 2004. Among honorees are U S troops abroad families of the fallen caring groups sending care packages and individuals like Bonnie Buckley Gizmo the dog that saved a life Scott Marshall and Laurel Bardhas, with others from Share Our Strength and America’s Second Harvest noted for charity work and youth programs.
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Ashington
Bonnie Buckley
Merrimac
Mass
U.S
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Largo
Fla
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Washington Calling
Washington
Scripps-Howard News Service
Ken Jennings
Utah
Jordan Zamora
Corpus Christi
Texas
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Sawake Pinsinchai
Thailand
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Animal Welfare Institute
Ace
Santa
Scott Marshall
Grove City
Ohio
Wee
Bill Shore
Share Our
Ueeba Babson
West Palm Beach
Laurel Bardhas
Truckee
Calif
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