Wheeler named new commander of 1 150th
Lt Col Gregory Wilcoxon relinquished command of the Army National Guard 1st Battalion 150th Armor Brushfork in a Change of Command ceremony to Lt Col Larry Wheeler at the National Guard Armory. The unit colors were passed among leaders, symbolizing transition and duty.
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Brushfork
Army National Guard
150Th Armor
Gregory Wilcoxon
Larry Wheeler
National Guard Armory
Charles Mitchell
Wilcoxon
Glen Diehl
Diehl
Wheeler
West Virginia
77Th Brigade
Charity yard sale in Bluefield shines with donated glassware
The Sanders House yard sale will feature a large glassware collection donated by an anonymous family to aid restoration efforts. Items include a Fostoria cream and sugar set, Fenton candle bowls, Jeannette Harp cake stand, and various American pattern pieces from 1915 onward. The sale is set for June 11 at the historic Bluefield house.
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Bluefield
Sanders House
Jackie Oblinger
Sanders
Oblinger
Fostoria Glass Company
Margaret Ratcliff
Eugenia Hancock
Sanders House Board of Directors
Reading Connection helps illiterate learn to read
Literacy Campaign with Adventure Radio ATTV and the Daily Telegraph launches The Reading Connection hotline for adults who struggle with reading. The program aims to remove stigma and connect readers with resources to improve literacy, acknowledging 20 percent of adults read at or below a basic level.
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Adventure Radio
ATVV
Daily Telegraph
Navy veteran recalls his worst World War II landing
Ira Lee Miller Jr a Bluefield native and Navy veteran recalls the June 6 1944 D Day landing on Normandy France as the worst landing of his service He trained as a landing craft commander and fought at Guadalcanal Sicily and Salerno earning a Silver Star and a Purple Heart He was wounded and one fellow crew member killed during the Normandy operation while securing the landing craft ramp for return to the ship
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Andlick
Ira Lee Miller Jr
Normandy
France
Miller
Navy
Guadalcanal
Sicily
Selamo
Scotland
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John Nelson
Bill Archer
Manchin
Easley
Frank S. Easley
State Road Commission
West Virginia Turnpike
WKOY
Eva Easley
Union Mission
Boston
Hammond
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Mission
Best Properties
Vivian Peters
Cheri Lambert
East Cumberland Road
Vineyard Street
North Concord
N.C
Phil Stephens
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Stephens
NorthEast Medical Center
10Th Mountain Division
3Rd Infantry Division
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