William J. Purdie's 90th Birthday celebration at the SoutheasternRailroad Museum

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And, has word of the celebration reached Carl Jensen, who later assisted Jim 
Bistline and then assumed the responsibilities after Jim retired until the 
end of the program.  Cindy Bowers

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Subject: William J. Purdie's 90th Birthday celebration at the 
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> To: "Observation Car" <observationcar at egroups.com>,
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> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 12:28:14 -0500
> CC: "Dan Sparks" <danrsparks at hotmail.com>
> From: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org
> Subject: William J. Purdie
>
>
> All -
>
> Bill Purdie, who ran the Mechanical and Operating end
> of Southern's Steam Program for many years, turns 90
> years of age on April 5, 2005.
>
> A celebration is planned for him on April 10th at the
> railroad museum in Duluth, Ga. from 2 until 5 PM.
>
> Anyone interested can contact Bill's son Donald at
> Donald at dataensureinc.com.
>
> Ed King
>
>
> March 3, 2005
>
> Hello, Ed:
>
> I wonder if Jim Bistline knows about this event and
> will be able to get down there in April?  As you may
> recall, he had the title "General Manager - Steam"
> during the later years of the Southern Railway's
> excursion program.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Frank
>
>
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