Alpine reminiscences mix in Lake Travis dinner tale
Former Texas state senator and now Texas Water Rights Commission executive director Jim Glasscock Dorsey meets Alpine residents during a Lakeway dinner in Austin. The note outlines Dorsey recovery from a blood clot operation and his broad Alpine connections. Letters from subscribers express city ties and hometown pride.
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Dorsey Hardeman
25Th District
Texas Water Rights Commission
Austin
Dorsey
Geneva Hardeman
Lakeway Inn
Lake Travis
Orsey
Alpine
City of Alpine Seeks Bids for Purchases and Dump Truck
The City of Alpine invites bids for purchases and one dump truck, to be opened February 3, 1970 at 4 15 PM in City Hall. Bids addressed to the Mayor and City. Specifications may be obtained at the City Office. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids. A tuning fork at 261 vibrations per second is noted as producing middle C, likened to a buzz saw.
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Alpine
City of
Harvard Scientist Visits Sul Ross in Alpine
Harvard paleobotany professor Elsa Barghoorn and his wife visit Alpine this week with friends Mr and Mrs Frank Hankins. In El Paso they will tour Franklin Mountains and speak to Sul Ross State University students Thursday Jan 29 at 7 30 p.m. in Room 315. Public invited.
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Elsa Barghoorn
Harvard University
Alpine
Frank Hankins
Barghoorns
el Paso
Hankins
Franklin Mountains
Barghoorn
Sul Ross State University
Dr. Barghoorn
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With Jim Glasscock
Ruth Currie
Lakeway
Ruby Penrod Pate
Pierre Caselli
Lakeway Inn and Marina
Beth Francois
University of Texas At Austin
University of Texas
S. A. Cunningham
Stephenville
Texas
Sammy
Sweetirl
Florida
Tarleton State
David E. Ritter
Mountain Home Air Force Base
Idaho
Air Force
David
Dan Ritter
Valentine
Harvard
Sul Rose
Sul Ross
Hawkins
Big Bend National Park
Julius Caesar
Gregory XIII
U.S
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