Guyon, a Chippewa Indian who lived south of Tulsa in Bixby, had a cordial personality, Byrd said. Byrd said there were only about a dozen Georgia Tech alumni who lived in the Tulsa area at the time. The meeting was an unqualified success, he added. We were all there. Every Christmas in Lufkin, Texas, a towering Mark II pumping unit is adorned with antlers, painted eyes and nose, and decorated with Christmas lights for transformation into Rudolph the Red-Nosed Pumping Unit in the spirit of the holiday season.
People come from all around East Texas to see it.
Lufkin children think Christmas starts when Rudolph begins operation. The Dallas Morning News observed that the red-nosed pumping unit bobs up and down 24 hours a day for a solid month in Lufkin. Even the Post Office plays a role. Kids who write letters to Santa in Lufkin receive a reply in a first-day cover envelope stamped with an illustration of Santa and his sleigh being drawn by a Mark II disguised as Rudolph. Lufkin Industries President Walter Trout received perhaps the most unusual Christmas present in the town's history.