Information: Halloween Party 10/28

THANKS FOR VOLUNTEERING AT THE ANNUAL FOL HALLOWEEN PARTY ON OCTOBER 28^TH 6PM to 8PM!

If you would like to work at a station, please contact Megg Galloway at megg.galloway@yahoo.com.  The shifts run from 6 to 7 PM and from 7 to 8PM.  Below are the stations.  You can let me know which one you’d like, or I can just plug you in. 😊

STATION	NUMBER NEEDED PER 1 HOUR SHIFT
TICKET SALES/SIGN IN	2 DOORS/ 2 PEOPLE AT EACH SHIFT
CAKE WALK	2 PER SHIFT
PHOTO OP	2 PER SHIFT
PUMPKIN PITCH	3 PER SHIFT
SCAVENGER HUNT	1 PER SHIFT
PUNCH STATION	1 PER SHIFT

We also need folks to volunteer to bring baked items.  Please mark them if they contain nuts. 😊  Six items to a container such as muffins, cupcakes, or cake slices would be wonderful.

There will be a sign up for food donations in the library, or you can email me:  megg.galloway@yahoo.com with what you’d like to bring.

Early ticket sales at the library on 9/29 and 10/10 from 10 to 12PM

Early ticket sales at the clubhouse on 10/22 and 10/24 from 9-11AM

$1.00 per ticket or 12 tickets for $10.00! What a bargain!

September Book Talk: The Rose Code

Friends of the Library book talk Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 2:30-4:00 in the Robson Library.

Please join us as Sonya Smith and Becky Frusher present a riveting discussion on The Rose Code by Kate Quinn. This historical fiction book is about the friendship of three

women codebreakers during WWII and how they come together again after the end of the war.

The Big Rich: A former Texas petroleum geologist presents Book Talk on the early days of the Texas oil industry

By Becky Frusher

Cris Thompson, a Robson Ranch library volunteer for the past two-and-a-half years, can’t hide the excitement she feels as she re-reads Bryan Burrough’s New York Times Bestselling chronicle of the Texas oil industry in preparation for her book talk on August 5, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the library.

The Big Rich weaves together the multigenerational sagas of the Texas oil industry’s four wealthiest families, headed by men known in their day as the Big Four: Roy Cullen, H. L. Hunt, Clint Murchison, and Sid Richardson, all swaggering oil tycoons who owned sprawling ranches and mingled with presidents and Hollywood stars.

“I've met men like these men,” Cris says. In her former role as a development geologist for Getty Oil, Cris says she worked with well-known Houston oil tycoons who were known for their independent spirits.

“They were not keen on having big eastern companies come in and take over their oil fields,” she says. “In most countries, the government owns the mineral rights. In the U.S., many individuals still own their mineral rights. So, when we were drilling, we were drilling for them. We would get so excited for them. That’s still true to some extent today.”

Cris received her B.S. in geology, with an emphasis in oil exploration, from Texas A&M University in 1975. Her first job was with a small Houston company that allowed her to venture into oil and gas exploration and travel abroad.

“It was very unusual for a young, new hire to work in the international department of this company, but I had a great boss who gave me the opportunity to spend two weeks as an observer on an oil rig in the North Sea,” Cris says. “We had a 25 percent share of this rig, which was owned by a big company such as Amoco or Mobil, and we wanted to make sure we were getting what we were supposed to be getting. We also had some hand in decision-making regarding operations and where to drill.”

Cris was just 22 when she flew to Aberdeen, hopped in a Sikorsky helicopter, and was dropped off on the top platform of a semi-submersible oil rig on a stormy, windy day in the North Sea.

“This helicopter full of men invited me to get off first,” Cris says with a smile. “But I didn’t know where I was going, so finally someone got off and showed me what to do.”

Cris’s globe-trotting oil career can hardly be summed up here, so come to her book talk to hear more, even if you haven’t read the book. Cris is excited to share it with you.

“I’ve loved the book,” she says. “The oil industry is so much a part of Texas culture. And these four men’s stories are told against the larger backdrop of the history of Texas oil.”