Lone Star Gazette (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 19, 2000 Page: 1 of 6
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customers, who have moved
decided to open their own
cafe. “I have all the original
invoices, from when Daddy
photos offer proof. “Here’s
one of me, when I was about
three, rolling out pie dough in
revitalized Hico esplanade,
some five or six years ago.
Sug played guitar, Doug the
“Jake said he was going to
look at a building for a cafe,”
Hooks says. “We had to
the winning entry in a
city-wide contest, and the
winners, Mrs. Valtierra’s
horse and I’ve never even
seen a cow in real life, but I
found your name on the inter
net and I would like you to
collect some information for
Dublin residents are
gearing up for another great
St. Patrick’s Day celebration,
By PAUL J AKE
Contributing Writer
hour,” she says, “and Daddy
gave me a paycheck just like
he did everyone else.”
booths, all of which are still in
place. The cafe has, of
course, expanded throughout
the years. Seating capacity is
In this week’s column, I’m
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some of the women (if that’s
ever possible) who have been
writing in faithfully Two
questions really stood out
Come on now, listen
says, “in May of 1948.”
Paul Hooks, Dorothy’s
brother, came to work for the
couple in April of 1949 and
though he has long since
retired, he, and his wife,
makes a point of dining at
Jake and Dorothy’s several
; times a week. Reminisces of
his working years at the cafe
include doing “a little of
everything.”
and ask for Jake and Dorothy.
The cafe has changed so little
through the years that people
just assume it’s under the
same management — and in a
way it is. Kerry knows the
theater with Steve Miller.
The Brazos Drive-In was
built in 1952, and has been in
continuous operation since
that time, making it one of the
oldest continually operating
business in Granbury. Only
eight drive-ins remain in
operation in Texas, and 575 in
the United States.
The Millers have worked
to maintain and preserve the
drive-in’s original sheet metal
screen and its huge wooden
timber supports. And they
have restored the concession
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parade.
In addition to the parade,
other scheduled activities
invite everyone to come and
join in the fun.
The theme and slogan “Let
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Duffau, Texas He doesn’t
like e-mail, answering
machines, electronic games or
cellular phones. He says, “ I
know that the world is
becoming computerized, I just
don’t live in that part yet.” He
does, however, like making
fine cabinets and furniture, the
old-fashioned way.
By taking his time and
never getting in a rush, Dave
Thomas enjoys a reputation as
one of the tried and true
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here, you had to do it all,” he
says, “cook, wash dishes,
whatever.” Hooks also
remembers the days before
waitresses wrote the orders
down. “They would come
right to the kitchen door and
yell the order out,” he says,
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first time.”
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took a look around and I told came time for semi-retirement,
him — ‘It won’t work’ — but it he chose Duffau as his home,
did,” he says. He was already friends with
Jake and Dorothy started Doug and Sug Wilkerson and
with just eight stools and four seemed to fit right in.
the first three musicians to lives on, almost every
play regularly along the newly Saturday night, in Hico. Dave
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Kestner, Laura. Lone Star Gazette (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 19, 2000, newspaper, February 19, 2000; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1528116/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Erath County Genealogical Society.