Comments on: Marfak Lubrication, Mr. Harcum, and Walter Dorwin Teague

By: Philip Bjerke

Philip Bjerke — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:42:52 +0000

My father, Clifford Bjerke (97) was awarded a national award by Texaco for writing the best essay for MARFAC when it was first introduced (late 30′s early 40′s) He worked for Joe Johnson the Texaco distributor in Milton, Wisconsin. It got misplaced during the move to Assisted Living in Moorhead, Minnesota he wishes he had it. Any suggestions on how to find out if Texaco still has a copy or record of this achievment? He was very proud of it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:28:27 +0000

I read your comments on Queenella chitterlings. If you clean a bucket of Smithfield chitterlings you will understand why Queenella advertise their product as though they are clean. Advice: Never rinse any brand of chitterlings and cook them. ALL chitterlings need cleaning at some level. Queenella, however, needs the least amount of recleaning.

By: billy k.

billy k. — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:48:32 +0000

Thanks for your knowledge, i found a 16 gallon can with” MARFAK- O” ( in 2 inch green letters) on it. The texaco T is there in a circle( green with white background ) but No Star. Could this be a 1920s can? thanks again. Billy K.

By: Dennis Jensen

Dennis Jensen — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:01:58 +0000

May Father ran a Texaco service station in 1953 and used the Marfak lubrication It was on the building .We found some old pictures of the station and noticed the name brand. We had never heard of the Marfak brand and finding your web sight was a great joy and brings back alot of memories for my self and family Thank you Dennis Jensen