A telephone survey of the residents of Baldpate Court and Baldpate Road uncovered Juan Saenz as the baldest guy in the neighborhood.
"I'm balding, but I'm not losing it like Juan is," neighbor Jeff Knobeloch said.
"We're getting there," Abigail Cibrian said of her husband, Eugene. "Juan is. That's for sure."
At 73, Juan Saenz doesn't mind the thin competition for shiniest dome on the block.
The retired building foreman says he is a proud resident of Baldpate Court.
"My husband says we bought the lot here because he liked the name," said Odilia Saenz, Juan's wife of 50 years. "He likes to point it out, `I live on Baldpate. Just remember, I'm bald-headed.' "
Saenz uses his address as a visual cue so people can find him more easily in the telephone book. "There are so many Saenzes listed. Just remember bald," he says, pointing to his hairless head. "That's our street."
Odilia Saenz and her then-thatchier husband moved to Baldpate Court 19 years ago. Theirs was the third house built in the Club Estates addition. The developer named all the streets after ducks. A baldpate is a wild freshwater duck with a cream-colored crown.
Back then, a vast cotton field dominated the view from the Saenzes' front lawn. Jack rabbits scampered in the couple's back yard. So rural was the Southside beyond Saratoga Boulevard that it wasn't unusual to find a skunk trapped in a pantry, Odilia Saenz said.
Today, brick homes and manicured lawns line the streets. As more residents moved in, the Saenzes became known as watchful neighbors who offered advice on plumbing, gardening or woodworking.
"We used to call them deputy dogs and pointers," said Abigail Cibrian, a 16-year resident of Baldpate Court. "They knew everything going on in the neighborhood.
"They tell you why your tree is dying or what kind of bug is in your yard," said Cibrian, who works in a property management business.
Knobeloch, an industrial tool salesman, calls the Saenzes "our little cul-de-sac parents. They keep an eye out when we're gone, and they're always checking on people to make sure they are well."
Neighbors turned out for the Saenzes' 50th wedding anniversary celebration on Jan. 13. About 80 friends and relatives attended the luncheon at Kings Crossing Country Club, which was hosted by the couple's 49-year-old son. John Saenz is a marketing vice president for the Tulsa-based parent company of Central Power and Light.
Later that week, Juan Saenz delivered thank-you notes for anniversary gifts, Cibrian recalled. Accompanying her card was a loaf of banana nut bread that his wife had made.
"You've never seen a more organized, wonderful couple," Cibrian said of her neighbors.