The Equalizer
Sabine District Transportation Club
Member of Traffic Clubs International
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Volume 11 Issue 04, April 2011 S.D.T.C., PO Box 20103, Beaumont, TX 77720
Hole in One Wins Car!
May 2, 2011 SDTC Golf Tournament
This is the first year that SDTC has opted to have a Golf Tournament open to the public! The committee has been working since January to plan this event and have many fun things planned, so you don’t want to miss this event! Goody bags for all the participants, raffle prizes, team prizes, and lots of contests: putting contest, longest drive, closest to the hole, $5 for 5 iron off of Par 5, and $5 extra to shorten the yards!
The registration fee includes: green fees, carts, beverages, and food. Golfing skills – are up to you!
Did we say mulligans?
Other Hole in One Prizes:
Event Information:
What: SDTC Golf Tournament
When: Monday, May 2, 2011
Where: Bayou Din Golf Course
8537 La Belle Road
Beaumont, TX. 77705
Phone (409) 796-1327
Tee Time: 1 pm
Sign in: 11am
Costs: $65/player, $260-4 man team
$175 hole sponsor
$400 hole sponsor and 4 man team
There will also be a raffle planned so bring some extra cash!
For additional information:
Al Anselmo – (409) 626-0466
Bubba Metz – (409) 299-0301
Jason Brooks – (409) 201-9058
Joe Ochoa – (409) 791-3255
Sherry Eckerle – (409) 791-3259
e-mail: Sherry.Eckerle@sbcglobal.net
See you on the golf course!
Don’t forget the sunscreen, sombreros and those beloved flip flops!
For more information on this conference, please call Danny Schnautz, Regional VP for TCI at:
281-487-3160, or Sherry Eckerle @ (409) 791-3259.
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There will be a Board meeting in June. Date and time to be determined.
May 2, 2011 – Golf Tournament at Bayou Din
Check in time 11am-tee time 1:00 pm
. May 10, 2011 – NTW Mayoral Proclamation 1:30 pm
NTW Poster Contest at 9 am at
Mauriceville Middle School
. May 16-22, 2011 – National Transportation Week
. June 14, 2011 – No meeting-enjoy your vacation
. July 12, 2011 – Fish Fry at Rich Courville’s
NTW Raffle drawing that evening
. August 9, 2011 – Luncheon at 11:30 at the Cattle Co.
Guest speaker from Mobil Oil Credit Union
Dependent & member scholarships awarded
. September 13, 2011 – TBA
. September 15-18, 2011 – TCI Annual Conference
Web Site Update: To reach the web site from the Internet: http://www.txsdtc.org
To retrieve the Equalizer from the server: http://www.txsdtc.org/equalizer/april2011/ or from the web site: txsdtc.org
National Transportation Person of the Year: Each year our club recognizes one of our members who have made outstanding contributions in the field of transportation. This year our committee consists of Joe Ochoa, Sherry Eckerle, Al Anselmo and Gene Landry. Should you have a nominee, please get in touch with this committee or fill out the form below & submit it to one of these committee members
Please fill in the name of a current member of the Sabine District Transportation Club that you feel has made significant contributions towards transportation, logistics and our club. This nomination will be kept confidential and the winner will be announced at the awards dinner on July 12, 2011.
Please fax this form to 842-5154, e-mail Sherry.Eckerle@sbcglobal.net, or phone 350-7017 Gene Landry,
626-0466 Al Anselmo, 791-3255-Joe Ochoa or 791-3259- Sherry Eckerle
Scholarship Application Deadline – August 1, 2011
The club offers three different types of scholarships: (1) member scholarships, (2) dependent member scholarships, and (3) Lamar scholarships.
(1) Member scholarships are available to a member of the club in good standing for 1 year who wishes to
further their education
(2) Dependent member scholarships are available to those who are full time students (carrying 12 or more hours at an accredited college. Their parent or legal guardian must be a member of Sabine District Transportation Club.
(3) Lamar scholarships are chosen by faculty at Lamar in December and given out in January of each year.
Procedure: Each applicant must complete the application form and provide an official transcript from all universities and high schools attended. Once all the paperwork is submitted to our club secretary, she will turn pass the applications and paperwork to the scholarship committee for their decision.
Applications can be requested by calling Sherry Eckerle @ (409) 791-3259, or e-mail at: Sherry.Eckerle@sbcglobal.net
National Transportation Week Raffle
Tickets Are On Sale
Cost: $2/each, 3 for $5. Need NOT be present to win!
Drawing: July 12, 2011 at the Annual Fish Fry at Rich Courville’s
Prizes include:
4 Astros Tickets & Parking Pass
– Sponsor: Clark Freight Lines
Golf Packages:
Brentwood Country Club
– Sponsor: Brentwood Country Club
Bayou Din Golf Course
– Sponsor: Bayou Din Golf Course
Iron Oaks Golf Course
– Sponsor: Iron Oaks Golf Course
Sam Rayburn Country Club
– Sponsor: Sam Rayburn Country Club
Belle Oaks Golf Course
– Sponsor: Belle Oaks Golf Course
Kosatti Pines Golf Course
– Sponsor: Coushatta Casino & Resort
Overnight stays:
MCM Elegante – Sponsor: MCM Elegante
Hilton Gardens – Sponsor: Hilton Gardens
Homewood Suites – Sponsor: Homewood Suites
$50 gift certificate - Cattle Company
– Sponsor: The Texas Cattle Company
Need NOT be present to win!
May 16-22, 2011 National Transportation Week
History of National Transportation Week
National Transportation Week is the results of efforts started by Charlotte Jones Woods.
In 1952, as the 1st Educational Chairman of the newly formed Women's Transportation Club of Houston, an educational program was set up in the amount of $500 which was designated to go to a scholarship program at the University of Houston for their degree course in transportation subjects.
Guess what? Nobody applied.
The college reported they had not been able to interest anyone in becoming a truck driver or a policeman. That's when Charlotte and the Women's Transportation Club decided, "We're in trouble, the University of Houston knew as much about the field of Transportation as the students…Nothing!"
Not wanting the project to fail, the Club made inquiries to see if a day, week or month was set aside to honor the Transportation Industry. Nothing was found, so the Club decided to change that themselves and have a Houston observance of Transportation Week! The first Houston observance came about the week of March 29 to April 4, 1953.
Contacting other Texas towns, nine additional cities were set up for the observance of Texas Transportation Week in 1954. In collaboration with attorney Frank Norton of Dallas and the Texas Motor Transportation Association, the interested parties put together a 50-page book which addressed itself to the "How's, Why's and Where's" for Transportation Week. The book was sent out across Texas and to Clubs in other states where a similar interest was found.
At the 1954 Educational Congress of Traffic Clubs International, the members from Texas gave evidence to the success story of two years experience in promoting the Transportation Industry.
Charlotte Woods was elected to her first term as Director of TCI and sold TCI on the National Sponsorship of National Transportation Week. A National Chairman was appointed for 1955.
Immediate efforts were unsuccessful toward a set date to be proclaimed by the President of the United States. A great many people spent long hours in Washington and other areas trying to accomplish this end. There is no telling how many "out of pocket dollars" were spent by those dedicated TCI Officers, the management of the industry and various carriers themselves before they even began to approach success.
Year after year a bill would get through the United States House of Representatives, then the U.S. Senate, for a Presidential Proclamation only to have it amended before passing…for specific year only.
Finally, in 1962 President John F. Kennedy declared a permanent date and from that day forth it will always be the week in May which contains the third Friday (National Defense Transportation Day), with the Maritime Day on the following Saturday.
Our club will be honored as Mayor, Becky Ames, signs a mayoral proclamation proclaiming NTW week. This event will take place at the Beaumont City Council meeting on May 10 at 1:30pm if you would like to attend. At this time, the President of our Club, Al Anselmo will be on hand to accept the proclamation and give a short speech on the history of our club. This year SDTC is celebrating its 80th year in the Golden Triangle. Our Club was established in 1931. Most of our existing members were not around back then, but it is exciting to know of all the scholarships and donations that have been made by our club to those in need over the years!
Mauriceville Middle School will be hosting a poster contest this year by their art students with a “What Transportation Means to Me” theme. Several of our Board Members will serve as judges for this contest. It is impressive to see the different ideas that the younger generations have about what transportation is by their designs and ideas. We will honor the top three poster winners and have their work on display in the near future.
Other NTW Celebrations in our immediate area:
May 17 – 2011 TCH Annual Dinner – The Houston Club
May 18 - The HCA Spring Golf Tournament – Walden on Lake Houston
May 19 – Educational Seminar – Walden on Lake Houston
May 19 – 4th Annual NTW All-Clubs Luncheon – Brady’s Landing
May 20 – Houston Astros Baseball Night
May 21 – ITMA 3rd Annual Family Fun Day &Volleyball Tournament-H&H Ranch
Visit the local ntw website at: http://www.ntwhouston.org
2011 Shrimp Boil at the Elk’s Lodge
As you can tell by some of the photos below, everyone had fun! The entertainment was great! Jamie has a very special talent with his musical abilities that he shared with all of us! As usual, the Elk’s Lodge was a very gracious host for this event.
What an awesome picture of our Shrimp vendor – J B S Packing in Port Arthur, Texas!
Cooking Crew: Serving Crew:
Al Anselmo Paul Thorp
Sam Serio Orlando Ciramella
Joe Ochoa Bill Fertitta
Robert Ferguson Willie Buford
Ronnie Hicks Jerry Esterline
Jason Brooks Lane Olsen
Lane Olsen
Jason Brooks & Robert Ferguson
The cooking crew hard at work!
The folks from Enterprise Trucking Company
A common sight is the zip loc bags with shrimp!
Did you know? Editor: Sherry Eckerle
Interesting Facts
· In South Africa it is a law that single ply toilet paper must have 500 sheets in the roll
· The African cicada fly spends 17 years sleeping, then wakes up for two weeks, mates and then dies
· The shrimp’s heart is in its’ head
· George Washington didn’t want his image on US coins. He didn’t want to imitate European monarchs
· Your foot is the same length as your forearm
· The in US, Americans eat about 18 acres of pizza a day
· If you plug your nose, you can’t hum
· Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like contest
· On average, a woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s heart
· Names in Iceland’s phone books are listed alphabetically by first name not by last name
· Cats can hear ultrasound
· The skin of the average woman weighs 3 kilograms, while that of the average man weighs 5 kilograms
· Dutch, on average are the tallest people
· Kissing is healthier that shaking hands
· Jaguars are frightened by dogs
· There are no cemeteries in San Francisco, CA (excluding the National Cemetery at Lincoln Way)
· Married men tip better than unmarried men
Celebrate this Easter by attending the Church of your choice!
Special Thank you for our April Shrimp Boil:
JBS Packing – Shrimp
Jamie Merriman – Entertainment – Country/Western Singing
Elks Lodge – Use of the lodge and a $200 donation
Burris Bekins – Warehouse storage of SDTC equipment, supplies & records
Al Anselmo – use of his trailer for equipment, shrimp & supplies
Clark Freight Lines – 4 Astros Tickets & Parking Pass – Door Prize and desserts
Port of Orange – Shirts, Mugs, Coolers – Door Prizes
Port of Port Arthur - - Shirts and duffle bag – Door Prizes
Wilson Warehouse Company- $25 gift card, daily planner – Door Prizes and desserts
Colorado Canyon – Putt Putt golf for 4 – Door Prize
All or our volunteer workers who served on the cooking team, serving committee and Sandra Fife, who assisted with check-in and ticket sales!
Be sure to patronize these businesses and give them big thanks for their support!