The Equalizer
Sabine District Transportation Club
Member of Traffic Clubs International
Please keep our troops and their families in your thoughts and prayers.
Volume 10 Issue 07, July 2010 S.D.T.C., PO Box 20103, Beaumont, TX 77720
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, 1,711 miles long, is not one of the pioneer lines that opened vast areas of virgin land. Rather, the railway was built after the major settlement of the Midwest, as a means of marketing the region's fast increasing productivity. But the building of the Kansas City Southern did result in many new cities and towns, including Port Arthur, Texas, now one of the nation's largest ports. The railway also tapped important resources in the six Midwestern Southwestern States through which it originally passed Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas. The recent merger with MidSouth Corporation now includes the States of Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee. This area provides much of the world's petroleum, chemicals, major shares of America's zinc, lead and bauxite, together with an extensive production of coal, natural gas, timber, livestock and grain.
At the Cattle Company
Please make reservations for _________persons at $17.50/ea.
Check is attached (___)
Bill me (___)
Will pay at the door (___)
Signed_______________
Date _________________
Firm____________________________________________
Phone________________
Address_________________________________________
Clip and mail to S.D.T.C., PO Box 20103, Beaumont, TX. 77720,
fax (409) 842-5154,
Ph 350-7017 Gene Landry, or
Sherry Eckerle (409) 791-3259,
Or Joe Ochoa (409) 791-3255
You can also e-mail your reservations to: Sherry.Eckerle@sbcglobal.net
As you can see from the pictures below, we had a good crowd for our mid-summer Fish fry fund raiser. Many thanks to those who attended and helped make this fund raiser a success. Special recognition goes to Danny Schnautz and the other folks who traveled from Houston to attend! Rich Courville’s provided the food which was delicious, as always.
Calendar of Scheduled Events:
August
10, 2010-Luncheon at the Cattle Company-guest speaker: Owen
Zidar, KCS VP Sales & Marketing – Carload Business Unit; also dependent
scholarships awarded
September 14, 2010-
Luncheon at the Cattle Company-Port Recognition
October 12, 2010- 6 pm Night of the Comedians at
Rich Courville’s
November 9, 2010 –
Luncheon at the Cattle Company
December 14, 2010 – 6 pm Christmas party at the
Cattle Company
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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/july/2010/
or from the web site: txsdtc.org
Be sure to visit our sponsors listed both in the Equalizer and on the
Web Site…
A special note of deepest sympathy to the Port of Orange and the family
of Lester Winfree in the loss of their beloved friend, husband and
father. He was an active member of the Orange community throughout his
life and will be missed by all who knew him.
Board Meeting Announcement:
There will be a Board of Director’s meeting at 11:00 am on August 10,
2010 at the Cattle Company
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Reminder:
Dependent & member scholarship applications are due back to the club by August 2. If you need an application, you may request one from the secretary at: Sherry.Eckerle@sbcglobal.net or (409) 791-3259. Transcripts are required with the applications, so be sure to allot extra time to gather the papers that you will need.
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TCI 2010 Conference – Carnival Cruise to Bahamas
September 24-27, 2010
Departure: Miami – 4 pm – 3 nights
Ship: Carnival Imagination
If you are able to attend the conference, please contact your secretary
or president for more information.
Cost: varies with cabin choice
. Some microbes cause diseases, but most are harmless and many are
actually helpful. For example, some microbes help clean up oil spills.
. There are more than 40,000 characters in Chinese script.
. The LEGO company was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in Billund,
Denmark, in 1916. Today it has over 9,000 employees worldwide. The
Danish words Leg and Godt were put together to make "LEGO." Later, it
was discovered that in Latin, the term "Lego" means "I put together" or
"I assemble."
. Some Persian rugs may last as long as 500 years before wearing out.
. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
. The little bits of paper left over when holes are punched in data
cards or tape are called "chad."
. Some toothpaste and makeup contain crushed volcanic stone.
. There are odor technicians in the perfume trade with the olfactory
skill to distinguish 20,000 odors at 20 levels of intensity.
. The longest name in the Bible is Mahershalalbaz (Isaiah 8:1).
. Someone who faces the glare of publicity may be said to be in the
limelight. American chemist Robert Hare discovered that a blowpipe flame
acting upon a block of calcium oxide – which is lime – produces a
brilliant white light that could be used to illuminate theater stages.
. There are three sets of letters on the standard typewriter and
computer keyboards which are in alphabetical order, reading left to
right. They are f-g-h, j-k-l, and o-p.
. The loop on a belt that holds the loose end is called a "keeper."
. Sound waves move 1,100 feet per second in the air. They move even
faster through solids and liquids.
. The Lord's Prayer appears twice in the Bible, in Matthew VI and Luke
XI.
. Standard business cards are printed 3½ inches wide by 2 inches long.
. Starch is used as a binder in the production of paper. It is the use
of a starch coating that controls ink penetration when printing. Cheaper
papers do not use as much starch, and this is why your elbows get black
when you are leaning over your morning paper.
