The Equalizer
Sabine District Transportation Club
Member of Traffic Clubs International
Volume 09 Issue 06: June 2009 PO Box 20103, Beaumont, TX 77720
Please keep our troops and their families in your thoughts and prayers.
July 14, 2009 Annual Fish & Shrimp Fry
Red Rose Express, aka “The Big Rich Courville Group” is catering the event again this year. Owner, Rich Courville caters a number of local fund-raisers and popular social events. Around the holidays and large charity events, “Big Rich” is often seen with the morning crew from KBMT channel 12.
July 14, 2009 Fish Fry
Location: Big Rich Courville’s Catering & Special Events
Address: 1764 Rose Lane @ North Hwy 90, Beaumont, TX 77713 (409) 860-9811
Serving time : 6:30 pm
Cost: $20/person
Air-conditioned
We look forward to seeing each of you at this event!
You can make your reservations by calling Robert Ferguson at 866-1654, Joe Ochoa at 791-3255 or Sherry Eckerle at 791-3259.
Seating is limited so make your reservations early!
Please make reservations for _________dinners @ $20/person at Rich Courville’s Cajun Eatery
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, Robert Ferguson 651-1708, Sherry Eckerle (409) 791-3259. You can also e-mail your reservations to: Sherry.Eckerle@sbcglobal.net or on line in the Web site: txsdtc.org
No cancellations can be made after July 10, 2009 -3pm
As in the previous years, the club has available both dependent member scholarships & member scholarships.
Members (in good standing) that are planning on furthering their career & plan to attend college part-time are eligible for scholarships.
For dependent scholarships the student must be enrolled for 12 hours for Fall & Spring semesters. Student must have a parent/legal guardian that is a member (in good standing) of the Sabine District Transportation Club.
The scholarship monies are dispersed ˝ for Fall semester & ˝ for the Spring semester.
Scholarship applications can be obtained from the secretary, Sherry Eckerle at (409) 791-3259 or from any Board Member or Officer.
Upcoming Events!
The annual fish & shrimp fry
July 14, 2009 at Rich Corville’s Cajun Eatery on Hwy 90. 6:30 pm serving, cost is $20/person.
August 11, 2009 – No Meeting-out for the summer!
September 8, 2009- Guest Speaker at Cattle Company Luncheon
October 13, 2009 – Fall Golf Outing
The Equalizer
You can reach the Equalizer from the web site:
from the server:
http://www.txsdtc.org/equalizer/june2009/
Or you can receive a copy in the mail.
Visit our sponsors on the web site!
TCI Annual Convention
Chattanooga, TN
September 17-19, 2009
C-Host: Chattanooga Transportation Club
& Northwest Georgia Transportation Club
Many great events are planned this year including a Golf Tournament and Scholarship Luau.
The cost of the convention is $350. You can register on line by clicking on the link from the TCI website or see your secretary for the convention brochure for more information.
Should you any questions and would like to attend this conference, please contact Sherry Eckerle at (409) 791-3259.
Did you know?? Editor: Sherry Eckerle
Here are some facts from the 1500's
Most people got married in June, because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, next all the other sons and men, next the women and finally the children; last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it; hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water".
Houses had thatched roofs (thick straw) piled high, with no wood beneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the dogs, cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof; hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs".
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could really mess up a bed. A bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection; hence canopy beds came into existence.
The floor was dirt, and only the wealthy had something other than dirt; hence the saying "dirt poor".
The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they kept adding more thresh until when you opened the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entryway; hence a "threshold".
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes the stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while; hence the rhyme, "peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot - nine days old".
