The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1964 Page: 12 of 16
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THE CARROLLTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, November 19, 1264
Hunsaker Truck
Lease Wins Two
National Awards
A Dallas-based truck lease con-
cern, Hunsaker Truck Lease, Inc.,
made history at the recent 33rd
National Safety Contest when it
was awarded the coveted top safe-
ty honors in two divisions—truck
leasing and rental competition.
This marks the first time in the
ration-wide contest, sponsored by
the National Truck Leasing sys-
tem, that a single company has
taken both first place in these two
major divisions.
Awards were based on the com-
pany’s fleet safety performance
from July 1963 through June 1964
with the winners being named at
the recent 52nd annual meeting in
Chicago of the National Safety
•congress and exposition.
While this year marks the first
time for one company to win
double honors it makes the third
straight year that Hunsaker has
received top awards in the an-
nual contest.
During the judging period, driv-
ers employed by customers who
lease or rent trucks with full-
service from the Hunsaker firm
operated 8,833,000 miles and re-
corded only 6.50 accidents per
1,000,000 vehicle miles in opera-
tion. This is-considerably less than
the 15.32 accidents per vehicle
mile recorded nationally over the
some period.
R. B. Hunsaker, president of
Hunsaker Truck Lease and a vet-
eran of over 30 years in all phases
of the trucking business, is rec-
ognized as a pioneer in the devel-
opment and furtherance of prac-
tical safety programs for truck
leasing. “This double honor means
b great deal to all of us since we
have always placed the safe opera-
tion of our equipment as our
number one responsibility to our
customers,” Mr. Hunsaker pointed
out.
One of the few leasing com-
panies in the country with own
full time safety director, Hun-
saker has always had a safety de-
partment and has won awards dat-
ing back to more than three de-
cades during Mr. Hunsaker’s oil
field 'hauling days.
“In addition to the all-essential
safety factor of those who drive
our trucks, this safety program
contributes to the general safety
of the highways wherever these
trucks are driven. In addition, our
customers realize important sav-
ings in reduced insurance rates
because of their greatly reduced
accident rate,” Hunsaker added.
Bobby G. Krause, director of
of safety for Hunsaker, empha-
sized that “our low frequency rate,
we feel, is the result of a coordi-
nated safety program, properly
applied to each leasee, first class
maintenance procedures and a fine
team effort by our customers.”
Because of the importance of
the double awards and the rec-
ognition they bring the state of
Tunas, the awards were formally
presented to Hunsaker by Col.
Homer Garrison, Jr., director of
Texas Department of Public
COL. HOMER GARRISON, Jr., (center) presents the director of safety. The double honors won by Hunsaker
two top safety awards of the 33rd National Safety Gon- in the nationwide truck leasing and rental divisions'
test to R. B. Hunsaker, left, president of Hunsaker Truck marked the first time a single company has been awarded'
Lease, Inc., and to Bobby G. Krause, Hunsaker full-time both honors. £
Safety.
Col. Garrison lauded Hunsaker’s
comprehensive driver safety pro-
gram as an “exceptional aid to
continued safety over the state’s
thousands of miles of highways”
and added that the double honors
should “be an inspiration to other
trucking companies as well as in-
dividuals who travel these high-
ways.”
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LEADERS HOLD MEETING
The November meeting of the
Chapel 7 Neighborhood Girl Scout
Leaders was held Thursday morn-
ing, November 12, in the Social
Room of the Richardson Savings
and Loan Company. This was the
first meeting for the new neigh-
borhood chairman, Peggy Smith.
It was decided at this monthly
meeting that the troops from the
Chapel 7 Neighborhood, which
include Cabell, Janie Stark and
Webb Chapel Elementary schools,
will make favors for the trays at
the Metropolitan Hospital for
the Christmas season.
Also discussed at the meeting
were the possibilities of a Father-
Daughter banquet in March and
a day camp for sometime in June.
At the present time there ate
20 troops registered in the three
schools.
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Sindik, Nicholas J. The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1964, newspaper, November 19, 1964; Carrollton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth728606/m1/12/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carrollton Public Library.