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MHCC developing
patron mailing lists
Ford’s better idea
Henry Ford didn't have such a hot idea when he came
up with the car All he did was cause more problems for
the women who already had all they thought they could
handle. It w as inevitable that women would would learn to
drive once the car was introduced into society because
men could see that the car would be of great advantage to
the homemaker A women could do 10 or 15 more things in
a day if she could just get around faster So men whc
Sdimaic s
and
p ie c e s
w ould never have dreamed of handing the reins over were
handing the keys over to women and encouraging them to
learn how the new contraption operated
The unfortunate mistake that men made was to show
women how to tkive the vehicle without showing them
how to repay it. The fine art of tuning and maintaining
was monopolized by the men so the fine ladies wouldn't
have to soil they pretty hands or confuse they pretty
minds Which eventually left the pretty ladies standing up
to they pretty bussels in mud because they car broke
down and they had absolutely no idea what to do. "Women
driver" jokes erupted from the lack of knowledge women
were given to cope with the problems that arose from the
automobile. A desperate women stranded on a dirt road in
1910 probably sounded much the same as a woman today
stalled on the freeway How many ways can you say "The
car stopped and I can’t get it started again *
Most men feel women can't handle the complicated
mechanics of today s engines although over the years they
have progressed from the simple 4-cy Under Model T to the
massive diesels with 21 forward gears Boys go from
Tonka trucks to Chevy trucks and by age 18 can usually
take an engine apart and sometime* get it back together
again
Girls meanwhile are supposed to hake, sew and type. So
when an unknowledgable woman brings her limping car
into a garage the first thing the mechanic asks is "What s
wTor*> with it?” Now if she knew she wouldn’t need his
advice When she tells him that it makes a funny noise and
sounds like a bird singing or tennis shoes in the dryer he
gives her the look that says. "How can you drive if you
don’t know any more than that about vour ca r” Thus
putting the woman driver right back to square one with
the keys, but no answers
There are some men who don't know a lug wrench from
a dip stick too. but when they go into an auto body shop a
different game is played. Both men stick their heads
under the hood of the car and study the ‘problem
together The mechanic asks the owner what he thinks is
the matter with tlw car and the male owner, even though
he knows nothing about what's under the hood, offers
some lame advice The mechanic knows the advice is all
wet, but takes it under consideration to be polite They
shake hands, the owner goes home knowing that he
straightened out" the mechanic and the mechanic’s
repair bill gets paid without question
The horse and buggy days were considerably slower and
less efficient, but the longer I ’m around the car the more
appealu^ they looked The extent of my auto mechanic
knowledge is checking the water, oil and gas. a deficiency
my girls may correct Old Dobbin had no gauges to check,
no shocks to replace, no need for Midas, no transmissions
to worry about He was a tractor, a pickup truck and a car
all rolled into one There was no dip stick to check on
Dobbin and he seldom ran out of water because he refilled
himself. The best thing about him was there was no
confusion between leaded and unleaded gas because
Dobbin had a gas all of his own.
Several mailing lists are
being developed at M t Hood
Community College to help
control college postage and
printing costs
• ’ T h e s e c o m p u te riz e d
mailing lists w ill mean that
people can get the exact kind
of information they want at
the lowest cost possible to the
college,” according to E n c
Sankey, associate dean of
college relations
"Beginning this year, we
are giving district residents
the chance to select from a
variety of specific mailing
lists." Sankey said.
Separate mailing lists are
beuig developed for class
schedules each q u a rte r,
m usic, d ram a and a rt
events, athletic events, M H
CC special events, Maywood
P a rk C e n te r in fo rm a tio n ,
strawberry short courses,
student
a c tiv itie s ,
in
ternational education events.
Bovs! G irls!
Join our annual fall
S atu rd a y m orning youth
r e c r e a t io n ,
s w im m in g
lessons and pool hours,
c o m m u n ity
r e c r e a tio n
s c h e d u le s ,
c o m m u n ity
education short courses,
small business management
p ro gram s and
business
seminars.
Sankey said the new
m a ilin g lists a re being
publicized in the college's
district newsletter and After
Five schedule of evening
classes which will be mailed
to all district residents.
"These publications will
have a return coupon for
people to mark the mailing
lists they want to be on for
the year," he said.
As well, people can call the
Circulation
CONTEST
college’s admission office at
667-7391 to be put on mailing
lists.
Inform ation sent to people
on these new mailing lists
w ill be sent at bulk m ail rates
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The l l t b Annual R e al
E s ta te Shirtsleeves Con
ference sponsored by the M t
Hood C om m unity College
real estate advisory com
mittee and the college is
scheduled for Thursday and
F n d ay , Sept. 11-12, in the
MHCC College Theater.
The conference offers up to
12 clock hours for the state
education requirements for
re a l estate agents and
brokers
Registration for the Thurs-
day session begins at 8.15
a.m . with the day’s topics
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re a l
estate
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F rid a y 's topics include
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methods for management
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personnel Registration for
the F n d ay session begins at
8:30 a.m.
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The registration fee for all
participants is 830 for all or
any part of the conference,
including lunch both days.
All proceeds will go to the
college's
re a l
estate
scholarship fund or to the
real estate library fund.
F o r m ore in fo rm atio n
about the Real Estate Shirt
sleeves Conference, contact
the co m m un ity education
office at 667-7181 or 667-7428
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