MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 26. 19S2
The Family Council
editor! note: Th Family Council eaitlitl of a Judge,
roychutrtst, Uirie clersymtn. three editors and a women's editor,
ach article Is a summary of a family disagreement presented to the
Council. The Council deals with problems, major and minor,
encountered by guidance counselors and social workers. Edited by
by Mrs. Alma Penny (Copyright by General Features Corp.)
Karen L. - He won't let me
drive the car when he is in
it.
Jerome Li - How can a man
let himself be chaulfeured by
a woman?
Karen L. - Jerry and I both
go to business, and our only
chance to enjoy our new car
is over the week ends. Dur
ing the week we use it for
an occasional errand and for
supermarket stocking-up, but
our daily travel is by bus and
train. On our week end jaunts,
however, he won't let me
touch the wheel. Since we
travel great distances and he
grows tired driving, this is
not only a waste of an alter
nate driver - me - but makes
the trip pretty uninteresting
to me.
What gets my goat is that
It was he who got me interest
ed in driving. As a city girl
I'd never bothered to learn.
My folks got along fine with
out an automobile. But a year
after my marriage, when we
bought our home, Jerry insist
ed that I get a license, bow
with our smooth convertible.
I'm wild about motoring. But
at this rate I'll have to get
my own car for a chance to
get in some real mileage as
, a driver.
e. e e
Jerome L. - When I urged
Karen to get her oriver's li
cense, it was because its a
Hood idea to have one. It did
not mean I was handing over
the job of driving us around.
' When the two of us go out
for a ride, I'm the one who's
supposed to be at the wheel
I'm the man in the family
- remember? I think any able-
bodied man sitting next to a
woman driver looks like a
kid being taken bye-bye by
his mommy.
Furthermore, a license to
drive doesn't make a good
driver out of Karen. The one
time I did let her drive me
around she almost went off
the road. If I hadn't grabbed
the wheel and straightened
the car out - well, we would
not be here today talking over
the problem.
I'm glad she learned how to
drive. It's a skill everyone
should have. Now she can run
the car wherever she wants
on her own errands, without
depending on me. But for
pleasure trips I'll take over,
' The Council: We'll bet, Jer-
.ome, that Karen sitting beside
you doesn't look one bit like
your mommy, no matter who's
in the driver's seat. And we'll
bet, too, that she wouldn't
mind relinquishing the steer
ing wheel if you could cough
up some more flattering and
convincing reasons than you
have thus far advanced. Any
spunky lady would take um
brage at being told to move
over because (1) she's a bad
driver, and (2) she's trying to :
wear the familv nanU t
A little more tact there.
boy. Certainly you trust her
driving when you dispatch her
on local stops in your prized
chariot. Perhaps she became
nusierea ine lirst time you
let her chauffeur vnn- tho hnn
or literally went to her head
ana sne lost control. But basic
ally she's an nkav ririusr
she? Then tell her so. Assure
ner you trust her skill and
that that isn't the
for your insistence upon steer
ing.
Why not Drespnr vnnr mu
in some such form as this?
You're delighted that she can
drive and you're grateful for
having her on board. On long
luuuuiunous siretcnes, It s a
COmfort tO h&V an allAi-nnt..
driver to spell you out. And,
in case you feel ill, it's a nice
safe feeling to knnw Koran
can bring the conveyance safe
ly iu port, uut you'd rather
that she consider hersef the
"auxiliary" motor. rnlioH
uii in emergencies or for spe
cial reasons. It's nn MiiAMinH
on her proficiency. It's just
umi, as a man, you jiRe to feel
you're takintr her nut mh..
than the reverse when vou're
in the car.
To throw a .m11.Kl7lH mnn.
key wrench into your cliche
auuur. wno s supposed ' to be
at the Wheel .Iprnma ma
might remind you that lady
taxi arivers cause their pas
senger nn pmharrntcmnnl
and that lady truck drivers
appear in more places than on
"What's Mv Line?" Tn faM
the newspapers reported re
cently mat a Lincolnton, N.C.,
truck driver's wife relieves
ner nusband on long hauls be
tween New York and r.anrs s
To Karen we'd whicnpr that
she may well have the best of
it. sne can sit back and enjoy
ine scenery, doze and read
Jerome, the pall ant euoin
must keep his eyes glued to
what's ahead, behind, right.
left, over and under. Had
enough, Jerry?
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James Edward Tungate,
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Portland as one of 254 fresh
men from 30 states and eight
foreign countries.
Tungate will major in nat
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