Juan Gutierrez:  

Yeah, that’s me on page 207. Orville Hinkle was my Home Room teacher. We occupied the third floor on the Main Building on Central. His class was the best two hour period! Period!. See, the car wash was held to support VICA(Vocational Industrial Clubs of America), of which I served as the Vice-president. The class was an Elective called, “Service Station Attendant Class.” Honestly! Would not pass muster today. Check it out! Anyway, there was no established curriculum for running a Service (never say Gas) Station. They helped each student find a job as a Service Attendant (er, Grease Monkey). We learned how to take inventory, Order refuel appointments, handle and secure money, sell big ticket items (like tires, batteries and accessories TBA), tune-ups, yada, yada. Since there was no structure, per se, we spent two hours eating donuts and and lying about how exciting our respective jobs were. At least mine was. Always interesting . I ...Expand for more