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1959 Dec 03, 9 p. no env. Letter to Mary from Frances in Strasburg News about friends and family; discussed Mary’s Aunt Orpha’s funeral
1959 Dec 04, 1 p. no env. Letter to Mary from Ruth Clifford Discusses Mary’s Aunt Orpha’s passing and funeral service, “I trust you will forgive me for using your first name, but that is the only one that seems appropriate. Orpha never spoke of you any other way.”
1959 Dec 04, 3 p. no env. Letter to Mary from Eva Shares the moment of Mary’s Aunt Orpha’s passing; described the funeral. 1959 Dec 04, 2 p. w/env. Istanbul Daily Press Turkish-American Relations; Cumhuriyet; Middle East, Yeni Sabah; Domestic Affairs
1959 Dec 07, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks “Well now I’ve gone back every day to the General Services Department to try to get this telephone moves from next door. Every day they forget;” head “through the grapevine” that she is to have a new counterpart soon; “Drove down town today. You should see the decorations, fearful and wonderful for Ike’s coming;” joined the crowd to see President Eisenhower, “I believe Turks are better behaved than Americans in a crowd;” was able to catch a glance, “I thought being short I’d never see him but I did, a good view for a minute and I burst into tears. He certainly is different that these diplomats. He is a warm, friendly citizen.” Istanbul Daily Press Ankara weather
1959 Dec 11, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Finally got a scraper to scrape the ice from her vehicle; “Now before I go any further let’s get one thing strait--if H--- froze over I wouldn’t make a speech about Rotary- only to Rotary about Home Ec. in Turkey. I am an educator and specifically a Home Economist, I speak only of that which I know and feel I am trained and prepared;” discussing travel plans; discusses how difficult currency is to handle in Turkey.
Newspaper Clippings The Stars and Stripes, Dec. 7., 3 p., “300,000 Turks Line Streets to Welcome Ike”
Memorandum “Christmas Party in Embassy”
1959 Dec 12, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Mentioned the Clutter Murder; went with her counterpart and one of the Information men to the main I.C.A. building to watch a film of Ike’s visit in Ankara, “I was terribly disappointed because there was no picture of Barbara, Ike’s daughter-in-law;” is frustrated with the lacking of planning on the part of the Turks when it comes to preparing for a trip; “I heard a funny story this am. There was a fire in the Turkish Embassy not long ago and the Turkish fire department reported twice to help but were not allowed in;” is going to entertain the Turkish Home Economics Association.
1959 Dec 19, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Says they’re trying to force her to make out a program for another participant and she’s refused to all the sub-bosses; had an invite to spend Christmas in Jerusalem; had a bit of a problem with her boss
1959 Dec 21, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Instead of taking a vacation, she’s been working and thinking to herself; Talked to the boss about being the only Home Ec. not able to go to India; is disappointed because I.C.A. had chose the weaker of the two girls that have come back from the United States; had made song sheets for a group; gearing up for Christmas parties
Memorandum “Christmas Party in Embassy”
1959 Dec 30, 3 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Had come back from visiting her friend, Rachel in Athens, who works for an Organization training Greek girls as domestics to ship to Australia and Canada; Mary is going to try and organize herself to be tougher on her counterparts in order to get them to work.
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News about friends and family; discussed Mary's Aunt Orpha's funeral
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Discusses Mary's Aunt Orpha's passing and funeral service, "I trust you will forgive me for using your first name, but that is the only one that seems appropriate. Orpha never spoke of you any other way."
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Shares the moment of Mary's Aunt Orpha's passing; described the funeral.
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Turkish-American Relations; Cumhuriyet; Middle East, Yeni Sabah; Domestic Affairs
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"Well now I've gone back every day to the General Services Department to try to get this telephone moves from next door. Every day they forget;" head "through the grapevine" that she is to have a new counterpart soon; "Drove down town today. You should see the decorations, fearful and wonderful for Ike's coming;" joined the crowd to see President Eisenhower, "I believe Turks are better behaved than Americans in a crowd;" was able to catch a glance, "I thought being short I'd never see him but I did, a good view for a minute and I burst into tears. He certainly is different that these diplomats. He is a warm, friendly citizen." Istanbul Daily Press Ankara weather
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Finally got a scraper to scrape the ice from her vehicle; "Now before I go any further let's get one thing strait--if H--- froze over I wouldn't make a speech about Rotary- only to Rotary about Home Ec. in Turkey. I am an educator and specifically a Home Economist, I speak only of that which I know and feel I am trained and prepared;" discussing travel plans; discusses how difficult currency is to handle in Turkey. Newspaper Clippings The Stars and Stripes, Dec. 7., 3 p., "300,000 Turks Line Streets to Welcome Ike" Memorandum "Christmas Party in Embassy"
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Mentioned the Clutter Murder; went with her counterpart and one of the Information men to the main I.C.A. building to watch a film of Ike's visit in Ankara, "I was terribly disappointed because there was no picture of Barbara, Ike's daughter-in-law;" is frustrated with the lacking of planning on the part of the Turks when it comes to preparing for a trip; "I heard a funny story this am. There was a fire in the Turkish Embassy not long ago and the Turkish fire department reported twice to help but were not allowed in;" is going to entertain the Turkish Home Economics Association.
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Says they're trying to force her to make out a program for another participant and she's refused to all the sub-bosses; had an invite to spendChristmas in Jerusalem; had a bit of a problem with her boss
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Instead of taking a vacation, she's been working and thinking to herself; Talked to the boss about being the only Home Ec. not able to go to India; is disappointed because I.C.A. had chose the weaker of the two girls that have come back from the United States; had made song sheets for a group; gearing up for Christmas parties Memorandum "Christmas Party in Embassy"
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Had come back from visiting her friend, Rachel in Athens, who works for an Organization training Greek girls as domestics to ship to Australia and Canada; Mary is going to try and organize herself to be tougher on her counterparts in order to get them to work.
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1960 Jan 04, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Neighbor’s told the maid that Mary was disgusted with her so she’s finally doing a decent bit of work; organized a National Home Economics Association before heading to Greece and wants to take some pictures for publicity; saw a Turkish doll exhibit; has been playing Canasta in the evenings with neighbors
1960 Jan 11, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Mentions the Garden City mass murder which was featured in Time Magazine; describes her new favorite foods, “Well I’ve become a Turk in food habits;” having counterpart issues again; mentions a Christmas letter from Angie, a gal she had traveled with
1960 Jan 18, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Is going to take the American Nebraska University Home Ec. and her secretary to hear a traveling American Jazz orchestra; met up with a man from Industry I.C.A. who said America had given Turkey a big shipment of rubber baby bottle nipples that do not melt in hot water like the Turkish ones do and expected Mary to do all the “fighting and leg work,” she got a Pediatrician to get on the work; had to have her car inspected, ordered by I.C.A.
1960 Jan 25, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Sleeps with her coat on when she travels; “My dumb little counterpart has not a glimmer of what we go out for but she wants to go. I pay her bills across the board and she is a big shot riding in a C.D. car. She stayed out one night and came in with a black eye. I said nothing;” is having a tough time with another cold; had taught her youngest counterpart to play Canasta, “She beat me every game hands down but she can’t remember to take any literature with us, read the girl’s reports in advance nor do one stroke of work.”
1960 Jan 28, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Brother “There has been a serious upset in the Ministry,” had moved a fairly good extension man to now job and replaced him with a poultry man who spoke no English, “It seems they can’t fire anyone so they just move them to a desk with no job. Isn’t that democracy?” rent has more than doubled since she’s been at her apartment “Dear Home Economics Field Worker” 2 copies A home economics newsletter
1960 Jan 30, 3 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Went to an important committee meeting and a T.A. association business meeting, the new Rotary President was there, “He swears a blue streak in English. He speaks both languages equally well and is a hail ‘fellow well met’ and nobody’s fool;” is going to teach a lesson on round dancing; “I had my picture taken last week for a new passport and I look at least 90.”
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Neighbor's told the maid that Mary was disgusted with her so she's finally doing a decent bit of work; organized a National Home Economics Association before heading to Greece and wants to take some pictures for publicity; saw a Turkish doll exhibit; has been playing Canasta in the evenings with neighbors
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Mentions the Garden City mass murder which was featured in Time Magazine; describes her new favorite foods, "Well I've become a Turk in food habits;" having counterpart issues again; mentions a Christmas letter from Angie, a gal she had traveled with
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Is going to take the American Nebraska University Home Ec. and her secretary to hear a traveling American Jazz orchestra; met up with a man from Industry I.C.A. who said America had given Turkey a big shipment of rubber baby bottle nipples that do not melt in hot water like the Turkish ones do and expected Mary to do all the "fighting and leg work," she got a Pediatrician to get on the work; had to have her car inspected, ordered by I.C.A.
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Sleeps with her coat on when she travels; "My dumb little counterpart has not a glimmer of what we go out for but she wants to go. I pay her bills across the board and she is a big shot riding in a C.D. car. She stayed out one night and came in with a black eye. I said nothing;" is having a tough time with another cold; had taught her youngest counterpart to play Canasta, "She beat me every game hands down but she can't remember to take any literature with us, read the girl's reports in advance nor do one stroke of work."
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"There has been a serious upset in the Ministry," had moved a fairly good extension man to now job and replaced him with a poultry man who spoke no English, "It seems they can't fire anyone so they just move them to a desk with no job. Isn't that democracy?" rent has more than doubled since she's been at her apartment "Dear Home Economics Field Worker" 2 copies A home economics newsletter
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Went to an important committee meeting and a T.A. association business meeting, the new Rotary President was there, "He swears a blue streak in English. He speaks both languages equally well and is a hail 'fellow well met' and nobody's fool;" is going to teach a lesson on round dancing; "I had my picture taken last week for a new passport and I look at least 90."
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1960 Mar 01, 3 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Got a request from the Ministry to do a series of lectures; discusses a Rotary tape; “I had quite a conversation with an outstanding Turk I picked up on the street. He is in the Government Meat Processing business;” had a meeting with C.A.R.E. but doesn’t look forward to it, “I don’t believe in their philosophy.”
1960 Mar 07, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Gas went off and her flash heater was left dispensing gas, luckily it was caught in time, “Think I’m going to have to keep that thing turned off if I want to live;” “We had a knock down drag out meeting today,” little counterpart had accused Mary of helping the 4H people get some equipment and apparently it caused a bit of a stir, “She gave me to understand they didn’t want an educational program, they just wanted EQUIPMENT;” can’t get approval for a hard working Home Ec. worker who speaks English to go to the U.S. because she’s convinced the Ministry would rather a gal who is “too stupid to come in out of the rain” because she won’t embarrass the ministry by coming back and over-working; is reading the book “Dynamite in the Middle East”; it’s a fasting month for Turkey and Mary describes her problems with it; is going to try to release the story of results from the I.C.A. annual reports to the newspapers but is afraid of going to jail since the news is so sensitive about government issues.
1960 Mar 16, 3 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Is frustrated at work since she seems to feel she does loads of work for everyone else but nothing is done for her; is packing up to take a trip to Izmir; heard that a Child Development Specialist is to be in Ankara next school year; is trying to get the village people to start eating on tables instead of eating from the floor; “dumb little counterpart” is asking Mary for a scholarship to get her masters back in the US, “I really don’t think she could get a bachelor’s. I really don’t think she is basically stupid, but she has never learned to think or work.”
1960 Mar 22, 3 p. w/env. Letter to Folks V.I.P. from Washington D.C. and a director from the Philippines came in; spent a day interviewing teachers at the school; had kind of a mess as far as scheduling goes; has been taking the V.I.P to silver and copper shops; the Mission Director raised to Minister rank; is trying to show her photos to some women of power in I.C.A.
1960 Mar 25, 3 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Gave a talk to the Director of the Mission and all the Department Heads with a teacher at Izmir; had shown her slides to about fifty people; will speak again and show slides at the local hospital; cannot show the picture to the Ministry officials because they are not interested, “This am someone said, ‘I hear all you Ag. people are being liquidated because the Ministry is not interested.’ The Minister of Agriculture refused to see any Americans.”
1960 Mar 30, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Will be donating Christmas cards to the schools for village girls, “Their dorms look like prisons, gray floors, gray walls, gray beds and gray blankets;” is surprised her folks have decided to come to Europe; was shocked because the I.C.A. head of Education left early because he said “he had to be back as he had an office. He looked shocked when I said well I did too. He said he didn’t know. How in heavens name did he ever think I worked. I was furious. I’ll bet I’ve done more for education in Turkey than he will ever do;”
1960 Mar 31, 1 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Has three buyers on her car but cannot decide if she wants to sell it; “There are more problems in this country than a dog has fleas;” has two new I.C.A. neighbors.
1960 Mar, 22 p. w/env. Copy of the first annual Home Economics Extension report First ever compiled in Turkey; written by Mary Border
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Got a request from the Ministry to do a series of lectures; discusses a Rotary tape; "I had quite a conversation with an outstanding Turk I picked up on the street. He is in the Government Meat Processing business;" had a meeting with C.A.R.E. but doesn't look forward to it, "I don't believe in their philosophy."
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Gas went off and her flash heater was left dispensing gas, luckily it was caught in time, "Think I'm going to have to keep that thing turned off if I want to live;" "We had a knock down drag out meeting today," little counterpart had accused Mary of helping the 4H people get some equipment and apparently it caused a bit of a stir, "She gave me to understand they didn't want an educational program, they just wanted EQUIPMENT;" can't get approval for a hard working Home Ec. worker who speaks English to go to the U.S. because she's convinced the Ministry would rather a gal who is "too stupid to come in out of the rain" because she won't embarrass the ministry by coming back and over-working; is reading the book "Dynamite in the Middle East"; it's a fasting month for Turkey and Mary describes her problems with it; is going to try to release the story of results from the I.C.A. annual reports to the newspapers but is afraid of going to jail since the news is so sensitive about government issues.
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Is frustrated at work since she seems to feel she does loads of work for everyone else but nothing is done for her; is packing up to take a trip to Izmir; heard that a Child Development Specialist is to be in Ankara next school year; is trying to get the village people to start eating on tables instead of eating from the floor; "dumb little counterpart" is asking Mary for a scholarship to get her masters back in the US, "I really don't think she could get a bachelor's. I really don't think she is basically stupid, but she has never learned to think or work."
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V.I.P. from Washington D.C. and a director from the Philippines came in; spent a day interviewing teachers at the school; had kind of a mess as far as scheduling goes; has been taking the V.I.P to silver and copper shops; the Mission Director raised to Minister rank; is trying to show her photos to some women of power in I.C.A.
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Gave a talk to the Director of the Mission and all the Department Heads with a teacher at Izmir; had shown her slides to about fifty people; will speak again and show slides at the local hospital; cannot show the picture to the Ministry officials because they are not interested, "This am someone said, 'I hear all you Ag. people are being liquidated because the Ministry is not interested.' The Minister of Agriculture refused to see any Americans."
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Will be donating Christmas cards to the schools for village girls, "Their dorms look like prisons, gray floors, gray walls, gray beds and gray blankets;" is surprised her folks have decided to come to Europe; was shocked because the I.C.A. head of Education left early because he said "he had to be back as he had an office. He looked shocked when I said well I did too. He said he didn't know. How in heavens name did he ever think I worked. I was furious. I'll bet I've done more for education inTurkey than he will ever do;"
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Has three buyers on her car but cannot decide if she wants to sell it; "There are more problems in this country than a dog has fleas;" has two new I.C.A. neighbors.
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First ever compiled in Turkey; written by Mary Border
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1960 Apr 09, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Traveled with a teacher at their Institute at Barnava, “We did more business than I’ve done in 10 trips before;” discusses their accomplishments; picked up a newspaper man and he had been in jail for four months, “There is no segregation. He was house with killers and he never knew when they might start chopping on him;” said a rich rancher from California is coming to visit and wanted to ask Mary about the village conditions, she says it’s probably better off she doesn’t talk to him as she’d get sent home sooner; A friend had tried to call Mary through the embassy and they said they never heard of her, “It’s the second time this has happened to me. We have a ‘crummy little’ embassy outfit here. I think they don’t like I.C.A. because we outnumber them by a good many times.”
1960 Apr 14, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Strongly thinking of asking for a direct transfer to another country; is having the teacher from Izmir meet with the rich rancher from California; has decided to sell her car to get an Opel station wagon; the King of Jordan is visiting Ankara and the streets are packed.
1960 Apr 16, 8 p. w/env. Letter to Christine “I had our best Turkish girl (teaches at Izmir at our Training Center) here for about 3 weeks living and working with me;” gal had commented about how her house had so much food in it as most Turkish homes do not have that luxury, “They live from ‘hand to mouth’ as my mother would say;” Met an 85 year old woman with an interesting story to tell; finally got a washing machine; Mary’s folks are talking about taking a European trip with a Presbyterian Minister from Tulsa, might take a boat from Naples to Istanbul; has a cat that will have kittens soon; Turkish bottle man rummages through the rubbish to try and find glass and then knocks on the door to ask for more glass, “I’m getting smart now, I don’t open the door, I just call and ask him what he wants in Turkish. He thinks I’m a Turk and then leaves immediately;” “I may cuss the Turks when I’m trying to work with them but I feel completely at home socializing with them;” There’s an extension Conference in Vienne and Mary wasn’t sent so she raised a bit of hell to her boss, “I won’t die if I don’t go but it seems so queer when there is an Ext. Conf. they send everyone but Ext. workers.”
Letter to Christine from Mae 1 p. no env. Planning some dress making and fashion in India
1960 Apr 22, 3 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Had already burned up her washing machine, I.C.A. thinks the machine was defective but Mary thinks it is the lack of water pressure; mentioned blowing up at the boss about everyone going to Vienna except for her for an Extension Conference; Went to a program at a school for the blind, “10,000 blind in Turkey, 2 schools @ about 130. American Women’s club (I am a member) bought them a Braille typewriter;” “The Political news is very bad here today:”
1960 Apr 25, 7 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Got a telegram from Washington D.C. that had congratulated Mary on her monthly newsletter and told her how to improve it; was asked for 100 copies but she will only send 50 since she doesn’t have very good secretary help, “They all start groaning when they see me coming. They say I give them more work than 10 of our men technicians put together;” is preparing one of her smartest field workers to go to the States for more schooling; describes the girl’s director and how he talks to her like she’s a man; talks about the qualifications her counterparts must have; is going to go to an orphanage with a social service worker.”
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Traveled with a teacher at their Institute at Barnava, "We did more business than I've done in 10 trips before;" discusses their accomplishments; picked up a newspaper man and he had been in jail for four months, "There is no segregation. He was house with killers and he never knew when they might start chopping on him;" said a rich rancher from California is coming to visit and wanted to ask Mary about the village conditions, she says it's probably better off she doesn't talk to him as she'd get sent home sooner; A friend had tried to call Mary through the embassy and they said they never heard of her, "It's the second time this has happened to me. We have a 'crummy little' embassy outfit here. I think they don't like I.C.A. because we outnumber them by a good many times."
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Strongly thinking of asking for a direct transfer to another country; is having the teacher from Izmir meet with the rich rancher from California; has decided to sell her car to get an Opel station wagon; the King of Jordan is visiting Ankara and the streets are packed.
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"I had our best Turkish girl (teaches at Izmir at our Training Center) here for about 3 weeks living and working with me;" gal had commented about how her house had so much food in it as most Turkish homes do not have that luxury, "They live from 'hand to mouth' as my mother would say;" Met an 85 year old woman with an interesting story to tell; finally got a washing machine; Mary's folks are talking about taking a European trip with a Presbyterian Minister from Tulsa, might take a boat from Naples to Istanbul; has a cat that will have kittens soon; Turkish bottle man rummages through the rubbish to try and find glass and then knocks on the door to ask for more glass, "I'm getting smart now, I don't open the door, I just call and ask him what he wants in Turkish. He thinks I'm a Turk and then leaves immediately;" "I may cuss the Turks when I'm trying to work with them but I feel completely at home socializing with them;" There's an extension Conference in Vienne and Mary wasn't sent so she raised a bit of hell to her boss, "I won't die if I don't go but it seems so queer when there is an Ext. Conf. they send everyone but Ext. workers."
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Planning some dress making and fashion in India
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Had already burned up her washing machine, I.C.A. thinks the machine was defective but Mary thinks it is the lack of water pressure; mentioned blowing up at the boss about everyone going to Vienna except for her for an Extension Conference; Went to a program at a school for the blind, "10,000 blind in Turkey, 2 schools @ about 130. American Women's club (I am a member) bought them a Braille typewriter;" "The Political news is very bad here today:"
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Got a telegram from Washington D.C. that had congratulated Mary on her monthly newsletter and told her how to improve it; was asked for 100 copies but she will only send 50 since she doesn't have very good secretary help, "They all start groaning when they see me coming. They say I give them more work than 10 of our men technicians put together;" is preparing one of her smartest field workers to go to the States for more schooling; describes the girl's director and how he talks to her like she's a man; talks about the qualifications her counterparts must have; is going to go to an orphanage with a social service worker."
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1960 May 01, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Has been purposely avoiding talking about the political situation in Turkey which is under “a virtual dictatorship”; “Elections are either fixed or no election is held when the constitution calls for one;” was told to stay in her home over the weekend; Schools have been closed for one month, “Two police officials who interfered with the student mob in Istanbul were torn limb from limb. We think there were some hurt but few killed here. The newspapers of course print nothing;” All the out of town traveling has been cancelled and there is a 9 pm curfew.
1960 May 05, 2 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Turkey is under Martial Law; Upset because her second washing machine didn’t work and they never brought another, “Well I finally got a 3rd by raising h___ and putting a block under it;” is trying to get out a three fold pictorial brochure called “What is Home Economics Extension;” described the orphanage she visited “It’s fearful and terrible.”
1960 May 06, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Has bought a German Opel that will be delivered in three months and is working out selling her car; had a few demonstrations in Ankara, “Like all dictatorships it seems the Prime Minister just found out that he isn’t popular with the people;” gives the address to the office; is sending her folks money and is trying to arrange for them to visit her in Ankara; Turkey is still holding up the postage from America, except letters still go through
1960 May 07, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Folks “When the young woman who had been here told me this was skirt and sweater country, she wasn’t lying;” Is about to have her walls painted; is having a hard time figuring out how to handle the money coming in from the down payment on the car she’s selling; got a letter from Washington D.C. that said they were sending excerpts from Mary’s newsletter to all state land grant schools; “This country is beautiful. If they ever get it cleaned up it’ll be perfect tourist country.”
1960 May 11, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Talks about three Home Ec grads who are married to important American men at Ankara; “All the Turks talk about here is [Caryl] Chessman,” Turkish teacher asked the U.S.I.S. librarian if she knew Chessman in Turkish conversation, she got offended and left the class, the Turkish teacher did not know much English; “The American Church Board here is translating to Turkish “Renille of a Persian Village,” Mary is trying to get copies out to make it a required reading in her Training Center; heard there was am Extension opening in Israel, “I thought of indicating interest but I’m sort of pro Arab in sympathy;” is working on a program for a six girl field committee that will be the planning committee for her Short Course; “Our political troubles seem to have blown over here for the present.”
1960 May 18, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Sunday Night Had a Turkish teacher finish language school and is not working in the Ministry under Mary; is working on a lesson for city women on nutrition and weight control; counterparts are wanting to cook for her now since they have been fed by Mary so often; asks about folk’s itinerary for visiting.
1960 May 18, 3 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Washington D.C. sent another Home Ec. to Libya for a month to advice in their program; “This place is getting like K.S.U. I can’t seem to plan anything for myself ahead;” “I’m ashamed of it but my counterparts have no interest in nothing except trip money and free handouts. It’s a shame to ask people with an education above the 8th grade to try and work with them.”
Economics Extension report, 4 p. March-April 1960, Issue No. 12
1960 May 25, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Curfew in Ankara is on again, 8:00pm; had a bit of a crisis as usually I.C.A. picks 5-6 candidates to go into an English language program so they can study abroad in the U.S. but this time at the opening, Mary was surprised with 40 people and the Extension Head is on vacation so she is trying to figure the problem out herself; the demonstrations in Turkey are continuing
1960 May 29, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks “Suheyla went off to Vienna and left mw with a National field committee meeting. I had 5 very bright girls and we got quite a little done without help or support of my ministry counterparts;” got up in the morning to the sound of commotion, there had been sounds of tanks and machine guns “I saw the American Ambassador tear by with all flags flying; her neighbor who had recently resigned as Minister of Justice was taken by gun point, “I guess they have the Prime Minister, the Pres., and Minister under lock and key in Military quarters;” “You’ve got to hand it to the Turkish Military for a well planned coup and to the people for a sane celebration.”
1960 May, 5 p. no env. Press Release U.S. Editors See ‘Spirit of Atatruk’ In Turkish Events; News roundup; In the U.S.A.
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Has been purposely avoiding talking about the political situation in Turkey which is under "a virtual dictatorship"; "Elections are either fixed or no election is held when the constitution calls for one;" was told to stay in her home over the weekend; Schools have been closed for one month, "Two police officials who interfered with the student mob in Istanbul were torn limb from limb. We think there were some hurt but few killed here. The newspapers of course print nothing;" All the out of town traveling has been cancelled and there is a 9 pm curfew.
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Turkey is under Martial Law; Upset because her second washing machine didn't work and they never brought another, "Well I finally got a 3rd by raising h___ and putting a block under it;" is trying to get out a three fold pictorial brochure called "What is Home Economics Extension;" described the orphanage she visited "It's fearful and terrible."
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Has bought a German Opel that will be delivered in three months and is working out selling her car; had a few demonstrations in Ankara, "Like all dictatorships it seems the Prime Minister just found out that he isn't popular with the people;" gives the address to the office; is sending her folks money and is trying to arrange for them to visit her in Ankara; Turkey is still holding up the postage from America, except letters still go through
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"When the young woman who had been here told me this was skirt and sweater country, she wasn't lying;" Is about to have her walls painted; is having a hard time figuring out how to handle the money coming in from the down payment on the car she's selling; got a letter from Washington D.C. that said they were sending excerpts from Mary's newsletter to all state land grant schools; "This country is beautiful. If they ever get it cleaned up it'll be perfect tourist country."
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Talks about three Home Ec grads who are married to important American men at Ankara; "All the Turks talk about here is [Caryl] Chessman," Turkish teacher asked the U.S.I.S. librarian if she knew Chessman in Turkish conversation, she got offended and left the class, the Turkish teacher did not know much English; "The American Church Board here is translating to Turkish "Renille of a Persian Village," Mary is trying to get copies out to make it a required reading in her Training Center; heard there was am Extension opening in Israel, "I thought of indicating interest but I'm sort of pro Arab in sympathy;" is working on a program for a six girl field committee that will be the planning committee for her Short Course; "Our political troubles seem to have blown over here for the present."
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Had a Turkish teacher finish language school and is not working in the Ministry under Mary; is working on a lesson for city women on nutrition and weight control; counterparts are wanting to cook for her now since they have been fed by Mary so often; asks about folk's itinerary for visiting.
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Washington D.C. sent another Home Ec. to Libya for a month to advice in their program; "This place is getting like K.S.u. I can't seem to plan anything for myself ahead;" "I'm ashamed of it but my counterparts have no interest in nothing except trip money and free handouts. It's a shame to ask people with an education above the 8th grade to try and work with them." Economics Extension report, 4 p. March-April 1960, Issue No. 12
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Curfew in Ankara is on again, 8:00pm; had a bit of a crisis as usually I.C.A. picks 5-6 candidates to go into an English language program so they can study abroad in the U.S. but this time at the opening, Mary was surprised with 40 people and the Extension Head is on vacation so she is trying to figure the problem out herself; the demonstrations in Turkey are continuing
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"Suheyla went off to Vienna and left mw with a National field committee meeting. I had 5 very bright girls and we got quite a little done without help or support of my ministry counterparts;" got up in the morning to the sound of commotion, there had been sounds of tanks and machine guns "I saw the American Ambassador tear by with all flags flying; her neighbor who had recently resigned as Minister of Justice was taken by gun point, "I guess they have the Prime Minister, the Pres., and Minister under lock and key in Military quarters;" "You've got to hand it to the Turkish Military for a well planned coup and to the people for a sane celebration."
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U.S. Editors See 'Spirit of Atatruk' In Turkish Events; News roundup; In the U.S.A.
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1960 Jun 01, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Discusses the advantages of flying rather than taking a boat and discusses different travel routes and travel situations for visiting Mary in Turkey.
1960 Jun 07, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Went to a cocktail party and heard of the money the President and Prime Minister stole from the Government and how the coup came just barely in time, “They found lists of important people to shoot two days later;” ordered 500 copies of the Turkish translation of “Renille of a Persian Village”; House had a name change; shared some gory news about beheaded ladies being found in the Government meat packing locker. Newspaper clipping enclosed “Turks Discuss Menderes Plan to Execute 30;” “Turks map Post-Revolt Recovery Plans;” “SEATO Will Study Red Threat”
1959 Jun 07, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Forgot Memorial Day, “American holidays pass unnoticed here;” Briefly discusses travel plans; is preparing for him to visit her; the next four days are “Byram” which is a word for Turkish vacation or holiday; tells her brother there’s no point in coming to Turkey as there is news that there isn’t going to be a Rotary Meeting; talks about a dentist in Manhattan who went money crazy and “He runs a factory with a floor of rooms servicing 6 to 10 patients at once and a score of uniformed nurses. He only does the checking and I’ve never been satisfied with what I had done last summer,” so she is going to try and see a Turkish dentist; says that I.C.A. is having some changes in American personnel that might help Mary’s situation some; has been ordered by the Ambassador to go home and stay in, “They are bringing from Istanbul all the bodies of martyrs and will bury them on the hill in the lawn of Ataturk’s Tomb.”
1960 Jun 12, 3 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Went to an Agricultural group picnic and talks about how it seems like nobody plans anything; a Turkish Home Economics educator’s husband is in jail, “Everything is in the state of upset here;” talks about the Extension Director being on a 40 day vacation, he has just been called back and Mary is requesting a staff meeting, the new branch chief is behind Mary and might try to help with the counterpart situation;
1960 Jun 18, 2 p. no env. The Tulsa Gasser, Vol. 45, No. 51 “Thanks--Tulsa Rotary” -by C. A. Border
1960 Jun 21, 2 p. no env. Charter Banquet: Rotary Club of Southwest Tulsa
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Discusses the advantages of flying rather than taking a boat and discusses different travel routes and travel situations for visiting Mary in Turkey.
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Went to a cocktail party and heard of the money the President and Prime Minister stole from the Government and how the coup came just barely in time, "They found lists of important people to shoot two days later;" ordered 500 copies of the Turkish translation of "Renille of a Persian Village"; House had a name change; shared some gory news about beheaded ladies being found in the Government meat packing locker. Newspaper clipping enclosed "Turks Discuss Menderes Plan to Execute 30;" "Turks map Post-Revolt Recovery Plans;" "SEATO Will Study Red Threat"
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Forgot Memorial Day, "American holidays pass unnoticed here;" Briefly discusses travel plans; is preparing for him to visit her; the next four days are "Byram" which is a word for Turkish vacation or holiday; tells her brother there's no point in coming to Turkey as there is news that there isn't going to be a Rotary Meeting; talks about a dentist in Manhattan who went money crazy and "He runs a factory with a floor of rooms servicing 6 to 10 patients at once and a score of uniformed nurses. He only does the checking and I've never been satisfied with what I had done last summer," so she is going to try and see a Turkish dentist; says that I.C.A. is having some changes in American personnel that might help Mary's situation some; has been ordered by the Ambassador to go home and stay in, "They are bringing from Istanbul all the bodies of martyrs and will bury them on the hill in the lawn of Ataturk's Tomb."
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Went to an Agricultural group picnic and talks about how it seems like nobody plans anything; a Turkish Home Economics educator's husband is in jail, "Everything is in the state of upset here;" talks about the Extension Director being on a 40 day vacation, he has just been called back and Mary is requesting a staff meeting, the new branch chief is behind Mary and might try to help with the counterpart situation;
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"Thanks--Tulsa Rotary" -by C. A. Border
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1960 Aug 15, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Her new car hasn’t been released from Istanbul by the Turkish Government; the former branch head had been replaced while on home leave; has been working with the Middle East University students; has been asked by her counterpart to write the Turkish Minister of Agriculture Speech; will be releasing her English copy of her program to be distributed soon
1960 Aug 16, 1 envelope without letter
1960 Aug 19, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Enclosed a brochure; is preparing for her biggest Short Course yet; had three V.I.P.s from Ohio State; is getting frustrated with the water problems and is working with a woman on the third floor to get a plumber; Found a grey kitten outside her door and thinks it’s the baby of the cat she had kept around; says everyone dislikes Short Course because “They just assign people to the program and the directors go off and leave them while they sleep;”
Enclosed Brochure [“What is Home Economics Extension”] written in Turkish
1960 Aug 22, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Preparing for her Short Course and is weary of Turkish teaching habits “Everything is lecture, lecture, lecture and I’m not at all sure if they know what they are lecturing about;” hasn’t been involved in as many social activities since the women seem to quarrel and fight for high positions “I don’t intend to get involved in any social climbing;” is thinking about going on vacation with a Mrs. Ragland; Is preparing for the trials of Menderes.
1960 Aug 31, 3 p. w/env. Letter to Rose Describes how hard it is to get postage and packages sent; is working with a “congregational mission man,” who has been in Turkey since 1943, “I told him my idea of having mass marriages to legalize the religious marriages so the women of the servant class could be citizens and so the children could be registered to go to school;” Washington D.C. will be sending Mary to Athens in November
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Her new car hasn't been released from Istanbul by the Turkish Government; the former branch head had been replaced while on home leave; has been working with the Middle East University students; has been asked by her counterpart to write the Turkish Minister of Agriculture Speech; will be releasing her English copy of her program to be distributed soon
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Enclosed a brochure; is preparing for her biggest Short Course yet; had three V.I.P.s from Ohio State; is getting frustrated with the water problems and is working with a woman on the third floor to get a plumber; Found a grey kitten outside her door and thinks it's the baby of the cat she had kept around; says everyone dislikes Short Course because "They just assign people to the program and the directors go off and leave them while they sleep;" Enclosed Brochure ["What is Home Economics Extension"] written in Turkish
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Preparing for her Short Course and is weary of Turkish teaching habits "Everything is lecture, lecture, lecture and I'm not at all sure if they know what they are lecturing about;" hasn't been involved in as many social activities since the women seem to quarrel and fight for high positions "I don't intend to get involved in any social climbing;" is thinking about going on vacation with a Mrs. Ragland; Is preparing for the trials of Menderes.
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Describes how hard it is to get postage and packages sent; is working with a "congregational mission man," who has been in Turkey since 1943, "I told him my idea of having mass marriages to legalize the religious marriages so the women of the servant class could be citizens and so the children could be registered to go to school;" Washington D.C. will be sending Mary to Athens in November
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1960 Sep 06, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Had a dinner party with “very conservative people, missionaries, ect” and they all had concern for Turkey since many Ministers are being removed, “In Agr. I understand we didn’t improve our situation in the change;” is trying to find someone to go with her to Cyprus and Munich, Germany; Will be representing Washington D.C. at an O.E.E.C. Home Economics Conference in Athens, Greece in November; is giving everyone who attends her Short Course a copy of “Renille of a Persian Village” which has been translated into the Turkish language; finished the two day recruitment program and is pleased with how it was run
1960 Sep 08, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Is heading to Germany for a morale trip, “There is absolutely no action in the Ministry so I think I might as well get away;” just found out that wives cannot go on morale trips without their husbands and has decided that she’d just go alone; the political situation seems to worsen; is having trouble with bottle collectors loitering around in her back yard; had her car returned but was missing a few parts and some others weren’t working, “Guess the Turk had quite a time so tomorrow I’ll see if I can get matters straightened out.”
1960 Sep 14, 2 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Will be leaving for Germany the next day; is going to try and buy some car parts while in Germany.
1960 Sep 17, 1 p. no env. Postcard to Folks From Germany; ended up in Munich
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Had a dinner party with "very conservative people, missionaries, ect" and they all had concern for Turkey since many Ministers are being removed, "In Agr. I understand we didn't improve our situation in the change;" is trying to find someone to go with her to Cyprus and Munich, Germany; Will be representing Washington D.C. at an O.E.E.C. Home Economics Conference in Athens, Greece in November; is giving everyone who attends her Short Course a copy of "Renille of a Persian Village" which has been translated into the Turkish language; finished the two day recruitment program and is pleased with how it was run
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Is heading to Germany for a morale trip, "There is absolutely no action in the Ministry so I think I might as well get away;" just found out that wives cannot go on morale trips without their husbands and has decided that she'd just go alone; the political situation seems to worsen; is having trouble with bottle collectors loitering around in her back yard; had her car returned but was missing a few parts and some others weren't working, "Guess the Turk had quite a time so tomorrow I'll see if I can get matters straightened out."
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Will be leaving for Germany the next day; is going to try and buy some car parts while in Germany.
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From Germany; ended up in Munich
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1960 Oct 01, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Was planning on spending the weekend in Istanbul with a world tour group but found out a friend had been hospitalized and flew home; had a good vacation and tells of her travels; is missing her little cat; “The Ministry is still in a turmoil but there is lots to do” Information on the General Von Steuben Hotel enclosed
1960 Oct 12, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Bought a gas cap for her car, she didn’t think she needed one until her friends’ car was stolen, “It was low on gasoline and the thief never got it out of town;” the General Service Department finally said they were ready to work on Mary’s plumbing; “Rose, your little friend Selma who had a party for you got a real promotion. She has been given a man’s job;” describes some departmental issues, “I’m just about to give up on Extension. I’m doing lots of Home Economics and my girls are not mean as the 4-H people are but Suheyla will never push her progress. Her family is too influential for them to replace her;” finally got the remainder of her 500 copies of “Renille for a Persian Village” which had been translated into Turkish, “Every Turk can think of 50 reasons for having his own personal copy and 50 more reasons for never reading it.” Newspaper Clipping “As We Were…Fifty Years Ago”
1960 Oct 15, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Is having photos taken of her doing her work and it’s not a pleasing process; is supposed to stay at home because Turkey will be taking the official 5 year census; is making progress in trying to get Turkey to make the change from gram weights to the measuring cups; Buys a lot of equipment that just “rots” in customs, “I think the Minister of Customs is probably new and he doesn’t know how to get it out and he isn’t about to loose face and ask so it rots and Americans tear their hair;” found out that the landlady cannot provide heat yet because coal is rationed.
1960 Oct 20, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Is writing from the training Institute at Bornova and is afraid she is going to loose her extension program to the Ministry of Education due to the lack of leadership in Agriculture; describes some of the problems in the ministry of agriculture, “As Suheyla says they don’t want Americans teaching here but then neither do they want to do it themselves so what?”
Letter to Folks Described a club where she had a party for the Turkish teaching staff in farewell to Miss McCune; talks about trouble with customs and how she’s unable to find a travel partner, “If they don’t soon wake up and give me some help I may as well ‘fold up my tent’ like the Arabs and ‘quietly steal away.’”
1960 Oct 24, 2 p. no env. Booklet “The UN at Work”
1960 Oct 24, 1 p. no env. Program for United Nations Day Community Observance
1960 Oct 29, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Folks “For the first time in a long time I have no pressing job. We are in a state of flux here. Our counterparts are tied up planning. They purged 150 professors this morning. Sounds just like the original government to me. We were warned by the Director this morning to keep out of crowds and to make no comments;” is taking a plane to Izmir to meet the Turkish Director of Mary’s institution and a V.I.P from Washington D.C.; gives her folks the address of the place she’ll be staying in Athens; will be in Turkey for nine more months before leaving for Africa; mentions a Turkish gal who was at K.S.U. getting her doctorate in Foods and Nutrition and was beat by her father, “It’s a mess. Even educated women rate pretty low here I fear. Some people blame it on the Koran and the Muslim religion but I’m not so sure;” there will be a showing of the Nixon Kennedy T.V. debate at the American theater there
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Was planning on spending the weekend in Istanbul with a world tour group but found out a friend had been hospitalized and flew home; had a good vacation and tells of her travels; is missing her little cat; "The Ministry is still in a turmoil but there is lots to do" Information on the General Von Steuben Hotel enclosed
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Bought a gas cap for her car, she didn't think she needed one until her friends' car was stolen, "It was low on gasoline and the thief never got it out of town;" the General Service Department finally said they were ready to work on Mary's plumbing; "Rose, your little friend Selma who had a party for you got a real promotion. She has been given a man's job;" describes some departmental issues, "I'm just about to give up on Extension. I'm doing lots of Home Economics and my girls are not mean as the 4-H people are but Suheyla will never push her progress. Her family is too influential for them to replace her;" finally got the remainder of her 500 copies of "Renille for a Persian Village" which had been translated into Turkish, "Every Turk can think of 50 reasons for having his own personal copy and 50 more reasons for never reading it." Newspaper Clipping "As We Were...Fifty Years Ago"
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Is having photos taken of her doing her work and it's not a pleasing process; is supposed to stay at home because Turkey will be taking the official 5 year census; is making progress in trying to get Turkey to make the change from gram weights to the measuring cups; Buys a lot of equipment that just "rots" in customs, "I think the Minister of Customs is probably new and he doesn't know how to get it out and he isn't about to loose face and ask so it rots and Americans tear their hair;" found out that the landlady cannot provide heat yet because coal is rationed.
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Is writing from the training Institute at Bornova and is afraid she is going to loose her extension program to the Ministry of Education due to the lack of leadership in Agriculture; describes some of the problems in the ministry of agriculture, "As Suheyla says they don't want Americans teaching here but then neither do they want to do it themselves so what?"
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Described a club where she had a party for the Turkish teaching staff in farewell to Miss McCune; talks about trouble with customs and how she's unable to find a travel partner, "If they don't soon wake up and give me some help I may as well 'fold up my tent' like the Arabs and 'quietly steal away.'"
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"For the first time in a long time I have no pressing job. We are in a state of flux here. Our counterparts are tied up planning. They purged 150 professors this morning. Sounds just like the original government to me. We were warned by the Director this morning to keep out of crowds and to make no comments;" is taking a plane to Izmir to meet the Turkish Director of Mary's institution and a V.I.P from Washington D.C.; gives her folks the address of the place she'll be staying in Athens; will be in Turkey for nine more months before leaving for Africa; mentions a Turkish gal who was at K.S.U. getting her doctorate in Foods and Nutrition and was beat by her father, "It's a mess. Even educated women rate pretty low here I fear. Some people blame it on the Koran and the Muslim religion but I'm not so sure;" there will be a showing of the Nixon Kennedy T.V. debate at the American theater there
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1960 Nov 07, 4 p. no env. Letter to Folks I.C.A. had never sent her hotel reservations and Mary is not pleased about it; will fly to Salonika to see the Farm School and Mission school to study their curriculum and floor plans for Home Economics; thinks you really can’t get a good experience out of foreign service unless you’ve spent at least a year or two in a foreign country.
1960 Nov 09, 4 p. no env. Letter to Folks Is experimenting with pumpkin recipes in order to show some folk different ways to cook pumpkin; had “O.K.’d” her extension replacement; people are worried about the water situation in Ankara
1960 Nov 17, 1 p. no env. USIS Daily Radio Bulletin “Eisenhower order cutback of number of dependents abroad;” “Economic letter from the United States;” “U.S. cities need to combat war in disarmament talks”
1960 Nov 19, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Had flown to Thessalonica to see Anatolia College Buildings and to study the Farm School; mentions a Howard Akers who was transferred from the Turkish hospital to one in Washington D.C.; talks about some church troubles; the folk she trusted to watch over her house while she was gone did not water her plants, “A foreign service worker needs to be a jack of all trades;” is at a conference in Athens and is learning much about other national and international organizations, “The delegates are about one half men and it’s interesting to see how Sweden and some of the more western countries are resenting the dominating of the program by men;”
1960 Nov 25, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Eisenhower’s decision has banned the P.X. from selling non-American goods and also took away Mary Border’s voice on the spending of counterpart funds, it’s now up to Turkey; discusses how she hates slides and finds them boring
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I.C.A. had never sent her hotel reservations and Mary is not pleased about it; will fly to Salonika to see the Farm School and Mission school to study their curriculum and floor plans for Home Economics; thinks you really can't get a good experience out of foreign service unless you've spent at least a year or two in a foreign country.
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Is experimenting with pumpkin recipes in order to show some folk different ways to cook pumpkin; had "O.K.'d" her extension replacement; people are worried about the water situation in Ankara
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"Eisenhower order cutback of number of dependents abroad;" "Economic letter from the United States;" "U.S. cities need to combat war in disarmament talks"
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Had flown to Thessalonica to see Anatolia College Buildings and to study the Farm School; mentions a Howard Akers who was transferred from the Turkish hospital to one in Washington D.C.; talks about some church troubles; the folk she trusted to watch over her house while she was gone did not water her plants, "A foreign service worker needs to be a jack of all trades;" is at a conference in Athens and is learning much about other national and international organizations, "The delegates are about one half men and it's interesting to see how Sweden and some of the more western countries are resenting the dominating of the program by men;"
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Eisenhower's decision has banned the P.X. from selling non-American goods and also took away Mary Border's voice on the spending of counterpart funds, it's now up to Turkey; discusses how she hates slides and finds them boring
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1960 Dec 01 p. no env. Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Dan P. Holmes
1960 Dec 02, 1 p. no env. Letter to Folks Discusses the Herb Clutter story in Time Magazine since he was a friend of Mary’s; requests a book called “A Village in Anatolia”
1960 Dec 07, 2 p. no env. USIS Daily Radio Bulletin “U.S. to Guard Freedom, Aid Developing Nations, Says Eisenhower-Kennedy Statement:” “U.S. to Modify Overseas Commodity Procurement;” “U.S. Urges Humane Treatment for Congo Prisoners;” “U.S. Firms Plan Commercial Communications Satellites;” “Congress Unit to Study U.S. Economy”
1960 Dec 14-15, 2 envelopes without letters
1960 Dec 15, 4 p. no env. Letter to Rose and Abe from Henry Stockhausen Family and friend news; enclosed a poem called “Old Age”
1960 Dec 16, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Got an S.O.S for technicians to go directly to Africa; asked for a direct transfer and was told she wouldn’t get by on age; the General had a serious heart attack, “If he is incapacitated it may mean another dictatorship;” had received letters from the Turkish girls she had sent back to the States over the Ministry’s objections and things were good.
1960 Dec 21, 1 p. no env. Christmas card to “Mother and Daddy” from Miriam
1960 Dec 22, 1 p. w/ env. Christmas card from Jack Doherty
1960 Dec 23, 2 p. w/env. Letter to C.A. Border from Salvation Army
1960 Dec 27, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Isn’t receiving mail; discusses Christmas gifts and food
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Discusses the Herb Clutter story in Time Magazine since he was a friend of Mary's; requests a book called "A Village in Anatolia"
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"U.S. to Guard Freedom, Aid Developing Nations, Says Eisenhower-Kennedy Statement:" "U.S. to Modify Overseas Commodity Procurement;" "U.S. Urges Humane Treatment for Congo Prisoners;" "U.S. Firms Plan Commercial Communications Satellites;" "Congress Unit to Study U.S. Economy"
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Family and friend news; enclosed a poem called "Old Age"
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Got an S.O.S for technicians to go directly to Africa; asked for a direct transfer and was told she wouldn't get by on age; the General had a serious heart attack, "If he is incapacitated it may mean another dictatorship;" had received letters from the Turkish girls she had sent back to the States over the Ministry's objections and things were good.
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Isn't receiving mail; discusses Christmas gifts and food
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