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Folder 26: Turkey Training School, Beds
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Bed-A bed of this type was seldom seen outside a city Ladies putting cloth on Our students at Barnova (near Izmir Turkey) training center chase this project. They said colds were so common in villages that they felt caused by sleeping on the cold floors they felt they needed a bed project of some sort. We worked this nest type our as in the villages families lived in one room. In the daytime they could be used for sitting we combined their projects with mattress working. Many of these bed frames were made at the prisons by prisoners. Women/Children standing in front of a wall-A group of village women who indicated willingness to learn from the village worker and may become what we Extension call local lay leaders Women putting together dresses- This was indeed an interesting project. Our trainers had no money for demonstration material. The American military planned to destroy some out dated parachutes and wondered if I could use the fine quality silk in them. With a number of my Turkish counterparts we spent several days dismantling them. Then we divided the silk among our trainees. They made mostly slips and children’s dresses. Most Turkish women sew and this was a most popular project. Group of women standing over oven- Out of tin oilcans we tried to make a baking oven. We never got it to draw as we would have liked Women listening to teacher- The Am. Technician was responsible for recruiting and placing and in-service training. Helen McCune had major responsibility for the Bornara Training which was only for home economics. We tried to train the women and men together in our in-service training as some of the subjects overlapped. Too we wanted the men and women to work together in the village to support each other. Women getting ready to eat- This picture was taken of Ministry officials who just had lunch in our Home Ec Training Center in Bornara, IzMir on the Ege Univ Campus. Helen McCune who had formerly worked for the Near East Relief Program directed the school and did a fine job as she had a long background working village families in Greece before coming to AID in Turkey. Women standing on stair steps- Two local leaders who gave a yardage shrinkage demonstration material available was poor and wore out quickly, no doubt because of laundry methods. The girls with aprons are our trained home economists. They made and wore them in training. Aprons are not common in developing countries. Girl Behind Curtain- The bride displaying hard work gifts from her dowery. The dowery in the village seemed to consist mostly of needle craft articles, many comforters and sometimes many dresses. We worked on this custom at length in our training center working practical lists of items for a dowery. Yet when our own trainees married they rented to old customs. They seemed sold to the new practical ideas but only for Athens. Two girls, one forward, one backwards- Children at the technical Schools wore uniforms. Our trainees redesigned the uniform and simplified it. We had two counterparts one for Home Ec. Extension village work and one who supervised the teachers in the Technical Schools. Women sitting on stool- Turkey is known for its fine rugs, Much of the weaving is done by young girls Two women standing in front of curtains- In the 50s it was difficult to buy a man’s shirt ready-made in Turkey. At the Training Center in Bormora the girls made up patterns of men’s shirts in many sizes. In going to a new village, they always visited first with the Muhtar (mayor) and asked him if he would like them to make a shirt. Of course, he did and indeed one was made for him and usually after that the program was accepted. Women cooking in a large pot- Some dying of fabric is still practiced in the village. Women sewing Women and a man look over railing- Visiting a village family once the Kentucky Extension Director in a visit to a Turkish Village asked what was their greatest problem. The village (mayor) spokesman without a moment’s hesitation said, “The mother-in- law problem”. We immediately began working on a program for family relations. Girls cooking Girls standing at separate tables cooking-Our Home Ec. Training School Home Ec. Laboratory at Barmora Women mixing and cooking- When the Turkish Minstry decided that our home ec training was good and practical they decided to take our best students and make them teachers in the Technical Schools. These are boarding school of about Junior high age. This decreased the number of women we could put in villages as Extension workers and we objected. The official did not understand education outside the formal school situation. This man not have been the worst decision as these young girls were now getting some practical and basic home economics training. Wide shot of girls cooking-The Ministry chose our best students for the Technical School which we felt was not fair to the Village program. Perhaps in the end it was not a bad idea.