Folder 10

3 envelopes without letters; Jan. 7, 13, 24
1958 Jan 02 Istanbul Daily Press Survey, Dec 28-29, 2 p. Recall of the Turkish Consul General in Nicosia and Dr. Kucuk to Ankara for consultations; “The G.N.A. internal procedure bill is passed, to the accompaniment of bitter opposition charges of undemocratic methods”
Letter to Brother on back of press release Maid is “eating & stealing me out of house & home”; gives office and home address
Ankara Press Items in Brief Domestic and foreign news summarized
Letter continued to Brother on back of press release Cleaned kitchen; complains about maid; talks about a minister she likes at church that allows her to take communion
1958 Jan 02 Colorado College Annual Fund
1958 Jan 14, 2 p. w/env. Letter to brother Thinks her mail has been tampered with for the first time; thinks maybe a check for $10.00 and a letter was stolen 1958 Jan 15, 7 p. and newspaper clipping
Letter to brother Discusses when she’ll be home if she takes certain assignments; is trying to get her brother to come visit; can’t talk to the radioman because the Minister fired him and the Dr. forgot to get the babies lined up for a photo shoot she’ll need for her child feeding presentation/program; is getting another maid and knows it will be an ordeal to fire the current maid; has an eye infection that’s going into the other eye; discusses her boss a bit; secretary caused a stir by almost sending out Mary’s private report as the monthly report; complains about one particular woman and says “our money goes down a rat hole when we use it on people like that. What burns you down is that they think you ought to thank them for spending it for us.”
1958 Jan 20, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Talks about her eye infection; further elaborates on the fiasco which occurred when she had tried to get everything ready for her child feeding program, “If you hear about a dead photographer you’ll know. If it wouldn’t be so sad it would be funny”; discusses in amusing detail why she must fire her current maid; talks about how some folk she has to work with are stubborn about using proper extension methods
1958 Jan 31 Letter to Mary from Effie, 2 p. no env. Discusses the slow effort to rebuild the church that had burnt down and also discusses deaths of acquaintances and hubbub around town Letter to Folks, 8 p. w/env. Had a party at her place for a newlywed couple and then fired one maid and hired another; left for Mercine; had to wear three layers of clothing to keep her warm when she went to bed at the hotel; had a very successful presentation; describes how awful the Turkish food is; went to a faculty party that was “fearful and wonderful”; mentions the bomb at the American consulate and at the Library; describes a certain custom in Turkey involving the use of cologne; finally has a new maid; her driver said he needed to take her car to the next town to have her brakes looked at and put 267 miles on her car so she reported him to her boss