Folder 4

1958 Nov 10, 2 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Started in Venice, but it started to rain so they may head up to Milan; a woman offered Mary tickets to the opera and Mary was a bit nervous about going to the opera with a stranger so asked the hotel front deskman about the woman, “He laughed and said she is a fine lady, a countess, but a little screwy.”; thinks she’s had enough vacation to last her for awhile
1958 Nov 21, 1 p. w/env. Letter to Folks House got broken into while she was away; “took the dangest things”; is too swamped to write more, Home Economist from Izmir expects Mary to devote her time to her
1958 Nov 25, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Has spent time with police as there are boys in jail on confession of a series of house robberies; had taken odd items from her; finally recovered from the flu; describes her morale trip; tells how the Turkish people have different social standards than Americans
1958 Nov 27, 6 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Maid’s purse, which contained the house key, was snatched on the bus so now locks will have to be changed; discusses some problems she’s had with her school curriculum she had worked on all summer; has discovered a love for yogurt; asks about “The Ugly American”; has poor eyesight but doesn’t believe glasses will be any help; has season tickets to the opera but says seating is difficult; got a call from a friend who keeps catching her maid “dead drunk in the middle of the day trying to take care of her 7 month old baby”