Folder 5

1958 Dec 05, 2 p. w/env. Letter to Rose Having a hard time finding a gift for Christmas since it seems like everything in Turkey is silver; finally got her locks changed since the maid had lost the key to the house when her purse was stolen; has training school for 4H after Christmas but dislikes working with them; finally succeeded in making yogurt; having problems getting the Turks to change her oil and install the filter, “you cant get along without a car here, you can’t get along with it”
1958 Dec 09, 3 p. w/env. Letter to Brother There is a Nebraska University program but is too cautious about driving at night in the rain so she’s not going to go; enclosed a letter from Mrs. Sam Meyers because it has a picture of the new Lutheran Church; “Just went out [the] door to survey the weather and the Prime Minister was walking past surveying the road program it’s taken him over 2 years to decide on followed by his Cadillac and his strong arm men.” Attached Letter to Mary from Mrs. Same Meyers,
1958 Nov 21, 4 p. Letter consists of small talk about friends and family and about the rebuilding of the Lutheran Church.
1958 Dec 12, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Folks One of her counterparts from Pakistan is now at KS on an American Home Economics 2 year scholarship; got a new Fulbright Home Economics woman; news from a friend who is married in Greece but cannot visit as she has much work to do; is making personal progress since she arrived in Turkey, “I can now go to the ‘John’ out on the road without getting mentally upset”; discusses some of the cultural differences; Weigel’s car had been stolen.
1958 Dec 18, 4 p. no env. Letter to Folks Velma delivered pink pearls for dinner rings but the delivery man had lifted a couple of them; “East Dacca, Pakistan is the only place in the world you can buy pink pearls”; gave a big pitch at a director’s meeting about the Recruitment Training and Recognition of local volunteer leaders; “I do feel that I have the support of the men here now but it has surely come slowly”;
1958 Dec 22, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Contemplating leaving Turkey for the US in April; discusses extending her service in order to retire at 60; might come back to Turkey but is frustrated with counterparts who refuse to work; starting off the busy time of year with a 4H Conference; finally got her china replaced; received letters from friends from Pakistan who are in the US; got a request for a job at K.S.C. but refuses to return; received a letter from Washington D.C. that Turkey has also sent a request for her return but if she refuses, there are other job opportunities
1958 Dec 28, 3 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Has been miserable with a head cold; is having a UN dinner; rye bread she’s been trying for so long to get; having several dinner parties and has finally cornered her boss for a conversation
Attached Church Bulletin The Protestant Chapel, Ankara, Turkey
1958 Dec 29, 7 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Describes the market in Ankara; is turning down cocktail party invitations in order to get work done for a National Conference coming up; had her car washed but they forgot to put the cap on “the floor of my car and my groceries were completely covered with ‘goo’”; Turkish people seem to really be into the Christmas holiday; talks about the records she has received for her record player; describes a few of her Christmas gifts