Folder 7

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