Folder 8

1959 Mar 02, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Has a sore throat and thinks her condition might be related to how cold her house is; “I am getting glowing reports of my old Pak. counterpart at K.S.C.”; has a reservation for the National Home Economics Convention in June; a sudden death in the department from heart attack; describes her day getting to work
1959 Mar 06, 7 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Moved washing machine from D.C. to a Turkish home to try out; “My counterpart never wants me to come to her office so today I just went over”; was told that having tea for a certain Director was not polite, “ I claim to have entertained more Turks in my home than any other technician but I’m getting fed up. So far the only thing I can see that is polite to do is to continue to ask America for more and more money. I guess these are the experiences that make Ugly Americans”; gave her maid a raise since she is honest
1959 Mar 07, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Rushed into meetings; Pregnant counterpart refuses to show up; getting warmer in Ankara finally; is preparing illustrative material; prepared a speech for the directors and it disappeared off her desk; “I may give them a little lecture on ethics and good manners when they return it and I may say nothing…”
1959 Mar 12, 1 p. no env. Letter to C. A. Border from [Burt Deuthit?] Congratulations on Presidency of the Downtown Rotary Club 1959 Mar 12, 1 p. w/env. Letter to C. A. Border from Booth Congratulations on Presidency of Tulsa Rotary Club
1959 Mar 12, 1 p. no env. Letter to C. A. Border from Noble F. Smith “Members of Tulsa Rotary Club are to be complimented and congratulated on their wisdom in electing you as our new President.”
1959 Mar 16, 7 p. w/env. Letter to Folks “I’m completely disgusted with myself. There were two excellent lectures scheduled at 6:30 both last night and tonight but I’m just too lazy to go. I think I need my head examined;” is slowly writing her terminal report; has wrote down her plan for where she will be staying on her way back to America when she takes leave; American secretary quit; one of the I.C.A. Turk employees went berserk and attacked and American woman
1959 Mar 17, 1 p. no env. Letter to C. A. Border from [Roff] Congratulations on Presidency of Tulsa Rotary Club
1959 Mar 19, 2 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Congratulations on a free trip; burst a blood vessel in an eye; still can’t find pregnant counterpart
1959 Mar 20, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks had a pitch on the Director’s meeting, worked on a speech exhibit, literary handouts and got a director to reinforce her on the program, “My two counter parts were also there;” terminal report is near completion; “I’ve been reading my predecessor’s reports. I think she did more in the 15 months she was here than I did in two years. She was a sharp cookie”
1959 Mar 25, 4 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Discusses her home leave plans; “the way this travel looks I may be in the poor house before I get back from home leave or jail,” Had thrown the Kansas income return blank in the trash because she had no income from KS before someone had told her that in KS you pay income tax on any income from anywhere as long as you maintain a legal residence; found out that the Turkish man who lived above her for awhile is the head man in the Rotary Newspaper clipping Tulsa Daily World clipping about C. A. Border elected as president of the Downtown Rotary Club
1959 Mar 30, 7 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Is working on a series of slides to promote some improvement in Ankara; word got out about it and before she knew it, there were seven people in the car including the driver’s wife which is illegal; Photographer asked for baby powder from the P.X., “Every Turkish family who has a baby, they all do get word to the Americans to get them baby powder. The last few weeks I’ve been having about 3 requests per day to get them P.X. goods when it’s strictly against the law and they know it”; an American technician was taken to jail for meeting a group of his religion [Bahiac?] as it is illegal to have a religious meeting or rally of any organization unless it’s registered with the police; terminal report is with the typist and will be finished next week; working with an American Music Dealer who is working with U.N.E.S.C.O. on Turkish Folk Music