Folder 9

1959 Apr 06, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Described the difficulties of cleaning the curtains; Turkish counterpart finally had her baby; is having the suit rerouted so it doesn’t have to go through customs; her counterpart keeps bugging her to get baby items at the P.X.; went to the income tax representatives and it cost her $200
1959 Apr 07, 1 envelope without letter 1959 Apr 08, 2 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Maid continues not to show up but is paid anyway, “I keep threatening to subtract a day’s wages when she doesn’t come. I don’t want to change at this late day so I suppose I’ll put up with anything”; is going to work and an educational slide set on kitchen equipment with her formal school counterpart; tomorrow is Turkish holiday; discusses home leave plans
1959 Apr 14, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Folks Pictures were no good; is going to sub-rent her apartment; went and saw a movie which only cost a quarter; everyone is gone on Turkish holiday; “Just heard that the boss said I had one of the best organized and written reports he had ever seen by a technician”; discusses how she tends to over spend in Turkey; is going to try and take new photos with the Weigels;
1959 Apr 17, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Brother “The Pres. of Rotary is my former landlord and the publisher of the only English newspaper published in Turkey. It’s fearful and wonderful”; was working on an educational slide but the photographer lost all her pictures; “Just got an O.K. from Washington to spend a month T.D.Y. (means not vacation but work). This will schedule me to leave U.S. about August 1;” hasn’t had a staff meeting in two months; describes the workers on the street “I was just watching the man who operates the bulldozer. I wish you could see him operate it. He books it at 40 miles an hour. It just bounces. I’ll bet he kills himself before long”; finally got her travel schedule worked out
1959 Apr 20, 5 p. w/env. Letter to Brother Worked with the other home ec. and is warming up to her; “I get along with the branch head but I’m not in the whiskey drinking, poker playing set he runs with”; Is working out sub-renting her apartment to Miss Mary Johnston, the Adm. Secretary to Williams Pipe Line Co. of Tulsa; heard that the car of the Gen. Ser. Dir. [General Service Director] had been stolen and found with a tail light bashed in, “Now, my car and the Henderson’s on 3rd are the only ones that haven’t been tampered with”; her “dumb little counterpart” is wanting to get dollar bills but it is against the law and is trying to get Mary to help “I’m smarter than that. I’m not getting mixed up in money deals”
1959 Apr 21, 1 p. no env. Letter to C. A. Border from Bertha R. Williams Business Service Exchange letterhead; reminiscent letter about his interest in the Employment work of the Y.W.C.A;