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The days from March 15, to Aug. 16 were hectic. I learned in the meantime that FOA in Turkey was very anxious to fill a vacancy at Izmir. The person who had filled the position, died in Feb. of 1955. I was to replace him as Irrigation Advisor to the Turkish Government in Western Turkey, where two large dams were under construction. The assignment was to assist in teaching modern irrigation practices on farms that would receive water from the dams.
The problems that Verna and I had to solve before we could leave, is the subject for another story. We had three young people in college, and a junior in High School. Arrangements had to be made to keep the business running, and we would have to rent the house. We had an opportunity to sell the farm, and we wanted to make the sale, but there had to be some type of settlement with the tenant.
Official papers confirming the assignment arrived in July, and on August 16 the truck backed up to the door of our house to load our household goods. I can still see Verna sitting in the yard, with a clip board and three lists, this goes to Turkey with us on the plane, this goes by ship, and this will go to storage.
Aug. 16, and all systems are "go". We had taken all vaccinations, our passports are in order and our tickets have been issued. Dale, Peggy and Gordon will take us to Denver to our plane. The plane leaves Stapelton [sic] Airport at noon, we arrive in Washington at 7:00 p.m.
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Metzger Memories
