C-11-b-2 – C-11-b-15b •
“Day Helper” (DH) Reports

[Editor’s notes: This page was transcribed by Alexandra Prince, a professor of Religious Studies at Skidmore College. The editors are grateful for their invaluable work. The documents retain their original spelling, with corrections only for clarity and for names.]

C-11-b-2

Kool-aids Copy.

Tuesday 9-12-78

DH Report

1. Willie Malone – signed up late for medical treatment.
2. According to Bob Christian, he could not find Tony Linton until 1030. Cornelius Truss reportedly asked Tony to help him move some beds at approx 0730 until 0930. At 0930 Tony ate breakfast telling the servers that he had worked all that morning so he wasn’t able to eat at the regular time. Tony was unaccounted for before 0730 and from 0930 to 1030.
3. Beverly Mitchell found 7 sheets & 1 rug in Tommy Kice (Jara) trunk. When confronted Tommy owed up to taking two of them (sheets) from the laundry. DH (Bob) escorted him to the PSU [Public Service Unit].
4. Willie Malone – supposed to be working in the shoe shop and we saw him washing cloths [clothes] in the laundry. DH asked Moten and he said he told him he could wash. This seems like it should be done on his own time.
5. Barbara Walker – was observed today. While in SCU she was observed getting hostile with Larry Schact [Schacht]. She asked if she could go home.

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I don’t know what he said to her, but as he left she yelled out that she’ll just write. She spent the rest of the time writing a letter to Mother.

6. People are still throwing urine & the water they put in them out near the bathroom faucit [faucet], it is really smelly. If people can’t be more sanitary the urine cans should be cut out.

Monday 11-9-78

1. Willie Malone does to [too] much waiting around during work hours. He is supposed to be on a medical excuse with a back promblem [problem] but yesterday he was at the smoke house helping brother Jeffreys left [lift] heavy meat.
2. Tonya [Tanya Cox] Crew working steady on rice feild [field]

Thank you
Calvin Douglas Jr.

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Wednesday  • DH Helper Report • 19-8-78

Barry Lewis– his supervisor Tonya Cox reports that he is slow. And when he is sent to do things he takes a long time. She gets reports of him sitting places and talking.

Joe Johnson– got up this a.m. & signed at the nurses office, he then went home and went to bed. DH got him out of bed approx 8:50am and sent him to the nurses office. Also he tried to pass off an old excuse by altering the date.

Freddie Lewis– overslept this morning, when confronted by Alida Sanitago [Santiago] about eating breakfast at approx 8:00 he had a bad attitude. And he also called her a name.

Thank you
Calvin Douglas Jr.

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Mon D.H. Report

18-9-78

Willie Malone – was told by Lee to report to the vegetable stand on Mon. morning. Willie didn’t show up. He was working on beads in the prefab shop without supervision.

[The following was written and then crossed out]:

According to Jack B. Walter Williams was reminded by Johnnie Jones to report to the wood crew on Monday morning. Walter reportedly didn’t show up.

[Note in margin: “[illegible word] Report is not accurate [illegible word]”]

Chickery- Rob Geig & Tommy Keaton working good. The place is looking good.

Cassava Mill- Teena[‘]s crew working steady. Teenas main complaint is the road crew coming up there and spending long periods of time & getting into things. She said she gave them a warning to stay away from the working area.

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Johnnie Jones

Weds D.H. Report

[First paragraph crossed out and illegible handwriting]

Billy Jones told D.H. the reason he was playing basketball at [time illegible], was that he had started his lunch break late. The D.H. checked with others playing with him and they said that Billy had been playing since before 12:00 until after 1:00

Karl Newell was playing basketball at 1:00. He said he lost track of the time.

[illegible name] is still not showing up consistently regarding the blowing the whistle

This morning there were a few members under the dining tent. Although it was a raining day they should have been told where to go by 7:00am

Even though lunch is over at 1230 crew members don’t get back to work until 1:00.Matybe the lunch should be changed back to 1 hour.

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Ruletta Paul – stayed out to work in the vegetable stand when DH back to look for her, she was not there

Thank you
Calvin Douglas

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Gate Pass

People Leaving

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Reason for Leaving:
Time Left——-
Time Return——

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Chief Administrator
Duty Officer

[Handwritten notation: “C. [Carolyn] Layton”]

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Kool-Aid

9-12-78
B. Kice

D.H. Report

1. Willie Malone signed up late for medical treatment.
2. According to Bob Christian, he could not account for Tony Lacy until 1030. Cornelius Truss reportedly asked Tony to help him move some beds approx. 0730 until 0930, at 0930 Tony ate breakfast telling the servers that he had been working all morning so he wasn’t able to eat at the reg. time. Tony was unaccounted from before 0730 and from 0930 till 1030
3. Some kind of conflict between Roosevelt T. [Turner]. & Daryl K. [Darell Keller]. Roosevelt wanted D.H. to deal with Daryl this A.M. but no one was available. I recommended to Roosevelt to write it up. I talked to Roosevelt on Wens. morning and he said Daryls attitude has been uncooperative of late. Daryl feels that Roosevelt doesn’t give him a proper chance.
4. Beverly Mitchell found 7 sheets & 1 rug in Tommy (Jara) Kice’s trunk. When confronted Tommy owed up to taking two of the sheets from the laundry. I escorted him to P.S.U. for theft.

IS. Info Only

1. Newandrian [Newhuanda] Darnes told me that last Sun. when Chris was watching Mary Baldwin that Mary was making many negative remarks about the amount of stealing around here and about things stolen from her. I don’t believe Chris reported this.

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I.S. Info (cont)

2. Assigned Bonnie [Simon] & M. [Mary] Baldwin & Tenitra [Tinetra Fain] to B. [Barbara] Walker. They stayed with them most of shift due to guests coming and going all day.

NOTE: B. Walker acting very upset, I strongly urged Joyce Parks to increase meds until guests leave. She complied and Dr. S [Schacht] ordered Valium & birth control pills in addition to Thorazine. The birth control pills are to counteract an estrogen deficiency while on her period. I brought it to the attention of the medical department that it had been a month since her last outburst and that her cycle was in corolation [correlation] with previous outbursts. They cooperated?

3. Coordinated Gary Tyler for Front Entrance for I.I.34; couldn’t find a partner
4. Numerous small incidents today have made this an exceptional pain in the ass. Yes I did earn my keep today.

Bob

*Near incident this am (approx. 0900) Mazer [Joe Mazor] apparently left E. [East] House unescorted, he was part way up the path when Bob Christian started a conversation. Bobs conversation was apparently to stop Mazer. Dad talked to Christian shortly afterward. Mazers breakfast was on its way down at the time so it turned out OK

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Thursday 8/75 (Day Helper Report)

Eugene Smith told the (DH) that he was off work, so the (Day Helper) asked Jack Beam & he told me that Eugenewasn’t off work. Eugene sat around for a while, This was about 2:00pm Thursday.

The following signed up late for med. treatment on Thurs. Walter Williams, Joyce McIntyre, Terry Bargermen [Terri Bargeman], James Turner, & Anthony Ford. Denise Johnson also signed in late & didn’t take a medical excuse to the Ag. Office like she was supposed to do.

Eileen Tucker took one hr to get back to her job site after leaving the med. dept.

Workers are usually late in returning from lunch when the whistle doesn’t blow. They used the whistle as an excuse.

According to Mike Carter, Jerome Anderson requested to check out a blank tape then a news tape. This seemed suspicious to Mike. Mike told him that they didn’t give out news tapes or blanks. This may have been innocent on Jerome[‘s] part but it did seem odd.

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[Page duplicates previous page, with following additional table]

Friday 8, 1978

People late signing up for Medical

Kenny Wilhite • 6:58
Willie Malone • 7:09
Chris Lund • 7:01
James Johnson • 7:20
Al Simon • 7:09
David Goodwin • 7:39
James Turner • 7:09

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Friday 8, 1978

Baby Nursey [Nursery] Apt 3# – behind the apt 3# there is a barrell [barrel] to burn disposable diapers in. There was a black hose running beside the barrel to the garden. And today it was found burning in three places. It could have been easily been pulled away from the barrel. Instead left to burn.

Piggery – everyone working steady and keeping it clean. The cassava Mill has been fixed up very nicely by Teena Turners crew.

Saturday 8, 1978

Odell Rhodes left two bottles of permanganate poison on the dining room table. He was siting [sitting] there then he got up & just left it there. The medical office told me that this poision [poison] would kill you.

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9/6/78 (Day Helper’s Report)

Jocelyns crew, working steady weeding along road.

Garden crew, steady good worker’s planting in East Garden

Comment’s: Medical waits in the morning are still very long & (DH) feel that some workers know this & use it as an excuse to sit around for 1 or 2 hrs. Also it need’s to be announced again in rally that only emergencies are treated on [in] late morning.

(People arrested for picking fruit off trees:)

Beyonka Cannon [Cameron]
Trinadette [Trinidette] Baisy
Jaunita ]Jaunita] Bright
Aurora Rodriguez
Hassan Smith
Phillip George
Irvin Perkins

Calvin Douglas Jr.

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Johnnie Jones Copy

Tuesday • DH Helper Report • 19-9-78

Barry Lewis- his supervisor Tonya Cox reports that he is slow. And when he is sent to do something he takes a long time, and she gets reports of him sitting in different places talking.

Joe Johnson- got up this am & signed at the nurses office, he went home and went to bed. DH got him out of bed approx. 8:50am and sent him to nurses office. He also tried to pass off a old excuse by altering the gate.

Freddie Lewis- overslept this morning. When confronted by Alida Santiago about eating late approx. 8:00 he got a bad attitude, and also called her a name.

Thank you
Calvin Douglas Jr.

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Johnnie Jones Copy

20-9-78 • DH  Report •  Wednesday

The lunch whistle didn’t blow today. Workers for the most part do not have watches and don’t know when it’s time [to] return to work.

To explosion-type noises were heard this morning out in the bush. After investigating it turned out to be Walter Williams throwing chainsaw fuel on some bush and lighting it. judging by the noise heard from a cottage area – [illegible word] too much gas was used.

On Tuesday Ricky Johnson was supposed to be home with a temp. f.For a while in the afternoon he was out playing basketball

DH escourted  [escorted] Darrus [Darius] Wheeler, Billy Moore & Bobby Christian to PSU for stealing from the sewing room

Freddie Lewis –very slow work. Will let others do all the heavy work when he could do it or at least help. He takes no initiative and talks back to supervision when confronted.c

Thank you
Calvin Douglas Jr.

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21-9-78 • DH Report • [illegible notation] Thursday

Freddie Lewis- cassava crew – consistently stands around and watches other[s]. He moves very slow. His supervisor has giving [given] him many warnings.

Barry Lewis- on Tonya’s crew – very slow worker. Supervisor has giving [given] him warnings and he refuses to speed up.

DH took Bonnie Stahl and Terry Rodrigus [Rodriguez] to P.S.U. this morning. Terry hit Bonnie & she called him some bad name.

Joyce McIntyre signed up late for medical treatment.

Incidents: Aircraft (GDF) approx 1:00 heading for [illegible word] towards S.E.

Aircraft approx 2:20 yellow wings, white body, yellow stripes, flew low (fast), pilot seemed inexperienced.

Thank you
Calvin Douglas Jr.

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Bruce Jackson
Yvonne James

September 28-1978
Daytime Helpers
Re: Tony Linton & David Goodwin

They were seen together in the cottage area in the beginning of the Russian class. Later on they were both seen again and when ask[ed] why they were in the cottage area David gave two different reasons. David said he was coming from  the bathroom & Tony said he was coming from the well by East House, but that can not be true because they was both coming from the same direction together. To our understanding they are not supposed to be seen together.

*Re: L.V McKinnis: Everyday for the last pass three or four days L.V. push his way up to the front of the dinner line. He understand[s] he is to be at work at 5:00pm but, that still don’t give him a reason for such actions.

Yvonne James

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Re: Wayne McCall & James Baisy

Was supposed to bring home washed clothes in a wheelbarrel [wheelbarrow] & a dolly, but in the process they was playing around with the dolly & wheelbarrel, running them into each other, and didn’t care at the time if they would break or whatever.

Yvonne James

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Johnnie Jones Copy
Friday [illegible] 1978
DH Report

Due to lack of [illegible word] planning or [illegible word] help, Thurs evening meal was excessively long being served. Some people had to stand in line in excess of one hr.

Terry Linton- did not report to his special project on Friday

Shanda Gaylor- put on Public Service for acting up in school.

Jocelyn Carter- working in Feild 17th. Everyone keeping steady pace.

Saturday 30, 1978

Robert Paul- walks around too much and takes his time getting where he is going

Tanya’s crew- everyone working well [illegible word]

[illegible name] Jones she works very slow

Tony Linton- just got off P.S.U. He didn’t report back to his crew. I asked why he wasn’t at his job site he said he didn’t know today was Saturday so he went to his special project. I asked him what he did this morning he said he worked with James Simpson [illegible word]  peanuts, James said 2 [illegible words] haven’t had any peanuts in about 3 days. [illegible word] said Tony was not there.
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Jerry Rhea- time was unaccounted for between 10:00 and 1:30 at which time he was observed coming out of the LHL. Jerry claims he was looking for the other band members to find out if there was to be rehearsal. His supervisor did not know he was doing this.

Tommy Kice & Ruletta Paul signed in late for medical treatment.

Friday 29th, 1978

Aircraft approx. 9:15am too foggy to see.

Pat Keeler upset about her dogs being sold in the states and her soap & personal belongings were stolen this morning. Ava [likely Jones]  & Lee [Ingram] said to have her medical sedate her while guest[s] were here. We gave the message to Joyce Parks.

Thank you
Calvin Douglas Jr.