{"id":121905,"date":"2023-03-06T14:49:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T22:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=121905"},"modified":"2023-03-06T14:49:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T22:49:53","slug":"memos-of-jonestown-residents-spring-1978","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=121905","title":{"rendered":"Memos of Jonestown Residents, Spring 1978"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>C-7-c-5a<\/p>\n<p>To: Dad<\/p>\n<p>From: Lisa Wright<\/p>\n<p>I was sent to Georgetown to marry Vincent Lopez &amp; to procure money. Dad there is something that is bothering me. And that is I was sent back &amp; I was told that I was sent back because Liane Amos [Harris] has to stay in longer for some medical treatments. And Tommy Kutulas was going to be helping while he was there &amp; I was schedule[d] to come back in at a later date to come in to help. Marie [Maria] Katsaris told me this, she mentioned about me not helping around the house. I always asked Marie [Maria] McCann if there were anything to do and if there was I did it. I never refused to procure, I went out every day that I was there. The only thing I said no about was Liane Amos said Georgetown main location was already did so we would have to go farer [further] out. And she asked me the second day did I think I could do it by myself. I say no I want to stay with her and will work with her a little longer so I would not say the wrong things &amp; I knew my way around a<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>C-7-c-5b<\/p>\n<p>little better. But the report that got back isn&#8217;t true and I just want to clear myself on that situation. And the only reason why I waited so long to say something is because I though [thought] it might get brought up and I was going to explain then. But I just wanted you to know what I was told when I was told that I was going home &amp; isn&#8217;t true I refuse to go procure. It bothers me because I always helped if it was needed. I could have done more. But two night[s] I when [went] to a meeting. We got there Wednesday morning. But Dad I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s fair when I was told something different &amp; the report was different. But I was trying hard because I know a lot of people have let you down but I wanted to do my best. The last thing Joan [Pursley] got sick that Saturday and she called in &amp; told Mari]e Katsaris &amp; she asked could I stay out in a new area. I said I didn&#8217;t want to but I would. The only reason<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>C-7-c-5c<\/p>\n<p>I said that was because I didn&#8217;t want to get lost somewhere where I new [knew] nothing about. But I never say no I wouldn&#8217;t go procuring I was always ready every morning. Sandy Jones &amp; Joyce Douglas knew about me helping around the house. It&#8217;s true I really don&#8217;t like Georgetown, but I kept saying I wanted to please you and then I try to do it right. Dad I really don&#8217;t know what I did wrong because Marie K did say I really did any out of place she say something different. I talk positive to the people [who] arrived in Georgetown the same night. And I really hate to bother you with this but I only want you to know my side. Because I don&#8217;t want to let you down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Lisa Wright<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>C-7-c-6<\/p>\n<p>Jocelyn Carter \u2013 Ruletta Paul found me to inform me that Ruletta had hit Robert Paul in the nose that was bleeding &amp; looked broken.\u00a0 Robert had complained to Ruletta for him having to take care of the baby [Robert Paul Jr.] while she was on security at the front gate.<\/p>\n<p>We were going to put her on Public Services for violence he said not to press charges she didn&#8217;t mean it. She said she did &amp; laughed.<\/p>\n<p>I lefted it at one?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>C-7-c-7<\/p>\n<p>11-13-78<\/p>\n<p>Maria<\/p>\n<p>Bernice Thomas will not sign for her checks. She informed me that nothing had been done for her since she had been in the unit therefore, she wasn&#8217;t signing her checks over. This is the second day she actually refused to sign, she is in SCU [Special Care Unit] at this time.<\/p>\n<p>The following checks are not signed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Clara Winters = not here<br \/>\nJane Owens = up river<br \/>\nBernice Thomas = refused<br \/>\nRichard Wade = not here and his wife don&#8217;t understand why he sent it to her. Please give her the answer if you have it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Amanda Fair<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>C-7-c-8a<\/p>\n<p>I am in the fields looking out for my own health and helping others in a very needed area.<\/p>\n<p>To sit here hungry and sick watching other people to keep them from waiting and breaking things is not what I was trained for.<\/p>\n<p>You can have me shot or whatever. I have to follow my conscience. I can help organize part-time. I don&#8217;t care to be in here all day &amp; all night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Mary Black<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>C-7-c-8b<\/p>\n<p>[Reverse side of previous page, with notation: &#8220;For Phyllis Bloom [Chaikin]\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>C-7-c-8c<\/p>\n<p>Dear Phyllis<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to do lab work and I don&#8217;t want to stay here. You said I should let you know \u2013 so I&#8217;m letting you know. I&#8217;ll be in the fields where I am needed. You have five other technicians who can handle the lab work.<\/p>\n<p>Dad sent word before I came that I would not be required to stay. It&#8217;s causing too much trauma for other people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Mary Black<\/p>\n<p>C-7-c-8d<\/p>\n<p>[Reverse side of previous page, with notation: &#8220;For Phyllis\u201d]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>C-7-c-8e<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not staying in the lab as long as there are people here who are not getting enough to eat. You cannot buy me off by slipping me an extra sandwich. I can get extra sandwiches by working in the fields. I resent your offer!<\/p>\n<p>You are not hearing my feelings in the matter with all due respect to your intellectual approach to the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>C-7-c-8f<\/p>\n<p>I cannot have the right focus on &#8220;other people&#8217;s health&#8221; when I am not well myself. I made that very clear before I came \u2013 that I was not able to do physical therapy because it takes energy and strength which I can&#8217;t spare at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these orthopedic problems \u2013 people brought them when they came. Some are focusing in on medical and physical situations because of other dissatisfactions<\/p>\n<p>[Mary Black]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>C-7-c-9a<\/p>\n<p>Larry [Schacht]: Told Mrs. Boyer [<a href=\"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=65994\">Gladys Boyer<\/a>, a Guyanese woman] that her baby is very low in blood and possibly has underlying problems going on; that is causing her baby not to grow. He explained it would be best for the baby to be taken to Georgetown.<\/p>\n<p>Marcie: Offered air fair [airfare] to the mom with the baby to Georgetown and she was told she could stay at our home in Georgetown.<\/p>\n<p>Mother: Said she herself was a nurse and that she knew for a fact that Dr. Schacht did all he could for the baby. We tried a special diet, antibiotics for kidney problem, make sure the baby received the proper amount of fluids. And the baby had a 24 hour a day nurse caring for him.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Bowyer said the baby was a normal birth \u2013 fat baby \u2013 she took the baby to get its vaccinations when it was time to get the baby\u2019s second shot he got sick with a cold, that was at<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>C-7-c-9b<\/p>\n<p>about 7 months and the baby has been sick since. The baby breast-fed until 4 months \u2013 at that time the mother began him on canned milk and \u201cpourage\u201d [porridge?] barley-plantain cereal on oats.<\/p>\n<p>Arrangements were made for the mother and baby to go to GT. Johnnie Jones was taking her in to get all of the arrangements made.<\/p>\n<p>She left happy \u2013 sorry that we couldn&#8217;t help her baby \u2013 but grateful for what we did do for him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Sylvia [Grubbs]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>C-7-c-10<\/p>\n<p>Received of Peoples Temple Agricultural Project the sum of $40.00 for the sole &amp; express use to purchase one airplane ticket for the child known as Gregory Boyer, who is critically ill and needs immediate medical treatment in Georgetown. The sum of $40.00 is to be used only to purchase a ticket for the child to be sent to Georgetown for medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Dated: March 13, 1978<br \/>\nby \/s\/ Gladys Boyer<br \/>\nby \/s\/ Sylvia E. Grubbs (witness)<br \/>\nfor the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>C-7-c-10<\/p>\n<p>[Sheet of paper with signature of \u201cMother: Gladys Boyer\u201d]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C-7-c-5a To: Dad From: Lisa Wright I was sent to Georgetown to marry Vincent Lopez &amp; to procure money. Dad there is something that is bothering me. And that is I was sent back &amp; I was told that I was sent back because Liane Amos [Harris] has to stay in longer for some medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":87682,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-121905","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121906,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121905\/revisions\/121906"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}