—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Sept. 14. 1974
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IF YE Visitor To Lancaster
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turkish tea. He describes the tea as being very strong, and
it is drunk steaming hot. “We don’t have iced tea • I don’t
like iced tea,’’ he says emphatically. He said the coffee is
drunk very strong also.
Lunch is the biggest meal of the day and begins with
soup, then is followed by meat of some kind - chicken or
fish possibly, and a salad. Sadettin says his favorite salad
is tossed salad with olive oil and lemon. Mrs. Alecxih says
he makes tossed salad in the Turkish way which is simply
cutting the ingredients very fine. Fruit is the usual
dessert.
The evening meal usually consists of soup, vegetables
and rice, and fruit for dessert. Sadettin said they drink
their hot, strong tea all day long.
Olive oil is used in great quantities in cooking, he said.
When Sadettin completes his United States visit he will
have lived with 6 host families in two states. He lived first
with two families in lowa, one of whom farmed 350 acres
of com and soybeans along with raising chickens, hogs
and beef cattle. The other lowa farm was about 400 acres
and also had field grains.
In Pennsylvania he lived with two families in Mon
tgomery County, one a 300 acre farm which raised wheat,
barley, soybeans and com; the other a 225 acre dairy
farm which had 150 Holsteins and a jugging operation. In
Schulykill County Sadettin lived on another dairy farm
where there were 200 head of Holsteins and Jerseys.
On the latter farm he helped milk from 6:00 a.m. - 9:00
a.m., and in lowa he helped plant 200 acres of com. He has
an international drivers license, so at Herr’s he can help
drive the trucks when necessary. He also helps wait on
customers in the store and helps unload trucks and weigh
in fruit - whatever needs to be done.
An advantage of the IFYE program, according to
Sadettin, is that “we learn different systems and learn to
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Sadettin and Mrs. Alecxih work together at the cash
register in the market.
know the American family. Life here is very different
from life in Turkey. I think it will help me in my work. The
American people do very good work and have very good
discipline with their children - farm families, that is.”
To help tell about his experiences, Sadettin has kept a
detailed photo album of his experiences, and also has
slides which he will use when he returns. During his visit
here he has worked very hard to keep people back home
informed by writing articles for Turkish newspapers and
for agricultural magazines. He said he tries to tell what he
does daily and what the families he lives with are doing.
He added that the Turkish people are very interested in
what goes on in this country.
Each host family is learning from Sadettin as well.
During the interview he played some records of Turkish
music, and Mrs. Alexcih says he has danced some Turkish
dances for them. He said he really enjoys dancing in his
leisure time and folk dancing is very popular. He learned
to square dance in this country.
Sadettin was a former 4-H member in Turkey and is now
involved with 4-H through his work. In Turkey it is known
as 4-K, and is organized through the schools. The words
are: Kafa, head; Kol, hands; Kalp, heart; and Kuuvet,
health. He said projects are basically the same although
there are not nearly so many animal projects in Turkey.
There are seven children in the Alecxih family, so there
is plenty of activity around that household even though
they are presently in school. The family is no stranger to
international guests. According to Mrs. Alecxih they have
visitors “three or four times a year.” Last year at Easter
they hosted 20 visitors, mostly from black nations. She
said they often host guests who want to be placed in “a
Christian home,” and asserts that it is always an in
teresting experience.
Sadettin says with sincerity, “I really like Lancaster
County. I have a nice host family.”
Next week Sadettin completes his visit here and will
return to his lowan host family before returning to his
native Turkey. He feels the experiences have been
valuable and he has learned a lot.
Because he was anxious to learn as well as dispense
information about his homeland those who have met him
have also been enriched. And the link to better in
ternational understanding has been closed a little tighter.