Emdeber town hall, Ato Shoa, local architect, at left Jack Caraco, Peace Corps volunteer biology teacher in Emdeber, 1966 Interior of Jack Caraco's Gurage sauer bét, with local bed. We all wound up contracting with Ato Menjie to have them made for us and friends alike. View of the Emdeber Catholic mission church from my window, 1966 Abba Petros Dubalie, Emdeber Catholic mission priest, who taught himself English largely through listening to the BBC and local schooling. Typical local Gurage house, just outside my own, in Emdeber, 1966 Local Gurage women, 1966 Local Gurage woman, 1966 The Emdeber government school, built in 1955, as it appeared in 1966. Not shown are locally built classrooms to house students in the elementary school. The Emdeber public school library, a project financed in part with funding from U.S. AID. The library was burned by rioters during the terror days of the late 1970s. Emdeber teachers, 1966. Dula Abdu, Getachew Mehari, PLB, Endrias Hailemariam, Tekle Ayano, 1967 Interior of PLB house, with home-made bookshelf. Shortwave radio under dust cover at right, battery-powered turntable on shelf enabled playing of 1920 78 rpm recording of Enrico Caruso by La Voce del Padre, from a collection brought by Italian missionaries to Emdeber in 1928. On wall at left is a picture of the Gurage Road Construction Organization. Interior of PLB house, with locally made Gurage bed, one of many carved by Ato Menjie. Interior of PLB house, with locally made furniture, a temporary cot for visitors, and baskets. Harar basket at left, Gurage table basket in center, and Jimma basket on right. Ceiling of PLB house, with typical umbrella-style roof support Dick Coolidge with PLB in local Emdeber market, 1966 Dick Coolidge with PLB at Emdeber Gotam stream. PLB preparing to ride horse first acquired by Jack Caraco and then purchased by PLB, 1966 PLB on horse - this was the typical mode of travel off-road for distances greater than a local walk. Horses in this part of Ethiopia were relatively small and care was needed to keep them from stress. PLB ad local fresh-water spring. This was a source of drinking water (that had to be boiled first), as well as water for washing clothes. It was widened an deepened by ease of access by Jack Caraco and PLB in 1965. Judy Hagens and Sudy Harris, Peace Corps volunteer friends assigned to Kombolcha, and dressed in traditional Ethiopian clothing, 1966 Sudy Harris and Judy Hagens with three of their students in Kombolcha, 1966 PLB holding Gurage fly whisk for feature story published in the Salisbury Daily Times in August 1966. Photo and story by Orlando Wooten. Weight loss was significant in that high calorie foods were generally not available in Emdeber. PLB, Freyew Azmatch, and Kathy Moore - lunch at Kathy's house, 1967 PLB with Abba François and his new house built behind the Emdeber Catholic mission church. Abba lived there until the late 1970s, when he retired to the Catholic mission in Addis Ababa. PLB on return visit to Emdeber. Ato Maury and wife to left, Atsede and Ato Berta at right, 1982 Picture story of PLB Emdeber return visit published in the Montclair State College newsletter, 1982.

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