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Jonestown — Part 2
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ber marcerneerad from the first day in Jonestown,
She dislike e place and it was nothing like the films
she had seen in California. She stated the living conditions
were terrible. You had to share a very small cottage | with
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4£ UT 14 ocner people, and you had iw po ivacy. She advised
the first day there, JOYCE TOUCHETTE advised her she was
assigned rupee eecre verre It was so hot and they
made you stay in e sun a day with only a break for lunch
and 10 minutes off in the afternoon. She stated her first
week there, Rev. JIM asked her how she liked Jonestown.
She replied it was nice, but very hot. He smiled and told
her to enjoy herself. That night at the meeting, Rev. JIM
called her to the front of the group and yelled at her for
not liking Jonestown. She stated that the whole Broup,
including her family, all yelled at her for telling the
Reverend that it was too hot in Jonestown. She stated this
was the only time she was ever called in front of the group -( Wy
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a routine day in Jonestown began
at 6 AM with ree and work began at 7 AM till 12:30 PM,
when they would eat lunch. She stated lunch consisted of
rice and gravy. After lunch, she would work till dinner
time at 6 PM, when they would eat more rice. At 7:30 PM,
everyone was required to attend the meeting at the Pavilion,
where Rev. JIM would speak. These meetings generally lasted
to midnight with the day's activities being *scussed{y
Sr pd everyone was not treated equally
as they had been told before leaving California. She stated
that the people on JONES' staff and the people on the security
patrol had better treatment than the other people in the
group. She stated that these people only had to work eight
hours a day, while we worked twelve, and they didn't have
to wait on lines to eat, while we did. the
following individuals handled the administrative matters
of Jonestown and were close to Rev. JONES and on his commission:
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