Mr. Jenner.

your mother took place in 1948. We cannot give you the month and the day in 1948, but it was during the year 1948.
We had reached the point in which you related to us that, I believe, following the divorce of Mr. Ekdahl and your mother, she purchased a small home.

Mr. Oswald.

That is correct.

Mr. Jenner.

And refresh my recollection, please--was that in Benbrook, Tex.?

Mr. Oswald.

That was in Benbrook, Tex.

Mr. Jenner.

Have we reached a point now at which your brother, Lee, had entered elementary school?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir; we have.

Mr. Jenner.

And you boys have now terminated your attendance at the military academy?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, that is correct.

Mr. Jenner.

And would you please relate what elementary school you and your brother, John, attended, and Lee, if he attended the same school?

Mr. Oswald.

Prior to the school year of 1948-49, we moved to Ewing Street, 7408 Ewing Street, within the limits of the city of Fort Worth.

Mr. Jenner.

Was the home that had been purchased in Benbrook, Tex., sold?

Mr. Oswald.

I would say yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Well, you state that you would say. Is that your best information?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.
I am not aware of any transactions in regards to the selling of that home or anything. Since we did move, and she did purchase this home on 7408 Ewing Street, in Fort Worth, I would assume that she did, sell the house at Benbrook, because she didn't rent it, and we no longer went out there. I feel sure she did sell it.

Mr. Jenner.

Did I understand you to say that your mother purchased a home at 7408 Ewing?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir; that is correct.

Mr. Jenner.

Would you, in very short compass, tell us the physical characteristics of that home?

Mr. Oswald.

It was a two bedroom, asbestos siding, with an attached garage, red roof, small porch on the front, and an average sized lot.

Mr. Jenner.

These homes you have been describing all have, as I recall it--have either attached garage or separate garages.

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir--with the exception of the home there in Benbrook that my mother purchased after the divorce from Mr. Ekdahl--it did not have a garage, and I did not recall a garage at the native stone house in Benbrook.

Mr. Jenner.

The purpose of my inquiry was, did the family have an automobile?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Was that true when you lived in Louisiana?

Mr. Oswald.

To my best recollection on that--my father did have, at the time of his death, either a 1937 or 1938 Chevrolet. I believe my mother sold it after his death. I believe she did not own an automobile in New Orleans, when we were at the Bethlehem Orphan Home.

Mr. Jenner.

Were you boys interested in automobiles, as most young teenagers are?

Mr. Oswald.

I think so, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Tinker around with them, drive them?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Both you and your brother John?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Later on, in later years, did your brother Lee --was he likewise interested in automobiles, did he tinker with them?

Mr. Oswald.

Not to my knowledge, sir, did he tinker with them. Even though I can recall a couple of occasions with automobiles that I owned that he would assist me in any repairs I might be making on the automobile at that time.

Mr. Jenner.

Well, I have in mind his interest now. Was he a good driver?

Mr. Oswald.

To my knowledge, he did not drive.

Mr. Jenner.

He did not drive at all?