Mr. Oswald.

was. When I said Lee attended West Ridglea Elementary School, I think perhaps the first year he attended Arlington Heights Elementary School, because I don't believe the West Ridglea Elementary School was completed at that time.

Mr. Jenner.

We might take you in sequence so that at least I don't get confused.
You spent a year at W. C. Stripling High School?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

So we now have we are now into '49-'50, is that correct?

Mr. Oswald.

That is correct, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

And after a year at W. C. Stripling High School, you enrolled where?

Mr. Oswald.

At Arlington Heights High School.

Mr. Jenner.

And that would be in the fall of 1949?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

And you attended Arlington Heights High School how long?

Mr. Oswald.

I attended my sophomore year. In my sophomore year I started----

Mr. Jenner.

Would that be 1951, the end of your sophomore year?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir; 1950 would be the end of the school year. That summer there I started a job with an A&P Supermarket there in Fort Worth.
I might say along this period mother seemed to be having difficulty keeping a job or making enough money and so forth to raise us. I stayed out of school that next year and worked for A&P.

Mr. Jenner.

Out of school 1950-51?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Did your brother remain in school--John?

Mr. Oswald.

John at this time was in the Coast Guard.

Mr. Jenner.

Already in the Coast Guard?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

All right. And you worked at the A. & P. during this period?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you contribute your earnings to your mother?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

They were probably not a great amount at this age. Do you recall what they were, per week?

Mr. Oswald.

Perhaps my starting salary was somewhere around $48 a week, or something like that. I believe by the end of the year I had become a checker, and perhaps it was $65 or $70 a week.

Mr. Jenner.

What proportion of that did you contribute to the sustaining of the family?

Mr. Oswald.

I would say practically all of it, but what I needed for expenses, a little spending money.

Mr. Jenner.

Do you know whether your brother John made an allotment of any kind to your mother or sent her any money?

Mr. Oswald.

To my knowledge, he did not.

Mr. Jenner.

Was there any illness or disability of any kind that contributed to your mother's difficulty in obtaining positions during this period?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir; she was not disabled. I don't recall any particular, length of illness that she had at this time that would not allow her to work.

Mr. Jenner.

What was the reason, if you recall, she was having difficulty in obtaining work, or was there any particular reason?

Mr. Oswald.

None that I recall, sir. No particular reason I can recall.

Mr. Jenner.

Your brother Lee was living at home during this time?

Mr. Oswald.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Was he working after school, or making any effort to earn some money?

Mr. Oswald.

No, sir; he was not. He might have on occasion mowed somebody's lawn or something like that, where he would have a little spending money, or something. But nothing frequently, consistently.

Mr. Jenner.

I see.
Proceeding with you, at the end of the school year '50-'51--I assume you continued working there the summer of '51?