(Testimony of George William Fehrenbach)
Mr. Fehrenbach.
a couple of weeks and visit and then we were going to move on to Grants Pass, Oreg., but we ended up staying there about a year.
Mr. Griffin.
When was it that you first went to Oregon?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
We went to Oregon, I left for Oregon in March, I believe, it was, of 1959 or 1960, I couldn't say for sure.
Mr. Griffin.
You mean you arrived in Oregon in March of 1959 or 1960?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
Right.
Mr. Griffin.
How do you fix the year 1959 or 1960?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
Well, it was a bad year because I was in Muncie and then my mother-in-law passed away and we was there, I stayed there approximately 8 to 9 months, and there was nothing to do there. I couldn't go back in the jewelry work because there was already a jeweler there and he was pretty well established.
Mr. Griffin.
Don't you remember how many years you were working in Oregon?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
I was with Bob Buckmaster for 2 years, and the Bates Plywood for 2 years.
Mr. Griffin.
Excuse me. Let's go back. Are you now self-employed, is that correct?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
Right.
Mr. Griffin.
And you run a jewelry store?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
Well, I have a jewelry shop.
Mr. Griffin.
You have a jewelry shop, what is the name of the town in Oregon?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
Medford, Oreg., is where I have the shop.
Mr. Griffin.
I see; and you live in what town?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
Ashland.
Mr. Griffin.
How long have you been operating this shop in Medford, Oreg.?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
I bought this shop the first of March of last year; 1963.
Mr. Griffin.
All right. Now, prior to March of 1963, what did you do immediately prior to March of 1963?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
I was off. I wasn't working at all for about, roughly I would say around a year and 9 months due to an injury.
Mr. Griffin.
What kind of an injury was that?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
Well, my first injury was with Bates Plywood. I had a ladder slide out from underneath me and I just barely got to the place where I was getting around again and I was ready to go back to work again and I was bear hunting and I shot myself.
Mr. Griffin.
Let me ask you on the ladder injury accident what sort of injury did you sustain?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
I shot myself in the left foot.
Mr. Griffin.
When the ladder slipped out from under you?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
The injury there was to the right knee.
Mr. Griffin.
I see. So, that would have taken you back to sometime in 1962, is that right? You say you were out for 9 months or a year?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
Right.
Mr. Griffin.
All right. Prior to this accident, how long had you actually worked for, was it Bates and Co.?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
Bates Plywood. Let's see, I had been with Bates, I went to work for them March 8, 1960.
Mr. Griffin.
All right. Now, immediately before that where were you employed?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
I was employed with Buckmaster's Jewelers.
Mr. Griffin.
How long were you employed there?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
I was with Buckmaster, I believe it was for 1 year.
Mr. Griffin.
So that would have been early 1959 that you went to Oregon?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
I went to work for him, I believe it was in March of 1959.
Mr. Griffin.
Now, maybe if we can proceed going backward like this we can reconstruct this a little better. What did you do immediately before you went to work for Buckmaster?
Mr. Fehrenbach.
I was driving a taxicab in Muncie, Ind.
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