Mr. Griffin.

How long had you done that?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

I worked for them for about 6 months. It was the Checker Cab Co. of Muncie, Ind.

Mr. Griffin.

Did you leave your employment as a taxi driver and go directly to Oregon or was there a period of unemployment?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

No; I went directly to Oregon.

Mr. Griffin.

Did you know Buckmaster, had you had some connection?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

I had a sister living in Glendale and she had said something to Bob Buckmaster that her brother was a jeweler and I had corresponded on two or three occasions with Bob Buckmaster and he wrote to me and said he would like for me to come to work for him.

Mr. Griffin.

Prior to the time you were a taxi driver in Muncie, what did you do?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

I was in business in Jacksonville, Fla., for approximately--I was in business for myself but there again I don't remember--it seems like it was only I year because I only had books for 1 year I believe it was or possibly 2, but I think I only had the income tax record for the business there for I year, I believe.

Mr. Griffin.

Let's try to make some computations here then. You went to Oregon in about March of 1959.

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

For the 6 months previous to that you were in Muncie?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Right, 6 to 9 months.

Mr. Griffin.

Which would take you back to the summer perhaps of 1958.

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Right.

Mr. Griffin.

In the year before that was it a year or 2 years?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

It was either a year or 2 years, I can't remember, that is when I was in business for myself in Jacksonville, Fla.

Mr. Griffin.

At least back until the summer of 1957?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Right.

Mr. Griffin.

You were in Jacksonville, and in business for yourself. Now, how long had you been in Jacksonville before you--

Mr. Fehrenbach.

That I can tell you..' I was with Underwood Jewelers for 2 years previous to when I quit and went into business for myself.

Mr. Griffin.

All right, that would take you hack to mid-1955.

Mr. Fehrenbach.

I was with Duvall Jewelers previous to Underwood.

Mr. Griffin.

That takes you back to mid-1953.

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Then I went directly from Muncie, Ind., to Duvall Jewelers.

Mr. Griffin.

Is there any way we can establish more clearly that it was 1 year or 2 years that you were self- employed in Jacksonville?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Well, Yes. Now, I started in my own business in Jacksonville, Fla., in October, this I remember, after I immediately left Underwood. I had two Christmases there, so it would have been roughly a year and 7 months because we left Jacksonville, Fla. after I closed my business up, we left Jacksonville, Fla., then and came to Muncie on our way to Grants Pass and then when my mother-in-law passed away why we stayed over there.

Mr. Griffin.

So we might add another 7 months and this would mean that you left Muncie in early 1953 or late 1952?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

I believe we will find it was around 1952 when I went there.

Mr. Griffin.

All right.

Mr. Fehrenbach.

The reason why I can come to this conclusion, I was called back into the service and I was in Green Cove Springs, Fla., that was in 1950 and 1951, and then I was discharged, I went back to Muncie, I went back to work for Borg Warner Corp., for a year and I stayed there approximately I believe about 8 to 9 months before we left for Jacksonvilie, Fla.

Mr. Griffin.

What branch of the service were you in?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Navy.

Mr. Griffin.

Had you been in a Reserve unit, you said you were called back in.

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

So were you in military service during the Second World War?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

When were you in the service?