Mr. Griffin.

Would you give the court reporter your full name, please?

Mrs. Tice.

Wilma May Tice.

Mr. Griffin.

Where do you live, Mrs. Tice?

Mrs. Tice.

8406 Lakemont Drive.

Mr. Griffin.

Is that in Dallas?

Mrs. Tice.

Dallas 9, Tex.

Mr. Griffin.

When were you born, Mrs. Tice?

Mrs. Tice.

March 3, 1925.

Mr. Griffin.

You are married?

Mrs. Tice.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

How long have you been married?

Mrs. Tice.

December 6, 1948. Fifteen years.

Mr. Griffin.

Do you have any children?

Mrs. Tice.

We have three adopted children.

Mr. Griffin.

Are you employed?

Mrs. Tice.

No; I am not employed and haven't been since I worked for the juvenile department.

Mr. Griffin.

When did you work for the juvenile department?

Mrs. Tice.

When we adopted our last two children.

Mr. Griffin.

Did you adopt them through the juvenile department?

Mrs. Tice.

We did.

Mr. Griffin.

When is that that you last worked for them?

Mrs. Tice.

I guess 1961.

Mr. Griffin.

How old are your children?

Mrs. Tice.

The youngest one is 6, will be 7 in August. The next one is 8 was 8 June 28. And the little boy is 9, and will be 10 November 19.

Mr. Griffin.

What job did you have with the juvenile department?

Mrs. Tice.

I was the manager of the foster home.

Mr. Griffin.

You say you were the manager of the foster home?

Mrs. Tice.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

What does that mean?

Mrs. Tice.

When the police or the sheriff or anybody picks up the little children that have been abandoned, or if there has been trouble or anything, well, the police bring them to me and bring me a police sheet on it, and in return I call the juvenile department, and then they know how to appoint what social worker that should be appointed to the case.

Mr. Griffin.

You took care of the children until a home was found for them?

Mrs. Tice.

No; I was the manager. I took care of the children until they were assigned to a worker, or if I would get too many children, the supervisor would come out and we had foster homes that would take the children until their hearing or what-have-you.

Mr. Griffin.

But the children would actually live in your home?

Mrs. Tice.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

How long did you do that?

Mrs. Tice.

For a year or a little over. Maybe a year, or going on 2 years.

Mr. Griffin.

Did you know Jack Ruby before November 22?

Mrs. Tice.

No; I did not.

Mr. Griffin.

Did you follow the Ruby trial in the newspapers?

Mrs. Tice.

I saw some of the news, yes; I did, but then I had a wreck January 23, and January 23 I was pretty sick until April 21. I mean, I had trouble with vision and was going to the doctor every day, and was in bed practically all the time.

Mr. Griffin.

What kind of injury did you sustain in the accident?

Mrs. Tice.

Well, I had something wrong with the optical nerves or pinched nerves in my neck from a whiplash, and pulled muscles in my shoulder, and something, I don't know what he said, this vertebra was cramped against the other vertebra, and had a nerve pinched in between it or under.

Mr. Griffin.

Was this an automobile accident?

Mrs. Tice.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Griffin.

Were you rendered unconscious in the accident?