Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. JENNER. Are you familiar with the Warren Easton School?
Mr. VOEBEL. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Did you go to Warren Easton?
Mr. VOEBEL. No; I went to Fortier.
Mr. JENNER. Warren Easton is a senior high school; right?
Mr. JENNER. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Is it somewhere close to Beauregard?
Mr. VOEBEL. Oh, about 6 or 8 blocks away, I would say.
Mr. JENNER. Is it normal for students going to Beauregard Junior High
School to then enroll in Warren Easton?
Mr. VOEBEL. Yes; that's normally right.
Mr. JENNER. That's the regular progression?
Mr. VOEBEL. Right.
Mr. JENNER. Did you know that Lee attended Warren Easton?
Mr. VOEBEL. No; to tell the truth, I lost complete contact with him
after I left Beauregard. I might have seen him once or twice during
that summer.
Mr. JENNER. Were you a grade up on him, or were you in the same grade,
or what?
Mr. VOEBEL. I don't remember. Let's see--no; I think we were in the
same grade, I think we were.
Mr. JENNER. When you left Beauregard, where did you go to high school?
Mr. VOEBEL. I went to Fortier.
Mr. JENNER. Any reason?
Mr. VOEBEL. Well, Fortier has an ROTC system.
Mr. JENNER. That's why you went over there?
Mr. VOEBEL. To get in the ROTC; yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Are you a service man?
Mr. VOEBEL. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. In what branch?
Mr. VOEBEL. Army.
Mr. JENNER. Did some other boys pal around with you and Lee?
Mr. VOEBEL. Not that I can remember. You see, the only relationship we
had after this fight I told you about, was when I would be downtown and
stop in, and we would play pool or play darts, but I don't remember
participating in any events with Lee at school. For example, I don't
remember having played ball or anything with Lee, so probably our gym
periods were different.
I used to go straight home after school, and I think he did too, so
there was no buddying around on either of our parts at school. I had a
lot of friends and many acquaintances, but I don't think Lee did.
Mr. JENNER. You don't think Lee did?
Mr. VOEBEL. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Do you have a recollection or conception of any ridicule
accorded him when he first turned up at Beauregard?
Mr. VOEBEL. Yes; I think there was something. Always when someone
comes in new, they are supposed to belong to something like a gang or
clique, and if you didn't, then you had to prove yourself. It's just
like the old story they tell about the Irish Channel, about how anybody
new moving in there had to prove himself or fight the leader in the
community before they accepted him.
Mr. JENNER. Tell me some more about the Irish Channel, and how that
compares to the Beauregard situation when you were attending there.
Mr. VOEBEL. Well, it may be different now, but I know in my day when
you went to Beauregard, if you didn't belong to a gang or something,
you had to prove yourself. You had to fight somebody.
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