Mother’s Employment and Lee’s Part-Time Work
While Lee was in the eighth and ninth grades, Mrs. Oswald worked first at Burt’s Shoestore and then at the Dolly Shoe Co., where she was a cashier and salesclerk, remembered as pleasant and a good worker. At her request, the company hired Lee part time; he worked there, mostly on Saturdays, for about 10 weeks in 1955. On his school “personal history” he listed himself as a “retail shoesalesman,” though his employer recalled they had tried unsuccessfully to train him as a salesman and that he had in fact been a stockboy.
New Orleans Residential Moves and 1955 Family Visit
After a short stay with the Murrets, Mrs. Oswald and Lee moved to an apartment owned by Myrtle Evans at 1454 Saint Mary Street, then to a less expensive apartment at 1452 Saint Mary Street, and in spring 1955 to 126 Exchange Place in the French Quarter. The school authorities were not advised of the moves earlier because Mrs. Oswald did not want Lee transferred from Beauregard. During summer 1955, Robert left the Marine Corps and spent a week with his mother and Lee in New Orleans before moving to Fort Worth, finding Lee unchanged.
Warren Easton High School Dropout and Marine Enlistment Attempt
Lee entered the tenth grade at Warren Easton High School that fall. After about a month, he presented a forged note in his mother’s name dated October 7, 1955, claiming the family was moving to San Diego. He dropped out shortly before his sixteenth birthday. After turning 16, he tried to enlist in the Marines using a false affidavit from his mother claiming he was 17; the attempt failed. He then spent the next year reading and memorizing the “Marine Manual” obtained from Robert, waiting until he was old enough to join.
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