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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. II - Page 432« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine)

Mrs. Paine.
capital, which is more or less in the middle of the State, and just a little bit east of Dayton.
Mr. Jenner.
Is your brother married.
Mrs. Paine.
Yes, he is.
Mr. Jenner.
Does he have a family?
Mrs. Paine.
He has four children.
Mr. Jenner.
And is your sister married?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; she is.
Mr. Jenner.
Does she have a family?
Mrs. Paine.
She has four children.
Mr. Jenner.
And each of your brothers and your sister, it is their first marriage?
Mrs. Paine.
That is fight.
Mr. Jenner.
Now you were married to Mr. Paine December 28, 1957, is that correct?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; I believe so.
Mr. Jenner.
And you were married where, in Philadelphia?
Mrs. Paine.
It was suburban Philadelphia. Friends meeting in Media, Pa.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you tell us what the Friends meeting is which you have mentioned?
Mrs. Paine.
I am a member of the Society of Friends often known as Quakers.
Mr. Jenner.
You are a Quaker?
Mrs. Paine.
I am.
Mr. Jenner.
When did you embrace that faith?
Mrs. Paine.
I joined in early 1951, I believe.
Mr. Jenner.
Has any other member of your family embraced the Quaker faith?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes My Brother is also a Quaker.
Mr. Jenner.
When did he embrace that faith.
Mrs. Paine.
Similar in time, a year or two one way or the other. I don't recall exactly.
Mr. Jenner.
I am afraid I might have been inattentive. When did you say that occurred.
Mrs. Paine.
Similar in time. I don't remember just when exactly he joined.
Mr. Jenner.
I was thinking more as to when you said you did.
Mrs. Paine.
In early '51, I think; I am quite certain it was winter of '51.
Mr. Jenner.
You were then in college?
Mrs. Paine.
That was the year out. I went to Antioch one year and then I took a year out and I joined my home meeting in Columbus which I had already attended perhaps 2 years.
Mr. Jenner.
And from the time you joined the Quaker church you have been a member of that church?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Or that faith?
Mrs. Paine.
Or church; yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Ever since?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Now you and Mr. Paine, did you take up a residence in Philadelphia as soon as you married?
Mrs. Paine.
I had been living in Philadelphia working there, and then when we married. I moved to suburban Philadelphia where Michael was living, Paoli, Pa.
Mr. Jenner.
His folks live in Paoli, also, do they not?
Mrs. Paine.
His mother and stepfather.
Mr. Jenner.
And you remained in Paoli until when?
Mrs. Paine.
Well, it was summer of '59 we were in the process of moving, didn't complete it until fall of '59.
Mr. Jenner.
I see. You moved to where?
Mrs. Paine.
To Irving, where we are now, to the present address.
Mr. Jenner.
To your present home? And that was in the summer of 1959?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
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