Mr. Voshinin.

too---so I don't think they are members any place---those to which I'm talking about.
But in our church there are a lot of well, not too many Russians there---not many people with Russian background in our city at all; but we have those called Carpathian Russians and West Ukrainians and we have some Serbians--people with Serbian backgrounds; we have some Greek people even; we have all the Arabic people here you know, Lebanese and other Arabic countries which are Greek Orthodox; and we have American people with just plain Anglo-American background who became members.

Mr. Jenner.

Who became interested in the Greek Orthodox Church?

Mr. Voshinin.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Uh, huh.

Mr. Voshinin.

Our pastor himself, was a former Baptist who, through study of church history, became Orthodox.

Mr. Jenner.

Is this group--and I'm going to call the group both Bouhe's following as well as the group in which you move are they, by and large people who have enjoyed higher education either in this country or in Europe, or Asia?

Mr. Voshinin.

No; in Bouhe's group there are only a few people with higher education; whereas, in our group, I would say there is a lot of people with higher education. We have doctors and engineers and----

Mr. Jenner.

These people, I take it, are interested in the welfare of others in the group---in the general sense of the word?

Mr. Voshinin.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, did there move into this community or come into this community that we have now described largely in terms of church, some people by the name or a man by the name whose last name was De Mohrenschildt?

Mr. Voshinin.

Yes except that he is an atheist and doesn't believe in God.

Mr. Jenner.

Yes, he is an atheist--but he did arrive on the scene or he was on the scene----

Mr. Voshinin.

Oh, he was on the scene for a long time before we arrived here.

Mr. Jenner.

He was here?

Mr. Voshinin.

Yes; he was here.

Mr. Jenner.

When you came here then, in September 1955, you found De Mohrenschildt already here?

Mr. Voshinin.

Oh, yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And was he active among these people even though, as you say, he's an atheist?

Mr. Voshinin.

Oh, he was singing in the church choir.

Mr. Jenner.

He was singing in the church choir even though----

Mr. Voshinin.

At St. Nicholas.

Mr. Jenner.

Even though he was an atheist?

Mr. Voshinin.

That's right.

Mr. Jenner.

Well, that's rather unusual. How did that strike you?

Mr. Voshinin.

Well, it struck me unusual but he said he was educated in that religion and somehow by habit continued coming once in awhile to church.

Mr. Jenner.

Even though he didn't believe in church?

Mr. Voshinin.

Oh, he said he doesn't believe in it but----

Mr. Jenner.

And was De Mohrenschildt married at that time?

Mr. Voshinin.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

To whom?

Mr. Voshinin.

To the Sharples girl.

Mr. Jenner.

What are they--Quakers?

Mr. Voshinin.

Yes, I guess so. Dee Dee, I think, was her name. I don't know what it stands for. She was a medical doctor--his wife.

Mr. Jenner.

What do you know of De Mohrenschildt's background?

Mr. Voshinin.

Only what he told me, of course.

Mr. Jenner.

And what was said by others in this community of people?

Mr. Voshinin.

Yes; something what was said by others.