The South-Western Publishing Girls

[Denis Morissette]

https://ibb.co/wY1nWsJ

 

Mrs. John L. (Carol) Hughes
27 y.o. No DOB. White female.
510 Glenfield St, Garland, Texas.
Employed by the South-Western Publishing Co.
Looking out a window during the shooting.
Remained in the office until 1:30 PM, and went home.

[Denis Morissette]

I think the girl in the middle above the red interrogation mark could be the one in the Alyea film. Possibly Mrs. Hughes.

 

 

[Guest]

Room 203
1. Mrs. Robert R (Gloria) Calvery South-Western Publishing Co - Employee
2. Warren Caster South-Western Publishing Co - Manager
3. Mrs. James Daniel (Karan) Hicks South-Western Publishing Co - Employee
4. Mrs. John L. (Carol) Huges South-Western Publishing Co - Employee
5. Carol Reed South-Western Publishing Co - Secretary
6. Miss Karen Westbrook South-Western Publishing Co - Employee

I think the above is all of them, not sure yet (I'm making a database of all the employees in the building)

 

[Guest]

 

On 2nd there was also Room 201 - Lyons & Carnahan Publishing Company / 

with Vida Lee Whatley as employee (the only employee as it seems)

[Denis Morissette]

I have Vida as the only employee of CRANSHAN PUBLISHING.

 

Vida Lee Whatley
Born April 25, 1918 at Van Alstyne, Texas. White female.
3426 Lawnview, Dallas.
On 11/22 was employed by the Lyons and Carnshan Publishing.
Left the TSBD at 12:15 PM and was alone shopping on Elm between the Moses and Kress Stores.
Returned to the TSBD at 1PM.

[Denis Morissette]

SOUTH-WESTERN PUBLISHING

Karen Westbrook (now Scranton)
18 y.o.
6606 Atha Dr. Dallas
Employed by South-Western Publishing.
Was midway between Houston Street and the overpass
Deposition: Was with Gloria Calvery, Carol Reed and Karen Hicks
6FM Oral History: Was with Reed, Calvery and Hicks
Returned to office, then went back to entrance, but could not get out. She went back to office.
Left office at 1:30 PM, and left home.

Carol Reed (Now Carol Reed Davenport as per her FB page)
20 y.o. No DOB. White female.
6428 Silvery Moon Dr. Dallas
Employed by South-Western Publishing.
Was on the curb on Elm Street midway between the TSBD and the overpass with Mrs. Karen Hicks,
Karen Westbrook and Gloria Calvery.
Left TSBD at 1:45 PM

Karen Hicks
19 y.o.
926 North Marsalis St, Apt. N, Dallas
Employed by South-Western Publishing.
Was with Gloria Calvery, Carol Reed and Karen Westbrook
Midway between Houston and the overpass
After the shooting, went back to office. Left office at 1:30 PM and left home.

Gloria Calvery (Little)
21 y.o.
1023 Hurwitz Rd, Irving, Texas
Employed by South-Western Publishing.
Was with Carol Reed, Karen Westbrook and Karen Hicks
Midway between Houston and overpass.
After the shooting, went back to office. Left home at 1:30 PM.
Karen Westbrook says she is a red-hair

From all those girls' statements, they were all together during the shooting.

Warren Caster
45 y.o. Born July 15, 1918 at Mountainair, New Mexico. White male.
Employed by South-Western Publishing.
Not at the building at the time of the shooting. He did say his position later on. ??????

Mrs. John L. (Carol) Hughes
27 y.o. No DOB. White female.
510 Glenfield St, Garland, Texas.
Employed by the South-Western Publishing Co.
Looking out a window during the shooting.
Remained in the office until 1:30 PM, and went home.

Virginia H. Barnu
46 y.o.
Not in Dealey Plaza.

[Guest]

Thanks

Caster said he was having lunch in Denton (at the State University) with a Dr. Payne, at the time of the shooting

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1317#relPageId=671&search=caster

[Guest]

20 minutes ago, Denis Morissette said:

I have Vida as the only employee of CRANSHAN PUBLISHING.

 

Vida Lee Whatley
Born April 25, 1918 at Van Alstyne, Texas. White female.
3426 Lawnview, Dallas.
On 11/22 was employed by the Lyons and Carnshan Publishing.
Left the TSBD at 12:15 PM and was alone shopping on Elm between the Moses and Kress Stores.
Returned to the TSBD at 1PM.

I found this on Lyons and Carnahan

Publisher Information Lyons & Carnahan  Founded by U of Kentucky alum James Carnahan, Lyons & Carnahan published educational materials and books.

Main office was Chicago.

 

[Benjamin Cole]

9 hours ago, Denis Morissette said:

I think the girl in the middle above the red interrogation mark could be the one in the Alyea film. Possibly Mrs. Hughes.

 

 

I see nothing much in the linked Youtube.The right one? 

[Benjamin Cole]

I think it was James Tague who said he was interviewed by an FBI guy, and was trying to tell him what happened, when Tague mentioned that a girl that had worked for Jack Ruby was working in the TSBD in one of the publisher's offices, at the time of the JFKA.

The FBI guy ignored Tague's recounting of the JFKA, but was very interested in the Jack Ruby angle....

That's all I remember. 

 

[Paul Brancato]

I wonder if Karen Westbrook is related to Captain Westbrook, a rather suspicious Dallas Police Detective 

[Denis Morissette]

 

[Benjamin Cole]

7 hours ago, Paul Brancato said:

I wonder if Karen Westbrook is related to Captain Westbrook, a rather suspicious Dallas Police Detective 

Downtown area Dallas was small in those days, and everyone seemed to know everybody else. Interesting. 

Westbrook ended up in South Vietnam. 

[Benjamin Cole]

Just now, Denis Morissette said:

 

Yeah, but what happened to Carol Hughes? 

 

[Denis Morissette]

10 hours ago, Benjamin Cole said:

Yeah, but what happened to Carol Hughes? 

 

Call Karen who seems to have nothing of a modern Karen.