Mr. Griffin.

Then you didn't start to work as a dancer until about 6 months later; is that right?

Mrs. Powell.

Yes, about 6 months, I believe. I think I started in February. That would be 1961.

Mr. Griffin.

You worked around Fort Worth for another 6 or 7 months?

Mrs. Powell.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

Then, did you go to work for Jack?

Mrs. Powell.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

So, that still would have made it 1961, perhaps the latter part of 1961?

Mrs. Powell.

No; wait a minute---well, I don't know, seems like I have known him for a hundred years. But what was I telling you---oh, yes; she wanted me to---where was I?

Mr. Griffin.

You were telling me about Shari Lynn and your friendship with her and you were her protege.

Mrs. Powell.

So, she was working for Jack. She has been in business a long time, and she asked him to put me to work, so I could get some experience, 7 nights a week, and I did, and I stayed there. She only wanted me to work there 2 or 3 weeks or something, and I stayed there forever.

Mr. Griffin.

Now, how long did you work continuously for Jack before you stopped working for awhile?

Mrs. Powell.

I don't know. I really don't.

Mr. Griffin.

Well, from?

Mrs. Powell.

It was a long time. It was, you know, close to a year.

Mr. Griffin.

Then where did you work?

Mrs. Powell.

I think I went there in March of whatever year it was, and I didn't go on the road until the next summer.

Mr. Griffin.

A year and a half then, almost?

Mrs. Powell.

Yes; because it was in the summer---two summers ago. Not last summer, but the summer before last. I went to Houston, for, I don't know, a few weeks or something.

Mr. Griffin.

And came back? Would that have been 1962?

Mrs. Powell.

October.

Mr. Griffin.

So you would have started working for him in about 1961?

Mrs. Powell.

I guess.

Mr. Griffin.

How long were you on the road in the summer of 1962?

Mrs. Powell.

Let's see, I worked down there, I think, 3 weeks in Houston, and then I came back, but I didn't go back to work out there immediately. I was off for awhile. I didn't work any place for awhile and then I went back, but don't ask me when, because I don't know.

Mr. Griffin.

When you did go back, which would have been, I presume in the fall of 1962, even later, maybe the winter of 1962?

Mrs. Powell.

Well, I was there New Year's Eve, I know, of that year.

Mr. Griffin.

Then you went back to work for Jack, and then how long did you work for him after that?

Mrs. Powell.

I worked for him until last summer. I got mad at him again and went to Oklahoma City. No; I went to Tulsa, Okla., and worked 7 weeks, and then came back. I don't think I went back with him then. No; I came back a week or two, and then I went back up to Oklahoma City, and I stayed 6 weeks last summer. Then I went to Kansas City for 2 weeks last summer also, and then I came back. August, I was up here. I was up in Oklahoma and it was awfully hot up there. And when I came back from Oklahoma City, after August, I went back to work for him. Are we up to this year yet?

Mr. Griffin.

We ought to be up to the fall of 1963. Let me answer this telephone. Let me interrupt you here and ask you, is there a difference between an exotic dancer and a striptease dancer?

Mrs. Powell.

Now, you have goofed me up. The difference between them is, an exotic is like a belly dancer, comes out on stage with veils and panels and things, like the dancer of the seven veils. And a stripper comes out fully clothed and takes if off. But an exotic doesn't take anything off. It is like, I don't know, Egyptian or something.

Mr. Griffin.

What kind of dancing do you do, striptease or exotic?