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Small Town(Continued from Page 13)little army of toy soldiers, all lined up on a little table. The baby stood holding onto the side-rails of the bed, reached out and wanted to be taken. A big blue rubber bunny with a crazy mustache lay in the center of bis bed. Children's books, a large box of crayons and other toys lay about neatly stacked on.table and chairs.“Morgan is a very bright boy for his five years and it was hard to believe he has never been to school. He seemed to be playing in a sort of concentrated way as though he was trying very hard to keep his mind on the soldiers. He likes to talk and wants someone with him. He told me that he liked bis soldiers, but he liked animals best. 1 asked him what toy he would like the most to nave and he said, ‘Well let me Study a minute. Then after carefully thinking it over he *aid, *1 like jeeps, cars and trucks/ As I left telling him I bet he would get some jeeps, cars and trucks he followed me out of his room waving to me as I went up the hall. ‘Come back,’ he called.I thought with understanding. of his grandfather Cooper, who on his doctor s advice had not visited the children before, until that morning. He had gone away crying.Tucker County authorities *ay the man accused of (he shooting made two trips to the Cooper home which is about 400 yards from his own resf- ! dencc.Mr. Cooper, 3?, was shot during both trips; Mrs. Cooper, 34 the child and neighbor during the second trip. Mrs. Lewis suffered a kidney and leg wound ' and died later.The Coopers lived in Elkins five years during the iS50s when Mr. Cooper was employed as a plumber. He had operated a plumbing business in Davis before accepting employment on the Stony River project of the Virginia Electric and Power Company.
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Cumberland Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sun, Apr 25, 1965
Page 7
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