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••• CLAUDE COOK - (Continued from page 1|you're the man I sent!' And I did.”Cook ran the tool shed for Fish Engineering for seven years —until his retirement in 1962.He was not ready to retire.I think as long as a person is physically able to work, he should be allowed to.” he said.“Why, I've seen the time two trainloads of alfalfa went out of here every week to feed the horses at Fort Russell, the calvary post that used to be at Marfa.”1 read in the Fort Worth paper once that this area was at one lime the largest alfalfa shipping center in the world.” We’ve just sat right here and watched Fort Stockton grow, and I believe it has trippled in size since World War II,” Mr. Cook said, pointing in the direction of his backyard just north of the railroad tracks.One could also see fresh laundry flapping on the backyard clothesline.Mrs. Cook had six operations...last year.Speaking of her two-year illness, she said. “Claude takes awfully good care ofme.”It's not easy to manage on a fixed income these days, ” said Mr. Cook, but I've lived through two depressions, my health is good, and mostly I find people are helpful.He does some carpentering, sharpens saws, and has been a night watchman.For more than half a century...Claude ('ook has been a resident of Pecos County. He mentioned putting his youngest sister through college and helping raise a nephew who came to him from a bad home situation.He strikes one as a person who cares a great deal and tries to make the most of what he has.The caring shows in small ways—like the clothes he hung out to dry. It shows in large ways—like the room he added to his house using materials salvaged from huge engine packing-crates at the C02 plant where he was night watchman.Most of all the caring shows in his face and erect posture. As Laura Cook says, He's just a good man!”Anyone who sees him pushing Laura's wheelchair would never doubt it!
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Fort Stockton Pioneer
Fort Stockton, Texas, US
Sun, Oct 29, 1978
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