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CASTLEGAR NEWS, Septomber 12, 1979

One man’s opinion

Death and dying

By FRED MERRIMAN
| was very sorry to hear about Dave Cooper and his ‘family.
Young, vibrant, both In andas human beings; '
really didn't even know the Cooper family except for the occasional business
contact, yet | came away with the feeling Dave and Marilyn were 'OK,"'

Many times | have found myself quoting the success story about a man who
used to sell socks, who studied and learned well how to house people. ! found
myself coming back to the story to encourage others who moaned and groaned
about their sad lot in tife and mostly | did It to encourage myself to carry on'when
people looked in the window at Jock's Hardware store to see a grey-haired man
strumming on a guitar.

c Yet, It took a lot out of many people when Dave and his beautiful family left
us to go on to better things.

A recent book advised that our mission on earth Is done when we cease to
live. If such is true, then we can say that Dave and his Marilyn had completed
that for which they were called. The children were asked to follow. . . 80 sad.

lam sure that any and all of my readers have reached thelr awn conclusions
about death and dying, but since the Cooper tragedy Is so fresh upon all our
minds, ! would Ilke to present some thoughts on the subject:

l cried tike a baby at my younger brother's death by cancer at.30 years of
age. It took me five years before | could muster up enough calmness to visit
Royal Oak Cemetery In Victoria. | thought things like ‘‘It could have been me
lying deep in the ground."’

Then | looked up to see a cloud which seemed to say ‘in my brother’s volce:
“| am no longer there, Fred. | am free."

Since that time | have weathered the death of many people whom | have
loved and respected. Somehow the entire subject seems less important to me
because It isn't all that bad. My favorite Aunt said simply ‘‘! would like to rest
now."”

Another aunt who had lived through mud huts in northern Saskachewan and
suffered through a miserable marrlage to a violent drunk just smited quietly and
asked me '‘How are you doing, Fred?’’ Another very elderly lady... and on and
on.

Our family pet '‘Timbo’’ was.run over by a milk truck; t wrote poems about
a family friend. | am sure there are many who can Identify with what | say. | read
once that'death Is not final — many of us belleve that much more ties up ahead.

{am not asking anyone to believe what | believe, nevertheless the strongest
opinion | have is based on a few words by a man called Jesus who sald: ‘In my

The children | cannot speak about or | would be unable to finish this column. °

Public awareness credited
‘for decrease in fatalities

Canada Safety Council
“Release.

The Canada Safety Cou-

nell cone a steady | decrea-

to

| been brought about in part

by the wider media coverage

.of safety campaigns, more

atringent consumer product
and the i

toll with victims mostly in-

the 10 to 14 age bracket.
Child traffic fatalities dropp-

ed from 867 in 1978 to 641 in.

Candian children under 15
in the five-year period 1978
to 1877. -

There were 34 per cent
fewer accidental deaths In
1977 than in : 1978, This

use of safety programs in
schools,

‘The council, which has
been active in child safety for
more than a decade, empha:
sizes ‘that this drop is not just
a {on of the overall

remains t even
when the 6.1 per cent decline
in the population of this age
group over the same period is
taken into consideration.
The council attributes
the improvement toa greater
public awareness of the haz-
ards to the young which has

decrease during the: same
period; accidental deaths to
children fel! from 14 per cent
of all accidental fatalities in
1978 to 10.9 per cent in 1977.

Traffic is by far the most
hazardous environment for
children, averaging 45 per -
cent of the under 16. death

1977 a d

of 87.6 per
cent. :

Drowning, the second

leading cause of accidental,
death to children, averaged’
17 per cent of the deaths and
claimed its victims mainly in
the one to four age bracket.
Drownings dropped from 825
in 1978 to 204 in 1877 -with
some flictuation in between,

Child suffocations declin.

‘ed from 249 in 1978 to 148 in

1977. .Child fire | fatalities
dropped from 167 to 148 in_
fhe same period.

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im takes no 1o special talenttobe -
urdorer. Ladies and gent-
Temen of a murderous bent
have come walks of

a steps include attempts to
of ‘thelr Wietime

re rare

hacksaw
e in his hand.
Chester replied.

' Bulg of courte atthe
ie
: gi would ‘appreciate itt you
would, sharpen the butcher

if
store to address himself to the
task at hand.

As Chester smartly walked
throu, ih the streets: of Boston
that {n 1908, the good citi-
zens of eantown had no way of
Ghester So that the name of
Chester orden would soon be

ty it known name in the
c: Pee

It apa

», brother-in-l on hone other than

sense Live
ven if.you
ut back In

choo! at Mi

sariad pouse | i e petied
ie nef

in ‘his first deal in the

‘ secksrarke e, On C2 ey up

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a ae

sities. The ssccrelary Nett Ned
as

fe ions iter and brot
plan. wm They meal stand beh stated

Gitsten’e om
. Chester stood trial for
murde: in

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nocim metih there end aaa failing

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Father’s house are many mansions. If it were not so, | would have told you. | go
to prepare a place for you.’’ (John 14:2)
See you later, Dave.

3 i rs born:actor
? Chester was born 28 years
s before in podien olis: ie a
3 5 4 youngst isp} nat-
i Be,
‘ 4 im to leave

"y cl
‘Exel keep the wolf from
fusive To Weolco" Cheyes ‘supporied himself bY":

‘ f , i" y [oe a furniture store.
: . q When he was 21.his family
yea x Bee : ‘ Boston. Chester had ©
: S - i ‘ veloped
° rx ; . x ; * e stage 3
: ‘ If.

The other day I looked

impossible for Irene ‘fave
met ber dea by falling down

 ¢9) caters te ithe fury 0 ud
Yruin2ny arged. With

: Chester washed up and went
avenue in ler to stay

eyeball to eyeball with a wild

bobcat from a perch high ina
tree, no more than two
metres away.

The cat snarled and spit
‘as I clicked away with a
camera. It was frightened,
but that wild cat didn't know
how much I was shaking at
the thought of those sharp
claws and teeth.

We were on a bear hunt
with hounds, but the dogs
picked up the scent of the cat

ok off through woods in
pursuit’: It‘ was in ‘an area
which ‘was closed at the time
for bobcats, so after taking a
dozen or so photos, we pulled
off the hounds and worked
our way back out to a logging
road and went after bears
once more.

As we looked back, we
saw the cat scoot down the
tree and make tracks in the
other direction as fast as it
could go.

In that particular case
we were taking part in what

rae store and

a ‘ q . i s a toa nelghborhood bar where he
i . : : ae elle : ‘y : ca had a quick shot of whiskey to
: : § : sans ‘ ered politics for anyone steady: ht pis: solace He then

Herb Williams ne

tree, and thus was able to
hold it with one hand and
stick it almost in the bobcat's
face, while I held onto my
tree with my other hand. The

pictures were clear and~

sharp.
.

> Readers, ‘Welte:

read about a “dry drowning”.
I thought you could only
drown in water.
— A Wondering Boater
Dear Wondering: Dry
drowning is the term used
when a victim's throat closes
due to spasms in the larynx.
The victim actually dies of
suffocation, but is frequently
found floating on the surface.

If found in time, such persons
may be revived. Statistics
indicate that 15 per cent of
drownings are this kind,

If you've ever taken a
sudden plunge into our cold
salt water or one of our large,
cold reservoirs, you _can

tL Dear Herb: 1 recently ~ It's

In wet drownings, the -

victim actually inhales water
into his or her lungs and dies
of asphyxiation. Another

type of “drowning” Sis a‘

massive heart attack,
brought on by heavy exer-
tion. This is especially true of
older people or those out of
condition.

REX SMITH
‘Sooner Or Later’
1Preas

appearing on the stage in
Reston to

purchased ie

ve an Irish mon- ‘That same ching Chester

€-Tr. &Cass., e0.¢

LP, ec.:

WILLIE NELSO.
‘Stardust’

Kansas Sree
81 8Cam.ea:  sPactth ee
; Me 8-r,

&Cass., ea,;

on Sept. 25, 1904 Chester, and
irene tied the knot. They pro-
eeded to to combine their.
acting abilities by forming an
act together, Bue attempts.
towards this end proved fruit-
less, Instead Chester obtained
employment as a collector fora
finances compat , while Irene
was ce “ living at

her
Itis sy pres to say’ just when

has come to be called “non-

RAR THe

OLDE RPE

Irene began to accuse the
bulking Chester of velng itt
a A oe
hepier © & atmeds th =
Impote:
sioded Pinto rslnce during
a it. He wied athis

ft. 3 incl
butcher ‘Knife in her hand

g strictly in self

struck his Seite, sending her

down the stairs. Irene

gut off irene’s ‘he ad. with’ his
aw.

No one ever-thought | Che! ‘ad for
: ite is able to tell cronies t the
0

toa ane so we will never know
ter took the trouble to
zeal calphis whe wile; We do know that
the scalp into a stove.
the draft carried it to the back
¢ot the stove, away from any
flames. It was later recovered
in almost mint condition.
Chester spent the entire eve:
ping ordre ci
fen sola of twelve

ina aust
, and hungry’ fom, bis labors
eat tw

Chester pauséd.
pork, chops. irs
been

‘. we cold
cally, they
by Irene the
abe fore. ntheh Chester
placed all twelve parts of his
Beparted wife back into the two
washtubs, cleaned up his tools,
And nd Jett his his residence to take a

ah @ murderer's work never’
done? Returning home from his
constitutional ester placed
Irene’s head and
furnace, He lit the furnace and
figured that was that.

was placed in the trunk.

George W. Collins followed
the Ronorabie profession, ot
hen called

of ww he lugged Ire:
Shannon s body: through the
treets of Bos!

 Earller ‘in “ts day ‘Chester
had rented a room at #7 Han-
gece S St. from a Mrs. Mary

Collins, who. wasn't a big
man, haa’s same ditticulty is
trunk ‘on his hack,

shand, ins

but notice that his passenger

drew the shades of the hack

even though it was broad day-
jght.

Finally the horse drawn
rebels pulled ep up ing front of #7
Hancoel
senger helped sae,
trunk. ane men lugged
trunk up the je stains aie Beeadit
in what was vious. ty
Chester's ame ‘collin
received a dollar for this

a
: inen's suspicions,
malsey 0-10

trunk o:
nad ‘iewent tothe s police and

id
Ce mee didn’t think the
indent hat out of the orate

aes
into’ the taal
cere inte

rcept iter
was returning to his room.
ey asked him what wi fas in tis

r hedge
further probing, Chester
trunk and beg! gan to

Ches! 10"
the police station, where he
confessed to dismembe:
ae in an attempt to Sisnose ¢ of
body. le cel
murdered dear Irene. % had all

_ been a horrible accident.

Rich relations

It took the Boston cops
exactly one hour to form:

Massachusett’s dreaded elec-

ic chair.
Ttwasail for nai t. On Sept.
1912, Chestel ane firmly
steapped to the chair.

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Forks. ‘‘They are Ne: 1 when it comes to helping out a neighbor, be It to borrow an
ide to town, watering our lawn and garden when we're on
ay babysitting for us,’ writes Ruby Konkin.

”,

Chester remembers is wi
xt morning ani

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