Webster Groves - Cooper, Tom; Delooze-Klein, Emma; Ladd, Deborah
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Drive down almost any street in Webster Groves and one is filled with a sense of timelessness. Entire neighborhoods are in the National Register of Historic Places, and there are lovingly preserved century homes, beautiful old churches, avenues lined with gardens, and shopping districts more reminiscent of small-town America than a thriving suburb next door to the city of St. Louis. History runs deep here, as it is home to the first chapter of the Red Cross and the first Boy Scout Troop west of the Mississippi, the oldest women's organization in Missouri, the first professional fire…mehr

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Drive down almost any street in Webster Groves and one is filled with a sense of timelessness. Entire neighborhoods are in the National Register of Historic Places, and there are lovingly preserved century homes, beautiful old churches, avenues lined with gardens, and shopping districts more reminiscent of small-town America than a thriving suburb next door to the city of St. Louis. History runs deep here, as it is home to the first chapter of the Red Cross and the first Boy Scout Troop west of the Mississippi, the oldest women's organization in Missouri, the first professional fire department, and the first public library in St. Louis County. North Webster once held the only accredited high school for African American students in St. Louis County. Beginning as a site of country homes for St. Louis professionals, growing through a post-World War II boom that expanded into new neighborhoods, Webster Groves has remained true to its heritage and history.
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Tom Cooper, aka Thomas William Charles Cooper, was born in South London on 14th September 1935, he was educated at St Dunstan's College Catford. After two years spent in the RAF on National Service he joined LEO Computers in 1960 as an engineer; in 1964 he was offered a position in Australian Computers and moved to Australia. In 1966 cancer caused the loss of his left leg and part of his lung, he continued working for, what was now International Computers Ltd until 1985 when he retired. He has lived happily in Australia ever since and devoting his time to oil and acrylic painting and writing poetry plus watching cricket and rugby union.