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He is survived by his wife, Mary Joan Hooper; sons, William Wellington Hooper, Jr. and wife, Michelle of Anderson, S.C. and James David Hooper and wife Becky of Cobbs Creek, Va.; eight grandchildren and a sister, Elsie A.

On December 4, 2005, ANN W. HOOPER (nee Williams); beloved wife of the late Z. Vance Hooper, Jr.; devoted mother of Susan H. Tirocchi and her husband Joseph, Martha A. Wheeler and her husband Scott, and Vance W.

Capt. [W. H. Hooper], his troops, and many others were posted to the front lines. Trench warfare and all of the nasty business that goes with that were a reality. In late April, in what became known as the Second Battle of Ypres, Capt. Hooper was ordered to take and hold an important position, a farmhouse at St. Julian's in Belgium. This battle lasted several days and in the end was unsuccessful. Capt. Hooper insisted on leading his \"lads,\" knowing that many came from Carleton Place, his own hometown. From various reports and letters home we learned that they came under a full-out attack and one that, in the end for some, could not be survived. Capt. Hooper's wounds were so severe that he was not expected to live. He was interred as a prisoner of war at Mainz, Germany, but was allowed to send and receive mail. He was later interred to Switzerland, eventually released and returned to Carleton Place in 1919 with the rank of Major. At the start of the war he was all of 33 years of age. Just four years later, in 1923, he served a one-year term as Mayor of Carleton Place. He served as postmaster from 1920 to 1950. The Hooper home is now the site of the Canadian Tire Gas Bar on Bridge Street He also had a successful career as a photographer. His memory lives on in the name of the local chapter of the Independent Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE) Carleton Place Major Hooper Chapter.

Fred W. Hooper will be at Woodbine Racetrack Wednesday as his horse, Diplomat Jet, prepares for the Breeders' Cup Turf, and he will almost certainly give some emphatic suggestions to his trainer and jockey. Even though a $2 million purse is at stake Saturday, he probably will have a wager on the race, too. Hooper has always been an active, opinionated owner of thoroughbreds, and he's not going to become sedentary or passive just because he is 99 years old. He is excited about this race, but he doesn't need a victory to achieve any unfulfilled ambitions in the sport. Hooper already has done it all. He has owned and bred a winner of the Kentucky Derby and a Breeders' Cup event. His horses have earned Eclipse Awards and he has won the sport's highest honor. On that occasion, journalist Kent Hollingsworth wrote: \"The Eclipse Award of Merit goes to a man who has listened to the experts {and} paid no attention to them.\" Born on a farm in Georgia, Hooper received only eight years of formal schooling, but he possessed an abundance of energy and savvy. In his early years he bought and sold farm horses, worked as a carpenter and riveter, raised potatoes, operated a barbershop in Jacksonville, Fla. When he heard that a highway was about to be built in the Jacksonville area, he bid on the job, got it and founded the business that would be the basis of his fortune. Even as he was establishing the Hooper Construction Co. as one of the nation's foremost builders of roads, bridges and dams, he was restless for other ventures and challenges.

April marks the 100th anniversary of the first Carleton Place lives lost during the First World War. A few summers ago, I devised and delivered the Victory Tree Program (VTP) to remember the community members who served the nation and lost their lives during the First and Second World Wars as well as the Korean War. By way of the initiative, 94 Autumn Blaze Maples were planted on school and public properties throughout Carleton Place. In preparing the necessary research for the VTP, I was impressed by the information already known about the people whose names are denoted on our town's cenotaph in Memorial Park. However, sadly, very few people today know anything about these individuals. Beginning in this edition of the Canadian Gazette, the first of my six stories about the men of 1915 appears. Five were lost. To understand the links between each of these men, this first story sets the scene. On Aug. 14, 1914, 11 volunteer soldiers under the command of Capt. W. H. Hooper left Carleton Place travelling to Valcartier, Que. for basic training and then on to England and finally into Europe. Of these 11 young soldiers, five would be dead within eight months and one more nearer the end of the First World War. In total 329 brave souls left Carleton Place for the Great War and 46 never returned. The names of those who served are posted in the town hall's council chambers and in various Carleton Place churches. The names of those who did not come back are commemorated on the cenotaph at Memorial Park and more recently through the Victory Tree Program. It is important to remember each and every life lost. In the next few weeks you will be able to read about the five who died in 1915; a story for each. I cannot claim perfect accuracy but have drawn materials from Larry Gray's book, We Are the Dead; from Brian Costello's book, The Nursery of the Air Force, along with great help from Jennifer Irwin, curator at the Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum. It was April 1915 that saw the Great War inflict its first direct hit on Carleton Place.

Since 1981, Insituform Metropolitan Inc. and its affiliates Empire Insituform, Inc. and Insituform Metropolitan (a joint venture of Varlotta Equipment Co. Inc. and George Burrows Inc., a subsidiary of Spearin Preston & Burrows, Inc.) have held license rights granted by the Company which entitled them to utilize the Insituform Process (and, since 1990, the NuPipe Process) in territories now aggregating all of the States of New York and New Jersey. As a result of the transaction, the Company will pay approximately $5.2 million in cash in exchange for all license rights and the transfer of the operating assets of the sellers in their pipe rehabilitation business.

According to charging documents, [Dorsey W. Hooper III]'s recent girlfriend and her 15-year-old daughter went to police in April 2008 to report that Hooper allegedly took photos of the girl while forcing her to wear lingerie. Hooper's arrest affidavit alleges that on Feb. 15, 2008, he gave the girl some clothing, as well as money. Hooper forced the girl to change into the clothing and pose in inappropriate positions as he took photos, the affidavit states. Threat alleged:Police allege Hooper also gave the girl a pair of panties to wear, but the girl refused. At that point Hooper told her, \"I'm not your mom, I'm not gonna hit you lightly! If I hit you I'm (going to) tear your a-- up,\" according to the affidavit.

[Dorsey W. Hooper III]'s arrest affidavit alleges that on Feb. 15, 2008, he gave the girl some clothing, as well as money. Hooper forced the girl to change into the clothing and pose in inappropriate positions as he took photos. Police allege Hooper also gave the girl a pair of panties to wear, but the girl refused, police allege. At that point, Hooper told her, \"I'm not your mom, I'm not gonna hit you lightly! If I hit you I'm (going to) tear you're a-- up,\" according to the affidavit.

Surviving besides his wife is a Daughter: Michele wife of John Kneisley of Lancaster, PA; 2 Sons: Michael husband of Amy Hess Hooper and Stephen husband of Vicki Steiner Hooper, both of Columbia, PA; Grandchildren: Derek, Elizabeth, Emily, Alec, Dave and Diana; Great-Grandchildren: Dana and Lauren; a Sister: Goldie Hooper Dorwart of Columbia, PA.

  Mr. Wilbur W.