The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-16
kN|TS FOR SOLDIERS.
NEARLY 80 YEARS OLD.
MOTHER OF G. SCOTT ANDERSON
FINDS PLEASURE IN PAT
RIOTIC WORK.


busily engaged in knitting for the
soldiers, and as a browning effort Is
now making and afghan which has the
American flag for center piece.
Sections of the afghan have been sent
by children, grand children and great
grand children from all over the Unit
ed States and from foreign lands. The
story is especially interesting in this
community owing to the fact that
Mrs. Anderson is the mother of G.
Scott Anderson. the mining engineer.
operator and merchant, of this city,
and grandmother of Irving Anderson,
mining engineer, and Mrs. l.. E. Han
son. of this city The story of Grand
ma Anderson's patriotic work as told
by the Tribune Is here given:
Labor of Love.
A little thing like being nearly 80
son, 1915 York avenue south, from
knitting an afghan for the soldiers, She
has knitted for a good many years.
for a mother with 10 children natural
ly can find good deal of knitting to
do; and when the nine living children
and the % grandchildren and eight
great grand children send beautiful
skens Of many colored yarn, from
many states, to go into that afghan
why afghan knitting becomes one Of
the pleasantest of occupations, for a
little bit of love and memory goes into
every block. yes, every stitch,
Hopes Minnesota Will Get It.
Such an afghan that is, or is going
to be! The soldier who has it to sleep
under will be fortunate, indeed It's
maker hopes that Minnesota boys, will
get the benefit of that blanket.
Mrs Anderson had been knitting for.
the soldiers for some time before the
idea of doing an afghan came to her.
She had been knitting blocks for
afghans and sending them to the Rob-
ert Fuller school to be worked up into
Red Cross shipments being prepared
there for France Then she decided to
undertake the making of a whole
afghan herself. Anyone who thinks
that light undertaking should think
a little more 1t is no light undertake
ing. for anyone, but for a woman SO
years and months old, or who will
be that when she completes it, it is a
considerable task.
knits Good Sized Flag.
Whoever starts on an afghan knows
what the first big problem is. 1t is
what the enterprise shall be. Mrs.
Anderson made up her mind on that
right off. 1t should be an American
flag. So she knitted a good sized flag
and around the flag a border bearing
the words. Minneapolis, Minn.," to
cheer some far away Minneapolis OF
Minnesota boy, and then the date when
the flag was completed, and then the
age of the knitter r..
Around this flag the blocks of yarn
in many colors will be added. Tho
boys see so much of khaki that Mrs
Anderson believes they like bright col
ors for a change, and her afghan just
smiles with attractive colors.
Born in New York City.
Mrs, Anderson was born in New
York city September 10, 1929. After
a short stay in Cincinnati her family
moved to Dubuque, Iowa, in 1874:
where she lived until she came t.
Minneapolis in 1912. She was married
in 1S4S. The nine living children are
Mrs. John Vigars and Anna T. An
derson, Sioux City, Iowa; Eugene An
derson, Dubuque; Will Anderson
Drain, Ore; Mrs j. w. Jockey. Hell
ena, Mont; Mrs. George w. Launs
pach, Huron, S. d.; G. Scott Ander
son, Wallace, idaho; Lieut. E. T. An
derson, Camp Dodge, Iowa, and Cora
Anderson, Minneapolis.
Yarn Begins Coming In.
When word that Grandma Anderson
was planning that afghan went out t.
the grandchildren and the great gran'
children they all wanted to have par
in it. So yarn began coming in iron
as far away as the Philippines. Her
are the grand children:
Mrs. Rea Gilmore, Staples, MINI.
Irving Anderson and Mrs. Leonar'
Hanson, Wallace, Idaho; Mrs Georg
]. Schaeffer, Lillian, Emily and Edga
j. Jockey, Mrs. Edgar J. Neaville, al
of Helena, Mont; Myron c. Jockey
formerly of Helena, now connecte
with the United States navy hospita
San Diego, CAL; Arnold and Aleti
Anderson, Platte, S. D.; Alberta N
} and John A. Launspach, Huron, s. d.
Corporal w. D. Anderson, Drain, Ore
, now on the ocean or in France. an
Harold and James Anderson, also
Drain, now at the United States nav;
station, Philippine Islands, and Pear
2 Mae, Helen, Clarence, Hugh and Nal
jorie Anderson, all Of Drain
Here Are Great Grand Children.
And how about the great gran
children? Well, here they are:
e Florence lie Vale Schaeffer and
? Edgar Jockey, Helena, Mont; Irvir
! Scott Anderson and Robert Leor
ard Anderson, Wallace. 1dah'
Florence LIE Won Gilmore and Hop
Jobn and SALLY Gilmore all of Staple