The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-20

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N. Roberts, agriculturalist, Mis-!
Marie McIver, educator; DR.. ]. M
G. Ramsey, dentist and first alum
nj trustee, and T. c. Walker, at
torney.
Highly Endorsed
R. Gregg Cherry, governor O.
North Carolina, George F. Luca.
of the Fender county Board O.
Commissioners, Roy H. Thomas
state supervisor of vocational ag
ricultural education, T. E. Browne
director of vocational education
and Rep. Graham C. Barden, E
M. Butler of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance company
Clyde A. Erwin, state superintend.
ent of public instruction, Car
Goerch, publisher of The State
and j. w. Seabrook, president Of
Fayetteville State Teachers Col
lege, are among the prominent
North Carolinians who endorsed
Anderson for the award.
The Hampton Institute commit
tee which selected him for the
award did so on the basis of An.
derson's work in Fender county
for the past rs years. When he
came to Rocky Point over a quar-
ter of a century ago, he found one
implanted school building with poor
equipment in a community where
there was no shrubbery or other
effort at Identification, and where
the dwellings of the people were
for the most part poorly kept
homes, too small to accommodate
the boarding teacher.
His first department. was a small
room in which it was impossible
even to seat his boys comfortably.
His class activities had to be car
ried on out under the nearby trees,
while his shop tools were chiefly
pieces which he brought from his
home.
At the close of his first years
work the board of education was
so impressed with Anderson's &C
tlvities that he was given a few
extra tools and enough lumber to
build a shop and classroom. After
the buildings we're well on the way
he established a school nursery or
the grounds, with cuttings and
shrubs from Hampton institute ano
other sources. A program of beau.
LITIGATION, beginning with shrubbery
for the school, the nursery, and
his own home, extended to other
homes and buildings in the com.
munity. Houses were screened and
painted by the teacher and his
boys, who also proceeded to erect
other buildings for the school. This
demonstration convinced the peo-
pie of the community about the
value of his vocational agricul-
tural education program. As a re-
suit, more thran 100 homes in Pen
der county have been planned. con-
structed, and finished under the
guidance of Anderson.
Families which once raised mon
grel and mixed flocks of chickens
in Fender county today r grow
ing n of the commonly recog-
nized breeds and approximately
100 per cent of these birds are
housed in buildings renovated or
constructed by Mr.. Anderson's de-
partment. During World War II
his department trained more than
200 skilled and semi-skilled work
ers for shipbuilding and related
activities.
Most recent project developed
by Anderson is a community can
merry, originally financed by q
wealthy individual who learned OF
A~nderson's work through the re.
pair job which the boys in An.
d%erson's shop did on a valuable
piece of antique furniture. AS q
result, the individual gave a gift
VI PA,Ooo W IlC Qepdl llllSllL d1O
later remembered it in his will,
From the trust fund it was pos.
slble to erect the community can.
merry which now enables more thar
$50 families in the county to car
their meats and vegetables at ex.
ceedingly low cost.
The N. F. A. has a wellestab
lished chapter at Rocky Point anc
the recreation program is ranked
among the oldest and best in the
state. Nor have Anderson's efforts
been directed only to local enter.
prises. For many years he has
been the moving spirit of the East
ern Carolina Farmers Day, ane
during World War II he success.
fully conducted war bond and 9th.
er drives.