Kings County
Biographies
ALEXANDER R. ANDERSON, JR., D. V. M.
In the front rank of Kings county’s professional men, possessing a thoroughly disciplined mind and keeping in close touch with the trend of modern thought relative to his calling, stands Dr. Alexander R. Anderson, Jr., a successful veterinary surgeon of Hanford. Dr. Anderson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 12th of May, 1898. While he was still a child, the family moved to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and in the schools of that city he secured his elementary education. He was then a cadet student at the noted Culver Military Academy, at Culver, Indiana. Having decided to devote his life to the practice of veterinary surgery, he then entered the Grand Rapids Veterinary College, at Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was graduated in 1918, standing second in his class. To him also belongs the honor of having been the youngest practicing veterinary surgeon in the United States. During the World war, the Doctor enlisted and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the veterinary service, being stationed at Camp Greenburg, Georgia, from May, 1918, to December, 1919. He then entered upon the practice of his profession at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, but in 1920 he went to Fresno, California, and formed a professional partnership with Dr. McKenna, the county veterinarian of Fresno county. He was made field deputy and milk inspector for that county and was also appointed meat inspector for the city of Fresno. In 1922 Dr. Anderson came to Hanford and established the Hanford Veterinary Hospital, which is considered one of the finest small veterinary hospitals in the state for animal inspection. Dr. Anderson enjoys a large general practice and has an especially large practice in the treatment of dogs, which are brought to him from all over the central part of the San Joaquin valley. He is the official veterinarian for the Raisin Belt Kennel Club, and he is also for the Hanford District Raisin Belt Kennel Club. He is a lover of dogs and owns one of the finest bird dogs in the state of California. The Doctor is very fond of hunting and appreciates the qualities of a good hunting dog.
Dr. Anderson is a member of Hanford Lodge No. 1259, benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the American Legion, the Forty and Eight, the San Joaquin Valley Veterinary Association, the California State Veterinary Association and the Hanford Kiwanis Club, and he is assistant scoutmaster of the Boy Scouts for Kings county. In 1918 Dr. Anderson was married to Miss Clarabel Crawford, who was born and reared at Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Doctor has been very successful in his professional work since coming to Hanford and by his genial manner, public spirit and active interest in the community welfare has earned the high place which he holds in public esteem.
History of Tulare County and Kings County, California – Kathleen Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. I, Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926, Page 612
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JAMES ANDERSON
Peculiar honor attaches to that individual who, beginning the active battle of life unaided, overcomes the obstacles in his pathway and by the virtue of his own force and vitality succeeds in forging his way to the front. Such is the record of James Anderson, the well known citizen of Hanford to whom these lines are devoted, and who holds the responsible position of district superintendent of the Southern California Edison Company at Hanford. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on the 9th day of July, 1891.
James Anderson was educated in the public schools of Aberdeen and in 1906, when fifteen years of age, he emigrated to this country, locating first in London, Ontario, Canada, where he obtained employment as a boxmaker in a cigar factory. In 1909 he came to California, locating in Fountain Springs, near Porterville, Tulare county, where for two years he was employed on ranches. On March 17, 1911, he went to work for the Mount Whitney Power Company, digging post holes and doing other construction work. In 1912 he was made a lineman, and was so employed until December 20, 1912, when he went to work for the Tulare County Power Company as lineman, and later as foreman. On March 22, 1915, he returned to the Mount Whitney Power Company as lineman. On February 5, 1918, he entered the military service of the United States, being assigned to the Three Hundred and Nineteenth Regiment of Engineers, which became a part of the Eighth Division. He was sent overseas and saw active service there until the end of the great struggle. Upon his return to civil life Mr. Anderson was employed as foreman by the Southern California Edison Company, with whom he has remained continuously since. On May 15, 1920, he was made assistant district superintendent, with headquarters in Visalia, and on June 1, 1921, was made superintendent of the Kings county division. His position carried with it a large measure of responsibility, but Mr. Anderson, by faithful and conscientious attention to detail, has performed his duties to the entire satisfaction of his superiors.
Mr. Anderson was married to Ruth Kalbfleich, a native of North Dakota. He is a member of Visalia Lodge No. 128, F. & A. M., and exemplifies in his life the beneficent principles of that time-honored order. A plain, unassuming gentleman, straightforward in all his relations with is fellowmen, he enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who know him.
History of Tulare County and Kings County, California – Kathleen Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. I, Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926, Page 509
Transcribed by Jeannie Miyama