Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, December 15, 1950 P.12

Death Comes to G.W. Anderson in Two Rivers
George W. Anderson, 61, (photo) former chief engineer of the two plants of the
Aluminum Goods Manufacutring (sic) company in Two Rivers, a member of one of
the first families to settle in Two Rivers and an alderman under the old mayor
form of government, died Friday morning at his home, 1715 Adams street, Two
Rivers.
Mr. Anderson had been bed ridden since Jan. 19, 1949, when he was stricken with
a heart attack. However, in March of the previous year his health began to fail.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Grace Congregtional church,
Two Rivers, under the auspices of the Two Rivers lodge of Masons, No. 200. The
Rev. Richard Wichlei will deliver the funeral sermon while the Masonic rites will
be directed by Heber Clayton, chaplain of the lodge. Interment will be in Pioneers'
Rest cemetery, Two Rivers.
Friends may call at the Beduhn, Deja and Martin Inc., funeral home, Two Rivers,
from 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon until 10 o'clock Monday morning when the casket
will be taken to the church to lie in state until the hour of services.
Started as Lakes Sailor
George Wilbur Anderson was born in Wausau in 1889, a son of the late Arnold K. and
Theresa Hallauer Anderson. When he was 12 years old he came to Two Rivers to live
with his grandfather, the late George Hallauer. After attending the public grade
schools and the high school he started to sail on Great Lakes schooners. Deeply
interested in engineering he soon became an engineer on the old sail gas powered
vessels.
Mr. Anderson retired from the lakes after a few years to take a position in the power
plant of the Two Rivers municipal utility. In 1914 he became engineer in the power
plant of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing company, Plant No. 1, when a steam turbine
was installed. A number of years later he was made chief engineer of both power plants
of the Aluminum Goods firm plants in Two Rivers.
Intensely interested in civic affairs since he was a youth he was one of the youngest
aldermen to serve under the old mayor form of government. He retired afer one term,
but for years until the time of his illness, served on the Two Rivers transportation
commission and earlier on the Two Rivers municipal hospital board.
Interested in Lakes, Vessels
Mr. Anderson never lost his love for the lakes, maintaining his license to engineer
oil propelled vessels on outlying waters until he was last stricken with illness. In
his earlier years he contributed numerous stories to the Two Rivers Reporter relative
to marine events, among them the complete account of the sinking of the old steamer
Vernon in 1887, in which 19 persons lost their lives.
Mr. Anderson's collection of old time pictures of the community was the finest in the
city. Many of them were published in The Reporter in the "Half-Century" edition last
January. He possessed a remarkable memory of the early happenings in his adopted home
of Two Rivers, which furnished exceedingly interesting stories in the Two Rivers
newspapers.
Although Mr. Anderson's education was limited, his descriptive writings of early Two
Rivers and vicinity were flawlessly constructed. All of his contributions, due to his
sheer modesty, were anonymously offered.
Surviving are his widow, the former Grace Slater of Sturgeon Bay, whom he married in
1916, and two sons, George S. Anderson of Memorial Drive and Allan J. Anderson of Two
Rivers. There are also three grandchildren.
Since a young man Mr. Anderson was affiliated with the Two Rivers lodge of Masons. He
had been a director of the Two Rivers Building & Loan association holding the ????
until the time of his death. Long a member of the Grace Congregational church he also
belonged to the Men's Brotherhood of the church. Socially, he held a membership in the
old Katzenjammer club for many years.
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Marriage of George/Grace Anderson (George d. 1950)

ALDERMAN ANDERSON TAKES A BRIDE
Miss Grace Ruth Slater and George A. Anderson were married at noon
Thursday by the Rev. Helmich of the Moravian Church at the home of the
bride's parents. Her brother Harry and Mrs. Helmich were the witnesses.
The wedding was attended only by the family and Rev. and Mrs. Helmich.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Slater of this city and
while she has never resided here she always spent her vacations with her
parents. She has been head of the stenographic department of the
Hamilton Manufacturing plant at Two Rivers for eight years. Altho her
parents have lived here but three years, coming here from Fonda, Ia.,
she is a native Wisconsin girl, having been born in Charlestown.
Mr. Anderson is chief engineer of the Aluminum Goods Manufacturing
company of Two Rivers. The young couple will remain here until Sunday,
visiting points of interest in the county and will then leave for Two
Rivers. - Sturgeon Bay Democrat
The Reporter, Fri., Aug. 18, 1916