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Show Pleasant Grove Woman Observes 85thBirthday By Mrs. Harold S. Walker Mrs. Mary Christena Anderson, one of Pleasant Grove's oldest residents, resi-dents, celebrated her eighty-fifth birthday anniversary Wednesday of last week. In honor of the occasion, Mrs. Anderson's An-derson's grand-daughter, Mrs. Eva Proctor, entertained. Dinner was served for Mrs. Anderson and ten of her old friends. "Hard work never hurt anybody". That is an important part of Mrs. Anderson's philosophy. Her fine family was educated in the "university "univer-sity of hard knocks," she says, and to this she accredits much of their success. suc-cess. Mrs. Anderson lives alone near the ; city cemetery. Asked if she is lonely, lone-ly, she replied: "Why should I be? When you're good company for yourself, your-self, you don't get lonely." Mrs. Anderson was born Christena Nelson, in Denmark, July 26, 1854. She came to this country as a convert con-vert to the L. D. S. faith, at the age of 21, making her home with an aunt in Pleasant Grove. In 1876 she was married to Morice Anderson. Ten years later he passed away, leaving her with the responsibility of caring for three small children, Edwin, Ed-win, who how lives in Idaho; Mrs. Tena Warburton who passed away several years ago, and A. A. Ander- son of Provo, executive of the Utah Parks Council of Boy Scouts of America. To provide for the little family, Miss Anderson relates, "I worked with my two hands, just as hard and fast as I could." She was a dressmaker dress-maker and weaver, and most of the old homes in Pleasant Grove have been carpeted from her loom. She still enjoys keeping her little home, and is an' excellent housekeeper. house-keeper. Her kitchen is spotless. She enjoys reading and other educational education-al pursuits, and much of her time is taken up with them. o |
