The Anderson Sisters
Laura M. Anderson Born: 25 March 1910 in Pine Bluff and was raised in Bauxite where she graduated in 1929. She attended Arkansas State Teachers College (UCA) and received her master’s degree from the University of Wyoming. She taught nine years in Bryant and began teaching seventh and eighth grade English teach at Bauxite in 1942, retiring in 1975.
She was a charter member and past president of Mu Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma. She was a member of the Arkansas Education Association and the National Education Association. She was a member of Grand Avenue United Methodist Church in Hot Springs. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star and Past Worthy Grand Matron. She Passed away on March 19, 2005.
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Audrey D. Anderson Born: Nov 11, 1914, in Bauxite where she was raised and graduated from Bauxite High School in 1933. After High School she attended Arkansas State Teachers College (now University of Central Arkansas) and earned her master’s degree at the University of Wyoming. She began teaching in Pine Haven in 1937 and taught for 40 plus years in the Bauxite School system.
She served as President in 1945 and was a charter member of the Mu Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma educational honor society. She was a member of the Arkansas Education Association and the National Education Association. She was a member of the Grand Avenue Methodist Church in Hot Springs and a member of the Order of Eastern Star. She passed away on June 2, 2007.
The Anderson Sisters were legendary teachers for the students who knew them late in their teaching careers, not only for their longevity at Bauxite but mostly due to the memories we still carry. A few of those memories are noted below:
“If you were fortunate enough to have 7th and 8tl grade English with Miss Laura you were going to learn how to spell words. She required us to turn our spelling words in every day with each word being written ten times.”
“l personally got my penmanship from Miss Laura. I was fortunate to have been hired two times on work application for my penmanship. She was very kind to her students, and I enjoyed her class.”
“Miss Audrey would read aloud to us at the end of every day, she read us all the “Little House” books, and I still love them to this day. She fostered a love of reading in me. Miss Laura was “perfection” when it came to grammar and spelling; because of her, I sailed through all my required college English classes without a problem. She insisted on neatness and penmanship, and she would have been proud of some of the beautiful nurses notes I wrote during my 42-year career in those days before computers. I was blessed to be taught by both of them.”
“l don’t remember if it was 7th or 8th grade, but I remember diagramming sentences and conjugating verbs. I go, you go, he, she or it goes, we go, you go, they go…. I don’t think anyone would have dared say “l seen” in her class.”
“Diagramming sentences would have been Miss Laura’s idea of a fun Friday night!”
“One thing I remember is the difference between “take” and “bring.” A lot of people took when they should have brought.”
“Miss Laura introduced us to poetry. I remember Battle of the Light Brigade. I can still feel the shakes from standing up and reciting it in front of the entire class.”
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