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Note: s 50's. Prior to that he had been in partnership in a hardware business. Recently in a book on the 75th Anniversary of Star City, SK. I found the note, - "The town had the best tinsmith who ever handled tin, namely, Mr. James Anderson."(GW)
James Anderson was a director of the newly formed Binscarth (Manitoba) Park Association in 1904. This was an organization which acquired land on the north side of the town where they held sports days,and had a race track. Now in(2002)there is a 9 hole golf course,it has a couple of baseball diamonds, a skating rink and a three sheet artificial ice curling rink. James was a Charter member of the Masonic Lodge in Binscarth in 1905 He was a Charter member of the Old Fellows Lodge in Binscarth in 1907.
In 1924 he became the Mayor of Gladstone, Manitoba.
Obituary from the Star City Echo, March 1942
Star City - Star City lost one of its most prominent and best beloved citizens on March 5, when James Anderson died in his 72nd year. He died after a short illness having been active in his tinsmithing business until three weeks before his death. Mr. Anderson was born on a farm near Chesley, Ont., on June 24, 1870. He served his apprenticeship in Palmerston, Ont., afterwards moving to Toronto where he married Gertrude B. Broadwood, in 1894. The couple lived in Palmerston, Ont, for four years and at various times in Neepawa, Binscarth, Gladstone, and Dauphin, Man., until 1928, when they moved to Star City, Sask.. In every place in which the family lived, Mr. Anderson took an active part in community and church affairs. He was Mayor of Gladstone for several years, where he conducted a hardware business in that town. He was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church and later in the United Church and also had been a Sunday School Superintendent at various times. In Star City, Mr. Anderson conducted a tinsmithing business. He was a member of the Town Council, First President of the Rink Association and for several years Secretary of the Curling Club. He was keenly interested in gardening and made his home a real beauty spot with trees, shrubs, flowers, fruit trees and a productive vegetable garden. The funeral service was held in the Star City United Church, with the Rev. W. G. Mahon officiating. The pulpit and pulpit platform were covered with flowers, testimony to the esteem in which he was held by his wide circle of friends. Pallbearers were S. G. Edworthy, M. Mooney, S. G. Starkey, J. Smiley, R. Gilliland and W. Groat. Burial was made in the Star City cemetery. He is survived by his widow, three daughters, Mrs. A. C. Luffman of Landis, Sask., Mrs. Lorne S. McCarthy and Mrs. S. J. McKenzie of Winnipeg and two sons, William A. of Wolseley,Sask. and Norman J. of Montreal,Que. There are also suriving 12 grandchildren.
Note: Jim in his late teens trained as a tinsmith, but did not work at it until in hi
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