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align="right" vspace="10" hspace="10" width="314" height="503"/>Edward “Doc” Anderson, 1903
Died 1977
Boy Scout Troop #28 was organized in November 1928 and consisted of 30 African-American boys from the west-end/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="5bfb02c78e5e07f2e1e3a33e2762354f" target="_blank" >west end of town. First Scoutmaster was Edward “Doc” Anderson (1903-1977), who provided fatherly leadership and guidance for many years. He was assisted by several prominent adult leaders of the African-American glossary/community/" class="glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="4a059c64be14ee4db39f1afef9a9a753" target="_blank" >community. For his years of unselfish and outstanding service, Anderson was awarded the silver beaver award by the Land-O-Lakes Council in 1953. A crane operator at the Albion Malleable Iron Company, and a native of Pensacola, Florida, Anderson is pictured in this 1953 photograph wearing his Silver Beaver award.
Source: frank">Frank Passic. Albion in the 20th Century. Chicago, IL: Arcadia Publishing. 2002.