WOODRUFF HYRUM ANDERSON


1898 - 1946

HYRUM WOODRUFF ANDERSON

     Hyrum Woodruff Anderson, son of John H. and Annie Charlotte Eliason Anderson
was born December 15, 1898 at Logan, Utah.

     He was the sixth child in the family. It may be a little confusing to some with
respect to his name.  He always signed his name as W. H. Anderson and often
said he wasn't sure which of his name came first but father's family record
records him as Hyrum Woodruff Anderson.

     He was baptized a member of the Church December 18, 1906 in the Logan Temple
by Jacob Miller and confirmed a member by Joseph Caroley the same day.

     He wasn't considered a strong robust sort of boy as in his early childhood he had
a bad sick spell with a high fever which the doctors said was inflammatory and
confined him to his bed for a long time.  This left him with a bad heart condition.
His Brother Joe was the "Big Brother" body guard and protector so to speak.  When
he was about 12 years old he got a pair of ice skates for Christmas. We used the
canal east of our home for skating and was pretty good as we could go clear out to
Hyde Park.

     There is always a bully or smart kid in every group and we had one. His name was
Jerald Morehead.  On one occasion we were teaching Woodruff to skate and this
smart kid would delight in tripping the smaller boys by twitching a willow in front
of them and, of course, down they would fall.  Well, he played this trick on Woodruff
and this made his brother Joe very angry and told him never to try it again or there
would be something doing. He was a fat kid and much bigger than most of the boys
so didn't take our threats very serious.  He repeated the act again and in minutes Joe
said he had the battle of his life.  Joe was confident he won the fight but both boys
ended up with bloody noses.

     Woodruff attended school at the Benson, graduated from Logan High and went on to
college at the Utah State where he received his Masters Degree.  He taught school
in Big Piney, Wyoming, in Nevada, Payson, Utah and Springville.  He was recognized
in his work and outstanding programs in the F.H.A, all over Utah.

     He filled a mission to the Central States. He was active in church work wherever
he lived. His last school job was Springville where he built a fine modern brick
home. He was accepted well with all his neighbors and co-laborers, both in school
and the Ward.  His co-workers at school spoke of his devotion to his students and
said he had the respect of every one of them.

     Woodruff and Joe were real companions.  They seemed to be much alike in their
choices or ways.  They both liked fancy pigeons and chickens.  Woodruff took a
fancy to Buff Leghorne's and we sent for 30 baby chicks from a good breeder.
Before long he had a fine little block of good quality birds and took prizes at the shows.

     While teaching at Springville, he also became interested in "Racing Homer Pigeons".
He trained and flew them. Some of his birds made good records in long distance
flights.  We often exchanged birds and pedigrees.  Records were kept of each bird
and each bird was registered with leg bands.  We kept only the best for breeding.
We often showed our chickens and pigeons at Salt Lake and Ogden and was widely
known over the state for quality birds.

     In his school teaching his big job was with the F.H.A., boys.  He gained recognition
all over the state for this program.

     His judging teams often won first place in competition.  He often brought the boy's
to Logan as "F.H.A." boys from all over the state came to Utah State for conventions
and instruction.  They often came to Logan a day early and we set up a little show
of our own and gave the boys our knowledge for good and bad points to look out for
in judging.  Even after Woodruff's passing, these men who knew him would stop in
and say what a wonderful man our brother was and comment on his integrity as a
leader.

VITAL STATISTICS

     On June 25, 1925 Woodruff married Emily Thornton in the Logan Temple and is the
father of two children, a son Woodruff Erwin and a daughter. Both Ann.  Both have
married in the Temple and have fine families.

     Woodruff died in Springville, Utah, October 28, 1946 and is buried in Logan
Cemetery.




 Emily and Woodruff Anderson