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neglected to move until the elevator was actually out of service, whereupon
he had to carry his own belongings down six flights of stairs and around
the corner to another hotel.
In comoiling a history of Mr. Anderson, I was told ! world probably
get some excellent information and possibly some tidbits from Oscar Collins,
a rather famous chief locker-room man at the River Oaks Country Club who had
been bell captain at the hotel where Mr. Anderson lived. Collins informed me
that he never really knew Mr. Anderson except that he was exceedingly c.uiet
and kind and that he had no idea of his prominence, thinking him to be a
bachelor secretary or clerk who lived and worked Aowntow .
During his thirty-two-year stay in H-'uston, he owned exactly four
automobiles, all of the same expensive manufacture, and this was his only
extravagance, When the first was outmoded, he attempted to trade it in on a
new one, but the dealer offered him so little for it that he decided to keep it and
the new car too. For several years he owned both cars, keeping one at his
hotel and the other in a garage about half way to his office. Pe would drive
one car from the hotel to the garage every morning, transfer to the other,
and continue to his office. The hotel and office were less than a mile apart,
yet it is not of record that he ever walked the entire distance; in fact,
for a number of years it took two cars to get the job done. I suppose this
saved wear and tear on the new car, and we do not know 4"dzh car appeared at
work and which car he took in the evening.
One Christmas he gave a silver dollar to one of his nephews, aged
approximately six, and about a half an hour later gave him a cap pistol.
The nephew was thrilled with the pistol but soon discovered that he had no caps.
When this was made known to Uncle Mon, he said, "I believe T just happen toI
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Greenwood, James, Jr. Monroe Dunaway Anderson: Benefactor of Medicine and Mankind, text, October 5, 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth822881/m1/23/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Moody Medical Library, UT.