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Machine Co., and later managed several small manufacturing firms, including the Morris B. Anderson Clothing Co. In 1918, he joined Albert Little in founding the Anderson-Little Co., with outlets in Boston and Watertown, Mass. In 1936, he moved to Fall River where they established their factory there. The company currently has 32 outlets throughout New. England, including one in Middietown. After moving to Miami in 1946, he helped found an innovative scholarship loan program at the University of Miami. Besides his son, Mr. Anderson leaves his second wife, Mrs. Jeanette Anderson of Miami, whom he married in 1969; son, Raymond R. Anderson of Barrington, five grandsons and a granddaughter. His first wife, Mrs.Sophie Anderson, died in Newport in 1967. The funeral and burial were in Miami today.
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Anderson-Little Co. of Fall River, Mass., died Wednesday in Mercy Hospital in Miami. Mr. Anderson was born in Russia. When he was 13 years old, his family came to this country and settled in Boston. He began his career as an
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Richman significantly expanded its marketing area by taking over on
November 1, 1966, Anderson-Little, a New England chain of 14 retail stores, with two outlets in Rhode Island, seven in Massachusetts and five in Connecticut, plus manufacturing facilities in Fall River,
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Anderson–Little stores and announced it would shut the division down entirely, but a buyer was found and the remnants of Anderson–Little were sold to Cliftex Manufacturing (owners of Gentleman's Wearhouse (not to be confused with
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America as a teen; before co-founding Anderson-Little he had worked for
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