Hanson was born in Stone Ridge, N.B. December 2, 1873, the son of Thomas and Emmeline (Morehouse) Hanson. He is a retired Aroostook Valley Railroad employe. He has one sister, Mrs. Marcia Everett of Presque Isle who is 92 years old.
Hostesses for the occasion were his daughters, Miss Mae Hanson of Washburn and Mrs. Sidney Brewer of Zealand, N. B., Miss Alice McKay Perham poured coffee.
Guests attending were Mrs. Sidney Brewer and Hanson's grandson Richard Brewer of Zealand, N. B., Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Waddell, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wight, Mrs. Grace Wight, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Crouse, Mrs. Mae Chandler, Mrs. Robert Gaiggey, Earl Everett, Mrs. Marcia Everett, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shaw; Mr. and Mrs. Leon Hersey, and his daughter Mrs. Ella Brewer all of Presque Isle; Mrs. Blanche Carpenter and Mrs. Maxine Bubar of Monticello, Miss Alice McKay and Angus McKay of Perham.
Dwight Vance of Caribou; Mrs. Eleanor Ball, and Mrs. Harriett Keirstead of Mapleton; Mr. and Mrs. Hanford Duncan, Janet, and Lori, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Bugbee, Mr. and Mrs. William Forbes, Peter, Beth and David, Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Jardine, Mr. and Mrs. William Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Arden Bull, Mrs. Arnold Davis, Mrs. Juanita Herrick, Zealie Smith, Mrs. Bernice Umphrey, Miss Doris Umphrey and Mrs. Vesta Stairs, all of Washburn.