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WARWICK W. WEST
On Central Avenue, in the heart of
the prosperous city of Tracy, is found Joseph S. West & Son’s handsomely
appointed confectionery and ice cream parlor, one of the most popular places of
the West Side country. The business is
now owned and conducted by Warwick W. West, who was for many years, associated
with his father, the late Joseph S. West, a pioneer merchant, a man whose name
is endeared to the people of the Tracy country because of his many charities,
and kindly, noble acts.
Warwick W. West was born in Colusa,
California, on March 21, 1884, a son of Dr. Joseph S. and Anna Augusta (Hasker) West, both now
deceased. Warwick was reared and
schooled in his native city and was graduated from the Colusa High School in
1905, when he removed to Tracy, whither his parents had preceded him the year
before. He obtained employment with the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company which occupied him for a short time; then
entered the employ of the Mt. Diablo Light & Power Company, and still later
the Pacific Gas & Electric Company at their power house at Colgate and De
Sabla, these positions covering a period of six and a half years. He then returned to Tracy and became a
partner in his father’s business and has taken the active and sole management
of same since 1914.
The marriage of Mr. West united him
with Miss Ruth A. Moore, a daughter of Mrs. Virginia Moore of Tracy, who came
to California in 1918 from Kansas City, Missouri. They are the parents of one son, Walker
W. Mr. West is a member of the Chamber
of Commerce of Tracy and was recently initiated into the Tracy Lodge of Odd
Fellows. He is one of the most energetic
young businessmen of Tracy and is a loyal worker for its steadily growing
interests.
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Pages
1019-1020. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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