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Funeral services have been conducted for Wilburn “Otto” Williford, 87, a retired Tracy auto dealer and tow-service operator.

The Tracy Express 12-and-under girls’ softball team is seeking the national American Softball Association Class B title at the national tournament in Aurora, Colo. Cierra Kenney leads Express hitters with a .391 batting average.

A shortage of rental housing in Tracy has propelled rental rates skyward.

In discussions with Plan C developers, the city of Tracy is holding firm on fees it charges for new housing units, reported City Manager Fred Diaz.

David Menke is new president of Tracy Toastmasters. The 12-member club meets Friday mornings at Perko’s.

25 years ago — 1983
Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time Theater has opened on Clover Road west of Tracy Boulevard.

Construction has started on the Musco Olive Co. processing plant off Patterson Pass Road in the hills west of town. The plant will be opened as a sizing and storage facility and later will add canning operations.

Tracy Community Memorial Hospital has received a new three-year accreditation from the Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation, reported administrator Ruth Bolton.

Randy Boswell of the Mi Ranchito Saints doubled in the second inning, but the Mexican-American League All-Stars still lost to the Class C Modesto A’s, 7-4, at Modesto.

The thermometer hit 106 degrees as a heat wave descended on the Tracy area.

Two barns and a stack of hay burned at the Bacchetti & Silva Dairy north of town.

50 years ago — 1958
A spectacular fire that started at the rear of the building destroyed Tracy Auto Parts, 133 W. 11th St. Owners Jack and Jim Fisher said there was a loss of more than $100,000 in the building and inventory.

Trustees of the Tracy Elementary School District have decided not to use West Park School in the upcoming 1958-59 school year, after the school, built in 1923, was found structurally unsafe.

Double sessions are planned.

Former Mayor Manuel Rico, one of the architects of the council-manager form of government four years ago, is now a vocal critic of the actions of City Manager Bob Williams.

Friends of Dr. Allan R. Powers have raised nearly $500 as a 77th birthday gift for the retired physician and civic leader.

Auto dealer Otto Williford and Mary Curtis were married in ceremonies in Reno.

Earl’s Flying A Service is atop City “B” Softball League standings after waxing Sasser Tractor, 9-2. Leon Wroten and Keith Stewart led the Flying A attack.

75 years ago — 1933
The Denver Alfalfa Milling Co has erected two new warehouses at its complex on Grant Line Road.

George Clark, an 83-year-old veteran of the Civil War, has died.

Women’s silk dresses are selling at $2.98 at the J.C. Penney Co. store at the corner of 10th Street and Central Avenue.

George Luhrsen of Tracy has been elected to a third one-year term as president of the California School Employees Association. He is chief of maintenance at Tracy High School.

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