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The students of Westminster College take pride in dedicating the 1958 Argo to Mr. Alfred O. Shaffer, the man who is largely resj)onsible for the beauty of our campus. As the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, Mr. Shaffer has contributed many years of invaluable ser- vice to the maintenance of the physical plant of the college. Born near Greenfield in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Mr. Shaf- fer received his education at the Lackawanna public schools. While attending school he was interested in music and took an active part in church singing. Mr. Shaffer started to work as an apprentice in the building industry, first as a stone mason, then as a plasterer. Later he became a plastering contractor in Sharon, Pennsylvania. Because of his competence in the fields of carpentry, electricity and heating, Mr. Shaffer was invited to become the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds in 1932. Under his capable leadership the de- partment, whose headquarters were located in a barn near the present site of Galbreath Hall, became quite well organized. When the barn burned down in 1940, destroying most of the equipment, the head- quarters was moved to the basement of Hillside Dormitory. After his service in France during World War I, Mr. Shaffer married Dorothy Steel. They are th e parents of three children, two sons and a daughter, and are the grandparents of five. Mr. Shaffer has served as a deacon and is presently an elder in the New Wilmington LTnited Presbyterian Church. Through the years he has used his spare time to pursue his interest in buying and remodeling homes. Mr. Shaffer ' s major concern has always been the beautifying and landscaping of the campus. He supervised the planting of all the lawns on what is now the quadrangle. He has devoted himself tirelessly to the college, working late many nights and being called out often when things have gone wrong. With deep gratitude we dedicate the 1959 Argo to Mr. Alfred Shaffer, a man whose contribution to Westminster College cannot be measured. Dedication 4
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