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About La Grande observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1959-1968 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1959)
Observer, La Grande, Or., Wed., Oct. 14, 1959 Paga 6 Robert Sawyer, Bend Civic Leader, Dead BEND ITU Funeral arrange ments were being made today for Hobert W. Sawyer, former editor and publisher of the Bend Bulletin and ai outstanding Oregon eon servution and reclamation leader for nearly half a century. Sawyer. 7. died Tuesday after noon at St. Charles Memorial hos pital, which he helxti build, after suffering a heart attack. He had planned to enter a I'ortland hos pital today for minor surgery. Sawyer, who served in many fields, was born May 12, ltlUO. in Bangor, Maine. He came here in 1912 and went to work for George I 'aimer Putnam, then publisher of the weekly Bulletin, in 1!H3. Saw yer purchased the newspaper in 1!M4 and it became a daily in 1IU7, the day Deschutes cou ily was formed out of Crook county He sold the newspaper to Hubert W. Chandler in 1103. After his retirement from the newspaper field he remained ac tive in conservation work and re tained an interest in radio station KBND. He was Deschutes county judge from 1920 to 11127 and vfas on the State Highway Commission from 11127 to littO. He was president ol the Oregon Iteclamation Congress from 1M1 to 1937 and was Oregon director of the National Keclama tion Association from l'.(35 to litfH "Outstanding Citizen" In 1953 Sawyer was proclaimed by former Gov. Charles A. Sprague, Salem publisher, as Ore gon's outstanding citizen of the half century. Karlier he had re ceived the Amos Voorhies award for outstanding accomplishments in the field of journalism. In inrt lie was called the state's leading conservationist of the half century by the Oregon chapter of the Izaak Walton league. Survivors include his widow. Mary, a daughter, Mrs. Harry Bartlett of Fresno, Calif.; three sons, Robert Sawyer Jr., Scars dale, N.Y.; Alfred Sawyer, New York City, and George C. Sawyer, of Maine, and a sister, Mrs. Thur low M. Gordon, New York City. When Oregon's capitol building was destroyed by fire in 1935 he was one of the men called on to help with an advisory reconstruc tion Hoard. He remained to serve on the state capital reconstruction commission from 1935 to 1939. then became chairman of the Capital Planning Commission which shaied expansion plans for the capital grounds. He also served on the Oregon Statuary Hall Commission and vtas its vice chairman from 1945 to I!'.') I Sawyer, a graduate of Harvard, also was an attorney and prac ticed law in Masschusctts before coming west. Hdpcd Build Hospital He was president of the Oregon Kditorial Association from 1927 to 1929 and through the years was a lover of the outdoors. Before and during his retirement he was a director of the American Forestry Association and also was on the Pacific Northwest Kogioual For est Advisory Council. He was a life member of the Maamas, Oregon Alpine group. One of his outstanding accom plishments here was heading the group which paved the way for construction of the million dollar St. Charles Memorial Hospital. He shared leadership with the late Call A. Johnson, lie was long president of the Central Oregon Hospital Foundation ' and at the time of his death was the founda tion's president emeritus. In 1929 he served at president of the Bend Chamber of Com merce. For many years Sawyer was a director of the Oregon Historical Society. He was the son of Robert Wil liain and Martha Sawyer and be fore entering Harvard received his education at Phillips - Kxeter Academy at Kxeter, N. H. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 11)10. i,m V BERRA'S SON INJURED MONTCLAIR. N.J. ttTIi Tim othy Iterra. 8 year-old son of New York Yankee catcher Yogi Berra. was injured Thursday when his bicycle was hit by an automobile. He was reported in good condi tion at a hospital after treatment for head and body bruises. ,--;V.;i,il- A -'V f'v LEAVES COURT AGAIN Carole Tregoff, followed by her attorney, Robert Neeg, leaves Superior Court in Pomona, Calif., after Jude James (J. Whyte denied a motion to increase Miss Tregoff s bail from $25,000 to $100,000. While in court Miss Tregoff was served a subpena to appear before the county grand jury next week regarding new developments in her case. She along with Dr. Bernard Finch, are scheduled to go on trial Nov. 24, 1959 for the murder of Barbara Jean Finch, the doctor's estranged wife, last July. Last Day Of Water Resources Hearing On Dam Application PORTLAND ' CPI 1 Today uas the last day of the Oregon Water Kesources Board hearing here in to Portland General Klectnc Com pany's application for a license to build the 71 million dollar Hound Butte dam on the Deschutes river in Central Oregon. The parade of opposing itness es late Tuesday included sokes men for the Chamber of Com merce of Astoria, Columbia Itiver Salmon and Tuna Packers Asso ciation, Oregon Wildlife Federa tion, Columbia Itiver Fishermen's Protective Association and others mostly sports fishermen. The Hoard ruled both the As tenia Chamber and the Columbia It Her Packers groups out as off i cial protestants due to filing re quirement discrepancies. A former director of the Atomic Fnergy Commission's Division of Heactor Development, W. Kenneth Davis, appeared for PGE. Nuclear Can't Compete Davis said that economically, nuclear power plants of today and tomorrow couldn't compete FORD AGENCY HERE SHOWS 'NEW LINES' Models of the new lines Ford Edsel, Lincoln and Mercury ire now on display at Hand Ford Sales, Chestnut and Jefferson Streets here. All models present a distinc tive new look for I960, with three series of fine cars in the Lincoln line. They are the Lincoln, Lin coin Premiere and Lincoln Con tinental. The ISHiO Ford represents a styling theme originally created for later use but brought for ward because of the spontane ous enthusiasm of company man agement when they first saw the car in advance studios. New Styling The new Edscl features com pletely new styling, a new wide tread, long-spring ride, and a price that is competitive with top models of the "popular three." Mercury has an exclusive body shell. This means its distinctive styling is shared with no other car. It features also the greatest riding improvement in a genera tion. Sleek styling of Mercury includes both exterior and in terior "new looks." COMPLETE REDESIGN ' A complete redesign' from bumber to bumper is the boast of the Ford line. One of the most important features of the new lines is ' comfort-engineer ing." Its IS different models of fer a total of six different roof lines, with the Fairlane series at the low end of the line. 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Volunteer firemen will provide a free lunch for the public alt he fire station following the demon stration and drill. Pheasant Hunter Killed As State Death Toll Is 15 MEDFORD il'PI A fatally wounded pheasant hunter Tuesday upped the 19.r9 Oregon hunting season death toll to 15 lives. Of the total, seven died by gunshot and the others by heart attacks. Lavern Cornell Watrud, 42, Med ford, was hunting on the ranch of his brother-in-law Cecil Norris. near here when the accident oc curred. Cornell told police Watrud left the house about 3:45 p.m. ami drove over a plowed field in search of pheasant. About 6 p.m. Cornell and his son Patrick, 8. came upon Watrud lying alongside the automobile Cornell said the only thing Wat rud could gasp was, "I'm shot." He was dead on arrival at Rogue Valley Memorial hospital. Man Placed On Probation For Plea To Theft Circuit Judge W. F. Brownton yesterday afternoon placed Gor don Eugene Kmery, 37, lai Grande, on constitutional proba tion for tne year fedlowing his guilty plea to theft. Emery was picked up by police on an attempted auto theft charge, and he admitted taking six cases of oil and some hub caps in a statement to District Attorney George Anderson Jr. Judge Brownton told Emery that he must serve two months in the county jail, with five days a month off ft- good behavior. Then the man is on a year of probation, with conditions that he must not drink any alcoholic beverage, enter any bar, stay off the streets at late hours, proper ly support his family, make good on all articles he took and ob serve all the laws of the city, slate and nation. David Stoddard Joins Air Guard David J Stoddard. lit. 1 La Grande, has become a member of the Oregon Air National Guard. Stoddard. 17. was assigned to the H2nd I'SAF Dispensary. tie will altend a basic training' indoctrination course at the Port land International airport before attending nine weeks of basic train ing at Lackland Air Force base, Texas. After completing his training tour, he will return to Oregon Air Guard lo serve the remainder of his military obligation by attending weeknd training drills and summer encampments. Stoddard is a junior at La Grande High School. His father Dr. David II. Stoddard, is a medi cal olficer in the Oregon Air Guard with the rank of major and is a prominent La Grande physician. FICKLE CONSUMERS BASKORD, England UPI lloola - hoop manufacturer Basil Walker appeared at bankruptcy hearings Thursday and blamed his plight on consumer demand "drying up overnight." 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