Multnomah-Tillamook County OR Archives Biographies.....Mayer, Ward March 24, 1889 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 254 - 255
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     Liberally endowed with the qualities of energy and determination, Ward 
Mayer has made substantial progress toward the goal of success and is now an 
important factor in business circles of Portland. He was born March 24, 1889, 
and is a native of Madison, Wisconsin. His parents were Wiley C. and Catherine 
(Lott) Mayer, of whom the former was sales manager for a large Chicago 
wholesale grocery house, and both have passed away. Ward Mayer received a 
public school education and before locating in Oregon had traveled throughout 
the west, also making a tour of the southwest. In 1913, when twenty-four years 
of age, he became identified with contracting activities in Tillamook county 
and in 1921 allied his interests with those of Portland. He is now at the head 
of the firm of Mayer & McMillan, who have been awarded many contracts, and the 
rapid growth of the business is an eloquent testimonial to the quality of 
their work. Their offices are situated in the Pacific building and employment 
is furnished to about one hundred and fifty men. The business covers railroad 
and concrete construction and the firm specializes in construction of all 
kinds for the lumbering industry, sometimes taking logging and milling 
contracts to facilitate such constructions. The best equipment obtainable 
facilitates the work, every detail of which is closely supervised, and the 
business is conducted with system and efficiency.

     In 1912 Mr. Mayer was united in marriage to Miss Marjorie Laird Hineline, 
of Beloit, Wisconsin, and they have become the parents of three children: 
Kathryn, Marjorie and Richard. Mr. Mayer is a member of the Chamber of 
Commerce and the Knights of Pythias, while in politics he is a republicon. 
Through the exercise of his powers of organization and administration he has 
created a business of direct value to Portland and the surrounding district 
and occupies a high place in the esteem of his fellow citizens.

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