Handle Manufacturer of the Past, LaPierre-Sawyer Handle Co.

LaPierre-Sawyer brochure

LaPierre-Sawyer Handle Co.
Jackson, MS

LaPierre-Sawyer was acquired by IXL Manufacturing Group of Bernie, MO, and apparently they were bought by Ames True Temper, located on East Hunt Rd., Bernie, MO. LaPierre-Sawyer produced better than average quality handles.

1962 article:
The LaPierre-Sawyer Handle Co., founded in Jackson in 1902, has been sold to E.L. Keathley of Bernie, Mo., owner of other handle mills in Southeast Missouri; the majority of shares was held by the LaPierre family and, following the sudden death of M.G. LaPierre, his sons, G.M. and Tom LaPierre, decided to sell.