La Crosse Tribune in La Crosse, Wisconsin

Leather Is His Bag A California Hob By

California born Bill Meir, a 1966 Aquinas High School graduate, has turned leather work into a business. He started by making and selling items, opened a shop at Lake Tahoe, spent a summer in Florida, and returned to La Crosse where he had worked as a carpenter since last March. Meir won first place in crafts at the Spring Green Art Fair for a leather bikini and has also made a leather coat. He has since returned to California with his brother Chuck.