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- New York Times
Gastonia, NC, February. 6, (UP) - Robert C. Hascall, telegraph editor of the Gastonia Gazette, died in his hotel room today of a heart attack. He was 57 years old. He has been an active newspaper man in the South and East for thirty years.
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The Gastonia Gazette
February 7, 1949
Robert C. Hascall, 56, telegraph editor for The Gazette for the past year, died suddenly Sunday Morning following a heart attack in his room at a local hotel.
Mr. Hascall, a conscientous, hard-working newspaperman, had been in the business for the last 30 years, ever since his discharge from the Army following World War I.
He served as editor of the Sayre(Pa.) Times for 19 years and since that time has worked on the Cumberland (Md.) News, The Suffolk (Va.) News-Herald, The Washington Times-Herald, and the Kannapolis Daily Independent. He came to the Gazette from Kannapolis.
He was a native of Vermont, the son of a prominent Rutland jeweler. All the members of his immediate family are dead with the exception of a son, George, of Washington D.C., and a brother Tom, of Richmond, Ind.
Mr. Hascall, during his work with The Gazette, made many friends in Gastonia. He was actively affiliated with the Republican party in Gastonia, serving as publicity director of The Young Republican Federation of Gastonia. In addition to his desk work on newspapers for 30 years, he had been a local correspondent for the United Press in several localities before coming to Gastonia.
A man of pleasing disposition, Mr. Hascall loved newspaper work and tackled it with a fervor and zeal which would have done credit to a man much younger in years. He kept in close contact with the national political picture and was an expert on world affairs. His daily work at The Gazette consisted of handling all Associated Press wire news and selecting stories which made up the front page each day. With his wide newspaper experience, he was an ideal man for the job, which requires concentration and craftmanship.
Mr. Hascall spoke often of his hobbies, which, in the early part of his life, consisted of hunting and fishing in Vermont. Due to the nature of his work, he was forced to give up these activities to a great extent in the last few years but he spoke of these and similar recreations often.
During the first world war, he served overseas in the Corps of Army Engineers and saw action in combat. Later, he was in the Army of occupation at Coblenz. He became active in American Legion affairs at Sayre, Pa., while serving as editor of the paper there, and was at one time commander of the Sayre post. During his tenure, he was a leading figure in the organization of a drum and bugle corps composed of youngsters of high school age and adopted this activity as one of his hobbies.
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The Gastonia Gazette
February 8, 1949
Mr. Hascall, The Gazette's telegraph editor, had been dead five or six hours when the maid opened the door of his hotel room Sunday morning about 8:30. She called for help, and an examing doctor fixed the time of death at about 2 a.m. The veteran newsman had complainded Saturday that he was feeling bad, but appeared in good spirits when he talked to friends on the street late Saturday afternoon. He lived alone in his hotel room.
His newspaper friends from Gastonia, Kannapolis and Washington D.C., were to pay their last respects today at brief rites. Mr. Hascall's only brother, Tom, of Richmond, Ind., arrived Monday night to take charge of arrangements. Mr. Hascall also leaves a son, George, 21, who lives in Washington, D.C.
The Gazette's employees were to be honorary pallbearers, and active pallbearers were to be David Gillespie, Lyle Edwards, Sam Carpenter, Harry Morrison, Ken Alexander, and T. H. Wingate, managing editor of The Kannapois Daily Independent. They were the men worked side by side with Mr. Hascall during the last year and a half.
Prior to joining The Gazette staff, Mr. Hascall was on the staff of the Daily Independent, and before that worked for newspapers over the Eastern seaboard. He had been a newsman for more than 30 years. He was a native of Rutland, Vt.
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U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
Name: Robert C Hascall
Birth Date: 3 Aug 1892
Death Date: 6 Feb 1949
Cemetery: Hollywood Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
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New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919
Name: Robert C Hascall
Birth Place: W Rutland VT
Birth Date: abt 1887
Service Start Date: 26 Feb 1918
Service Start Place: Tompkins Co, New York
Service Start Age: 31
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