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- The Pilot Rock News
December 28, 1967
Memorial services for Percy Hascall will be held today (Dec. 28) at 2 p.m. at Folsom's Funeral Chapel in Pendleton with the Rev. Charles Falconer of the Community Presbyterian Church pfficiating. Internment will be in the Pilot Rock Cemetery.
He is survived ny his wife, Sadie; sons, Henry, Wayne and Gilbert of Pilot Rock and John of Renton Wash.; daughter Mrs Truman Cross Jr., Pilot Rock and two sisters, Mrs Frank Cable of Pilot Rock and Mrs Glenn Male of Echo and 16 grandchildren.
Mr. Hascall was born April 4, 1894 on West Birch, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hascall. He married Sadie Cable on Jan. 12, 1920 in Pendleton. A rancher and stockman, he has lived in this area all his life. Mr. Hascall was educated in this area and attended business college in Pendlton. Mr. Hascall died Saturday at St. Anthony Hospital of leukemia.
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Obituary, Pendleton Library Collection for Percy Eugene Hascall
Hascall, Percy Eugene, age 73, Late of Pilot Rock, Ore., husband of Sadie Hascall, Pilot Rock, Father og Henry, Wayne, Gilbert and Mrs. Truman Cross Jr., all of Pilot Rock, and John of Benton, Wash., grandfather of 16, brother of Mrs. Frank Cable, Pilot Rock and Mrs. Glenn Male, Echo, Ore,
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Pilot Rock News
November 2, 1987
Wasn't he cute? Percy Hascall
The picture in Stewards Old Timer Contest on October 19 was Percy Hascall when he was two years old taken at Bowens Studio in Pendleton. It was standard in those days for boys to wear dresses all fancy with eyelet embrodery, flounces and ruffles.
Percy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hascall was born Apr. 4, 1894 on West Birch on the place where Leland Post now lives, and Emil Belkes lived until recently.
Percy was a ranch boy and worked with his dad and brothers on the 2000 acre place where they raised hay on the bottom land and ran horses and cattle.
Pilot Rock was pretty small in those days. He remembers Sturtevant's store, a big white one, all open underneath where the kids used to play in the dirt. It stood on the corner where Perkin's Service Station is now. Then there was "Paddle Foot" who had the leather goods store.
Sylvester's Grocery Store that stood on Stewart's parking lot. Later it was torn down and his uncle Gene Hascall and Mr. Hale the latter of Pendleton put up a garage. The Pilot Rock Lumber Co. was in it later. He recalled it was then torn down and Sully Reimer put up a building occupied by K and R Grocerry and Pilot Rock News. Later the building was purchased by Bill Blowers who enlarged and remodeled for his grocert store.
Percy went through the 8th grade at the old Byrd School on Birch Creek. The one room school building is still standing. Early day teachers including Mrs. Allard, Mrs. Della Mulkey who was Percy's aunt; Roy Montgomery, Carrie Haycock who was Mrs. Gordon Chapman's mother.
Other members of the Hascall family were Lester, who recently passed on, Nettie Hascall Cable of Pilot Rock and Marian Hascall Male of Hermiston.
Later Percy stayed in Pendleton and attended business college across from the Temple Hotel then known as The Dorian.
Courtin'
Sadied Cable, who was to become Mrs. Percy Hascall, lived on the old Truman Cable place now owned by Mrs. Neal White. It was in 1918 that Percy came down and asked her to go to the show. Their first date was a shown in Pendleton. They went in a Ford that in those days had three little windows in the back. They went to all the country dances where they danced quadrilles, two steps and waltzes in all the homes up and down the Creek. Friday nights they went to the Pine Grove School on up the creek from Byrd School for the literary debates. The topics were issues of the times. The school has now been remodeled into a home by Mrs. and Mrs. Walter Jones.
Sadie recalls doing the janitor work at the Byrd School for $35 a month. She built the fires, scrubbed the floors once a month and carried water two miles to the school.
On Jan 12, 1920 they were married by the Justice of the Peace in Pendleton. They came back home and everyone on the Creek had congregated to welcome them. They danced until 5 in the morning at the Cable home.
Their first six years they lived where Wadle Markgraf now lives. They raised hay which they sold and which was fed out there on the place. K.G. Warner brought in a band of sheep and Robert Bond of Ukiah brought in 300 head of cattle. His place was the place the Robert Fletchers now have in Ukiah.
Then they moved up on his Grandad's place (Charles D. Hascall) where Howard Bielke now lives. Percy worked in the woods for his Uncle Jim Hascall who had the Hascall Saw Mill above the Catlett place. Precy worked at carpentry and recalls working in 20 degrees below zero weather on the George Rugg Sheep Sheds on Butter Creek. He helped build the Gibson sheep sheds on East Birch Creek.
In 1936 they bought the Al James place wherer they have lived ever since. They lived in the old house on the place built before 1878. The marvel that the old house is still standing as they say there isn't a 2x4 on it.
In 1961 they started building their new house which they moved into in 1963. Their sons and friends helped with the building. Sadie, a genuine hobbyist, has the yard cleared and ready for seeding. They had four sons and one daughter : Henry at home, Wayne and Gilbert in Pilot Rock, John at Halfway and Velma (Mrs. Truman Cross) also in Pilot Rock, Sadie says they were all born at St Anthonth's Hospital which is where this interview was held as Percy is there undergoing some tests. Sadie is there from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. with him. She did most of the talking with a few answers from Percy. We hope it won't be long until they'll both be back "up the Creek" where they both love it very much.
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