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In 1906 he represented the town in the
State Legislature. He is a member of
Trinity Episcopal Church of Portland, of
Portland Lodge, No. 35, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows ; and of Mansfield
Post, No. 53, Grand Army of the Republic
of Middletown, in whose welfare he has
always felt a deep interest. In Free Masonry
he has attained high degrees, being
affiliated with Warren Lodge, No. 51,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of
Portland ; Washington Chapter, No. 6,
Royal Arch Masons ; and Cyrene Commandery.
No. 8, Knights Templar, of
Middletown ; also Sphinx Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine, of Hartford. Captain Pascall was
married, Decemebr 27, 1864, in New York,
to Marie A. Lasher, a native of Germantown,
New York, descended from one of
the Knickerbocker families of the Empire
State. They were the parents of four
children (of whom three survive) namely
Marie Ella, Bessie Pickering, and George
Chester. The senior daughter is the wife
of Stephen S. Hall (q. v.) vice-president
and treasurer of the Pickering Governor
Co. ; the junior of Walter H. Penfield (q.
V.) vice president of the Colts Arms Co.,
of Hartford ; and the son is secretary of
The Pickering Governor Company, all
residing in Portland.
PASCALL, George Chester,
Manufacturer.
As secretary of The Pickering Governor
Company of Portland, Mr. Pascall is making
a record as a sterling business man,
having already established himself among
his fellows as a good citizen and true
friend. The only son of Richard H. Pascall,
whose record appears above, he was
born August 22, 1881, in Portland, where
his primary education was secured, in-
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cluding the high school course. He was a
member of the class of 1900 at the Hotchkiss
School at Lakeville, Connecticut, and
soon found employment in the office of
Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing
Company, of Hartford, Connecticut. Here
he served three years as a clerk, thus
gaining considerable knowledge of busi-
ness affairs and an experience ever since
valuable to him. Close application had
somewhat impaired his physical vigor,
and he made a trip to Texas, where he
quickly recovered. On the first of January,
1904, he entered the office of the
Pickering Governor Company, as general
clerk, and was made secretary of the
company in 1921. Here he has taken
from the shoulders of his honored father
much of the burden of affairs for many
years borne by the elder, whose ability
and perseverance have done so much to
build up and carry on the concern. The
junior Mr. Pascall is diligent and efficient,
and is appreciated as such by all con-
nected with the office. He bears his part
in carrying on the beneficient influences
of the community, supporting every
worthy movement. He is a vestryman of
Trinity Church, sustains his share of vari-
ous community services and helped in
every way to sustain the government in
prosecuting the nation's share in the recent
great World War. He is a member
of the world-known Masonic fraternity,
affiliating with Warren Lodge, No. 51,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of
Portland, of which he has served in the
stations up to junior deacon ; Washington
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Middletown
; Cyrene Commandery, No. 8, and
Sphinx Temple, Ancient Arabic Order
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Hartford.
While not a seeker for public honors, Mr.
Pascall feels that every citizen should
bear his part in securing good govern-
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