(black and white sketch-’portrait of a distinguished citizen’ – Perce Hall)

Institution is a word usually reserved for big organizations. In Mountain Home, it applies to a man, Perce hall, who is something of an institution himself.

For more than 50 years, Mr. Hall has practiced law there. He served 15 years as Elmore County prosecutor beginning in 1938. He has been Mountain Home City attorney, and since 1938 he has served as counsel for the Mountain Home Highway District.

Born and raised in Malad, Mr. Hall met his wife, Orpha, during their senior year at Malad High School. They were married in 1937.

Mr. Hall attended the old University of Idaho southern branch at Pocatello and then earned his law degree in 1936 from the University of Utah. He went to work in Mountain Home for Eugene Anderson, an attorney from Malad. In July, he received a 50 Year award from the Idaho State Bar.

Mr. Hall served two terms as president of the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce, two terms as president of the Mountain Home Fraternal Order of Eagles and president of the Mountain Home Toastmasters Club.

He is a charter member of the Mountain Home Elks Lodge, was chairman of the Elmore County Red Cross chapter and past chairman of the Elmore County Republican Party. For 25 years he served as government appeal agent for Elmore County.

Mr. Hall served as Elwyhee District chairman of the Boy Scouts and as a member of the Ore-Ida Council executive board for 20 years. He received the Scouts’ Silver Beaver award for outstanding service.

Mr. Hall helped build the Mountain Home Municipal Golf Course and served as president of the course’s development board and on the committee to build the new clubhouse. He also spent 15 years on the Bogus Basin Ski Patrol.

Mr. Hall enjoys golfing, pheasant hunting and music. He and his wife have two grown sons.