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e Grand o ·p ening was held
Friday and Saturday,
. 12 and 13, for the
sonville Hardware· and
ance Company.
is was preceded by a
n cutting ceremony in
David L. Marsh, Sr.,
r member of the firm,
ssisted by his son and cor, David L. Marsh, Jr.,
his grandson, David

aun Marsh.
participating in the ..
am were Mayor E·. L. Cox
ev. Nevelle Lambert. , .
number ;of
floral
gements were received
'
messages
. of
attilation.
·
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nsonville Hardware and
iance Compa·n y was
lished on January 1, 1949,
avid Marsh, Sr., and his
brother-in-law, Grady C.
. They experienced a
ant success f roDl the
ning which has grown

feet. It has a lovely step-up
off ice and plenty of space in the
rear with a paved, off-street
parking · area and side
entrance.
Their business consists
mostly . of a general hardware
line and they also . carry
housewares, paints, floor
coverings and lawn mowers.
They handle a lot of steel and.
do custom work in pipe c.utting
and threading.
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Also present for the grand
opening were Bob Couch ,
Di-strict
Sales Manager
Hardware, Monroe, N. C.;
Harold Clemmons of Myrtle
Beach, a repr~sentative of
Dixie O'Brien Paint Company
and Bob Carter of Sumter, with
Jolly Roger ~tuclios.
Hundreds of balloons and
miniature paint cans filled
with candy were given away
·during the grand opening.
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time.
May, 1963, Jones passed
. The business continued
partnership with his
w, Mrs. Ruth M. Jones, as
er until early 1973. At this
David

Marsh,

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·red her interest.
til recently they had
ted in ·a rented building. ·
ver, early this year they
into their beautiful

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oadway Street, and were
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