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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. MATCHETT
Bulger PA Washington County PA
55th wedding anniversary
July 9, 1943
Fifty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. MATCHETT of R. D. 1, Bulger, observed their 55th
wedding anniversary on Saturday, July 3. Mr. MATCHETT is 77 years old.
Mrs. MATCHETT, 75, is the former Blanch STROUSS. The early years of
their married life were spent in Clinton, Allegheny county. In 1902 they
moved to their present home. On July 4 the family gathered in the home
to celebrate the occasion. A three-tier wedding cake, adorned by a
miniature bride and groom formed the table center piece. The MATCHETTS
have one daughter and three sons. Twenty one guests make up the four
generations present. Besides the honor guests, places were laid for the
John D. BAMFORDs of Midway and daughter Eleanor of Belle Vernon, Mrs.
William COLE and son Bobby, of Connellsville, Dorothy, Esther and
Shirley COLE of Midway, the Neal MATCHETTS, sons Dale and Wayne, and
daughter Naomi, the Joseph MATCHETTs, Jr., and the S. D. MATCHETTs, son
Jay, and daughter Edith. Two grandsons in the army were unable to be
present: M/Sgt. Neal MATCHETT, somewhere overseas, son of the Neal
MATCHETTs, and Pvt. Dean MATCHETT, Stationed at Ft. Story, Va., son of
the S. D. MATCHETTs.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. MATCHETT
Midway PA Washington County PA
59th wedding anniversary
July 11, 1947
Couple Celebrates 59th Anniversary
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Mr. and Mrs. J. A. MATCHETT of Midway observed their 59th wedding anniversary
at a family gathering Thursday, July 3, in the home of their son, Joseph A.
MATCHETT, Jr., Prospect street, Midway. Refreshments were served by Mrs.
MATCHETT, Jr., at 9:30 p.m., the hour at which the honor couple was married 59
years ago. Present were Mr. and Mrs. John BAMFORD and daughters Miss Eleanor,
Miss Dorothy, Miss Shirley, and Miss Esther of near Midway; Mr. and Mrs. Neal
S. MATCHETT and son Wayne of Candor, and Miss Mary and Miss Alpha CHISHOLM of
Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. S. D. MATCHETT and daughter Miss Edith of Jeanette were
unable to attend the celebration but spent the weekend with their parents.
Mrs. MATCHETT, the former Blanche STROUSS, was born May 14, 1868, six
miles west of Clinton. Mr. MATCHETT was born May 14, 1866 in Robinson
township, Washington county. They were married July 3, 1888 in the
Sharon Presbyterian church at Carnot by the Rev. John M. MERCER. From
the time of their marriage they lived in Clinton until 1901 when they
moved to their home farm in Robinson township where Mr. MATCHETT
followed farming until his retirement in 1945 when he and Mrs. MATCHETT
moved to Midway.
Mr. and Mrs. MATCHETT have three sons, Neal S. MATCHETT of Candor,
Samuel D. MATCHETT of Jeanette, and Joseph A. MATCHETT of Midway and one
daughter, Zula, the wife of John D. BAMFORD, of near Midway. There are
13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A daughter, Miss Eleanor,
died in 1919 at the age of 25 years.
Always active in community affairs, Mr. MATCHETT formerly served as a
road supervisor in Robinson and Findlay townships and was treasurer of
the Dairyman's Cooperative Sales Association for 17 years. He is one
of the organizers of the Midway Mutual Telephone Co, of which he has
been manager and treasurer since 1908. He is also vice president of the
Oakdale Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Oakdale.
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