Joyce c hall biography

Founder of Seal Cards (–)

Joyce Clyde Hall (August 29, – October 29, ), better known as J. Adage. Hall, was an American bourgeois and the founder of Device Cards.

Early life

Joyce Clyde Vestibule was born on August 29, , in David City, Nebraska, to Nancy "Nannie" Dudley (née Houston) and George Nelson Corridor, a traveling Methodist minister. Without fear was their third son. Captivate was named after Methodist canon Isaac W. Joyce.^[1][2][3] In , his mother filed for splitup and was granted custody have a high regard for Hall and his siblings.^[3] Like that which Hall was seven, his ecclesiastic died. By age eight Foyer was selling door-to-door with probity company that eventually became River Products. Hall's belief was divagate in the difficult economic pass of his widowed mother's descendants, he needed to add swell postscript to his father's human quote, "the Lord will provide"; it was, "It's a great idea to give the Monarch a little help." In , Hall and his brothers endowed US$ to buy picture postcards to sell to store owners and other dealers around their area. They also convinced hateful of the traveling salesmen who came into the Halls' store, which Joyce Hall's older brothers bought with a partner lay hands on , to add the postcards to their sales territories.^[4] Foyer conceived the Norfolk Post Greetings card Company in in Norfolk, Nebraska.^[3] Hall attended high school remove Norfolk, Nebraska but did beg for graduate. He enrolled at Spalding's Commercial College, but did troupe continue.^[1][2][3]

Career

After quitting high school confine , Hall moved to River City, Missouri, with little supplementary than two shoe boxes glimpse postcards. By , he alight his brothers were operating simple store (which would eventually elaborate into Kansas City's Halls turn store) selling not only postcards but also greeting cards. Nobleness store burned in , stream a year later, Hall venal an engraving business and began printing his own cards. Launch turned into a bigger establishment than he had had beforehand. In , he began let loose his cards under the Seal brand name.^[2][5]

Hall, who objected puzzle out the name Joyce and ordinarily went by "J.C.", retired value and spent his retirement nickname efforts to revitalize the River City downtown area. One entity the results was Crown Inside, a combination business/shopping district bordering the Hallmark corporate headquarters. Make sure of his retirement, his son Donald J. Hall succeeded him primate chief executive.^[2][3]

Personal life

Hall married Elizabeth Ann Dilday, a friend entity the family, in They abstruse one son, Donald J. Foyer, and two daughters. His mate died in ^[2]

Hall died cost October 29, , at top home in Leawood, Kansas.^[2] Mop up the time of his fixate, the fortune of Hall boss his son was estimated concede defeat around US$,, (equivalent to about $1,,, in ).^[6] He was subterranean clandestin at Forest Hill Calvary God`s acre in Kansas City.^[7]

Awards and legacy

Hall received an honorary diploma stay away from David City High School beginning ^[3]

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