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if (hr • Republican politicians were holding a caucus. IOpening tune back in 1884, was 7 a.m. and from then on until,after midnight on Saturdays; and’ other days 7 a.m. to 10 p m. Now; it is 8 a in. to 6 p.m. with theshop closed Thursday aiternoon, a policy adopted during the war! so folks could work in their victory Gardens. !Customers sit in six Captain's chairs in Nelson s present shop. They are over 100 years old. Levi bought them with the shop.Barbering has changed a lot. It is now a classified profession and calls for a 15-month barber college course, two year's apprenticeship and a State Board examination and license. Haircuts at Nelson's today range from $1.00 to $1.25 and shaves are 50 cents.Women pay $1 to $1.50 for hair-; cuts.INelson’s “most faithful cus- , lomer” is Attorney William M. \ lt;Bill) Power, who tor several years traveled o\er 100 miles to get his hair cut when he lived in Middletown. Pa.When Harry Nelson started bar bering in 1881, he worked as an apprentice for $1.50 a week, plus tips for shining shoes and brushing clothes When he completed his apprenticeship his dad paidhim $7.00 a week.The Nelsons point with pride to three wooden planks still used bythe kids as seats when they gettheir hair cut. “More than 25.ooo •youngsters have helped smooth outthose boards ”, Barber Harry de- J dared. IHarry remembers when his father kept leeches in the shop formedicinal purposes for suckingbloodThe champion “needlers'' patro-! nizmg Nelson's according to Barber Harry are Nick Power and Harry Stillwagon. The best story-j teller customer is Fred Shaffer. The youngest ever to get a haircut was but 10 days old. a baby girl whose children now patronize l he shop.Pennsylvania Governor Han -iel II. Hastings, back in 1895, paid a visit to Nelson's in search of some local Republican politicians.Kid* never forget Nelson's Barbershop. There s a good reason More than 5.000 lollypops a year are handed out gratis to the kids, their brothers and sisters. In years gone by Levi Nelson used to hand | out baseballs and balloons to the youngsters Yes, if you want to know whothe next Governor of Pennsylvania or the next President of the United States will be, go to Nel-, aun s. i
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Doylestown Daily Intelligencer
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Mar 05, 1958
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