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Old Tim B*rWWmnrpre Taawrtai .Artful KratfKIdtfh tt*y» Is Tte HntEdgar Doerr, barter at Winnipegfor 5* year*., claim* customers of thewere more * ashy aatised than th • •♦• of the present clay -excepting of course, the old-timer with, the handle-bar moustache. which hadto be trimmed ju*t so -or elseBark in 18S8 when he came toWinnipeg from PerryvilSe Missouri where he was born in 1ST®, it. wasjust ordinary handclipper* for a haircut and a straight raz-.r and lukewarm water for a shave. Now the■ customer has to be swath d in hot. tow'els before and aft r a shave. The speedy electr.e clippers have mad * the old-time hand clippers almostobsolete. •Most notable of his customersaround the turn of the centerv in-1 ” i •eluded the late Sir Hugh John Mac-d nald; Sir Rodmond P Rob! n; Hon Thomas Greenway, all former premiers of Manitoba and Henrv MStanley, explorer who search I Dot tor David Livingstone, lost inS- uth AfricaHe also met Major Albert B.Rogers who discovered the pass in IHsl through the Ro ky Mountainsnow known as Rogers Pass, which cornpl ted the line from east to west through the mountains on the Cana-d.an Pacific Railway.He is married and has fourdren. His favorite sport is golf andhe shoots consistently in the lowHO's. Hr* says he will continue in thete“barber business as long as he is able because he likes it.
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Belmont News
Belmont, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Jan 05, 1939
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