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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1965
Page
23
Frank Scheibert maintains a handlebar mustache trimmed weekly with hair wax to keep ends neat and pointed. He notes the style reduces shaving effort.
Frank J. Scheibert a Bud's Wrecker driver, 30, started wearing facial hair at 18 and now sports a pointed handlebar mustache. Patrolman Louis Janka, 61, keeps a mustache from Navy days after an injury in training. Jacob Irons, 69, nicknamed Billygoat, shifted from beard to goatee five months ago. Thomas Williams, 89, has worn a mustache since youth and trims weekly, noting many women like mustaches.
Joe Kugler of Dayton Oxford Road Franklin discusses mustaches as a cultural norm from Hungary to the United States. He recalls growing his facial hair at about age 20 and notes a Kaiser Wilhelm style family influence, a 1951 U S arrival with the mustache, and a canoe trip that yielded a goatee during wilderness camping. Kugler, 46, works as an industrial designer for McGraw Con.
A local Boy Scout official recounted how residents jokingly asked Kugler if he was a spy, with Kugler replying affirmatively. Gary Swartz, 26, a heavy equipment operator, explains his Lincoln-type winter beard serves warmth and routine trimming takes minutes. Swartz, nicknamed Whiskers and Fire Beard, has worn a beard every winter for five years.
The Rev. Robert McNamara starts a Middletown chapter of Parents Without Partners a national group for single parents. A Tuesday 7:30 p.m. church meeting welcomes divorced widowed and single parents seeking community support. Members stress independence not therapy while sharing challenges of raising children alone.
Bryan Knight, 38, of Woods Road, Springboro, has worn a variety of mustaches and beards since 1947 and hasn’t visited a barber in 10 years. He trims and cuts his hair himself, enjoying facial hair for warmth, sun protection, and practicality. A desert sunburn and a restaurant fire incident are recalled, along with jokes about his beard. Knight, a senior engineer at Aeronca Manufacturing Corp., once shaved for a prank and pretended to be a twin visiting America.
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