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Article: City barber shop among last of dying breed.
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- Columbus Telegram (Columbus, NE)
- Article date:
- January 24, 2007
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Byline: Adrian Sanchez
Jan. 24--COLUMBUS -- The old fashioned barber shop is becoming something of a scarcity throughout the country, but Gene's Barber Shop in downtown Columbus continues the tradition of inexpensive cuts in a masculine atmosphere.
The shop waiting area is not cluttered by curling irons, wash basins, product displays or dryers. Gene Arnold, owner of Gene's Barber Shop, wouldn't use those things. He does not do shaves, colorings or styling, using only a pair of scissors, shears and a suction hose to remove hair.
"I do hair cuts, period," Arnold said. He throws in conversations for free, which are interrupted only by the noise of the hair vacuum. ...