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Article: Billings' Walt's Barber Shop doesn't go for fancy stuff
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- The Billings Gazette
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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Not everyone who walks into Walt's Barber Shop is there for a haircut. Some come to chat, to tell stories and gossip, or just to grumble about prices for cattle and wheat.
Walt Lagge started barbering 42 years ago, back when a haircut cost $1.50. When he got out of the Army in 1955, he thought he might become a plumber, but the class was full so he picked barber school. And, he's glad he did, it's cleaner work. He's worn a tie and a pressed shirt every day he's gone to work.
His shop at 2911 Third Ave. N. in Billings is something of a museum. A collection, of pens dangles from strings lacing the ceiling. Every inch of wall space is covered with photos or cartoons, or calendars, one of them ...