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Wednesday • January29,1
More than a shave and hairc
B-CS barbers lend an ear to generations of A,
By Melanie Benson
The Battalion
There’s another world in Bryan-
College Station, one that smells of
freshly cut hair and smoothly shaven
faces. This timeless world belongs to
the old-time barber shops.
Of these barber shops, which
used to mark every small Ameri
can town, only a few remain. But
they are definitely not a dying
breed, says Gilbert Acosta, who
has cut hair for 32 years.
“Barber shops are here to stay,”
Acosta said while giving haircuts
at the 42-year-old Northgate Bar
ber Shop.
Acosta began cutting hair at age
14, and later went to one of the
first barber schools in Austin to be
certified. He came to College Sta
tion to work for the MSC Barber
Shop at Texas A&M before moving
to Northgate.
BradVacek, a sophomore bioen-
vironmental sciences major, said
he likes the environment of the bar
ber shop and the benefits it offers.
“They’re cheap and quick,” he said.
The owners of both Northgate
and Southgate Barber Shops, Ray
and Crystal Thomas, work as bar
bers themselves and have ac
quired a great following of Texas
A&M students.
.“They like me because I gossip,”
Crystal Thomas said of her en
tourage of clients.
Both attribute Freshman Orien
tation Week as the key to helping
freshmen decide where they will
end up getting their hair cut
throughout college.
The Monday before school begins
is also an important day, as freshman
cadets line up, 60 at a time, waiting
for the five cadets before them to get
their hair shaved off.
Clint Tracy, a senior entomology
major in company E-1 of the Corps
of Cadets, remembers what the
shop was like every Friday before
march-in during football season.
“There was never standing
room,” Tracy said.
Nicknames come with the terri
tory, the barbers said. “Mean Gene”
Wren tries to remember how he re
ceived his nickname.
“My customers gave me the
name years ago,” Wren said. He be
lieves the barber shop is the place to
get a nice history lesson.
Those who want the traditional
barber shop experience, including
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Curtis Steele trims Brent Pilgrim, a sophomore environmental design nidi â–º Wha
a shampoo, haircut, shave and mas
sage, go to the City Barber Shop on
Main St. in Bryan.
The third and current owner, Tom
Datson, has cut hair for 31 years.
“My barber shop is one of the few
left that include everything from a
shampoo to a shave,” he said.
From the past to the present,bar
bers have not only given haircuts,
they have given advice, Datson said.
“A lot of them (customers)
come in for the conversation. I
guess you could say I’m kinda like
a psychiatrist.”
The Barber Shop dates back to
1938, when it was owned by a
man named Adams.
“Adams’ son was the band direc
tor at A&M in ’38, and the Aggie
family continues the tradition of
coming to the shop through his
grandson,” Cole said.
The shop contains a 1920s cash
register, antique rotary telephone,
and theo:
seats for shoe shining;
inal swivel chairs from 193S. I '
Three pairs of boots sit byJ
front door, waiting for the"st#Sg' e Wranglers:
man" to pick them up, asoiB^kom 8 a.m. ui
barbers, such as Northgate’sAcfor more informati
ta, are seen retrieving theiifesil
shined boots. Europe Club: There
One customer, EldredMw.m. at Fitzwilly’s.
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her shop and feels it’s a newt)
Lydia Hernandez
puts the finishing
touches on Brian
Sherman, a
senior environ
mental design
major, at the
Northgate
Barber Shop.
Amy Dunlap, The Baitai.ion
T think barber shops;raflftjThe Inkshed Pres
essary part of America,”WMa|fehop at 8:30 p.m
Pablo White, a senior cm chad White at 69E
science major, said he prefe ;
MSC Barbershop, locatedK»| Career Center: Tf
basement of the Memorial l viewing Seminar 3
dent Center.
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nient, and they do a great jof at 5 jn 2 ,
White said.
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MSC Barbershop has been c«| e fluth01
hair for 40 years, and said he renit | no n , .
hers when prices were cheaper, i
“ The first year I was out of lum ^ A
college was 1956, and a sk.« ar “' Cent 7 er: Th
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haircut was just 75 cents. TtM;.
haircut is up to $7,” Kruegersffli ™ er i can Adverth
Changes are occurring in^Icome to attenc
time barber shops, and notjusitli ^ P- m - i n 130 We
prices. The executive director of si act Tanya Kroll at
State Board of Barber Examined
Michael Rice, issued a letter last/ fAMU Zoological
vember concerning possiblelegis ie, Graduate Advi:
tion that would merge the St) y, will speak abou
Board of Barber Examiners withi taking the Choic«
Texas Cosmetology Commission fiore information c
The Barber Board wants to pt
serve the barber industry by kedAMU Sailing Clu
ing it independent from thecos® tester will be helc
tology community, Acosta said tus all day behin<
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ing to prevent the others fromptijAEp. There will t
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things wil 1 change over time, j
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shop with nostalgia and picWj ere wj|| be un
shoe shine, shave, and haircut, jUr, . ,
said. “It’s sad, but that’s a dying| eryo P ne ; nterest6
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