Barber Shops -

Verl the Barber - 108 N. Main St.

Culver Barber Shop - 1905

C. A Pettis Barber Shop

1908 - Nov 19 BUILDING UP MAIN STREET Arrangements are under way which will change the appearance of Main street somewhat and add new merchandising facilities for the public.

Three new store buildings will be erected this fall on the Porter corner.

The small building now on the corner will be removed to the alley at the rear, divided to make two buildings and will face south. One of the buildings is said to have been rented by C. A. Pettis for a barber shop.... NOTE: rear of 102 N. Main

1908 - Dec 24 - Charley Pettis will move his b arber shop to his new location next week Thuirsday.

1909 - Jul 1 - Pettis & Styaton have sold their barber shope to Del Smith.

1905 - Peter Keller, the Barber has sold his town property to Mr. Taylor, who comes here from Wabash

1905 - Mar 23 - The Fire Company has moved the building formerly occupied by Peter Keller for a barber shop, on the Henry Litzenberger lot. They have bought the building and will have a home of their own

1911 - Jan 19 - Death of Former Resident - Peter Keller, who owned a barber shop in Culver some years ago and was afterward barber at the academy, died recently in Akron, O. He was bout 50 years of age. He carried a $2,000 policy in the Maccabees.

1912 - Feb 1 - Sale of the Fire Building
The building owned for a number of years by the fire company has been sold to Walte Fishburn for $15. zfishburn will move it off.

The building was erected some fifteen years ago on the Kreuzberger land by Peter Keller and occupied b y hin as a barber shop until sold to the fire company.

The structure is 12 by 14, well xonstructed, and Fishburn gets a big bargin.

1905 - Jul 6 - Charley Bowers, located near the depot has installed two new barber chairs ans has now a very com;ete shop which is well patronized.

1905 - Oct 26 - E. E {A}. Poor is enlarging the room in which he was his barber shop and is other wise improving it.

1905 - Dec 21 - For good barber work try the Palce Barber SHop, one door south of the hardware. - Nurrya Bros., Propietors.

1906 - Jan 4 - Little Place Barber Shop - Fred Murray, barber; First door south of hardware 202 S. Main

1906 - Jul 19 - E. A. Poor has one of the prettiest little barber shops in this section. He has recenty put in two new chairs of late pattern and a comlete set of up-to-date fixtures.

1906 - Aug 9 - Eli Spencer has put down 99 deet of sidewalk on the south side of Poor's barber shop for the owner, Mrs. Porter.

1908 - Jan 16 - The heirs of Catherine Porter have aggreed upon a division of property. Oscar takes the homestead, Alva the corner occupied by the Poor barber shop (NOTE 102-106 N. Main), and W. H. and Mrs. Melick the adjoining property.

1907 - Apr. 18 - SUNDAY SHAVING.

A New Law Prohibits Barbers from Plying Trade on Sunday.

In the wisdom of the Indiana legislature, prodded into activity by the barbers' union, it has been decided that no more public shaving of faces and cutting hair -- nor even the innocuous shampoo - may | be performed in this state on the "first day of the week commonly called Sunday."

Wherefore has it gone into effect that not even in Culver are the hospitable doors of Poor and Murray to be open on that day for the reception of such trade and commerce as has heretofore kept ye barber away from his' morning devotions.

The law went into effect last week, and certain forgetful or uninformed persons wended their way as usual to the tonsorial temple where not only the cleanliness that is next to godliness is dispensed to the uplifting of a man's self-respect, but the gossip of the week is rehearsed for the edification of his spiritual and intellectual nature.

Our local barbers are pleased with the new regime, whatever may be the opinion of the public. They say that it will result in later hours on Saturday night, but the freedom of a whole day of rest and liberty on Sunday is more than an offset to them, and that their business will not be apt to suffer appreciably.

How the men who may be compelled to wait until midnight before their "next" comes will regard the matter remains to be seen. I is quite possible that the hardware store may enjoy a small-sized boom in razors and strops from men who can shave themselves if they must but prefer to go to a barber when they can, but who failing to get in on Saturday night regard a face looking like a pirate's as a worse evil to carry over into the following week than an occasional drawing of blood.

1907 - Mr. Jordan, one of the Academy's barbers

1907 - Dec 26 - J. W. Riggens has bought the Pettis barber shop.

1908 - Jan 9 - Removal of Barber Shop - Poor's baber shop will occupy the bank room as soo as vacated. Bathrooms in coonection. Every thin new and up tp date.

1908 - Jan 30 - Will Remove Monday Poor's barber shop will occupy its new quarter in the old exchange bank rooms next Monday. I extend a cordial inviation to my old friends and the public generally to call on me in the new rooms. E. A. Poor

1908 - Jan 23 - Gem Barber Shop south of hardware

1908 - Feb 27 - H. E. Hawkins, Riggens' assistant barber at the academy has brought his family from SOuth Bend and is occupying Grandma Porter's house

1908 - Mar 19 - Harry Poor returned from South Bend to reamin permanetly. He will assist his father in the barber shop.

1909 - Sept 23 - Ernest Parr has resigned his position in Poor's barber shop and began Monday moroning to work for Bill Riggens at the academy. Ernest has been employed by Mr. Poor for the past fice years and had become a first class barber.

1909 - Nov 11 - Dell Smith is again sole proproetor of the barber shop, Loyd Hawkins having pulled out.

1909 - Nov 18 - Charley Pettis has returned from Mishawaka where he had a position in the barber shop of the new hotel, and is working for Del Smith.

1910 - Jan 13 - Barber Shop Sold - Dell SMith has sold his barber shop to Benjamin Fetters and has formed a partnership with L. W. Keech im the manufacture of cigars.

1910 - Apr 7 - Harry Poor has returned from Indianapolis to work with his father in the barber shop this summer.

1911 - May 4 - Harry Poor, who has been employed in his father's b arber shop all winter, left Monday for Indianapolis... Mr. Hahn of Converse succeeds Harry in Poors.

1910 - B. F. Fetters

1910, April 21 - Another New House

B. F. Fetters, the barber has let the contract for a two story, nine room house, 28X28, to Henry Buckingheister. It will cost upward of $1,600 and will be located on Main Street, opposite the Evangelical Church

1911 - May 11 - Barber Shops - The Culver barber shops open at 7 a.m. and close at 9 p.m. except Saturday when they will remain open until all are served. Closed all day Sunday. E. A. Poor and B. F. Fetters, Proprietors.

1911 - Jun 15 - Barber Shop at Depot - E. A. Poor has opened a barber shop in the Warner building at the depot.

1911 - Sep 11 - Ernest Parr, the tonsorial artist at the academy, is filling in his vacation by working at the thrid chair in a five-chair barber shop in Anderson

1911 - Sep 21 - Ernest Parr returned from Anderson Tuesday to resume his work in the C.M.A. barber shop.

1912 - May 2 - William Ramey, who has been working if Fetter' barber shop for a couple of years, has gone to South Bend to woek in a neighborhood shop at 919 SOuth Main Street. He is talking of running a shop at Maxinkuckee during the lake season.

1913 - Sep 18 - J. W. Riggens' assistant this year in the academy barber shop is Fletcher Strang of Nappanee, who has rented the Archie Blanchard house.

1913 - Feb 27 - Ernest Poor had bought Poor barber shop and will take possession April 1

1913 - Apr 3 Ernest Poor is repainting the Poor barber shop of which he is now the owner

1914 - Jul 20 - Harry Poore has bought the Smith barber shop and will merge his own and add a fourth chair.

1914 - Oct 15 - Ernest Parr and Earl Working have formed a partnership and the former's barber shop will be moved into a new building adjoining the Hayes restaurant, and E. A. Poore has taken possession of the building vacated by Parr. Earl Poore takes Working's place in Harry Poore's shop.

1914 - Aug 6 - Ralph Smith, the barber, has sold to J. C. Reeder his hous and lot in the Ferrier addition fr $1,7500 and has bought Reeder's 40 acre farm in West township for $2,500.

1921 Mar 4 Frank Pickard has sold his barber shop to Charles Pettis. Mr. Ewing, who has been employed in the Strang Shop, will be Mr. Pettis assistant.

1922 - Gem Barber Shop, C. W. Pickard

1922 - Ad -Sanitary Barber Shop, Fletcher Strang

Red's Barber Shop - Clarence Calhoun

James W. Riggens

Fletcher T. Strang

Fred Foster's Barber Shop

Hersh Strang Barber - Menser Building

30 Sep 1925 - New Barber in Shop
Strang Brothers, barbers, have been able to secure Carl Raigen of Matoon, Ill., to take the barbering position left by Harry Sanders.

Mr. Raigen comes to Culver with the best of recommendations. He has been in the business for about twenty years.


3 Feb 1926 - The Strang Barber Shop was moved from the D. H. Smith building across the street to the Emil Siepman Building.

5 Jul 1944 - Herschel Srang bought half interest in Red's Barber shop, effective the first of the week Strang was connected with the shop for seven years, while Clarence Calhoun has been the owner for 10 years. The shop will operate under its preseent Name

1959 - Sep 2 - Herschel Strang, genial owner operator of Strang's three chair barber shop on North Main Street, this month is observing his 30th anniversary as a tonsorial artist
1962 - Jan 31 - NOTICE Verl Shaffer is discontinuing his association with Hershel Strang's Barber Shop

1973 - Sept 6 - Herschell Strang local barber retires after 47 years; and was in the same location for 36 years.

1974 - Don's Barber Shop