Loren Holmes sits in his barber chair with new barber Toby Franz behind him. Holmes will be retiring on Christmas Eve after 52 years as a barber. His wife, Nancy, invites everyone to visit Loren at his shop at 116 S. Chicago that day and wish him well.

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Picture by Mike Fak (Click on picture for larger image.)

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