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     Before long my 
barber shops were 
without barbers, 
because they were 
all young fellows and 
either enlisted or 
were drafted into the 
armed services.  The 
beauty shops didn’t 
prosper either be-
cause I was too far away to manage them, and 
finall\ , haG to sell them  'Xring m\ first \ear 
at meGical school , Zas EacN to cXtting hair in 
my room for two bits a throw in order to eat, 
though I did manage to salvage considerable 
beauty and barber equipment for which there 
Zas no marNet
     ,n the sXmmer of , an arm\ camp Zas 
estaElisheG near &orYallis, 2regon, NnoZn as 
Camp Adair, and because of my reputation as 
an operator of rather 
substantial barber 
shops I was able to 
persuade the colonel 
in charge to grant me 
the concession to op-
erate the barber and 
beauty shops in this 
army camp.  I formed 
a partnership with 
my dad on this concession and was able to bor-
roZ one thoXsanG Gollars from a &orYallis EanN  
With this and the barber and beauty equip-
ment that I then owned, we were able to start 
a barber and beauty shop operation.  This grew 
rather rapidly and employed about 35 barbers 
anG foXr or fiYe EeaXt\ operators Zhen it Zas in 
full swing.  I was an inactive partner because I 
was attending medical school both summer and 
Zinter, EXt , spent the ZeeNenGs at the camp 
anG GiG some of the management ZorN

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