Summary
In Dave Dawson's barbershop, $10 buys a haircut, some stand-up comedy and a history lesson about the borough of Vandergrift.
Dawson greets customers by their first names, a testament to 30 years behind the single red vinyl chair in the shop he inherited from his father-in-law. Scissors flying, he tells jokes, talks about sports and spins tall tales about his large fish wall plaque or the two tennis-ball-sized spiders glued to paper plates and mounted on walls covered with photos and sports memorabilia.See the full content of this document
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Vandergrift Embodies Trend Toward Small-Town Renewal
On any given day, Dawson tells his captive audience -- often a lone man draped in a cotton cape to catch falling tufts of hair -- that Vandergrift's golf course, nearby hunting and busy downtown make it the only place he'd want to live.
"It has everything I need," he said.Across...See the full content of this document
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