IT'S JOB SECURITY: BARBERS NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE.Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
The advice Frank Reale gave his four sons as they grew up was money in the bank: Become a barber, and you'll never starve. It didn't matter if this country was in boom or bust or collapse from the effort; - used in phrases expressing determination to do something; as, Oregon or bust, meaning "We will get to Oregon or die trying." s> See also: bust -- people would always need a haircut. ``My father had us shining shoes in his barbershop when we turned 12, and we all went off to barber school at 16,'' Joe Reale said Wednesday morning, waiting for his first customer of the day at the newly named Hollywood Barbershop, 20433 Sherman Way in Canoga Park. The name is new, but the shop itself has been open for 30 years and is steeped in San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. -- not Hollywood -- lore. It's had three owners -- all Italians named Joe. ``So, what are you guys, the Three Tenors?'' I asked Reale. ``More like the Three Stooges Three Stooges U.S. comedy team. It was originally formed as a vaudeville team in 1923 by brothers Moe and Shemp Howard (1897–1975, 1900–55), who performed with “Ted Healy and His Stooges. ,'' he said. The barbershop was a flower shop until 1977, when Joe Nozzi put five chairs in the place and erected a red-and-white barber pole n. 1. a pole with red and white spiral stripes; - usually found outside a barbershop. out front. He changed the name from Joe's Barbershop to Captain's Hair Galley in the '80s to reflect his customers' growing desire for hairstyles, not haircuts. His father, Achille, a barber by trade, had been killed in an auto accident in 1935, and somebody had to support the family. So Joe quit school at age 15, picked up his dad's scissors scissors Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together. Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the cutting ends and didn't put them down until he retired 67 years later at 82, selling his barbershop to another Italian Joe -- Joe Reale, who ran a shop in Granada Hills with one of his brothers. ``Barbering was the trade that attracted our fathers when they came to this country, just like other nationalities were attracted to certain trades,'' Nozzi said, stopping by his old Canoga Park shop for a visit. He wanted to meet the new Joe to whom Reale had just sold the shop -- Giuseppe Casalenuovo, who owned a barbershop in Chatsworth for many years until health problems forced him to close. He's feeling better now and back to barbering part time. Giuseppe -- the Italian version of Joseph -- came to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. from Italy in 1967 at age 14, learned the barbering trade, and began working at hair salons in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. before moving to the Valley in the early '80s. ``I had a beauty shop for women; now I have a barbershop for men,'' he told me back in 2000, when a straw poll of his customers showed Al Gore was going to beat George W. Bush for the presidency. Trust me, Giuseppe cuts hair better than he takes political polls. ``I like the barber shop better,'' he said. ``I like talking to the guys. They don't complain as much.'' Joe No.2 and Joe No.3 will share barbering duties while looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. good barbers and hairstylists to join them in the Hollywood Barbershop. And if the wait for a haircut gets too long, well, Joe No.1 lives 10 minutes away. Because it doesn't matter if the country's in boom or bust -- people will always need a haircut. You can take it to the bank. dennis.mccarthy(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3749 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The Joes who have owned the newly named Hollywood Barber Shop in Canoga Park over the last 30 years are, from left, Joe Casalenuovo, Joe Nozzi and Joe Reale. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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