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Barber Shop Library
Sperryville ha* no public library, but it does have a modern barber shop, owned and operated by John Eubank.
As in all barber shops, John’s customers frequently must wait for their turn. While waiting they look around for something to read to pass the time away. Usually they pick up a news>paper or a magazine. In most baraber shops waiting customers find a variety of paper •and magaiznes — spread on chairs, sometimes lying on the floor. These are not always chosen with pare, sometimes not lily-white but dog-eared and soiled. Such magazines are not always chosen for their •quality but often include some with no value beyond being useful as time killers.
John decided recently that his customers deserved a better atmosphere and service. He determined to give them reading matter of value beyond killing time and a more pleasant atmosphere—more like a library—in which to wait and tread, thus stimulating good reading.
To make this possible he had a table built into the corner of his shop, placing standard magazines around a potted plant and reading lamp. These included Readers Digest, National Geographic, Virginia Cavalcado, Time Better Hornes and Gardena, Guide Posts, farm magazines, etc. The daily paper is still available, but all the dog-eared papers and magazines of doubtful value have disappeared.
John and his helper find it more pleasant to work in a 'library atmosphere” and he believes that his customers will appreciate and approve of the change. He invites his friends and the public to visit his “miniature library” and also contribute clean copies of magazines with lasting Value which will enable him to replace used copies frequently and thus keep up a respectable and pleasant atmosphere in his shop.
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