Dave Bilyeu, Bakersfield, Calif.

Dave graduated from American Barber College in 1957 in Los Angeles, a business Bilyeu said was owned by Melvin Cox of Galena, Kan. He said Cox  owned a chain of barber shops.. Students had to complete more than a thousand hours to get a diploma. Inflated balloons helped  hone shaving skills

 

Blue Moon Ballroom Arma/Crowesburg, Kansas

 

           Taken in 1953 when at age 74 he was The Mystery Man in Galena Day festivities.

 Eb Martin

 

1. Boyd Willis Abel, b. Wisner, Nebr., March 16, 1921

2. Franklin J. McDonald

3. Edward F. Parsons, b. January 9. 1921 (Major)

4.. Warren Frederick Wood, b. born at the farm near Page, Nebr., April 21, 192?

5.. Harold Westley Barber, b. October 12, 1919. "This picture was taken at Ellington Field the day he graduated and received his silver wings." Note: That is the way the family spelled his middle name, according to backside photo info.

6. Argyle E. Hanscom

 

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