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Show i aci .not .,7 re's One Denrber Who Never Talks )erly-,GFIELD, ILL. Contrary roirevailing trend among ton-aytists, ton-aytists, one Springfield barber at niiut his 12 years in the trade P.0ffs bored his customers with !a'V recitals on politics or iey or wonder oils for rundown moul ' y. Uovel barber, Bob Belford, jds behind chair No. 5 in pSjWs barber 6hop here, has ylJel mute since birth. But J some of his customers never are aware of his infirmity. Barbers on either side of Belford act as interpreters for the customers, custom-ers, pointing out the tonic desired or gesturing for the various types of scalp treatments or a facial. George Smith, who works the chair adjacent to Belford's, rates Belford among the best barbers he has seen wield a razor in his 47 years in the trade. |