Photo by Rachel Jenkins
Don Wisher, on left, and Michael Murphy try to convince Madilynn Murphy to allow her bangs to
be cut. With encouragement from other family members, the operation was completed.
Two year old Madilynn Murphy became the sixth generation of the Murphy family to get a haircut by Don Wisher, local barber. She sat on her father’s lap for a trim of her bangs and let it be known that she wasn’t sure she liked the whole idea.
Don started barbering August 3, 1960. After two years in the Army, he opened a barber shop in Windfall in 1964. He moved the business to Greentown in 1966 with a shop on South Meridian Street. In 2001 he moved again, this time to a remodeled portion of his garage at his home.
The first Murphy who was his customer was Otto Murphy in 1964. Then followed, in succession, Dayrell, Gene, Dan, and Michael. Madilynn is Michael’s daughter.
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