crewcuts

Lester West — crew cuts for all

Former barber talks haircuts and Wilson County roots


“Airman, you’re next.” Any young man who has gone through Air Force basic training probably remembers his first haircut as a member of a training flight. I do. After standing in a long line — “toe to heel,” the training instructor kept reminding us — I was beckoned to step forward and sit in a barber’s chair. I climbed in […]