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Truax retiring after 57 years in the barber business

Gene Truax sits in the barber chair at his shop along Pennsylvania Avenue. Truax is hanging up the scissors after 57 years as a barber, 48 years of which have been in Hancock. His last day is Wednesday, November 27.

by Geoff Fox

Gene Truax has been cutting men’s hair in Hancock for the last 48 years, and on this Wednesday before Thanksgiving, he will be hanging up his scissors for the final time, retiring…