112 College #3
Chronology
1884 - 1908 - no building
1916 - Office
After 1916 - 112 side is the barber shop, while 114 is the beauty shop
1925 - the wooden buildings from the alley up 112-118 are removed and a brick buildings is erected with the addresses 112, 114, 118 (from the alley toward 2nd)
1926 - Model Barber Shop, Warren S. Meyers
1927 - Model Barber Shop on Normal Ave
1926 - 1937 Warren S. Meyers
1934 - Model Barber Shop; Ernie Larsen joins Warren S. Meyers
1937 - Model Barber & Beauty Shop; Ernie Larsen buys out Warren S. Meyers
In 1939 Ernie Larson installed the first air conditioner in town.
1938 - 1946 - Model Barber & Beauty Shop with Mrs. Paul Jeffries as beauty operator.
1947 - Irving Brooks joins Ernie as a partner
1960 - Model Barber Shop; Ernie Larsen & Irving Brooks
1962-03-09 Ernie Larsen retired after 14 years in partnership with Irv Brooks and 34 years in business in Cheney. Johnny Adams replaces Larsen in the shop.
1961 - 1971 - Model Barber & Beauty Shop
1966
1977-03-24 - Irving Brooks retired and Lee Nelson took over the Model Barber Shop.
1980 - 1986 - The Hair Company
1987 - 1989 - Season's Hair Design
The building was combined by the American Legion and VFW under the address 116 College.
2022 - present - Studio Salon, men’s and women’s hair salon, opened in late 2022.
It uses the 112 address, while the American Legion continues with 116.
Cheney Free Press October 11/18, 1935
Model Barbers First to Use the Permutit Softener in Cheney
The first to use the Permutit Water Softener for commercial use in Cheney, the Model Barber and Beauty shop has had the advantages of soft water for over two years.
Speaking of the apparatus, Warren Meyers said, "The device has enabled us to give our clients a real soft water shampoo, a distinct advantage in beauty work. The soft water shampoo is the best way to prepare the hair for a permanent wave and we believe from our experience with the Permutit system that hair so cleaned will take a stronger, more lasting curl."
"We are highly pleased with the results we have obtained since installing the softener and many of our patrons have expressed similar sentiments," said Ernie Larson, one of the proprietors.
1939
Ernie Larson is going to have his barber shop cool, if he has to join the American Inventor's congress to do it…
Tuesday morning, he had the panel above his shop entrance out, and in its place a pad of damp excelsior to serve as a filter. Inside a packing box served as a temporary enclosure for a big fan that directed the cooled air down through the shop. Note from the CFP of July 1959: apparently it worked, since Ernie is still using the air-conditioner - and good weather for it too.
"It's just a tryout," Ernie explained. "If it works, we've only to connect up a pipe to drip water on the pad and build a nice, tight box inside and we'll have our own air-conditioner."