Banks Daniel Shively was born on 17-Sep-1892 in Beavertown, Snyder County, PA and died on 5-Jan-1974 in Bellevue, Sandusky County, OH. Daniel Banks Shively was the son of George A. Shively (1870-1939) and Lovina J. Long (1870-1940). Banks was married to Irene Coss on 31-Aug-1919 in Toledo, Lucas County, OH. Irene was born on 7-Mar-1882 in Henry County and died on 27-Nov-1968. She was the daughter of Lewis Coss and Mary Jane Smith. Banks Daniel Shively was a barber by occupation.
The following newspaper obituary for Banks Shively was found in The Lima News, Lima, Ohio, January 6, 1974, Page 4, Column 2:
Banks Shively
BLUFFTON — Banks Shively, 81, formerly of Rt. 1, died Saturday morning at the Bellevue home of his uncle.
Born Sept. 17, 1892 in Beavertown, Pa., he was the son of George and Lavina Long Shively.. He was married to Irene Coss, who died in 1968.
Surviving are several nieces and nephews.
He was a retired barber, World War I veteran and member of the United Methodist Church.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Basinger Funeral Home, Rev. William Shick officiating, with burial in Maple Grove Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Tuesday.
The following was found in The Lima News, Lima, Ohio, Thursday, November 28, 1968, Page 4, Column 8:
Irene Shively
BLUFFTON — Services for Irene Shively,, 86, of Rt. 1 will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Basinger Funeral Home, Rev. Robert A. Carter officiating. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Shively died at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bluffton Community Hospital. She was born March 7, 1882, in Henry County. Her parents were Lewis Coss and Mary Jane Smith Coss. She was married to Banks D. Shively and he survives.
Other survivors include a brother, Virgil Coss of Bear Lake, Mich,
Friends may call after noon Friday at the funeral home.
The following article was copied from the Daily Jeffersonian, Cambridge, Ohio, Thursday, August 20, 1981, Page 6, Column 1:
by Jerry Wolfram
Bring Back Barbershops
Getting a haircut just isn’t the same anymore. Women ruined it.
Finding a male-only barbershop nowadays is about as rare as finding someone who appreciates the same music I do. The advent of unisex haircutting salons has all but destroyed one of our most hallowed institutions.
The rite of passage into manhood was the first time mom allowed me to go to Banks Shively’s barbershop alone and get a “regular” haircut. No more nicked ears and pulled hair from our neighbor’s energetic but misguided attempts at barbering.
Banks Shively ran a masculine hangout. Women rarely came around there, and when they did have to go inside while their kid was in the chair, we made them feel at ease.
Men who wanted to avoid boring shopping trips or stay away from the women in their lives could retreat to the barbershop until quite late. Banks opened at 9 a.m. and seldom finished before 10 at night six days a week. He’d also cut your hair on Sunday if you had to go to a wedding or a funeral.
Reading material was very manly. We read “Sports Afield,” “Esquire,” and “True Detective.” Once Banks remodeled the entire shop and put up a wonderful mural of men fishing in rowboats in a deep blue lake surrounded by pine trees and snow-capped mountains.
We discussed sports, hunting, fishing and farming. In those days, no one talked dirty. But if you had to use the restroom (there was one only one — clearly labeled “MEN”) you would find pictures of pretty girls tacked inside the door. But they always maintained a gracious, modest, yet sexy dignity.
With the arrival of longer hair, barbershops like Banks Shiveley’s mostly have gone the way of the peace sign.
And the hypnotic revolving red, white and blue barber pole also has almost disappeared. Now you have to go to a unisex shop and they have any king of emblem.
Forests of plants, and artsy pictures are the decor now. They cut your vairwith a razor. The application of hot towels, steaming shaving cream and a razor sharpened on an ageless strap were sensual pleasure that few unisex shops offer. Instead, blow dryers have replaced the strap and drive you crazy with their incessant whine.
And the reading material is boring. You get “Time,” “Newsweek,” “Glamour,” “Redbook” and several magazines picturing the wonderful hairstyles possible through the use of the miracle of those howling hairdryers.
And what do married, middle-aged unacquainted men and women talk about in a unisex shop? Television? Weather?
Of course, you can’t ban a women from barbershops, but you can send them back to beauty salons where they belong. I’m sure many women would agree that separate-but-equal facilities sometimes still are a good thing.
Banks Shively never would run a unisex shop, no sir!
