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Danny Raskin, Jewish News C.) F- LU 1:721 w F- 74 • • • • Weddings Bar/Bat Mitzvahs Anniversaries Private Parties . . . ALL YOUR HAPPY OCCASIONS (313) 544-7373 DANNY RASKIN I here are many stories that could be told in 25 years ... especially at a men's barber shop where secrets are unfolded while the hair stylists clip away, a man- icurist tenderly holds hands, or perhaps when under a dryer (yes, men do that, too). But a lot of them are of the privacy variety and remain closemouthed coverts of the gent and his stylist or mani- curist. Charterhouse Barber Shop on the Boardwalk at Orchard Lake Road, south of Maple, a couple of doors from Stage & Co., is actually celebrating two anniversaries ... 25 years all told and seven at the present site ... with a five-year in-be- tween span at Franklin Shop- ping Plaza on Northwestern Highway. Of today's owners at Char- terhouse Barber Shop ... Al Nettle, Ron Eddy and Howard LaLone ... only Al was an own- er 25 years ago with Roy Cal- ley ... Ron and Howard were valued employees back then on Nine Mile Road when Jack Freedman put his hairpiece on backwards and Al worked on it 10 minutes trying to make the toupee look good be- fore Jack finally removed the cigar from his mouth and said, "Al, I think it's on backwards." It was on Nine Mile Road when a female stripper streak- er was "with it" in the some- what "vogue" of the era and came running, or sauntering, as Al says, through the shop ... It was funny watching every- one's faces and Herb Kaufman remarking that he'd seen bet- ter bodies by Fisher ... One fel- low getting a hot towel missed the whole thing, but didn't feel bad after hearing Herb's com- ment. Iry Kramer had Howard to thank for putting out the fire on his head that happened when Roy used a lighted taper with- out knowing that the alcohol in his hair spray hadn't evaporat- ed yet (one in a million) ... With- out the quick action of Howard, who knows what Iry would have looked like? The hairpiece owned by Mac Mindlin took a trip to the Caribbean Islands ... while he stayed at home ... Ron had put Mac's toupee on the wrong per- son's head! That hairpiece swishing around in the barber shop's washing machine was, of course, there by mistake ... But a good thing that the gent, who would rather his name isn't used, had more than one ... Bet- ter still that he wasn't wearing it at the time! Joe Perlman's wife didn't like the look when a tint was used to give his white hair a little blue coloring ... The color had come out purple ... Efforts were made to strip out that tint but the result was even more dis- astrous ... with Joe's head look- ing like a peacock. Bob Schwartz and Jim Prenslauer were both freshly charge to supervise the doing of their hair. The stories could go on and on ... As Jimmy Durante used to say, "I got a million of 'em!" Charterhouse Barber Shop is to many like a home away from home for its customers ... There's always a lot of friendly hellos and smiles ... plenty of coffee and cake ... an all-around atmosphere that seems to yell "Welcome!" after entering the doors and into a veritable sea of fully-mirrored walls. On the Boardwalk this was the former Jonathon's Salon of yesteryears, which Al, Ron and Al Nettle, Ron Eddy and Howard LaLone of Charterhouse Barber Shop. coifed when for some reason they wound up with shampoo hoses in their hands and began soaking each other ... A lot of fun except that the Charter- house guys had to re-style both of them all over again. Rabbi M. Robert Syme spent enough time at the Nine Mile Charterhouse Barber Shop to get an "Honorary. Barber's Li- cense" to go along with his many other diplomas and cre- dentials of honor ... Someone took his coat by mistake ... car keys and all. It was also on Nine Mile that Barron Herman tipped his hair- piece to a woman on the side- walk in front of the shop ... She almost jumped out of her shoes! Sid Schwartz was the only customer who directed his own hairstyling ... Twice a week, with a mirror on his head, Sid would show Al exactly how to do his hair, strand by strand ... and before recently moving to Palm Springs, never did live down the kidding from fellow members at Franklin Hills Country Club who jokingly would ask what he would Howard took over and have made into one of the better-look- ing and highly-respected hair styling shops in the Northwest. Charterhouse Barber Shop opened its doors at Charter- house Apartments on Nine Mile on March 1, 1969... And on the Boardwalk, March 1, 1987. The three present owners are also adept at other things be- sides hair styling. Al does carpentry work as a hobby and customizes golf clubs at home to suit individual needs ... Like the driver for Burt Loewenstein, a putter for Dr. Ken Trader, among many ... He is also an avid golfer him- self. Ron, wife Gail and their son, Tom, have a landscaping com- pany ... and Ron loves to do landscape designing. Howard is single and would make some gal happy with his strong affection for cooking ... especially making pies and breads ... He also is an avid hunter and fisherman. Two employees are still with Charterhouse Barber Shop from the Nine Mile Road days