Columbus' travels continue on the way to Marquette Park

May 30, 2014 865

by Bob Kalinowski

When Zelino Vici opened his barber shop in Nanticoke, the United States president was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, baseball legend Babe Ruth was about to embark on the final year of his Hall of Fame career and canned beer was just hitting the market.

Vici charged 25 cents for haircuts and competed against dozens of other local barbers struggling to survive during the Great Depression. All these years later, Vici is still at it. Vici turned 100 years old on Wednesday and spent his birthday cutting hair for loyal customers who popped in to deliver well wishes and get a trim.

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