Gary Wood has been a barber in Aggieville since 1963. You can cut a lot of hair in 50 years! Here is a little bit of his story mixed in with some Aggieville history. Hope you enjoy it.
Forrest E. Mansfield ran a barber shop at 706 N. Manhattan. He was listed at this location, just north of The Palace Drug Store, in the Manhattan Polk Directories in 1946 and 1951.
The photo above was taken around 1938 by Ralph Miller during the days of “car-hops” at The Palace. The Mansfield Barber Shop and Shine Parlor sign is showing on the next building down the street. In the 1950s the building was converted to Bony’s Dry Cleaning and Laundry, pictured below.
It later became Larry’s Dry Cleaners.
Then Porter’s went in that location….
Then there was a very big fire….
and Porter’s got some new “neighbors” on the north.
By 1946 Mansfield had moved his barber skills to a new store on Moro Street. It was located at 1214 1/2 Moro, and was still listed in the 1951 directories as F.E. Mansfield Barber Shop. it is the third shop from the left in the photo below.
In 1961 the 1214 1/2 Moro listing changed to Campus Barber Shop – and stayed with that name through the 1981 listings.It was 1963 that young Gary Wood started working at the Campus Barber Shop.
Gary purchased the business in 1970, and in 1973 he changed the name to Mr. G’s Roffler Family Hair Center. In 1989 Sonny Ballard purchased the building and used it to expand Ballard’s Sporting Goods, pictured below.
At that point Gary moved over to Hair Dimensions at 717 N. 11th Street. He stayed there from about 1989-1997. The picture below is from 1993.
Then Gary worked with Hector “Junior” Secord at Junior’s Barber Shop at 1109 Moro for about 5 1/2 years. Junior is pictured below inside the shop in about 1993.
In 2002 Gary Wood opened up Wildcat Barber Shop at 1100 Laramie, and that is where you can find him cutting hair today!
Gary Wood, a barber in Aggieville for 50 years! Way to go Gary!! (Walk-ins welcome!)
theaggievillehistorian 
In your Aggville pictures you state that Bony’s Cleaners opened in the 1950’s when in reality Bony’s moved to Manhattan Avenue from 612 N 12th st (where Shaggieville is shown on Google Maps), about 1943 or 44 during WWII. He sold out in 1955. Bony Sitterley was my father. The main reasons for the move were larger facility as well to manage the Hole In One club (2 doors north of the Manhattan avenue location), for the widow of Mose Sitterley who passed away in 1943.
Thanks for all of the old Aggieville info and pictures.
Bob Sitterley
Thank you for the info Bob! I’ll try to update that info in future publications. Would you happen to have any photos you would let me use in telling the story? Best wishes, Dan (dan.walter@cox.net)