Iva's Beauty Shop
The building at 208 East Simpson has been home to many businesses over the years. First, Sarah Jane Kettle ran a sandwich and chili shop and later a dry goods store there. Then, in 1929, Hazel and Helen Graham rented the building and opened the H&H Beauty Shop. In 1933, Hazel married and sold her share of the shop to Iva Brown Whipple, who worked with Helen for a year until Helen married. Shortly thereafter, the shop was renamed Iva’s Beauty Shop. It was the city’s oldest continuously operated business.
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