The BIG brush off … Ferdinand Brothers of the Brush to receive clean shaves

Gentlemen, start your engines.

No, not your car engines. Your electric razor engines. Or maybe electric razor motors is a better description.

Better still, let barber Luke Tieken get rid of that pesky stubble so your cheeks are as smooth as a baby’s behind during the inaugural 2015 event in celebration of Ferdinand’s Demisemiseptcentennial or Demisemiseptcentenary or Quartoseptcentennial or Quartoseptcentenary or Terquasquicentennial or — as the committee prefers to call it — the 175th anniversary of the Town’s founding.

As was done as a centennial feature in 1990, 1965, 1940 and probably 1890, Ferdinand gents are invited to join a unique fraternity by having their faces clean shaven on Sunday, January 4 at 2 p.m. (EST). Then all they have to do is let their beards grow until the huge 175th celebration in June, when their whiskers will be judged in a variety of categories (haven’t heard whether “prettiest” will be among them).

All Ferdinand gents able to grow hair on their faces are invited and encouraged to participate.

Questions? Need more information? Just call 812-630-5236.

To recap:
WHAT: Brothers of the Brush Kick-Off (a Ferdinand 175 event)
WHERE: Ferdinand Community Center
WHEN: January 4, 2015 at 2 p.m. EST
For more information, call 812-630-5236