Dick Barber

Dick Barber was a long time resident of Guilford, Maine. He had arrived shortly after a twelve year hitch in the Navy and bought and operated the Trebor Mansion Inn. Although not born there and so would never be completely accepted by the townsfolk, he had resided there long enough that his outspokenness was tolerated and sometimes even listened to. In addition to running the Inn, Barber and his family semi-professionally bred Maine Coon cats.

After the Yellowstone Supervolcano had erupted, Squirt Frog and the Evolving Tadpoles came to Guilford and were put up by Barber at the Inn. Since it was after the summer tourist season and the Inn was technically closed, Barber was willing to accommodate the band members for free since the cost would be minimal. Rob Ferguson elected to stay in the top tower bedroom which was accessible through a trap-door and ladder from a lower bedroom. Justin Nachman took that bedroom while Charlie Storer and Biff Thorvald shared the bedroom beside Justin's.

Literary Note
Dick Barber is loosely based on Robert Shaffer, the real life proprietor of the non-fictional Trebor Mansion Inn. The line Barber uses when Squirt Frog first arrived: "If one of you is about to give birth, I may be able to offer you a manger" is a joke made by Shaffer. Likewise bribing the laundry fairy. (See | the Inn website).