“Where There’s Hair There’s Hope.” 

 This quote is the tag line to Foust Beauty Shoppe located at 414 E. Market Street here in Greensboro, North Carolina. 

 Pauline Farrar McCain (1926-2022) was an entrepreneur and former owner of Foust Beauty Shoppe. She attended Maco Beauty College in Greensboro in the late- 1940s and continued her cosmetology studies in Washington, DC. 

She would buy Foust in 1960 and operated it until her passing in 2022.  In the early 1960s, McCain would participate in civil rights marches downtown. She was known for her leadership in countless civic groups and devotion to Locust Grove Baptist Church in Brown Summit. 

Today, McCain’s combs, clips, hair crimpers, and other equipment are part of Greensboro Museum Collections sharing her hair story with future generations.  

Photograph of McCain’s items featured in “This Just In” at the museum, 2024  

 Narrative and photograph source: Greensboro History Museum

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Pauline F. McCain was a native of Pittsboro, North Carolina. She was from a family of ten children and was born on June 29, 1926, along with her twin sister Catherine Farrar Williamson who proceeded her in death on May 9, 2020. She was the daughter of Leah Bell Atkins and Jodie Thomas Farrar. 

She was proceeded in death by her loving husband Alonzo McCain on January 18, 2020. 

She was a devout member of Locust Grove Baptist Church in Brown Summit, NC. She loved flowers and was a firm believer in education.

She created The Farrar Atkins Family Scholarship Fund which she founded with her nephew.

Source: Pauline F. McClain's obituary