Licensed card room originally owned by Chester (Chet) Thompson. Sold to Herbert C. Malouf in 1954, who owned it until 1984. Originally at 2300 Edison Hwy, and later at 2301 Edison Hwy. It was located next door to the "Lucky Spot Card Room".
T. R. King originally sold 2200 of the large crown "WDM" chips to W. D. McCreary, Chicken Coop, Ridgecrest, California. between 1951 and 1957. The rights of the chips were sold to Herbert C. Malouf, Chet's Club, 2301 Edison Highway, who bought 3400 more large and small crown chips between 1958 and 1973.
Listing from 1959 Kern County Yellow Pages, under "Card Playing Rooms" (Library of Congress). Undated photo (KGET.com) |