OK you KY boys, this one is for you.

A few days ago, Roy Klein, ask for a chip ID on the BB for J-M Hub chip. I posted what I knew about the chip from the Mason record card. I got the chip and Mason card back in 2000. Never gave it much thought after that, until Roy’s post.

After Roy’s post I took a 2nd look at the card. What did the M on the chip stand for? Looks like J for John. Who was M? I spent a lot of days and nights playing poker in Louisville 1961-1980. From memory I was pretty sure East Jefferson St was not residential. But when you get my age memory does not always serve you well.

An initial that did not match the card and a non-residential address is spelled “I L L E G A L” to me. I was hoping for a bar or a café. Wallah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And now “The Rest Of The Story.”

Enter my friend of the hobby.

Club Roi-Tan
John H. Weber and Maynard F. Morgan
134 East Jefferson St
Louisville. KY
1938

134 East Jefferson was the location of a night club called “Club Roi-Tan” from about 1938 to around 1940. The structure which housed the address at the corner of E. Jefferson & S. Brook no longer exists.

The proprietors of the club were John H. Weber and Maynard F. Morgan.

J-M on chip probably John-Maynard.

My note: Not a big conspiracy like some of the Illinois and Missouri illegal searches comes up with but for sure it is a new KY illegal. It is always a good day when you tag a new KY illegal.

Enough of that:

How many of you Illinois boys have a T mold chip that has “Jack Adams” on it? If you don’t have it you will want it after the next Illinois Illegal post I make. If you do have it you will love the history that goes with it. The pink “Jack Adams” chip has been on Ebay recently.