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Mentioned by Emily Ardoin- open 1970s? Located at the corner of West Main & Tamporella Lane Image clipping from Google maps 2022 https://maps.google.com/maps?q=main+and+tamporella,+franklin,+louisiana&hl=en&ll=29.778402,-91.493057&spn=0.00664,0.013078&sll=29.778432,-91.493082&layer=c&cbp=13,197.03,,0,0.51&cbll=29.778488,-91.493126&hnear=W+Main+St+%26+Tamporella+Ln,+Franklin,+St+Mary,+Louisiana+70538&t=h&z=17&panoid=8n0w1KUflg9AQDA7IED0ng ...

Photos courtesy of Carol Polito Carol Polito: “Club Hiway 90 was on Hiway Avenue in Franklin, next door to the house where I grew up (301 Hiway Avenue). The Club Hiway 90 building was torn down when we were kids. The Club was built in the 1940’s by my grandfather, Joseph Polito, Sr., and my grandmother, Lucia, and run by the family until the early 50’s. My father, Kelly, who was the oldest son, ran the business while his brothers, Frank and Joe Jr., served in World War II. My mother, Sadie, and her sisters-in-law, Mae, Josie and Rae, worked alongside my dad until Frank, Joe, and Josie’s husband, Lawrence Borona, returned from the service. Jennie, the oldest daughter, and her husband Elbert Trahant, lived in New Orleans, and did not work in the family business. After my father died in an automobile accident in June of 1949, the rest of the family continued to run the Club, as well as Polito’s Bar and Cafe in downtown Franklin. I found a newspaper article that mentioned the Club closing in 1955, but am unsure. I know that there was a bar area, a dining area and the area with a dance floor and stage. The interior picture is of the dance floor set up for what I am guessing was one of the bingo nights.”   ...

Maria Zeringue’s grandmom Myra Blanchard- jitterbug dancing- owned by TK Hulin- originally bus station & possibly bootlegger place ...