Rainbow Club

Status: Closed

Parish: Calcasieu

Location: Vinton/East Orange

From Louisiana Dancehalls FaceBook page-
Jerry L. Moody:  “(I)n the early to mid 50’s we lived behind the old Rainbow Club that was on the old Orange Hwy. My mom and dad worked there, dad was a bartender and bouncer, and mom a waitress. This club was west of the Circle Club in Vinton. The old Hwy 90 went to Orange, Texas near the Navy ship yard. The bridge was an old two lane wooden bridge it was as narrow as the Port Arthur bridge and even more scary.”
“One time Mr. Miller, he owned the club, locked his keys inside so he paid me 50 cents if I could crawl through the box fan and pass through a hole in the side to go get his keys. It was dark and the only lights were the beer and whiskey signs. I ran as fast as i could found the keys and made a bee line to the front door. I was about 6 years old.”

From Facebook comments:
Darla G. Morton:  “My step dad owned (the Rainbow Club). His name was Tiny Richardson. He also had Club 88 on a highway near there. I was too young but I think it was on Highway 88.”

From http://www.texasfreeway.com:  “On the right side of the road as Texans exited the east end of the mile-long bridge stood the Crystal Palace, followed by, on the banks of Mud Lake, Pete Aucion’s. Just past Mud Lake, on the left, stood…Rainbow Club.”

Photo courtesy of Jerry L. Moody: Description: “Lee Pruit is the man with the white shirt and my mom is behind him This picture was taken in 1955.”

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