The Young Demmies

The Forester's Club has been mentioned previously on this blog but there was another private club not far from the 340. It was called "The Young Democrat Club". It was located a few doors up from the Rendezvous west of the city square. How it came to be called by that name must have had something to do with the past because none of the patrons or employees were "young" until we started barging in en masse and at least in my case surely not a "Democrat".
Their most attractive feature was that they stayed open after 2:00 A.M. So when the Village or whatever "gin joint" we closed that evening kicked us out we sometimes headed there.
They had the dirtiest restroom imaginable but that was low priority with the opportunity for a few more "suds" to cap off the night. I don't think they ever made us join their organization and I am sure the beers were reasonably priced being a private club.
I have a vague memory of the Bonnie Parker Band either being there or threatening to show up after they got done at The Village. I seem to remember microphones and a stage so perhaps they did play a song there or at least one of the band members performed,maybe not, its a little fuzzy after all we never went to that club before 2:oo A.M.
So within less than a two block radius from the 340 Club we had two private clubs (The Foresters and the Young Demmies), three bars (Soldern's,Johnny's and Kramers), a laundromat, a church, a pharmacy (Buch's), a dry cleaner (Yorgey's), a convenience store (usually there was one at Mulberry & King), a fine dining establishment (The Rendezvous), another eatery for a short time (The Betwixt and Between), the comforting thought of a firehouse a half block from the Club, an athletic store (Gary's Pro Shop,although he catered to mostly bowlers),a dentist (Dr.Schrader),a jewelry store,some great neighbors and some not-so-great.
All in all what more could you ask for in such a small area. Why would we ever leave ? Tee will get to that as he winds down 1978.