Morty Comix # 2685

Mortry Comix # 2685 was slipped into a gap between the floor molding/trim and the wall in a dark corner in the upper loft of the dining area of Centralia's Olympic Club. My grandfather, Bryan McDowell, pretty much made this joint his second home back in the 1930s-1950s. He basically "owned" a pool table that was closest to the big woodstove.

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The Olympic Club woodstove and poolroom, Centralia, Washington

From what I have been told, my grandfather basically lived at a pool table here in the 1930s-1950s. He "owned" the table closest to the stove (although I'm sure that original table has long since passed on).  This place was pretty much a seedy dive when I first visited it in the 1970s, but it has since been McMenaminized just like the Spar in Olympia and many other Washington/Oregon local icons. This place includes a family dining area in a room where I formerly observed old guys in fedoras smoking cigars and playing cards. The Wm. Hoss building is next door to the McMenamins complex.