Tuesday July 19th

Long Beach

Left the house alone this morning to get the 9:05 bus. Arrived there at 9:25 and started my excursion of the City. Bus had made its final stop at Lincoln Park. This is a recreational development set up by the City for the benefit of the Oldsters. Imagine if you can a Shuffleboard Court with provisions for about 10 games at one time. These courts are of concrete waxed to a glasslike surface. A lot of skill is required and the Onlookers comment freely on this one and that one. The next game is a sort of croquet game called rogue. Quite a heavy mallet is used - balls must be of very hard rubber because at times they take an awful pasting. There are six of these courts and four play the game at one time. Another section is devoted to Horse-shoe pitching.A regular house enclosed the card players where they play anything. Watched a Pinochle Game for a while but they play with a double deck and their Scoring system is different. Another section is devoted to Checkers and Chess. When I returned there in the afternoon the place was full of people. There is a small annual charge for membership. On two days of the week-Tuesday and Thursdays-Growers from the outlying sections bring in their cars with trailers attached - small stands, roofed over - and