Reply #44: Don't down play Gus Stevens Supper Club, it was a hot spot

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Plenty of performers played the club, Andy Griffith, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jayne Mansfield, Rudy Vallee, Mel Torme, Elvis. It was part of the coast's colorful past. (Illegal gambling went on in the lounge, but then again, most clubs on the strip conducted illegal gambling.)

It was a special place -- my father used to take us to dinner on our birthdays and we would go to Gus Stevens, order what we wanted including a Shirley Temple or two - it was just a special dinner with daddy.

FYI - the driver killed in the wreck, Ronnie Harrison, was involved with Gus' daughter, Elaine and impregnated her. After the wreck and his death, Gus, the very forceful Greek father sent Elaine to a home for unwed mothers and made Elaine give the child up for adoption. Mother and daughter found each other in 2000.

Oh, and before Katrina, I used to have a photo of Jayne Mansfield on the Ship Island pier, my father took it with a poloraid when we ran into her on a trip to the island.