unwholesome influences
65 years ago…
February 1, 1941 – Local health officials and ministers call for a ban on military men visiting jook joints, citing as reasons their “unwholesome influences” and the repute of the women who hang around them.
Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center
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February 1st, 2006 at 2:57 pm
“…citing as reasons their “unwholesome influences†and the repute of the women who hang around them.”
By this definition, the First Baptist Church of Brandon, would be a jook joint (for those that don’t know, this would be Ronda Storm’s church.)