I cannot find info on this token " J J ENGLISH PORT ACRES RECREATION CLUB "

[stealthycat]

I did some internet searching ... I cannot find anything on these. I found them both about 15 yards apart at an old 1900 or so home site. a 10 and 25 cent .... I only spent maybe 30-45 minutes around that area, I wonder if there are more but more curious exactly what they are. I know Port Acres is a city along the Texas Gulf Coast ... I know that the parents of the people who own the land once lived in Houston ... so I'm suspecting a weeks vacation to a " Recreation Club" around Port Acres ... but can't confirm it and why would they give tokens to a recreation club ??

I'm "new" to metal detecting compared to most, very curious on the things like this I find. My first Treasurenet post

 

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[wheatfinder13]

Are they aluminum or brass? You might want to post it on the tags/token forum

 

[stealthycat]

aluminum ... can a Moderator move this thread to there please? I didn't know there WAS a tag/token forum - GREAT !!

 

[Mackaydon]

Several references to The Port Acres Recreation Club in 1944 Port Acres newspapers.
Don...

 

[idahotokens]

SC--nice finds! The 1940 Port Arthur City Directory shows Jesse J. English as proprietor of the Port Acres Recreation Club which was a billiard hall located at 1925 Old Beaumont Road. How about posting pics of these two at TokenCatalog.com for the good of the hobby? Or with permission and sizes, I can do it for you.
John in the Great 208

 

[stealthycat]

idahotokens I'll join there and post - I seem to have a knack for finding tokens and tags. I have a very cool "tag" I found too - I'll post over there. MUCH APPRECIATED !