GEORGE CAMARA
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George Carnara was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts - the "Whaling Capital of the World," in 1938, His father passed away when he was very young so George along with his mother, brother and sister took a Greyhound bus all the way to Manteca, California to move near Geroge's uncle.

Afta a couple of years, Geroge's mother remarried and the family moved to nearby Stockton, Caifornia. George went to Edison High School and played baseball. His folks owned a bar in Stock on El Dorado and 4th St. Later, they bought an old Safeway store on Charter Way and Sutter St. and turned it into a bar. The place was called Tony's and it had two shuffleboard tables.

George joined the Marines at the age of seventeen, and served for two years. Afterwards, he attended Stockton Junior College for another two years. He then went to work for Beneficial Finance and was all set to be transferred to New Orleans as a Finance Officer. Fate stepped in and changed his plans when his stepfhther became ill and then died. At 21 years of age, George became a bartender at the family's bar. He continued to bartend thereand then at various other bars for the next 35 years.

SHUFFLEBOARD - THE EARLY YEARS
George's brother Ernie taught him how to play shuffleboard. Clyde Martin taught him how to shoot a Jersey, George says...>>>Booklet