TED Z - THIS IS YOUR LIFE

Ted Z was born in Dedham, Massachusetts July 11, 1937. When he was fourteen his family moved to St. Petersburg, Florida.

His folks rented an apartment right across the street from a bar called the 50-50 club. The only game in the place was shuffleboard. So at fifteen years old he threw his first weight and at eighteen he even substituted in a shuffleboard league until he took up bowling.

For the next three years Ted worked and kept on bowling until he went to college. He spent three months in college until he was inducted into the service.

He spent 4 years serving in the armed forces and after his discharge he moved to California and began a varied career beginning by working in bowling alleys and becoming a pro bowler. Eventually he joined the PCPBA (semi-A), but always kept on with his first love, playing shuffleboard.

For about ten years he ran the Women's and Men's Shuffleboard leagues in the San Fernando Valley.

About this time he left the bowling alleys for more money and worked for the Los Angeles Drug Company.

After several years he left the drug company and began painting and plastering, subcontracting for several years till he and his wife Earlene bought the Best Little Wherehouse in Temecula from his wife's brother Jack on December 7,1985.

The Best Little Wherehouse became famous for its shuffleboard tournaments, especially the big one every year on the Fourth of July. After closing the Wherehouse, Ted and Earlene opened up the lounge known as E.T.'s Sports Lounge, where they just had their 9th anniversary...>>>Booklet