Longworth and Howard demonstrate “joy collectivators” made by Howard. “On the other hand, it was just a total place of freedom,” Hoke told The Oaklandside. 14th bar and murdered someone after discovering his wife was involved with a woman. According to Hoke, that security system was established after an angry husband burst into E. The doors stayed locked, and there was a peephole through which prospective customers were eyed warily. “You couldn’t just walk into The Jubilee,” recalled Barbara Hoke, an Oakland resident whose social life was centered at the bar for years. Owned by Betty Arnesen and Velma Souza, The Jubilee was a working-class, no-nonsense establishment where women came to play pool and knock back a few.
