Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-11-05
MERRY HALLOWEEN PARTIES
Young People of Dallas Keep Vigil
OF All Saints Day Last
Thursday.

MISS huCn NanOrSdel entertained a
company Of about thirty-five of her
young friends at the home of her par
ents, Thursday evening, with one of
the most elaborate Halloween parties
that has ever been given in Dallas.
The rooms upstairs and down were
richly decorated in evergreens and
autumn leaves, while in every room
two or three big jack-o-lanterns
grinned at the guests with iovial
effulgence. A black-robed spook
greeted them at the door with aclammy
handshake and half dozen ghosts,
swathed In white, and stationed at
various points on the hall stairs,
directed them silently to an upper
room where they relieved themselves
OF hats and wraps.
The major part Of the evening was
spent in Halloween games, during
which ghosts and goblins kept the
more timid guests in an incessant
furry Of excitement with their sepul-
chral voices and the dismal clanking
OF chains, and an enchantress in the
parlor dealt out fortunes that were
sometimes confirmed and sometimes
confuted by a witch who ran opposition
in a room upstairs. Miss Opal Nc
Dewitt added to the many pleasures Of
the evening by several instrumental
and vocal solos.
After an elegant luncheon had been
served the guests amused themselves
by turning down the lights and telling
ghost stories until the striking of the
clcck warned them that Halloween had
ended.
Those present were: Misses Edna
Hall, Frances Byers, Emroy Nc
Dewitt, Ada Osfield, Emma Dempsey,
Eula Philips, Vera Cosper, Nola Coad,
frankie Hayter, Georgia Martin, AL
media Fuller, Jennie Muscott, Dessa
Ridgeway. Flora McCallon, Maud
Robertson, Anna Stafrin, Olive Smith,
Lena Byers, Opal McDevitt, Eta
Phillips, Roberta McCallon; Messrs.
John Simonton, August Riser, Claude
Simson, Harry Byers, Left Finseth,
Max Hamilton, Chauncey Crider,
Elmer Streyer, Irwin Gone, Vernie
Compton, Carl Fenton, Dean Collins,
Gilman Num- and Walter Muir.
A pleasant Halloween party was
given at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. L. Hawkins, Thursday night. In
both decoration and entertainment,
the young men who gave the party
made every effort to produce the most
weird and unusual effects possible,
and they succeeded perfectly.
After various games had been
indulged in, luncheon was served in
two courses. The first was bogus
banquet to whet the appetite of the
guests, and the second a most delicious
spread consisting Of all kinds Of
dainties appropriate to the season.
Among those present at this enter
tainment we're: Mr.. and Mrs. G.. L.
Hawkins, Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Soehren,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Guy, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred West, Mrs. W. r. Ellis; Misses
Caroline Burch, Ollie Howe, Olive
Smith, Jessie Pugh, Effie Brown,
Fannie Dempsey, Ora Collins, Ednelle
Collins, Evangeline Hart, Maude
Hart, Nora Robertson, Nina Hughes,
Myrtle DeHaven, Phoebe Lamberson /;
Messrs. Harry Gaynor, Wes Elliott,
G. D. Chorpening, R. E. Williams,
R. r Hill and W. I. Ford.
Halloween was celebrated by the
young people Of the Christian Church,
in most appropriate manner, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. II. @. Seymour,
Thursday evening. The guests were
welcomed into rooms weirdly decorated
with autumn leaves and jack-o-
lanterns, by host Of uncanny spriUes.
They were then brought into the
presence Of a Hindoo philosopher,
who told their past, present and future
in most blood-curdling manner.
After this they we're seated and each
one requested to relate his or her
experience" in earning money for
the church organ fund. The lights
were turned out at the end Of their
experience" session, and the even
ing's celebration was closed by series
of ghost stories, followed by mid