The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-06
AutHebOrO Local
QUIET HALLOWEEN.
|-rmi Parties Tended 10 Keep Mis-.
AFbas Young People OF Streets.

-rai Parties Tended 10 Keep Mis-
AFoss Young People on Streets.
b. 3 a.ts day 81 the small hoy. IN,
4 laiaai- Ter spoohs, huhgoblins an.
y HitIHiuHs prronagrs ut the Uni
-, = srl Dee evening oi usual terror Il
-. lHdrr, has passed, and the Hal
~ ~ g lfs II nov a matter Of his
y, NiiaH lu Id. history of the town
~ a1Hf Hum has Halloween passed.
Y > quietly Il, did that Of SATURDAY.
2, 4 NIuu was received hy the police
\, Ey Disturbances Wla,socy aud
q paas Evans had hard work 10
a, warm II was period OF rest for
= , .1-e irnyes and blinds. ,iack.o'-
4, t'. iHC lruNcrhml pca shooter and
'ids' atft the instruments of tor.
J sa.i hy the kids. hut among the
, HtG, d was 30 quiet that few real.
\, ls' saturday was the day OF all
n, Natl havoc i supposed 60 reign su.
n, 4 Tai measure, this unusual quiet.
!. Pronounced due 10 the numbers OF
n, BrrB flItirs which were held about
= There was hardly a section at
i rtipf but what had its cotcrie Of
/ - ituH.c CARRIED IN fantastic array.
: etlUylHt themselves in the various
d 3 d entertainment provided by their
I, 10, hosts and hostesses
i hably the largest gathering was that
be parsonage 'of the Methodist church
llgh street Here 95 of the members
!, ihat parish and friends of those who
Il in charge OF the affair passed very
|, Fable evening. This party was given
! F the auspices of the Epworth league
be church, and to the kindness of Rev.
lln \, II. Webb, who threw open
\ u house for the occasion, much credit |
The unequallcd success OF the party |
sge. rs each guest entered the hall |
p he was met by party of ghosts. and |
he weird light of numbers of Ian
p and other things of an appropriate |
|i1re the visitors were seated about the
|rs Of the parsonage. After all had
nyed, the ghosts. Misses Elfra Bemis,
bra Smulding. Lillian Green. Sarah
he', Dori, smith, Edith Canedy, Amy
nt Hazel Tucker Ruby Deane, Ger
.e Bdlle and Rachel lveson. departed
when they appeared again dressed ip
,yentlonaI garb the merrymaking of THE
FAing began. Featured on the enter
lhnent list were several songs rendered
the "ghostly party" and the usual
LoFeen stunts were INDUCED in, by
Ah young and old, the party breaking
" lflfN Hpuls uBBIo |
PATE to the occasion were served.
Nher gatherings of a similar mature
fe those given by Misses Edith Reed |
Marguerite Starkey, and by the |
kfis OF Donnell & Davis. At the '
mer the party was made up in the I
Slter measure of the younger set of
Hueboro, many of the past and pres !
members of the Brattleboro high c
POOL being in attendance. At both, the $
FAl halloween stunts were given, and {
flraI selections formed a no small part h
the entertainment. c
In EsteYville the Magnet club held open k
ne at the rooms Of the association in t
ENeyville schoolhouse, and a very en- 7
laoe evening was spent both by the a
ys who are enrolled in the club and by Il
per- numerous friends who were invited f,
share their hospitality. About 40
An we're present during the evening $,
hch was spent in games. Refreshments o
ERE served by the club members. An il
theF Esteyville party was that given by f;
Hs Marion Robinson at her home on T
fgan street. Eighteen of her small n,
Ponies were visitors during the evening, Sc
Fd they also enjoyed the usual games. tc
Everal other smaller gatherings were k,
80 held about town and all of these w
Ended to keep the young folks off the ca
Fnes ~
ion Main street in particular, which has VI
Fually been one of the hotbeds of in
Erection, things were more than quiet,
Though great deal of amusement was
FINISHED by two young women IN OLD, 1t
shloned costumes who paraded up and
own both sides of the street dropping
Alnt curtsies to passers-by. Now and
ZEN some mischievous party OF young on
ople, dressed in long white robes would tic
81 down the street, only disappearing 10,
ray pea blown through tin tube by a sci
Fmendous puff of breath by some small tn;
would occasionally hit a pedestrian STA
cause mutterings of wrath, but the a.,
n of the youth and his evident amuse- del
mt were enough to put the damper on sue
!! cross feeling. Ioc
he young women employees OF Dun Ne
n Brothers held halloween party at tor
home of Miss May Cook of Clark mo
'et Saturday evening. As the young lea
men arrived they were us ered in, by opt
cry attractive devil" and were then a
,red through the house, which was to-
y lighted with lack-o'-lanternss, by hlb
lber of "spooks' carrying torches. ma
feature of the evening, was a wltcn, aga
lam Perywuxtosky, who read the wit
rs at very attractive booth. Games but
amusements customary at halloween loo;
! PLAYED and the prizes were won by dan
eS Ellen Grady, Alice Croll, Edith old
nm and Mrs. Charles MacKnight. A poe
tifnl luncheon was served and every, bro
enjoyed a very pleasant evening. the
Charles Burroughs of Wilder, Mrs. suit
$ Ellis, Misses Eva Ellis and Mary pro
on, former employees of Dunham UNIV
hers, were also present. upo