El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-01
HALLOWEEN PARTIES
GIVEN SCHOOL TOTS
Freshmen of Class B at the High School
Have a Lot of Fun; Smaller Pupils
of Other schools Are Entertained

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of other Schools Are Entertained
Halloween furnished an occasion for
a little gayety to break the regular
routine Of school work and in many
of the rooms OF the various schoois
informal parties were held after the
work Of the day had been completed
At the High school, the freshmen Of
class 3 had Halloween frollc at
the school Friday afternoon after
school hours The main hall of the
school was deliberately decorated sug-
gestive of Halloween. The windows
were darkened with coverings of dark
crepe paper. and the party was held
by the weird light Of the pumpkin
Jack o'Lanterns- The large ceiling
lights of the hall had been yelled with
orange cOlOred crepe paper, and shin
ing through this the light added a
golden glow over the merry makers.
From the central lights, long stream
ers Of black and orange crepe paper
extended to the corners Of the hall,
and witches, COLLINS, black cats, and
other symbols Of the Halloween sea-
son, ornamented the walls and hung
from the lights.
Halloween games were played and
the refreshments were ginger cake,
apples and frozen daintieS. Jack
Downs succeeded in knocking down
the suspended basket Mary Noble won
the Olympic yard dash, Teddy Piatt
succeeded in pinning the tail nearest
the right sDOt on the big black cat,
missionary stunts. Dancing finished
the afternoons amusement
On the entertainment committee
were Mabel PoIvador, Merle Hoffaker
and George Leighton. In charge Of
the refreshments were Kathleen Kelly
and Mary Noble, and on the decoration
committee were harold Depew, Elliott
Chess and Winifred Jackman-
"Hf, Teachers Celebrate.
Laying aside their dignity for the
time being. members of the high school
faculty enjoyed themselves Friday
night to the utmost at a very Jolly, old
fashioned Halloween party, given by
Mrs J. n Frank, at her home, 111S Los
Angeles street The house was attract
lively decorated with Halloween sym
bols- Halloween games were played
and there were charades.
Apple cider was served during the
evening and at the close typical Hal
lOWe'en luncheon Of pumpkin pie and
the usual "fiXins' was enjoyed. Mrs.
Frank was assisted in entertaining by
her daughter, Mrs. Clyde II. league. and
Miss wander McIver. Among the guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. II. H Hughey, Mr..
and Mrs. R F. Mccormick MeSdames
Victoria Whitmer. Leila Moore, NJ c.
league; Misses Helen Oldham, Eula
Harper. Catherine Flynn. Rebecca Cold
stein LaVert Chamberlain, Isabel KEEL
", Ethel Taylor, Lena MCKEE; Messrs
r. ) Tighe, S. s. Ulrey. S. o. Welday,
A O. Sayles and W. F. Beiermann.
Gives Lamar Seconds a Party.
Miss Maize Coles had a Halloween
party for her youngsters Of the second
grade at the Lamar school Friday
afternoon There are so many little
children in this grade that Miss Coles
has to have two halliday sessions, but
all the morning children came bach
for the party and had a lively time
Each yOungster told Halloween
story and then the children voted for
the one each thought best. Isabelle
Pomeroy was decided to be the best
story teller, so she was given a prAe