Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-11-08
SENIORS ENTERTAINED !.
At HALLOWEEN PARTY

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visit Ghost Hollow and Witch
land. Promptly AT O'Clock forty
of them met at an appointed spot
and started out, softly whistling
and humming TO the tune of the
whr of auto wheels and putting
engines, for the above mentioned
communities.
Bands of ghosts, COLLINS and
witches We're swarming the air
and everywhere. Then the fun
began. Each valiant chauffeur
let out the clutch, turned on the
gas. and soon left ghosts, COLLINS
witches, people and earth behind
them and We're skimming along in
he air, just aiming to strike the
tops of the hills and the very
highest bumps. At this rate the
merry crowd soon reached Ghost
Hollow, with practically no dam
age done except the disappear
ance of The prettily pinched edge
around certain pumpkin pie
This crime was Immediately
charged against Halloween evil
spirits, for Cora says she knows
the trimming was on it when She
started and she didn't remember
of anyone sitting on it.
At the gateway of the hollow
the ghosts were met by tall. slim
spectral something that held pc
culiar shaped musical instrument
i'm one of its hands and a lynch
ing rope i'm the other. The guests
hcsitated, the guide became angry
and trembling With rage, began to
pour forth encahnting music from
he peculiar instrument. Alas!
III was too late to retreat Forty
adventurous Seniors were doomed.
ono" under this spell they were
helpless and whether they were to
be Ted INTO sOrrOW or happiness
they could not resist. The awful
being silently and swiftly led the
forty quaking. trembling Seniors
up hill and down hill. through
lhlckets, bushes and dark haunt
ed woods, through sheds and at
last down, down a series of almost
perpendicular soap steps, which
led down into a gloomy den OF
horror. Here the sweet enchant-
ing music was accompanied by
loud, hideous groans, which
echoed and rc-echoed i'm combi-
nation of sounds that fairly cur
died the blood of the unhappy VIC
Tins. This den of horror was UNI
drscrihahlc and it's darkness made
uncertain just what il did CON
tain. However, sScOttie', was
heard to remark when once she
had escaped, "Oh, it was worse
than q carnival submarine!' The
rest of us would compare ii with
la human laundry. The limp
guests We're then led into a brill
llantly lighted house, which
proved to be the home of Miss
Berniecc Meats. The two spac-
lous rooms i'm which the crowd as
srmbed could be rightly named
the Running Kat Kastlc,' for
there We're black cats large and
black cats small. ON the piano, i'm
The windows and above The doors,
i'm combination With various other
decorations.
The first few hours spent in
Running Kat kastle were occu-
pied by he playing of games, for
tune telling and accomplishing
other very strenuous feats.
About II O'Clock the guests
We're invited into the large beau
liflllly lighted dining room. Here
two long tables were fancifully
bcdecked With place cards, and a
protusion of wicrd lanterns and
paper trimmings, and the guests
were served with what they termed
Halloween banquet. After a
full hour of feasting they re-
turned to the parlor, singing a
few farewell songs, departed for
their respective homes, congratu-
latlng themselves upon escaping
naughty pranks of the witches
and COLLINS; for outside of the
Shipping forward of the basin of
waiter over which Lois was at
tempting to jump, causing her to
land erect on both feet. but stand
ing IN four inches of icy water,
and he hypnolizing of Micky Nc
tiaNrcn and Tom Everett by some
mysterious goblin. Haven't learn
ed definitely just what they were
trying to initiate, but from all ap-
pcarances we have come to the
conclusion that they were imagin-
ing themselves acting as Barnum
and Bailey clowns. Then last but
not, least paralyzing Mr.. Sunder-
Inns right eye during the game of
'Winkum. Outside of these
three things the Seniors were un-
molestcd by the speclres of Hal
lowe en-.
Forty happy Seniors and their
ellapcrons, Mr.. and Mrs. Sunder-
IN, Miss Spooncr and Mr.. Berry