Hickory daily record., 1922-10-28
MANY FEATURES
HALLOWEEN
PARTY


: Tie big Halloween. get together civ
len in the South school under The aus
pices Of the parent teacher association
IN cooperation with Hickory Commun-
'ty Service was an unqualified success
t"on1 every standpoint. LGne before the
nour at wheh the program was TO be-
jgln the auditorium was crowded with
fathers, mothers. children and school
patrons. Il was a happy gathering. with
many in costumes but all Out for a
friendly meeting of neisilbors and cit
liens.
Pumpkins. apples, corn, beautifully
shaded lights and other unique decor
atlons transformed the halls into
] fairly land. Upon entering the build
ing the witches-cauldron could be seen
with an artificial red glow underneath
/ which assisted in emitting cards and
papers with fortunes upon them. The
fortune teller was busy with steady
stream Of curious folks. Prizes at the
fish pond soon were exhausted because
OF the heavy demand made upon this
fishery. Boys and girls were doing high
diving stunts Il great portion Of the
evening i'll search of apples that were
ipiaced in a large tub. It was neces-
y
| the teeth. Adults as well as the chill
Idren enjoyed this. feature.
The evenings s fun stated in the au-
|ditorium. Miss Virginia Allen, prin-
Ecipal of the South school announced
the purpose of the gathering andaask-
ed for the cooperation OF everybody
-t61 the work Of the parent-teacher
association. This was followed by con--
munity singing led by fArs. Robert
Brown with Miss Allen at the piano
The childrens' song books were distri-
buted to the singers end all joined in
Justify
Mr.. Fl. =. Schubert was then intro J.
duced and after stating the purpose OF
Community Service explained The man
nel. in which the movement tooopeTates !.
with all local agencies and associations /
such as the one all were enjoying. Just |
to give them touch Of good natured |
fun he started rubber balloons from |
the front of the room while all were I
seated and the group that tossed it
back over the heads Of thei, team !
mates and returned it 20 the front was |.
declared the winner. Four balloons
were in the air at the same time lrt
this game.
Then followed the feature of the ev-
ening Professor jolly was introduced Il
by Mr.. Schubert as high priced act Il
from Atlanta. This was in the nature
Of living wax figures and Mr.. Eugene
lvpy who was the professor had the Il
entire house in an uproal with the
antics OF tbs gIaup OF -eLasuss. AS the Il
igures started across the stage, heads, |!
arms, legs and other parts ef their ii
bodies failed to function which aeceSsl- Il
,ated a cranking, or oil and in some II
,ascs tightening screws or bolts. 9th |
RS in the cast with Mr.. Ivey included
Iiss Ida Adair, Little Bo Peep; Miss /.
Ilez Tolar, Pohacontas; DR.. W. E.
speas as Little Boy Blue; Miss jamie I.
Menzies, Cry Baby; Mr.. Fred Jones,
lack Spratt; Mrs. Fred Jones as Mrs.
Spratt; Miss Bertha Deaton, High So
3rano singer. il
At the end of the regular program in
he auditorium the children were ask
ID to remain while the adults took II
Of the halls in games and
stunts under the direction of Mr.. Schu-
BERT. All that could participated in
,hese games. The large crowd prevent
ID many from joining them.
This program that exceeded the eX- 1
1ectations Of the most optimistic mem \
)er Of the neighborhood was arranged j
~ the South school parent-teacher
association and Mr.. Schubert Of Com
nunity Service which L-oved conclu-
'ively the worth of the movement he
S representing. 1t is a cooperative ag-
ency for the good Of the entire COM
and it surely demonstrated
What can be done in Hickory by all
dining in to make our community one
If npiphhors