The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-11-02
EASTERN STAR PARTY
FOR KIDDIES A SUCCESS
The Eastern Star Halloween Party for the Riddles was
Largely Attended. Children Enjoy Program
and Eats

Tuesday evening at 1880 the fam
lilies of the Eastern Star Order gath
cred together at the new Masonic
Hall for a real Halloween Folio
The party was for and in honor Of
the kiddies, and they were all there,
wide-eyed with joy over the pumpkin
faces peering from all corners, and
just little doubtful of grotesque and
fearful witches and spooky noises is
suing from dark passages. However,
the doubt was dispelled when it was
discovered that the witches were in
reality Miss Vuugn and Miss Spen-
Ger, and the spooky noises only ad-
ded to the delightful "shivery' feel
ing throughout the evenings enter
tainment. Most of the youngsters
came gaily attired in all kinds of
costumes, from cats and pumpkin
children to fairies and goblins. Dim
lights and flashes of lightning kept
the tensity of the atmosphere at a
high pitch, until the big treat of the
evening came, in the program which
consisted almost entirely of acts by
the children.
The program was presented as fol-
lows: A halloween dance by Bar
bara Holbrook and Jean Collins; a
reccitation by little Billy Evans; a
reading by Jean Chubbuck; a Vir-
ginia Reel by a group Of ladies all
dressed in various costumes and sug-
gesting a regular Mardi Gras as they
gaily went through the lively steps
of the dance. They were: Mrs. Kleta
Evans, Mrs. Kottke, Mrs. Fred Han
sen, Mrs. Ernrest Jackson, the Misses
Pearl Quantrell, Lorraine Seeger, |
Florence and Marie Dore, Alice Club
buck, Ruth Chapman, Helen Hopper,
Mrs. George Butler and Mrs. Al
Springer. Each one of these ladies |
were masked, and several of the men
at the party were asked to line up
and name the dancers on slip OF I
paper. Wendell Gagon was the lucky
man, being the only one to guess
every one. The next numbers were:
a song by Messrs. Marion nd Wood
row Snodgrass; a reading by Bar
bara Holbrook; male quartet by
Max Smith, M. N. Austin, e. D.
Bloom and G. E. Jackson; song by
Billy Jane Austin; reading by Julia ]
Hoover; a song by Evelyn Villa 1
muth recitation by Stanley Gagon:
a piano solo by Margaret Collins; a
piano solo by Lorraine Seeger; a {
reading by Abigail Davis; piano {
solo by Ruth Line; reading by Jean '
Collins; a dance by Marie Dore; a l
recitation by Donald Butler, and a
violin solo by George Gagon. c
Following the program, which was i
enjoyed, fine Halloween C
and apple pie with whipped
cream, coffee and chocolate. The
ables were tastefully arranged with
pumpkins for centerpieces, and a c
fright red apple at each place made n
t seem like real Halloween feast. Il
Mrs. William Varley, who had ~
harge of the entire party, deserves .
much praise for the great success n
f the party, and the delight afforded y
he youngsters and grown-ups. 1t is =,
pleasure to be young with the kid a.
les, and the Eastern Star party was u,
real joy to old and young alike. h,
The committee in charge Of enter
ainment and decorations are surely ~
} be complimented. The ladies were: te
Iesdames Kleta Evans, Kottke, Fred w
Jansen, Ernest Jackson, AL Springer, 70
gorge Butler, and the Misses Pearl IL
rantrell, Lorraine Seeger, Florence
nd Marie Dore, Alice Chubbuck, 60
nth Chapman, Helen Hopper, Vaugn N
nd Vera Spencer. The gentlemen Of n,
le Eastern Star who formed COM y,
ittee to work with the ladies con-
sted Of: M. H. Fehnel, Dryden Reay,
B. Newman, and L. W. Van Akin. ~
The ladies responsible for the de- ~
cious lunch were: Mesdames Leon -,