Evening star., 1937-10-02
ID. c. TO CELEBRATE
HALLOWEEN OCT. 50
National Capital Committee
to Sponsor Fun Event
Featured by Parade.

The seventh annual Halloween cele-
bration sponsored by the Greater Ma
tional Capital Committee of the Board
of Trade will be held Saturday night.
October 30, the Halloween Committee
decided yesterday at its first meeting
in the Willard Hotel
Since Halloween this year falls on
Sunday, October 81, the committee
was forced to choose between the pre-
ceding Saturday or the following
Monday. The members agreed unan-
imously on the Saturday date for the
National Capitals biggest fun" event
of the year.
Under tentative plans outlined by
committee members yesterday, this
celebration will be bigger than ever
this year. The event has increased
in popularity each year, and the forth
coming celebration is not expected
to be an exception, according to
Harry P. Somerville, general chair
man of the committee.
Mammoth Parade.
The high light of the celebration, of
course, will be a mammoth parade of
colorful civic and commercial floats,
bands, novelties and individuals in
costume. The parade will pass along
Constitution avenue before the re-
viewing stand of distinguished guests
and the Halloween Queen and mem
bers of her court, who will be selected
this year by committee headed by
Miss Ella Werner.
Spectators will be given more con-
sideration this year than ever before.
Arthur Sundlun, vice chairman of
the general committee, assured the
committee yesterday the question of
getting more illumination on Consti-
tuition avenue during the parade, to
enable spectators to get better view
all along the route, will be taken up
with Federal officials. ,Sudlin said
he would try to have powerful lights
thrown on the avenue from the Fed
eral buildings.
Nearby communities will be invited
to join in the festivities. All civic
organizations of the city will be asked
to name contestant for the honor
OF being Queen of the celebration.
The Queen and her II ladies in watt
ing will be chosen about a week be-
fore the event. The only limitation
10 the entries in the contest is that
they must be between 16 and 25
years of age.
Meeting Friday.
The value of having one big cele-
bratlon was stressed by Mrs. Eliza
beth K. Peoples, director of the Com
munity Center Department, who heads
the Subcommittee on Schools. She
said if there was any doubt about
the advisability of having most of
the city's children in one place on
Halloween night. last years celebra-
ton erased it.
Somerville will be aided in COM
pleting arrangements by Thomas E.
Lodge. John j. Hasley and Sundlun,
vice chairmen, and the following SUBJ
committee chairmen: Mark Lans-
burgh, commercial; Jesse C. Suter.
civic; Bert Sheldon. prizes: George
O'Connor. music and bands; Miss
Sibyl Eaker. Fairgrounds; Edgar Nor
ris, distinguished guests; Police Supt.
Ernest w. Brown, safety; Robert w.
Davis, judges: Harold w. Snyder, cos
tunes and floats; E. D. Merrill,
transportation; Col. John w. Och
mann, parade; c. Melvin Sharpe,
lights; Albert Clyde Burton, grounds
and stands; Herman F. Carl, loud
speakers and ampliflers; Joseph C.
McGarraghy, law; Francis G. Addison,
jr., finance; Raymond M. Florance,
auditor, and Charles H. Cooke, print
ing.
Meetings will be held by the COM
mittee each Friday at the Willard
Hotel to complete final arrangements.