Evening star., 1937-10-30
HALLOWEEN FETE
To BEGIN At ESQ;
WEATHER IS IDEAL
Elaborate Parade Along
Constitution Ave. Will Be
Witnessed by Thousands.
TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN
WILL PREVENT JAMS
Ten Inflated Balloon Figures,
Bands, Bugle Corps and Floats
in Line of March.

Perfect weather. clear and crisp,
vas expected to be Dame Natures
contribution to Washington's most
elaborate Halloween festival and
parade tonight.
Anticipating that the witches and
goblins that walk around have noted
the festive occasion is being cele-
brated a day early and have timed
their annual appearance accordingly.
the colorful pageant of gigantic comic
figures, floats, bands and coStumed
marchers has been scheduled to get
under way at 1880 O'Clock.
Thousands of persons are expected
to line up along the parade route on
Constitution avenue NV. between
Fourth and Seventeenth streets.
Late this afternoon an elaborate sys-
tenn of traffic control will be put
into effect to prevent downtown traf-
fic jams and to expedite persons 60
ing to and from the parade.
Reception Opens Festivities.
The initial event of the evening
will be q reception at the Willard
Hotel for the District Commissioners
and the mayors and other officials of
towns and cities in nearby Mary
land and Virginia, who will review
the parade as guests of honor.
Spectators will be treated 20 a
pageant which will include 10 huge,
inflated balloon figures representing
animals, dozen or more bands and
bugle corps, many civic and CONNER
cial floats, decorated private vehi-
cles, costumed group ana individual
marcher's humorous skits.
The Halloween queen, Miss Betty
Virginia Lewis, 18-year-old Temple
School student, will meet the mem
bers of her court at the Willard Ho-
tel before the parade. Then they
will lead the line of march as far
MS the court of honor, between Fiji
teenth and Seventeenth streets NV,
and then watch the remainder of
the parade.
The parade will pass the review
ing stand directly opposite the court
of honor. Here will be seated the
Commissioners, visiting mayors, men,
bers of the diplomatic corps and
other distinguished guests.
Metropolitan and park police de-
tails will be reinforced by National
Guard officers and Boy Scouts in
handling traffic and looking out for
the safety of spectators and marchers.
Judges Named.
The Halloween Committee, which
has been working on details of the
celebration for several weeks, held
its final meeting yesterday with Gen.
eral Chairman Harry p Somerville.
1t was announced the following per-
sons will act as judges to decide the
winning divisions and individuals:
Charles e. Kurtzman, costumed indi-
vidual marchers; George Lohr, COM
mercial floats; George Thompson,
civic floats; Mabel Mehaffey, decorated
private vehicles; James M. Thur
mond, bands, and Anne Abbott, cos
tuned group marchers.
The judges will not announce their
decision until Monday. The COM
mittee members felt that would give
the judges more time to reach their
decisions and would eliminate the
congestion which would accompany
announcement of awards Immediately
after the parade.
MIR. Somerville also announced the
queen and members of her court will
be guests of the Raleigh Hotel at a
dinner dance Monday night.
The queens division of the parade
will include Maurice Jarvis, the King
Of Halloween; Dennis Connell, jester;
David Cole and Roy Burton, heralds,
and Jack Exline and Andrew Jack
son, pages.