Evening star., 1938-10-30
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TO GREET COLLINS
ONANNUAL VISIT
Parade Within a Parade
to Climax Halloween
Celebration.
CONSTITUTION AVENUE
Is CENTER OF ACTIVITY
Handsome Trophies and Great
List Of Secondary Prizes
Awaiting Marchers.

Washington's yearly job Of playing
host to COLLINS, evil spirits and witches
on broomsticks will be climaxed to-
morrow night in a huge Halloween
parade featuring, among other things,
mammoth inflated balloon figures,
colorful floats, bevy Of pretty young
ladies and parade within q parade.
While pranksters are not expected
entirely to neglect their usual prac-
tice OF soaping windows, ringing door,
bells and removing all removable OBJ
jects from front lawns and porches,
most Of the celebrating will be con-
centrated on Constitution avenue,
where the parade will be held, Begin
ming at 7:30 pm. at the Peace Monu-
ment.
Miss Nadine Petrey, queen Of the
1898 celebration, and the 10 other
attractive Washington girls who COM
prise her court of honor, will reign
over the festivities from q beautiful
court opposite the reviewing stand
on the avenue, between Fifteenth and
Seventeenth streets.
Coyle Will Broadcast.
A description of the paraders will
be sent out through q public address
system along the line of march by
Master Of Ceremonies Bill Coyle, ra-
dio director of The Star. who will
view the activities from the review
ing stand.
The parade within a parade" will
be the offering of the Community
Center Department of the public
schools. Under direction of Mrs.
Elizabeth X. Peoples. director OF the
department.. an elaborate production,
"Father Time Reviews Halloween
Through the Years." will be presented
to the thousands of observers lining
Constitution avenue.
Heading this section will be the Elks'
Boys' Band, followed by q float depict
ing the theme OF the Community Gen.
ter's contribution. Going back through
the years to 1907 will be an Indian
ceremony Of the Moon Dance to drive
evil spirits away. Cooperating in this
number will be the Improved Order Of
Red Men, Degree Of Pocahontas.
Historical numbers than will be pre-
sentsd chronologicaliy --8foving up to
177e, Halloween will be seen asserting
itself in the form Of . "jack-o Lantern
party" Coming into the 10Th century.
the 'horse-and-buggy days" Of an 1925
Halloween will be depicted. Then next,
the Gay Nineties, this feature reveal
ing New York in 1890 at 3 am. on the
Night Owl special, an old street car
drawn by horse.
The next division will depict Hal
loween in 1914 and then, under the
heading Of modern times, the Birth
day of the D. c. Halloween Parade in
1881" will be offered, with the marchers
carrying the first silver cup awarded
as a trophy and won by the Commun-
ity Center Department. Starting with
1892 and working up to the present
will be the Spirits of Halloween" +"
These numbers will include animals,
tumblers, costumed groups, drill teams,
skaters. merry y-go-round, pony drawn
float and "trafic jitterbugs."
Many Secondary Prizes.
Many handsome trophies and the
Largest number Of secondary prizes
ever, donated will be awarded to win
ming divisions and marchers The fol-
bw1ng have contributed trophies for
the event:
The Board of Trade, Grifith Con-
s,lmers Co., United States Storage Co.,
Thompson's Dairy. Fred Buchholz.
Palace Laundry. Kronheim National
Eagle, Boyd's School Of Commerce.
A. Kahn, Inc; Warrington Hotel
Association, Guide Bros, The Evening
Star, the Patterson Newspapers and
Gunther Brewing Co. and Loew's
Capitol Theater will place two cour-
tesy tickets in each trophy.
The secondary prizes will include
wearing apparel, focd, credit vouchers
at various business establishments,
toasters, irons and many other
articles.
A big Halloween show will be held
during the evening at the Z. v.
Brown School and Woodrow Wilson
High School. More than 1000 tickets
for the event have been given to paro-
chial and public school students. Mrs.
Mary Roberts Klaphaak is chairman
of the Entertainment Committee in
charge Of arrangements.
L. r. Pennington, administrative
assistant to J. Edrar H0over director
OF the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
and Arch Mcdonald, radio sports
commentator, will give brief talks, and
the =. B. I. movie, You Can't Get
Away With It." will be shown.
Two feature film productions, "The
Magnificent Brute" and THE Big
Gage" and three short comedies also
Will be presented. John Mealy, ex-
pert whistler, will perform at Wood
row Wilson. The speakers and the
dlms Will be presented at both schools