Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-31
MANY AMUSING
COSTUMES WIN
C. Of c. PRIZES

With chilly wind blowing piles
| of dried leaves and cloudy skies
overhead, four hundred twenty
five youngsters gathered at the
public school at seven o'clock
/! Tuesday evening for the annual
kiddies Halloween parade, which
featured the high school band,
! Cochran's Majorettes, costumed
children, decorated bikes, wagons
and tractors. Traffic along the pa
rade route was ably handled by
special police.
Following the parade kiddies'
party was held at the Clinton The
atre Upon their entry into the
theatre each youngster was pre-
sented free pop corn. Tickets were
furnished by the merchants thus
enabling the youngsters to enjoy
a free show.
| In single file, the costumed
Halloweeners paraded across the
stage. Those judged best in their
classification of most beautiful
costume, the most original COS
tune and the most comical coSl
tune were given tickets by the
judges thus making them eligible
for the "semi-finals.
Original Costume
Talcott Gillespie, dressed as a
silvery Mechanical Man, was
judged first in the original cos
tunes. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eddie Molterer. Eleven year
old Catherine Dunn, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly Dunn, received
second prize for her attire Of a
scarecrow. A black crow was
perched on her left shoulder,
which added to the originality of
her costume. Third prize winner
was Carl Kolhoff, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Norm Kolhoff. Carl had a
pumpkin face head and cornstalks
to form his body for his Halo
ween costume
Shirley Conner, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Conner, re-
ceived the first award in the most
beautiful category for her red
heart-shaped Valentine attire.
Dressed as a bride, Connie Kuz-
ma, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Kuzma, was awarded the sec
ond prize. Ten year old Sharon
Cernek was the recipient of the
one dollar award for her portray
al of Mae West.
Bathing Suit A Winner
| An old timers bathing suit, won
the first prize in the comic cos
tunes for Jerome Oleska, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Oleska. Jer-
ONES costume was complete, even
to the old-fashioned type mus
tache. Little five year old Dennis
Hamman, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Hamman, wearing black
trimmed spectacles, large straw
hat, and his clothing stuffed with
pillows to make him appear to be
a typical "five by five" was the
second prize winner. Dressed as a
crone, with a mop for her hair,
won the third prize for Rosemarie
Kinney, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Kinney.
! David Antrim, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Antrim, received the
first award for the best decorated
bicycle. Bike No. AZ, owned by
Jimmy Euranious, was accorded
second prize and Dick Holly, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Holly,
Sr., received third prize.
First prizes for the winners
were three new one dollar bills.
second prize, two new dollars and
third prize a single new one dol
lar bill.
Harry Callahan was general
chairman of the annual Halloween
party and kiddies parade, spon-
sored by the Port Clinton Cham
ber of Commerce. He was assisted
by Eddie Edwards, who served as
the master of ceremonies; Law
renee Ludwigsen, Gordon Cooper,
Fred Hendricks, Eddie Kolesar,
Ralph Forster, Norman KolIoff
and Donald Sanders.
i Judges were Carlista Snyder,
Marguerite Finefrock, Juel Cover
and Jean Lockwood.