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Monday, November 4, 2019

Halloween Party at Stallings Store, Nov. 4, 1919

From The Commonwealth, Scotland Neck, N.C., Nov. 4, 1919

Halloween at Dawsons

The Halloween party given Friday night by Misses Craig and Joyce, our popular teachers here, was enjoyed by a large crowd of people and many ghosts and goblins at Stallings store now used as a school room for 4, 5, and 6 o’clock. The room was decorated with bunting in festoon style, also an abundance of autumn foliage and many pumpkin Jack o’ Lanterns. Then there were black cats and witches galore. In the first corners were booths where the pupils sold apples, oranges, candies, gum and sandwiches.

Slide shows were quite an attractive feature to the night when for “only a time” you could see the “crying babies” with pacifiers, cap and dresses to resemble an ideal little one which proved to be the stoutest pupils in school, following was “six suits for five,” also the swimming match.

Next was the bobbing apples in a pan of water which attracted our attention and many tried in vain to bite the hanging apples and merriment ran high among the young people. Of course the fortune teller was to be found in her booth, which was really one of the girls who had studied fascinating humbug, if humbug it be, to seem quite wise indeed, and her earnestness sent all away fully convinced that what is to be will be.

The proceeds amounted to $36, which will be used for basket ball for the school. The best of all, we had the jolliest sort of a good time.

Misses Craig and Joyce came from Rockingham county and have been here only two months, and Dawson’s people in fact the whole school district, consider ourselves fortunate in securing their services.

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