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MEDFORDylWrRIBUNE
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1954
Pranks and Parties
By Olive Starcher
Ghosts, goblint and spooks will be on the prowl tonight, for It Is
Halloween. Celebrated long, ago as a religious festival before All Saint's day,
it is now a time for pranks and parties, for ringing doorbells and demanding
food, and a time for the traditional fare of cider, doughnuts and pumpkin pie.
However, something new has been added to the "trick or treat" this
year. Children in Medford, the Lone Pine and Howard areas, have been asked
to collect gifts, for Korean children and householders are to be ready with -clothing,
soap, school supplies or sewing materials. In Medford and Lone
Pine the elementary schools, will be open and adults on hand to receive the
articles and supply the youngsters "with cldat'and doughnuts. Camp Fire Girls
are heading the program, with assistance from Medford Council of Church ,
Women, men's service clubs and others. ,
. Halloween is always a time for parties, and one was held at Oak
Grove school. Penny Sampert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Sampert,.
(upper left) is pictured wearing the pretty cotton blouse and skirt which was
her party costume. Black cats are always a part of Halloween decorations
but Penny's pet "Kitsie" is an unconventional all-white animal..
Another party was the masquerade dance given last night by Ladies'
Mounted troop at the club house of Jackson County Sheriffs Mounted posse.
Two troop members who attended in costume were (at right) Mrs. D. B. Lacey,
(seated) and Mrs. Howard Haskell. Mrs. Lacey was one of the committee
members who planned the gay event. ; v
. Gone are the days when cider was made pn almost all farms, but at'
Perrydalo orchard west of Medford, cider making is still part of the fall rou-'
tine. M. R. Fredenburg, (at left, upper right) and his son, Jim, are shown
making cider with a press so old everyone has forgotten just how old It is. Mr.
Fredenburg jokingly explained that he uses the "arm strong" method of turn
ing the wheels on the press. '
Thousands of doughnuts are being consumed this Halloween season,
and one of the makers was Mrs. Elinor Watkins (lower left), who tends the
doughnut machine at the Groceteria.
Small Sara Wood (at left), two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Berwick Wood, will be draped in a sheet tonight for a brief Halloween pil
grimage around the neighborhood. Sara posed with the Jack a' lantern
which her father , 'made.
All ready for Halloween tonight are Mrs. Fred C. Lorish and children,
Fred and Mary Lee, (lower right). Mary Lee wears her Halloween costume
and holds the mask which will cover her pretty face, and Mrs. Lorish is pre
pared with soap and school supplies for the expected callers seeking gifts for
Korean children.
(Brainerd photos)
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