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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1925
Page
5
Hostesses and club reporters are urged to submit all notices today. Musicals and music students must be typewritten and turned in today if possible. otherwise Saturday. Due to volume, Sunday paper space favors today. All church notices must be submitted today.
A long piece recounts a mood of greed and grace through personal reflections, then shifts to Hallowe'en lore. It outlines midnight rituals, mirror divination, candle games to reveal a future spouse’s wedding month, apple peeling for initials, and party foods, noting Halloween’s pagan roots and link to Souls Day.
Members of the Belle Bennett Missionary Society of Polk Street Methodist church held their regular monthly social afternoon at Mrs J C Morgan's home 1723 Monroe Street. The setting featured Halloween decorations and homemade treats during the gathering.
La Cenicienta Needle Club husbands will attend a Halloween party at 8 p.m. Saturday at Mrs C G H Christian’s home 700 Western Avenue. St Andrews Episcopal church P B L girls host a market at City Drug Store with homemade candies cakes breads pies and other treats, inviting all.
Amarillo High School seniors will be supervised by the high school's Parent-Teacher Association for Halloween celebrations marking a shift from past unstructured festivities. The PTA will oversee the evening while students enjoy the holiday, a departure from earlier, more unruly times when youths roamed freely on Halloween night seeking mischief.
The piece notes that youth are allowed to run free, but lack mature judgment, while adults provide safe, healthy events. Tonight the Municipal Auditorium rotunda will glow with celebrations, drawing in spooks of the vanhandle to join in the gaiety, as many venues brighten in solidarity with proper conditions.
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