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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1965
Page
15
The piece traces Halloween origins to Druid beliefs in Saman the Lord of Death and Roman Pomona rites for nuts and fruit. It notes the vigil name in parts of Ireland and explains Halloween as a festival with roots in both darkness and playful mischief.
George Puskenalis and his son Jerry fished at Whitney Point Reservoir. He lost a lure to a snag, then returned and after ten minutes landed a 6½ pound 29 inch wall eye pike with the same lure in its mouth.
Cody junior high officials urged the city to paint yellow stripes in the faculty parking lot. City crews applied the markings but a second crew resealed the lot, covering the new paint.
In mid summer Dick Wilder planned a Christmas in September sale at his Cody drug store with decorations and wrapping paper at cut prices. The gag matched an unseasonal storm that dumped eight inches of snow.
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