Halloween High Jinks

Justamere Ladies Club dress up, 1956 (L-R Nathalia Schwemler, Lena Dahl, Randy Olson, Dorphy Bekkerus, Stella Gilkyson, Mabel Hagen, Doris Sappet, Cecil Robinson, Esther Olson, and Vivian Vekved)
Justamere Ladies Club dress up, 1956 (L-R Nathalia Schwemler, Lena Dahl, Randy Olson, Dorothy Bekkerus, Stella Gilkyson, Mabel Hagen, Doris Sappet, Cecil Robinson, Esther Olson, and Vivian Vekved)

It sounds like the Halloween party at the local high school in 1933 was quite an event – a haunted house tour, games, dancing, and singing, then lunch.  The party closed with a snake dance downtown, which to me would have been the most exciting part.

Researched & written by Kathryn Auger

Grande Prairie Herald ~ November 3, 1933
Grande Prairie Herald ~ November 3, 1933

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