worn TOTS AND TEENAGERS
Halloween Not the Same Anymore;
Trick or Treat and Merriment Rules
The end of this month will no
doubt be celebrated in the Hallo
ween tradition’s, right down to the
trick or treat participants, and
witches and cats will be walking.
But Halloween, or All Hallows’
Eton, as it was once called, was
«ot always thus.
Now celebrated with masks and
merriment, it is a contrast to the
days of its origin, and for many
centuries afterwards. For the early
origins of the holiday had dif
ferent, often sinister meanings.
Masks were made and worn as a
protection and disguise. They
originated through fear and super
stition.
Traditionally, Halloween is a
harvest festival. The holiday
originated among the Celts een
turies before the Christian era.
Druid priests celebrated the be
ginning of the year on the eve of
Samhain, or summer’s end. This
coincides with our October 31. It
was also the festival of their sun
god. Feasts were held and fires
were lighted in his honor.
According to Druid beliefs, the
lord of the dead gathered together
all the souls of the dead on this
night. The souls of the wicked
were condemned to enter the
bodies of the animals. The souls of
the good were believed to enter
the body of another human being.
The first of November was set
aside by the Christian church to
honor all saints who had no day of
their own, and called it All Saints
Day. The day before was called
All Hallows’ Even—later shorten
ed to Halloween,
Witches are another traditional
belief of Halloween. It was
thought that certaljj occult women
dressed in black on All Hallows'
Even took brooms from their
closets and rode them to secret
meeting places. Their cats, those
cats, those souls of the evil dead,
rode with them.
The witches supposedly met m
groups of 13, and made magic
spells that caused sickness and
bad luck for their victims. Work
ing all night long, they stirred up
a “witches brew” while muttering
curses.
The symbol of the skelton comes
from the belief that the dead rose
from their graves and actually
walked the earth between sunset
and sunrise on Halloween.
The present day custom of
“trick or treat” goes back to an
old English custom called, “going
The Ford Custom Ranchero, first prestige pickup of its kind in the industry, is
completely restyled for 1959. The Custom Ranchero has the same clean, tasteful styling
of the 1959 Ford stat'-.n wagons and a new, longer 118-inch wheelbase. The nominal
body length of seven leet means a bigger loadspace for cargo of all sorts. The Ranchero
has the same luxurious interior as the 1959 Ford Country Sedan.
r
i
A Quarter Million
Dollars For $399.82!
Classified Ads
Sell $250,000
Slate Surplus
Houston, Tex—A story in the Houston-Chronicle recently related how the State
of Texas sold $250,000 worth of state surplus, from newspaper classified advertis
Stuck with more than a quarter million dollars worth of surplus furniture,
highway materials and houses on highway rights-of-way, the state decided to
advertise it for sale in the newspapers, and invested $399.82 in classified advertis
ing
“Houses sold like hog dogs at a county fair.Used cars worth $23,616 were
sold with a couple of want ads,” according to Don Caveness, Chief Clerk of the
Board of Control.
—(From the Publishers’ Auxiliary, August 30, 1958)
Classified ads are the king of the market place
To Sell It-Buy It-Trade It-Phone 3123
The Kodiak Mirror
a souling.” Men and women went
from house to house chanting, “a
soul cake, a soul cake, a penny
or a soul cake.” Housewives gave
them little pastries (soul cakes)
and in return the people said
prayers for the souls of the dead.
The Jack-o-Lanteru owes its
origin to Ireland. Legend has it
that a stingy man named Jack was
barred from Heaven because of
his miserly qualities, and forbid
den to enter Hell because he play
ed practical jokes on the Devil.
Hence Jack was condemned to
walk the earth with his lantern
until judgement Day. The pump
kin face Jack-o-Lantern which we
know therefor combine** tnauy
Halloween traditions: it is ft fiyrmle?
of the harvest, it’s a sort of friend
ly mask, aud it’s a reminder to
treat, not trick.
In the past few years, the «u*
tom has been to get far and away
from the original meaning and be
havior in celebrating Hallo wee*
For it is now Vied in with United
Natans Day, and many children
collect clothing^ money or what
have-you for some more unfort
unate child in another part of tin
world. It’s a way of moving up
all saints day one day—and com
bines merriment with a worth
while project.
-V -iin
NOTICE
Electrical power wiiS ^ off from
from 3 a.m.16 5 a.m. Saturday
Sunday morning; (Weather permit
ting).
t-fiu;.:U‘ .:V
«>: : rv - •••:•
• n
, I,; ij- > i \ , '»T.. ft
This outage is necessary to make
repairs to equipment damaged on
October 19. •
KODIAK ELECTRIC ASS’!, Inc.
You'll sleep
warm and snug Ut
cotton flannel »lee^>
wear, that is as c wy an
it is pretty.
Choose from
nr collection at
charming pajama and
nightgowns in sweet,
gay prints and checks
•S?-».5«l .i* *
v)
4 I*
KRAFT’S DRY ROODS DEPT.
Open every Friday evening til 8 p.m.