Halloweens were not a big holiday at our house. We lived 12 miles from town. I do know we celebrated it as a religious holiday by going to Mass in Woodward. I remember one time a neighbor boy trick or treated us and not having candy Mother gave him a hamburger from our supper table. Bet he was shocked. I vaguely remember community Halloween parties. One game I remember at a party was everyone was in another room and brought in one at a time and showed a row of raw eggs on the floor. The person was blindfolded and the object was to step between the eggs. Unbeknownest to him the eggs were picked up and replaced with sheets of potato chips. Imagine their surprise when they crunched chips underfoot. I remember this because us kids were put in a totally separate room so we wouldn`t spill the beans.
When a teen I stayed in town with friends and painted all store windows with bars of soap and shave cream. I remember this because one teacher`s daughter not wanting to be left out but not wanting to disobey parents carried a sliver of soap but never touched a window.
We didn`t feel deprived of candy because every Sat. when we shopped in Woodward we were allowed to pick one bag of candy. We had Halloween every week.
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