Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Halloween a rollicking time for new town in 1903
The fledgling town of Odessa celebrated Halloween in style 109 years ago.
A lively night was reported in The Odessa Record’s issue of November 6, 1903:
The Halloween party given by 15 Odessa young ladies at the IOOF Hall last Saturday evening was a decided success. A few days before, about a score of their gentlemen friends received invitations to the event and all but three ungallant fellows responded.
On entering the room the gentlemen passed between two rows of ghostlike figures, each with a hand outstretched. The hall was appropriately decorated, with streamers hung from the ceiling and a...
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