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| "Halloween Party," announcement, Alexandria Times-Tribune, 1 November 1915; online images, Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : accessed 29 March 2015). |
A masquerade party was enjoyed by a number of friends Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Manring on East Eleventh street. At 9 o'clock all marks were removed. Miss Elsie McCord won the first prize. Virgil Wright second and Kenneth Stoughton third prize. Games and contents were followed by a Hallowe'en luncheon. The home was beautifully decorated in black and yellow crepe ribbons, candles, pumpkins and yellow crysanthemums. Attending were the Misses Elsie McCord, Hazel Foland, Mablel Wright, Mary Manring, Olivia Wright, Sarah Damens, Frances Wright, and Charley Sexton, George Harcastle, William Knopp, Kenneth Stoughton, Kenneth Allen and Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lawler, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Frazier, Mrs. Mary Danils, Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. Ada Stroughton and Clarence Smith, of Muncie.
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My maternal great-grandfather, Virgil Lee Wright (1894-1972) and great-grandmother, Edna Muriel (Pierce) Wright (1897-1968), attended this Halloween party shortly after their marriage with a number of friends and relatives. I wonder what customer grandpa Virgil wore to win second prize?
Other relatives include Mabel Wright, daughter of James and Clara (Hicks) Wright, Virgil's first cousin, as well as her other sisters Olivia and Frances Wright. Frances Wright's future husband Charles Sexton was also in attendance.
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