- Date
- circa 1968-10
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- celebrationcommunityeducation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The November 1968 Beaver Beacon reported a school Halloween party following one night of trick-or-treating. Upper-grade students held scavenger hunts with pop as prizes, watched a mystery movie, and had cider and doughnuts; the paper said the evening ended with few destructive pranks.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper community report. It does not provide attendance, organizers, or expenses.
Sources
- Reports younger children trick-or-treating, upper grades divided into two scavenger-hunt teams, prizes of pop, a mystery movie, cider, and doughnuts; it does not provide attendance, organizers, or expenses.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published Halloween report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island School Halloween party reduces destructive pranks, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-halloween-party-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1968, “Halloween Party.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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