With the sounding of the Anaheim city power plant whistle at 7:00 PM, heard all over town, 31 decorated store windows were unveiled along Center Street announcing the start of the first Anaheim Halloween Carnival and Festival on Thursday, October 30, 1924. Then at 7:30, two blasts of the whistle set off the start of the parade. An estimated 20,000 residents and neighbors from nearby towns crowded onto the sidewalks on both sides of the street to watch the 45-minute procession led by baseball superstars Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson who served as Grand Marshals.
It was the beginning of an annual feature on the life of the city that has continued for 96 years and is eagerly anticipating 100 and beyond. (Special thanks to Kevin Kidney, Anaheim Elks and MLB.com for portions of this post)
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