tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4611162283738163732024-03-05T01:56:37.789-08:00ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYANAHEIM GAZETTE, the official Anaheim Historical Society blogANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-31935209612550307842020-10-27T00:00:00.001-07:002020-10-27T00:00:08.507-07:00<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Chickweed Tilting", Impact, Haettenschweiler, "Arial Narrow Bold", sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Larry & Dinah Torgerson – Announcing Kid Ramos 2015 Grand Marshal</h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Submitted by Dinah & Larry Torgerson</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Larry and I have been announcing the parade on Broadway for several years. We love doing it, and enjoy establishing camaraderie with those watching along our section of the parade. <span id="more-5092" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>A few years ago our Grand Marshal was David “Kid” Ramos, an internationally known and respected blues guitar player who grew up here in Anaheim and still lives here.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-5093 aligncenter" height="270" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Torgerson-Kid-Ramos-300x270.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Torgerson-Kid-Ramos-300x270.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Torgerson-Kid-Ramos-768x690.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Torgerson-Kid-Ramos-132x119.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Torgerson-Kid-Ramos-162x146.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Torgerson-Kid-Ramos-610x548.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Torgerson-Kid-Ramos-114x102.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Torgerson-Kid-Ramos.jpg 928w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Larry always does some research on the Grand Marshal to get some interesting facts for the audience. When David was passing by, Larry gave his “color commentary”, and at the end he announced, “And most important and impressive of all, DAVID IS A CANCER SURVIVOR!” When David heard that, he stood up in the convertible and gave the audience a huge wave, and the audience went wild with cheers!</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Hooray!! It was a great moment!</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Editor’s Note: The Torgersons not only announce the parade each year, they volunteer tons of hours with the community to mount the festivities. Be sure to look for some pictures of Dinah on her separate memory post, here are just a few of our own “Mr. Wonderful” master builder Larry over the years.</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5094" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_5094" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 225px;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-5094" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-225x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-99x132.jpg 99w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-122x162.jpg 122w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-610x813.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-86x114.jpg 86w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-300x400.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-scaled.jpg 1920w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="225" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-5094" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Larry Torgerson Creating Rocket Witch Float 2014</span></figcaption></figure><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5096" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_5096" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-5096" height="225" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Crust-2019-300x225.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Crust-2019-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Crust-2019-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Crust-2019-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Crust-2019-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Crust-2019-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Crust-2019-132x99.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Crust-2019-162x122.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Crust-2019-610x458.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Crust-2019-114x86.jpg 114w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-5096" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Larry Torgerson making pie crust for Georgia’s Sweet Potato Pie Float 2019</span></figcaption></figure><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5095" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_5095" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 225px;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-5095" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Andy-225x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Andy-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Andy-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Andy-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Andy-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Andy-99x132.jpg 99w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Andy-122x162.jpg 122w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Andy-610x813.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Andy-86x114.jpg 86w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Andy-300x400.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Larry-on-Andy-scaled.jpg 1920w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="225" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-5095" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Larry with his creation, Andy Anaheim 2019</span></figcaption></figure></div>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-5483464771692996212020-10-26T00:00:00.001-07:002020-10-26T00:00:03.685-07:00<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Chickweed Tilting", Impact, Haettenschweiler, "Arial Narrow Bold", sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tom Kupfrian Festival & Parade Memories</h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Submitted by Tom Kupfrian</span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">My earliest recollection of the Halloween Festival is when my daughter won best costume in her age group (she was dressed as a Capri Sun juice box) back in 2000 and I joined her on a float with the other winners of the costume contest. We sat on hay bales on a flatbed truck in the afternoon parade.<span id="more-5107" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">However, my fondest memories are from more recent years when I helped build many floats including Andy Anaheim and the Rocket Witch.</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5108" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_5108" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 225px;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-5108" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Andy-2013-225x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Andy-2013-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Andy-2013-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Andy-2013-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Andy-2013-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Andy-2013-99x132.jpg 99w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Andy-2013-122x162.jpg 122w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Andy-2013-610x813.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Andy-2013-86x114.jpg 86w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Andy-2013-300x400.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Andy-2013-scaled.jpg 1920w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="225" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-5108" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Tom Working on Andy 2013</span></figcaption></figure><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5109" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_5109" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-5109" height="225" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-a-300x225.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-a-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-a-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-a-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-a-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-a-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-a-132x99.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-a-162x122.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-a-610x458.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Working-on-Rocket-Witch-a-114x86.jpg 114w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-5109" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">T<span style="color: white;">om testing out Rocket Witch 2014</span></figcaption></figure><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">The Andy Anaheim build team was honored a few years ago when we autographed the wall mural of the float at the local Applebee’s.</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5110" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_5110" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-5110" height="225" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Applebees-300x225.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Applebees-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Applebees-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Applebees-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Applebees-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Applebees-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Applebees-132x99.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Applebees-162x122.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Applebees-610x458.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Applebees-114x86.jpg 114w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-5110" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Bill C, Larry T, Tom K, Eric A & Jody D at Applebee’s Anaheim</span></figcaption></figure><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Driving the Candy Box float was another fun experience until the battery went dead towards the end of the route and we had to push it the rest of the way.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">I also enjoyed building games for the Fall Festival including the Plinko game and Four in a Row.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5111" height="225" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Plinko-2016-Festival-300x225.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Plinko-2016-Festival-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Plinko-2016-Festival-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Plinko-2016-Festival-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Plinko-2016-Festival-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Plinko-2016-Festival-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Plinko-2016-Festival-132x99.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Plinko-2016-Festival-162x122.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Plinko-2016-Festival-610x458.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tom-Plinko-2016-Festival-114x86.jpg 114w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">The camaraderie and sense of community during the time spent building floats is something I will always cherish.</span></p><div><br /></div></div>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-20387168064622825222020-10-25T00:00:00.001-07:002020-10-25T00:00:04.669-07:00<p> <span style="background-color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Submitted by Keith Olesen</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444;">In 1987 the Anaheim Halloween Parade once again came close to disappearing because of a lack of financial support for the then 60+ year old tradition. Earlier that year a group of downtown residents formed the Anaheim Neighborhood Association as a means to more effectively address issues we saw as threatening to our downtown neighborhoods. <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="more-4517" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span>The more involved we got the more we realized that there was a lot more to improving and preserving our historic neighborhoods and quality of life of residents than just “fighting city hall”. You could fight, and even win sometimes, but to have a lasting positive impact residents got involved in non-political community, neighborhood, and city-wide activities. One of the first of those was the Anaheim Halloween Parade. In October, 1987 we found out the Halloween Parade might not happen that year because they didn’t have the $13,000 for the insurance required by the city. Eventually the city agreed to fund half the amount and loan the parade the other half. Ok, the parade was going to happen, but the loan still had to be repaid. We submitted the attached letter to the editor of the Anaheim Bulletin, then a stand-alone newspaper and the main source of local, city related news, to bring attention to the problem and to hopefully be part of the solution.</span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #e59908; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: #e59908; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IALp1cE6ifM/X5KIGPMSomI/AAAAAAAABOw/C-B1p3yS53gOFqOyk-imbbLFefP9Y22UwCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="768" height="239" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IALp1cE6ifM/X5KIGPMSomI/AAAAAAAABOw/C-B1p3yS53gOFqOyk-imbbLFefP9Y22UwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h239/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: #444444;">ANA donated $500 to the parade and made a “challenge” to other neighborhood groups and local businesses to match it. The Bulletin published the letter in the October 22 paper, along with an editorial of their own accepting the challenge, matching the $500 donation, and encouraging others to do the same.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kThfQSIG8vM/X5KI3gBx1BI/AAAAAAAABPE/oqy7OVy6hicyI4ZDANh0UpcgYqTNRBZhQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="300" height="640" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kThfQSIG8vM/X5KI3gBx1BI/AAAAAAAABPE/oqy7OVy6hicyI4ZDANh0UpcgYqTNRBZhQCLcBGAsYHQ/w363-h640/image.png" width="363" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kThfQSIG8vM/X5KI3gBx1BI/AAAAAAAABPE/oqy7OVy6hicyI4ZDANh0UpcgYqTNRBZhQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RaK4E8oRU3g/X5KJChbUXaI/AAAAAAAABPI/M8HJ4rFPg-wyR-Ub3LBg8SmOfzAd0KnBQCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="419" height="640" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RaK4E8oRU3g/X5KJChbUXaI/AAAAAAAABPI/M8HJ4rFPg-wyR-Ub3LBg8SmOfzAd0KnBQCLcBGAsYHQ/w496-h640/image.png" width="496" /></a></div><br /></div><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444;">Since I was not part of the group who was putting on the parade in those days I have no idea what amount was finally raised, but I assume that through this and other fundraising efforts enough was raised to pay off the loan and allow the parade to continue. Amazingly (or maybe not), as we approach the 100th anniversary of the parade, some of the same people from that era are now again involved in the Anaheim Halloween Parade and one of the biggest challenges is, you guessed it, raising money to fund the Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade.Luckily today the parade has enormous support from residents, businesses (both large and small), as well as the City of Anaheim and has become one of the largest, most popular community events in the city. Hopefully that will continue to the 100th Anniversary and far beyond.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p></div>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-62059213647714617262020-10-24T00:00:00.001-07:002020-10-24T00:00:01.509-07:00<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Chickweed Tilting", Impact, Haettenschweiler, "Arial Narrow Bold", sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Steve Faessel - Favorite Parade Watching Memory</h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Submitted by Steve Faessel</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Most of us “Oldtimers” recall the Annual Halloween Parade marching from La Palma Park to Downtown, via Anaheim Blvd (old Los Angeles Street). In the years of 1952-1955, however, the Parade used Lemon Street instead.<span id="more-4545" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">During that time, our family’s neighborhood friends, the Florence’s, lived at 521 North Lemon, at the corner of Alberta Street.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">They had two sons, Jimmy and Johnny, who hung around with my older brother David. They let me tag along.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">The boys’ bedroom was upstairs, facing Lemon Street, and an open window, that allowed us to all scramble out onto the wide sloping porch roof to have a front row seat of the parade. What a cool spot to watch from! No adults to get in our way; to this day, it’s still my favorite memory of the Halloween Parade.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4454 aligncenter" height="430" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Faessel-Watching-1-300x202.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Faessel-Watching-1-300x202.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Faessel-Watching-1-1024x688.png 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Faessel-Watching-1-768x516.png 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Faessel-Watching-1-1536x1032.png 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Faessel-Watching-1-132x89.png 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Faessel-Watching-1-162x109.png 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Faessel-Watching-1-610x410.png 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Faessel-Watching-1-114x77.png 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Faessel-Watching-1.png 2012w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></p></div>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-41153827011528549792020-10-23T00:00:00.001-07:002020-10-23T00:00:04.514-07:00Three times the Charm by JoAn Burdick Gottlieb<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w48VQivp9ic/X4_0I74x1NI/AAAAAAAABOE/BDXkZTPWT7UpYmRaniTicx-fwMoqRtG6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0100.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="623" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w48VQivp9ic/X4_0I74x1NI/AAAAAAAABOE/BDXkZTPWT7UpYmRaniTicx-fwMoqRtG6ACLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h623/IMG_0100.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tbkrWK9zSb4/X4_w4SA-o1I/AAAAAAAABNo/l-xhDOlyFN0zWzTkVSOsCyatFtBkeYUuACLcBGAsYHQ/IMG_0106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="491" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tbkrWK9zSb4/X4_w4SA-o1I/AAAAAAAABNo/l-xhDOlyFN0zWzTkVSOsCyatFtBkeYUuACLcBGAsYHQ/w480-h491/IMG_0106.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> The year was 1950 and I was going to Anaheim High School - The AHS band was set to be the first to open the Halloween Parade and I was excited to be twirling my baton while leading the way. Mr. Ted Born who was the leader of the Elks Club band asked to speak to me-( The Elks Club was known then for having a fabulous band with many adult musicians ) Mr. Born told me he would like me to lead their band in the parade and I explained my obligation with leading the Anaheim High Band- He thought about it for a moment and then said "Jo, I think we can do this because I'm sure I can get you a ride from the end of the parade back to the beginning again if you are game" Knowing it was three miles beginning to end and I was in good shape I agreed. During this same year I was giving baton lessons to around twenty girls in exchange for dancing lessons from Dorothy Jo Swanson (A well respected dance teacher from Corona del Mar) She called around the same time and asked if I would lead the " Dorothy and Jo Majorettes" thru the Halloween Parade this year as well ! With many thanks to the Anaheim Police Department who provided the rides from parade end back to parade beginning , I started out leading the amazing Anaheim High Band then got back in the nick of time to the step off with the Elks Club at parade middle. Then with another APD ride assist, I just made it to lead the "Dorothy and Jo Majorettes" marching up the route to end the parade. Both on the second and third times going down the three mile parade route I heard people shouting "Hey Jo didn't we just see you?' which I thought was quite funny. I think I might be the only person to have marched in the Anaheim Halloween Parade three times in one night.<p></p>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-28919506828944109312020-10-22T00:00:00.001-07:002020-10-23T00:59:37.093-07:00<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Chickweed Tilting", Impact, Haettenschweiler, "Arial Narrow Bold", sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Memories of the Headless Horseman, Anaheim-Style</h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Washington Irving’s 1820 tale of a headless horseman terrorizing the village of Sleepy Hallow is considered one of America’s first ghost stories. The History Channel’s Elizabeth Bradley theorizes Irving’s likely source of inspiration is a translation of the German poem <span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Wild Hunstman</span> by Gottfried Burger. It’s no wonder then that Anaheim’s Germanic Colonists would consider the story ample fodder for mining Halloween gold.<span id="more-4548" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">The Headless Horseman has made several appearances in the Anaheim Halloween Parade throughout the years. Shown here as a charming paper-mache and metal pipe art sculpture in La Palma Park Stadium, 1949:</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4549" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_4549" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 347px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-4549" height="290" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-1949-300x251.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-1949-300x251.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-1949-1024x857.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-1949-768x643.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-1949-1536x1286.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-1949-132x110.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-1949-162x136.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-1949-610x511.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-1949-114x95.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-1949.jpg 1650w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="347" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-4549" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Image courtesy Anaheim Public Library Archives</span></figcaption></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">I<span style="color: white;">n 2015, the Horseman was presented “live action” as seen in the staging area for the parade at Broadway and Manchester:</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4550" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_4550" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 264px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-4550" height="329" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2015-241x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2015-241x300.jpg 241w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2015-768x956.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2015-106x132.jpg 106w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2015-130x162.jpg 130w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2015-610x760.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2015-92x114.jpg 92w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2015-300x374.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2015.jpg 771w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="264" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-4550" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Photo courtesy of Holly Unruh</span></figcaption></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">And here, accompanied by the Anaheim Police Department’s Mounted Unit at staging for the 93<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">rd</span> annual Anaheim Halloween Parade in 2017:</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4551" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_4551" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font: inherit; margin: 0px auto 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 352px;"><img alt="" class=" wp-image-4551" height="267" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2017-300x227.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2017-300x227.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2017-132x100.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2017-162x123.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2017-610x461.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2017-114x86.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Headless-Horseman-2017.jpg 714w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="352" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-4551" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Photo by Anaheim Halloween Parade</span></figcaption></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Whenever the Horseman rides down the streets of Downtown Anaheim,</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">you know the Anaheim Halloween Parade isn’t far behind !</span></p></div>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-54219269548654711722020-10-21T00:00:00.001-07:002020-10-23T00:08:35.207-07:00<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Chickweed Tilting", Impact, Haettenschweiler, "Arial Narrow Bold", sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Luana Weaver Parade Memories</h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Submitted by Luana Weaver</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444;">I remember walking one block to watch the parade every year while growing up just south of Broadway in the 60s and into the 70s. The Shriners, the bands, but mostly the equestrians were all so exciting to me.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4535 aligncenter" height="194" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Shriner-Car-Detail-AHP-2016-300x194.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Shriner-Car-Detail-AHP-2016-300x194.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Shriner-Car-Detail-AHP-2016-1024x661.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Shriner-Car-Detail-AHP-2016-768x496.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Shriner-Car-Detail-AHP-2016-1536x991.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Shriner-Car-Detail-AHP-2016-132x85.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Shriner-Car-Detail-AHP-2016-162x105.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Shriner-Car-Detail-AHP-2016-610x394.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Shriner-Car-Detail-AHP-2016-114x74.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Shriner-Car-Detail-AHP-2016.jpg 1661w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="more-4533" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span>My dad would always yell out to the Sepulveda brothers, Del and Suki, as they rode by on their Spanish dressed horses in their vaquero best. They always yelled “hello” back to him as the silver on their saddles and bridles jingled. They were so impressive, every bit of silver gleamed under the streetlights and the leather was polished to a high gloss. I looked forward to seeing them the most each year.</span></p><div><br /></div></div>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-76266595826476917542020-10-20T00:00:00.000-07:002020-10-20T22:26:53.813-07:00<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Chickweed Tilting", Impact, Haettenschweiler, "Arial Narrow Bold", sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Full of Hot Air 1949</h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">1949’s Halloween Parade was the 26th pageant…and, for the first time, featured inflatible entries.<span id="more-5202" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span> We aren’t sure if these were displayed as a tip ‘o the hat to the Thanksgiving Day tradition of Macy’s Christmas Parade or someone randomly had access to these balloons, but we do know we like ’em. We don’t totally understand the story behind each of the ballons but that does lead to some interesting theories.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5203" height="250" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cheery-Elf-1949-300x250.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cheery-Elf-1949-300x250.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cheery-Elf-1949-1024x854.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cheery-Elf-1949-768x641.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cheery-Elf-1949-1536x1281.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cheery-Elf-1949-132x110.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cheery-Elf-1949-162x135.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cheery-Elf-1949-610x509.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cheery-Elf-1949-114x95.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cheery-Elf-1949.jpg 2048w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Photo comment shared from Kevin Kidney’s original post: “Might be a Pirate…or could be a cheery Elf. More 1949 Anaheim Halloween Parade brilliance. In honor of the year the theme was “49ners” hence the pioneer woman and the future trendsetting coonskin cap (which wouldn’t become a national craze until 1955).</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5205" height="205" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Whale-300x205.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Whale-300x205.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Whale-1024x700.png 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Whale-768x525.png 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Whale-1536x1050.png 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Whale-132x90.png 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Whale-162x111.png 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Whale-610x417.png 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Whale-114x78.png 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Whale.png 1643w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Also from Kevin Kidney: “The 1949 Halloween Parade literally expanded to include a menagerie of large inflatable floats. This one depicts a whale sporting a dapper mustache, spats and monocle (at least we think it is a whale).”</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5204" height="248" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Two-Headed-Cat-1949-300x248.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Two-Headed-Cat-1949-300x248.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Two-Headed-Cat-1949-1024x846.png 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Two-Headed-Cat-1949-768x635.png 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Two-Headed-Cat-1949-132x109.png 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Two-Headed-Cat-1949-162x134.png 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Two-Headed-Cat-1949-610x504.png 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Two-Headed-Cat-1949-114x94.png 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Two-Headed-Cat-1949.png 1476w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5206" height="234" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ebay-Group-Inflatible-300x234.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ebay-Group-Inflatible-300x234.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ebay-Group-Inflatible-132x103.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ebay-Group-Inflatible-162x126.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ebay-Group-Inflatible-114x89.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ebay-Group-Inflatible.jpg 496w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Group photo with more balloons, we wish we had individual images of that pirate and cowboy for sure.</span></p></div>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-30677854326786088022020-10-19T00:00:00.000-07:002020-10-20T22:23:29.667-07:00Anaheim's Lil' Abner love fest 1959<p> <span style="background-color: #666666; color: white;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Anaheim Public Library’s Heritage Center holds treasures that reflect our hometown’s culture and community. Admirably curated and heroically guarded by our hero Jane Newell and her dedicated fellow historians,</span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="more-5190" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">untold hours may be spent savoring books, microfiche, maps, photos and physical artifacts. The Hertiage Center itself is a wonder…oft times leading to pathways you never knew you needed to follow.</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666; color: white;">As so it was when a review of the 1959 Fall Festival files lead to a preponderance of Lil’ Abner costumed images. The comic strip created by Al Capp had debuted in August 1934. Of course it was popular, but we couldn’t figure out why the Denizens of Dogpatch proved to be so inspiring that multiple groups would choose to represent them at the 1959 festival…</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5192" class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_5192" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: left; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 1.5em 1rem 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 298px;"><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-5192" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></figcaption></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666; color: white;">Until we searched a little further and found a musical version of Lil’ Abner had debuted on Broadway in 1956 and December of 1959 would see the premiere of a grand Lil’ Abner movie musical based on the Broadway show.</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5193" class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_5193" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 113px;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-5193" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-Movie-Poster-113x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-Movie-Poster-113x300.jpg 113w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-Movie-Poster-50x132.jpg 50w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-Movie-Poster-61x162.jpg 61w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-Movie-Poster-43x114.jpg 43w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-Movie-Poster.jpg 192w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="113" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-5193" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">1959 Movie Musical</span></figcaption></figure><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-5192" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-Boadway-Musical-1956-298x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-Boadway-Musical-1956-298x300.jpg 298w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-Boadway-Musical-1956-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-Boadway-Musical-1956-132x132.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-Boadway-Musical-1956-162x162.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-Boadway-Musical-1956-114x114.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-Boadway-Musical-1956-300x302.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-Boadway-Musical-1956-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-Boadway-Musical-1956.jpg 310w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="298" /></span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">We’ve always known Anaheim has deep roots in the art and entertainment communities, so we shouldn’t have been surprised Broadway and Hollywood would reflect in neighbors’ costuming. We’ll let you decide for yourself just how successful these contestants were in realizing their costume goals.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">As always, many thanks to Jane and crew for providing the tools to follow this particular rabbit hole.</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5194" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_5194" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 195px;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-5194" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-1-195x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-1-195x300.jpg 195w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-1-667x1024.jpg 667w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-1-768x1179.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-1-1001x1536.jpg 1001w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-1-86x132.jpg 86w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-1-106x162.jpg 106w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-1-610x936.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-1-74x114.jpg 74w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-1-300x460.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-1.jpg 1075w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="195" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-5194" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Costume Contest, Anaheim Hallowe’en Festival, 1959</span></figcaption></figure><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5195" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_5195" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 200px;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-5195" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-2-200x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-2-88x132.jpg 88w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-2-108x162.jpg 108w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-2-610x915.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-2-76x114.jpg 76w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-2-300x450.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lil-Abner-2.jpg 1000w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-5195" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“<span style="color: white;">Lil’ Abner and Daisy Mae”</span></figcaption></figure><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Here is a close up (maybe too close). Marietta Crone as Lil’ Abner and Fred Boroff as Daisy Mae atop the costume contest flatbed stage, Center Street, Downtown Anaheim 1959.</span></p>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-29728757343838787102020-10-18T00:00:00.001-07:002020-10-18T00:00:02.860-07:00<p> <span style="background-color: #666666; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Over the years, Anaheimers have been inspired to pull out their finest (and in some cases weirdest) costumes in celebration of Halloween. Here for your enjoyment, a compilation of some of our community’s costumed revelry.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="more-4555" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4560" class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_4560" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: left; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 1.5em 1rem 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4560" height="200" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-1-300x200.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-1-132x88.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-1-162x108.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-1-610x407.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-1-114x76.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-1.jpg 1650w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-4560" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Image courtesy of Jane Newell, Anaheim Public Library</span></span></figcaption></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;"><span style="color: white;">As originally posted on the Parade’s Facebook page by Kevin Kidney, our first image is not only a great color shot of our downtown, there is a really nice story to go with it. We were thrilled to find this color slide that went with a 1959 Anaheim Bulletin article.</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;"><span style="color: white;">“With the same bike they rode 36 years ago in Anaheim’s very first Halloween festivities costume contest, Bill and Octavia Payne won first prize this morning as hundreds of spectators crowded the awards platform on Center Street after the costume breakfast. </span>When the judging was done, Bill calmly rode home on the ancient two-wheeler, just like any youngster.” – Anaheim Bulletin, Oct. 31, 1959</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Comments from original Facebook post:</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bolder; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AnaheimHalloweenParade/photos/a.138062589706370/162194107293218?comment_id=Y29tbWVudDoxNjIxOTQxMDcyOTMyMThfNDU4NDA2MDY3NjcyMDE5&__tn__=R*F" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kevin Kidney</a></u></span> Love these two! Chianti bottle and roll of TP on the bike.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bolder; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joan.b.gottlieb?comment_id=Y29tbWVudDoxNjIxOTQxMDcyOTMyMThfMTcyMzY3OTEyOTQyNTA0&__tn__=R*F" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">JoAn Burdick Gottlieb</a></u></span> Paynes were well liked I think they are parents of Teddy Lou Payne who was a very pretty and popular girl who graduated in 1948 from Anaheim High School. I think Mr. Payne was connected with Walt Taylor Lumber Company.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4561 alignright" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-2-184x300.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-2-184x300.png 184w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-2-627x1024.png 627w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-2-768x1255.png 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-2-940x1536.png 940w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-2-81x132.png 81w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-2-99x162.png 99w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-2-610x997.png 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-2-70x114.png 70w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-2-300x490.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-2.png 967w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="184" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;">BACKDRAFT!<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />These poor ladies were unable to finish their Halloween costumes. Anaheim FF 1951</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bolder; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joan.b.gottlieb?comment_id=Y29tbWVudDoxNTgwOTIxMDc3MDM0MThfMTk2NjY1NDkzODQ2MDc5&__tn__=R*F" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">JoAn Burdick Gottlieb</a></u></span> I recognized the girl on the R looking at the screen, its Pat Sullivan, Anaheim High Graduate about year 1948. She was an amazing actress and came from a large Irish Family of about 6 children, we all loved Pat and her infectious laugh.</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4565" class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_4565" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #e59908; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit;"><img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-4565" height="227" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-6.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-6.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-6-132x100.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-6-162x123.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-6-114x86.jpg 114w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></span></span><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-4565" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;">Anaheim Halloween, 1952. Photo courtesy USC Libraries</span></figcaption></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4562 alignright" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-3-258x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-3-258x300.jpg 258w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-3-879x1024.jpg 879w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-3-768x894.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-3-113x132.jpg 113w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-3-139x162.jpg 139w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-3-610x710.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-3-98x114.jpg 98w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-3-300x349.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-3.jpg 1283w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="258" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;">Robot death grip or “Hi Neighbor” greeting? 1953 Anaheim Halloween Parade “Out of this World” oddities.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4563 aligncenter" height="241" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-4-300x241.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-4-300x241.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-4-1024x821.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-4-768x616.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-4-1536x1232.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-4-132x106.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-4-162x130.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-4-610x489.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-4-114x91.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-4.jpg 1636w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;">Okay, we are not exactly sure what we are looking at or what is going on here? Explanations welcomed.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4564 alignright" height="298" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-5-300x298.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-5-300x298.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-5-1024x1016.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-5-768x762.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-5-132x132.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-5-162x162.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-5-610x606.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-5-114x114.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-5-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-5.jpg 1224w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;">Three little pigs and one big bad wolf (about to devour one of the pigs’ red bandanas) are awarded the trophy for best costumes in 1964. So, what’s that thing beside them that looks like a walking stack of hula skirts? Why, it’s the little pigs’ house made of straw, of course, complete with red chimney on the roof.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bolder; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/vicki.johnson.509?comment_id=Y29tbWVudDoxNjI4NDk5ODM4OTQyOTdfMTYyODY4MDkwNTU5MTUz&__tn__=R*F" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Vicki Johnson</a></u></span> That was back before everyone bought their costumes, we made ours every year.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4566" class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_4566" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: left; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 1.5em 1rem 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #e59908; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4566 size-medium" height="274" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-7-300x274.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-7-300x274.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-7-1024x936.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-7-768x702.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-7-1536x1404.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-7-132x121.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-7-162x148.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-7-610x558.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-7-114x104.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-7.jpg 2048w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></span></span><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-4566" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #e59908;">I</span><span style="background-color: #666666;">mage courtesy Anaheim Public Library Heritage Room</span></figcaption></figure><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;">A fleet of “Good Ship Lollipops” sailing down Center Street in Anaheim, California. Early 1950s.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4567 alignright" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-8-258x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-8-258x300.jpg 258w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-8-768x893.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-8-113x132.jpg 113w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-8-139x162.jpg 139w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-8-610x710.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-8-98x114.jpg 98w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-8-300x349.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-8.jpg 864w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="258" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;">Pie Pan Patty… the undisputed Halloween superstar of 1959.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4568 alignleft" height="191" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-9-300x191.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-9-300x191.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-9-1024x651.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-9-768x488.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-9-1536x977.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-9-132x84.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-9-162x103.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-9-610x388.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-9-114x72.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-9.jpg 2048w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: left; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5em 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">The Peanuts gang (including the Red Baron!!) at the Anaheim Halloween Parade costume contest. We especially love the way Lucy looks….the legs, the gloves, the dress, everything. Somehow they insisted on the fire hydrant instead of Woodstock.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4569 alignright" height="257" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-10-300x257.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-10-300x257.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-10-1024x878.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-10-768x658.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-10-1536x1316.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-10-132x113.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-10-162x139.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-10-610x523.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-10-114x98.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-10.jpg 1650w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Just as the article states, “…everyone in Anaheim takes part”.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4570 aligncenter" height="200" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-11-300x200.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-11-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-11-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-11-768x513.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-11-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-11-132x88.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-11-162x108.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-11-610x407.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-11-114x76.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-11.jpg 2048w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;">Eric Schlegel in “Head Salesman” Trader Sam splendor in the 2014 parade. A great detail—probably overlooked on the route—is the “shrunken head” illuminated lanterns that he clutches.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4571 alignleft" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-12-e1600895598852-225x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-12-e1600895598852-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-12-e1600895598852-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-12-e1600895598852-99x132.jpg 99w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-12-e1600895598852-121x162.jpg 121w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-12-e1600895598852-610x814.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-12-e1600895598852-85x114.jpg 85w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-12-e1600895598852-300x400.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-12-e1600895598852.jpg 1073w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: left; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5em 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="225" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">Here we have 2016’s adorable Catrina at the Fall Festival.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4572 alignright" height="225" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-13-300x225.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-13-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-13-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-13-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-13-132x99.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-13-162x121.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-13-610x457.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-13-114x85.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-13.jpg 1431w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #e59908;">I<span style="color: #f3f3f3;">t’s not really Halloween without man’s best friend getting into costume. 2016 Anaheim Fall Festival.</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4573" class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_4573" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: left; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 1.5em 1rem 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-4573 size-medium" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-14-300x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-14-300x299.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-14-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-14-132x132.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-14-162x162.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-14-610x608.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-14-114x114.jpg 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-14-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Community-Costuming-14.jpg 748w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-4573" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Photo courtesy @randomly_riley</figcaption></figure><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; color: #f3f3f3;">2019 Fall Festival cuties with recreation of 1948’s Anaheim Halloween Parade Trolley.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; color: #f3f3f3;">We’d love if you’d like to share your costumes from the parade or festival over the years. Please comment below and if you’d like to send pictures, please email history@anaheimfallfestival.org.</span></p><div class="fb-background-color" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="fb-comments fb_iframe_widget fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop" data-colorscheme="light" data-href="http://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/community-costuming-through-the-years-4555/" data-lazy="true" data-mobile="true" data-numposts="10" data-order-by="social" fb-iframe-plugin-query="app_id=821236915280568&color_scheme=light&container_width=610&height=100&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anaheimfallfestival.org%2Fcommunity-costuming-through-the-years-4555%2F&lazy=true&locale=en_US&mobile=true&numposts=10&order_by=social&sdk=joey&version=v8.0&width=" fb-xfbml-state="rendered" style="border: 0px; 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border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: 179px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 220px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 610px;" title="fb:comments Facebook Social Plugin" width="1000px"></iframe></span></div></div>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-81508928257983223762020-10-17T21:00:00.001-07:002020-10-17T21:00:02.383-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wvrKbe-DEKU/X4uoC4H6-RI/AAAAAAAABNI/SXgESgWJYH0-Yd0N85WEMAx5kw_dPcceQCPcBGAsYHg/s580/Anaheim_Halloween_Parade_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="580" height="524" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wvrKbe-DEKU/X4uoC4H6-RI/AAAAAAAABNI/SXgESgWJYH0-Yd0N85WEMAx5kw_dPcceQCPcBGAsYHg/w662-h524/Anaheim_Halloween_Parade_7.jpg" width="662" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-87045688222521189992020-10-17T19:30:00.001-07:002020-10-17T19:30:01.354-07:00<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Chickweed Tilting", Impact, Haettenschweiler, "Arial Narrow Bold", sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dinah Torgerson - Christie & Nick Parade Memories 1997-1998</h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #666666;">Submitted by Dinah Torgerson</span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">My shared memory is family related. It was 1997 or 1998, and both of our kids, Christie in 2nd grade and Nick in 7th grade, were scheduled to be in the parade. <span id="more-5101" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>Christie was with Girl Scouts an<span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">M</span><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">d Nick with Boy Scouts. Two things happened a couple of weeks before the parade: Christie fell off the monkey bars and broke her arm, and Nick got tangled up with another kid playing soccer and broke his foot. Both injuries happened at school, thank goodness, or I imagine Social Services would have been knocking on our door. Anyway, as luck would have it, Christie was walking in the parade, and Nick was riding on a truck, so they both were still able to participate!</span></span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Editor’s note: Dinah and her husband Larry are parade announcers and also spend a great amount of time volunteering at fundraisers, build days and various festival & parade events. Dinah also helps her life-long friend Judy Olesen coordinate the festival’s Pooch Pawrade Costume Contest.</span></p><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5102" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_5102" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-5102" height="225" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-with-Carmen-2019-300x225.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-with-Carmen-2019-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-with-Carmen-2019-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-with-Carmen-2019-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-with-Carmen-2019-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-with-Carmen-2019-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-with-Carmen-2019-132x99.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-with-Carmen-2019-162x122.jpg 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-with-Carmen-2019-610x458.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-with-Carmen-2019-114x86.jpg 114w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-5102" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dinah putting us in good order, here with Carmen Alvarez in 2019</figcaption></figure><figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5103" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_5103" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 225px;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-5103" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-working-on-Spider-with-Gail-and-Sam-225x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-working-on-Spider-with-Gail-and-Sam-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-working-on-Spider-with-Gail-and-Sam-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-working-on-Spider-with-Gail-and-Sam-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-working-on-Spider-with-Gail-and-Sam-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-working-on-Spider-with-Gail-and-Sam-99x132.jpg 99w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-working-on-Spider-with-Gail-and-Sam-122x162.jpg 122w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-working-on-Spider-with-Gail-and-Sam-610x813.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-working-on-Spider-with-Gail-and-Sam-86x114.jpg 86w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-working-on-Spider-with-Gail-and-Sam-300x400.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Dinah-working-on-Spider-with-Gail-and-Sam-scaled.jpg 1920w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="225" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-5103" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dinah, Gail & Sam volunteering in the parade warehouse</figcaption><div><br /></div></figure></div>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-53551931803512033882020-10-16T00:00:00.001-07:002020-10-16T00:00:04.478-07:00<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Chickweed Tilting", Impact, Haettenschweiler, "Arial Narrow Bold", sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gail Anderson - Wonderful Halloween Memories</h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Submitted by Gail Anderson</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">So many wonderful memories have come into our lives because of the Anaheim Halloween parade, and all the neighborhood activities leading up to the big day.<span id="more-4834" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4822 alignleft" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-1-225x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-1-99x132.jpg 99w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-1-122x162.jpg 122w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-1-610x813.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-1-86x114.jpg 86w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-1-300x400.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-1-scaled.jpg 1920w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: left; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5em 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">This photo is from a fundraiser at Brad Daniels’ house, where the hotdogs and hamburgers were only $100 a pop but the beer and wine flowed freely! Two live bands entertained us, children and their families danced together, old friendships were re-bonded and new ones born. It’s a wonderful time every year of camaraderie and neighborhood spirit, to keep alive the almost century old tradition that is The Anaheim Halloween Parade!</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4825 alignright" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-3a-245x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-3a-245x300.jpg 245w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-3a-835x1024.jpg 835w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-3a-768x942.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-3a-108x132.jpg 108w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-3a-132x162.jpg 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-3a-610x748.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-3a-93x114.jpg 93w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-3a-300x368.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-3a.jpg 1132w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="245" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">This picture which was taken at the same function at Brad’s house and illustrates the shared camaraderie.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">I also had so much fun working at a booth on the Promenade and being greeted by Kevin Kidney AKA Mr. Pumpkin! Festivities included live music, West Coast Swing Dancing, face painting and activities for the kids, beer booths, and so many people strolling and enjoying the day in their Halloween costumes!</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4824 aligncenter" height="640" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-2a-223x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-2a-223x300.jpg 223w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-2a-762x1024.jpg 762w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-2a-768x1032.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-2a-98x132.jpg 98w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-2a-121x162.jpg 121w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-2a-610x820.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-2a-85x114.jpg 85w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-2a-300x403.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gail-Anderson-2a.jpg 1129w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="476" /></p></div>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-18784541342518769532020-10-15T00:00:00.001-07:002020-10-15T00:00:02.406-07:00<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "Chickweed Tilting", Impact, Haettenschweiler, "Arial Narrow Bold", sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Visser / Nath Family Anaheim Halloween Parade Memories</h1></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Submitted by Jeff Nath</span></span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">My family has been involved in the Anaheim Halloween parade since 1956, the year my Opa (Dutch for grandfather) Bill Visser founded Visser’s Florist and Greenhouses after emigrating here from Holland. His first entry was a wheelbarrow full of flowers with his daughter Lynda sitting amongst them, with his wife Joan walking beside him with two buckets of flowers attached to a wooden stick across her back.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4468" height="504" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-1-300x236.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-1-300x236.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-1-768x604.png 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-1-132x104.png 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-1-162x127.png 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-1-610x480.png 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-1-114x90.png 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-1.png 817w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"><span id="more-4499" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>As the years went on, and he got more prominent in the Los Angeles flower market, he started buying old floats from the Rose Parade in Pasadena, and hauled them to Anaheim to repurpose them and create his own floats for the Halloween Parade.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4469 alignright" height="235" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-2-300x235.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-2-300x235.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-2-1024x803.png 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-2-768x602.png 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-2-1536x1204.png 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-2-132x103.png 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-2-162x127.png 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-2-610x478.png 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-2-114x89.png 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-2.png 1601w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Back then, the Anaheim Halloween Parade was a very big deal, with over 1 million people tuning in to watch it on TV. My Opa always made the most over-the-top floats, almost always from fresh flowers, just like the Rose Parade. He won several “Grand Prize” entries through the years, when they used to give out awards for parade entries.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4471 alignleft" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-4-300x300.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-4-300x299.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-4-1024x1020.png 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-4-150x150.png 150w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-4-768x765.png 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-4-132x132.png 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-4-162x162.png 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-4-610x607.png 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-4-114x114.png 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-4-100x100.png 100w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-4.png 1173w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: left; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5em 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">He also won several awards for best costumes and for his window displays at the flower shop, as the parade used to travel down Center Street (now Lincoln Ave.) right in front of the shop, and they used to encourage businesses to decorate their store fronts and dress up.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4470 alignright" height="236" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-3-300x236.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-3-300x236.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-3-132x104.png 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-3-162x127.png 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-3-114x90.png 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-3.png 591w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Fun fact about that, I took a flying witch off of one of those old trophies and made it into a hood ornament for my tractor for the parade!</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">My mother Lynda has many great memories of participating in the parade and building floats with her dad. Her favorite memory was when her and her sister Lori dressed up as Cinderella on my grandfather’s “princess float”.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4472" height="242" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-5-300x242.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-5-300x242.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-5-1024x826.png 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-5-768x619.png 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-5-1536x1239.png 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-5-132x106.png 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-5-162x131.png 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-5-610x492.png 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-5-114x92.png 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-5.png 1566w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></span><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4473" height="227" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-6-300x227.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-6-300x227.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-6-1024x774.png 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-6-768x581.png 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-6-1536x1162.png 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-6-132x100.png 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-6-162x123.png 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-6-610x461.png 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-6-114x86.png 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-6.png 1543w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4474 alignleft" height="217" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-7-e1600797688877-300x217.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-7-e1600797688877-300x217.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-7-e1600797688877-1024x740.png 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-7-e1600797688877-768x555.png 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-7-e1600797688877-132x95.png 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-7-e1600797688877-162x117.png 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-7-e1600797688877-610x441.png 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-7-e1600797688877-114x82.png 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-7-e1600797688877.png 1386w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: left; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px 1.5em 0px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">My dad’s favorite memory was when he decorated my Opa’s old corsair with a huge arch made of fresh flowers and drove 1983 Miss America through the parade.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-4475 alignright" height="284" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-8-300x284.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-8-300x284.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-8-1024x971.png 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-8-768x728.png 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-8-132x125.png 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-8-162x154.png 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-8-610x578.png 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-8-114x108.png 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-8.png 1360w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; float: right; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /><span style="color: white;">My brother’s favorite story is how he won the kid costume contest at Pearson Park, dressed up as a farmer riding our old John Deer Tractor peddle car. I guess that’s where I got my love of John Deere.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;"> </span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">I remember helping build a float when they revived the parade; we decorated an old horse drawn wagon full of sunflowers, and we all dressed up like Scarecrows with straw coming out of our shirts, me and my brother and our cousins. Good family fun.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4476" height="476" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-9-e1600798824900-300x223.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-9-e1600798824900-300x223.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-9-e1600798824900-1024x763.png 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-9-e1600798824900-768x572.png 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-9-e1600798824900-132x98.png 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-9-e1600798824900-162x121.png 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-9-e1600798824900-610x454.png 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-9-e1600798824900-114x85.png 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-9-e1600798824900.png 1383w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">A few years ago a group of residents led by Jody Daily got together and started making new floats. They needed a place to build and store stuff so I offered my garage/ shop where they started reviving the parade by building new floats and getting more residents involved. Soon after the city stepped up and secured the group a more permanent location, and I’ve been involved ever since, driving my old 1937 John Deere Model H tractor, pulling the flying witch. The float is inspired by an old entry from the SQR store.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4477" height="474" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-10-300x222.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-10-300x222.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-10-1024x758.png 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-10-768x569.png 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-10-1536x1137.png 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-10-132x98.png 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-10-162x120.png 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-10-610x452.png 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-10-114x84.png 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-10.png 1834w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">Anyways, my daughter London was really excited about being the flying witch this year, but I was a bit nervous about it to be honest ‘cause she’s only 8. Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise that we get to wait one more year.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4478" height="478" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-11-300x224.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-11-300x224.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-11-1024x765.png 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-11-768x574.png 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-11-1536x1148.png 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-11-132x99.png 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-11-162x121.png 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-11-610x456.png 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-11-114x85.png 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-11.png 1832w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">My son Kasey loves riding on the back of the float with his cousin and his friends, goofing off with them and trying to scare the kids in the crowd with his ferocious roars, hehe.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: white;">So now we participate in the parade every year, and my kids get to invite their cousins and friends from the neighborhood to ride on the back of the float we build every year, just like I did and just like my mom did, and I get a real kick out of it just like my Dad and my Opa did. My kids are 4<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> generation Anaheimers, and participating in the Halloween parade is a way of honoring our city, keeping a family tradition alive, and staying involved in our community. It is truly a time honored tradition for the Visser/Nath family.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4479" height="480" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-12-300x225.png" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-12-300x225.png 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-12-1024x768.png 1024w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-12-768x576.png 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-12-1536x1152.png 1536w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-12-132x99.png 132w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-12-162x122.png 162w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-12-610x458.png 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-12-114x86.png 114w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Nath-12.png 1832w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="fb-background-color" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="fb-comments fb_iframe_widget fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop" data-colorscheme="light" data-href="http://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/visser-nath-family-anaheim-halloween-parade-memories-4499/" data-lazy="true" data-mobile="true" data-numposts="10" data-order-by="social" fb-iframe-plugin-query="app_id=821236915280568&color_scheme=light&container_width=610&height=100&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anaheimfallfestival.org%2Fvisser-nath-family-anaheim-halloween-parade-memories-4499%2F&lazy=true&locale=en_US&mobile=true&numposts=10&order_by=social&sdk=joey&version=v8.0&width=" fb-xfbml-state="rendered" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 610px;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font: inherit; height: 179px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom; width: 610px;"><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-testid="fb:comments Facebook Social Plugin" frameborder="0" height="100px" loading="lazy" name="f18f1f20a136c74" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/v8.0/plugins/comments.php?app_id=821236915280568&channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fx%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F%3Fversion%3D46%23cb%3Df861b392193ea8%26domain%3Dwww.anaheimfallfestival.org%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.anaheimfallfestival.org%252Ff14f4d5285ec5%26relation%3Dparent.parent&color_scheme=light&container_width=610&height=100&href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anaheimfallfestival.org%2Fvisser-nath-family-anaheim-halloween-parade-memories-4499%2F&lazy=true&locale=en_US&mobile=true&numposts=10&order_by=social&sdk=joey&version=v8.0&width=" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; height: 179px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; min-width: 220px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 610px;" title="fb:comments Facebook Social Plugin" width="1000px"></iframe></span></div></div></div>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-27796821354545032252020-10-14T01:02:00.000-07:002020-10-14T01:02:24.689-07:00Debora Montoya - Memories of Halloween and my uncle Odra Chandler<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">I </span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">g</span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">rew up in Anaheim </span><span style="color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">and I always loved Halloween, I would go downtown and look at the paintings on the windows of the stores. In 1964 my Uncle was in the parade and my family was so excited to see him. My Uncle was Odra Chandler he was the Mayor of Anaheim, plus he also got the Anaheim Stadium built.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="more-5076" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-5078 aligncenter" height="640" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px" src="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Debora-Montoya-1-286x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Debora-Montoya-1-286x300.jpg 286w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Debora-Montoya-1-976x1024.jpg 976w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Debora-Montoya-1-768x806.jpg 768w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Debora-Montoya-1-126x132.jpg 126w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Debora-Montoya-1-154x162.jpg 154w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Debora-Montoya-1-610x640.jpg 610w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Debora-Montoya-1-109x114.jpg 109w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Debora-Montoya-1-300x315.jpg 300w, https://www.anaheimfallfestival.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Debora-Montoya-1.jpg 1313w" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; font: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="611" /></p><p style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Just loved the parade with the jail float I always wanted to ride in that float. The parade would go down Anaheim Blvd and my parents knew a lot of the business owners so we always had a great place to watch the parade.</span></p><p style="background-color: #e59908; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">My family has a lot of history here in Anaheim.</span></p>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-73149533967330154462020-10-13T01:02:00.003-07:002020-10-14T01:04:49.784-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mZrCJxoOnsU/X4aw3_bdfGI/AAAAAAAABMk/0J4LoDTU-eY6hmXM6YK1P3Zo9mdp59J4QCPcBGAsYHg/s800/IMG_6941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mZrCJxoOnsU/X4aw3_bdfGI/AAAAAAAABMk/0J4LoDTU-eY6hmXM6YK1P3Zo9mdp59J4QCPcBGAsYHg/w640-h426/IMG_6941.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-63579000238285028052020-10-12T00:00:00.002-07:002020-10-12T00:00:02.014-07:00Starting the Show<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YeYD6tYO3tc/X3gtZB9blKI/AAAAAAAABK0/5Ye1LN-ZNAogB0lTPdY7Ro8eDlHhF-LhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/191026-APD-Anaheim-Halloween-Parade-04-SJG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YeYD6tYO3tc/X3gtZB9blKI/AAAAAAAABK0/5Ye1LN-ZNAogB0lTPdY7Ro8eDlHhF-LhQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h426/191026-APD-Anaheim-Halloween-Parade-04-SJG.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"> For Halloween 2019 this charming bevy of witches from our Anaheim Historical Society led the Parade marching with a traditional Andy Anaheim opening - (Kristen Maahs,Laura Benoit,Michelle Maahs,Linda Stewart with Andy- Dede and Rick Stephenson with Halloween Cat) (Photo courtesy of Behind the Badge)</div><p></p>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-45930311825310583802020-10-11T00:00:00.001-07:002020-10-11T00:00:04.996-07:00<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5iNLrEkGhDNZYUKVIcdEwDjXqj8DuDU6XZQdQZM_esJGq7tr7mlpc6mN9kCjwdbtf0vqcTlsojN3SRKHFtzysFZOlYS7_H_tP_STzkzRFXS4wwboe_LGkIzZye5_vhOZrDdP1WA6p6o/s1334/IMG_3924.PNG" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="750" height="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5iNLrEkGhDNZYUKVIcdEwDjXqj8DuDU6XZQdQZM_esJGq7tr7mlpc6mN9kCjwdbtf0vqcTlsojN3SRKHFtzysFZOlYS7_H_tP_STzkzRFXS4wwboe_LGkIzZye5_vhOZrDdP1WA6p6o/w489-h720/IMG_3924.PNG" width="489" /></a></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><br /></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><h2 style="text-align: center;">Waiting for Halloween</h2></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Courtesy of Mr and Mrs Cavener</div></blockquote>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-34760316520080190252020-10-10T00:00:00.018-07:002020-10-10T00:00:11.872-07:00<p> <span style="font-size: 10pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">s<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h0BNHi8-CoE/UHZ9xmcdFoI/AAAAAAAAAio/0LLTgf__Ys0tvPaaRX5jMVYBqvTO0k3iwCPcBGAYYCw/s1197/1961%2BAnaheim%2BKiddie%2BParade.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1197" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h0BNHi8-CoE/UHZ9xmcdFoI/AAAAAAAAAio/0LLTgf__Ys0tvPaaRX5jMVYBqvTO0k3iwCPcBGAYYCw/w400-h266/1961%2BAnaheim%2BKiddie%2BParade.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: white;">Anaheim Halloween Memories – 1980’s</span><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-5507589e-7fff-4f89-db2f-7ed0c41ed44f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Submitted by Mike O’Connell</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: #666666; color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm a member of the Anaheim Historical Society and I am responding to a request made for memories of the Fall Festival. Here are my stories:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: #666666; color: white;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: #666666; color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*I grew up in Anaheim. During the mid 1980's, I would go to St. Boniface Catholic Church for Mass with my Grandparents on Saturday night. At the end of the services during Oct, the Priest would make announcements about upcoming Church events and various community news items. One of the announcements during Oct would be a reminder that Harbor Blvd. would be closed on the Saturday night that the Halloween Parade would be taking place. I would go home from Church, change clothes and go back and find a spot on Harbor Blvd and wait for the parade to begin. I remember seeing the Shriners go by in their mini cars and the High School Marching Band. I also remember someone would be selling those long plastic horns that would make that un-Godly sound when you would blow into them. The Parade back then would start at La Palma park and go south on Harbor Blvd. to I don't know where. We would always watch it from somewhere between North St and Lincoln. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: #666666; color: white;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: #666666; color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*I remember one year my best friend and I entered a Costume contest during the Festival that took place during the day at La Palma Park, right after the pancake breakfast that was held at the park. Although we did not win, all of the contestants were allowed to walk in the parade that night in their costumes. For whatever reason, my Mother would not allow me to walk in the parade and I had to sit on the curb that night and watch my best friend go walking by. (Thanks Mom)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: #666666; color: white;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: #666666; color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*I am glad to see that the Festival and Parade are making a comeback. I remember in the 90s the interest in the Festival and Parade started to go down. I'm glad that the Parade is now recorded and put on Youtube for those of us who are not able to make it to the Parade in person.</span></p><div><span face=""Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-57823686655883939972020-10-09T00:00:00.001-07:002020-10-09T00:00:03.929-07:00<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Savannah High Cinderella Princess 1969</span></span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-5e7e4f45-7fff-5ad2-d9a1-93e81674dfc2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Submitted by Alison (Holt) Meyers</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My name is Alison (Holt) Meyers. I was chosen as the Cinderella Princess from Savanna High School in 1969 to ride in the Anaheim Halloween Parade on Savanna’s float. Wonderful memories of being in the parade I had watched for years before!</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A local photographer asked if he could take the black and white photos to hang in his studio. I do not have record of his name!</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you for this opportunity to share my memory!</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alison (Holt) Meyers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 462px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="462" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kbwuYnNk87qLDlCuow-jwO24B8y0TUB5eJsKVKqn539d0CeuPr86N358uVSf7L3uo1xyV1PUmqZ3GFNsj2Gtcg87hFxXnjeYqajM1AY__NDDCSUQ71sURoL4VQ72XQ5wPD95wPqNAv77oSzeXA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 635px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="635" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/FqUWsPXIHaiZ1L5Nxq-uwcBZA1lzPmxfkXm1RgI39nJsgYKfAJU_M4MDw7qiJWpqfxTnpMBVU_c_pACTupAMX05KPTa_eAAOH-3DwNprVPuskWGrXeWpPzQz_hMcRrFb5Ubm3upAinzb18-cZA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 742px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="742" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/IlNb-LprHrKM1SxDfTUKs_7FvaXVIf7LhVUHEQiC9aYa7L1-g-AXVMyKRCxBgshLPkryj6qwqHG7Rx9le5WoU5b8kf5sPI7kOqRX0MGjBGPkcdQA-CbdzcebipQDxDyqoUqOdMbHn88Q2-pO9w" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 732px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="732" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/klEMiB5QzfFMeBWolzefkHrv6qJ8QK-a3_aE6c5TBD6xYMpDmoog5Z7QHi8G0zoH651hgjgZbtsDO-yXk2UkPplrBRBZNoZIpP5myGvPL-0OPe0MAqPNqNJ-krBUEnhEHjafPs1wev3OYBYhkw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 732px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><br /></span></span></div></span>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-25388324341797106812020-10-08T00:00:00.001-07:002020-10-08T00:00:00.167-07:00<p> <span style="font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anaheim Halloween Memories</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-625cc25e-7fff-24fb-f48b-affc3cc56437"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Submitted by Janet Brown</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a Mid-West transplant to Anaheim in 1969, witnessing the Halloween parade as a 10-year-old was a special treat. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 960px; overflow: hidden; width: 354px;"><img alt="C:\Users\kathyc\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\PN037AQT\halloween memory horce mann elementary.jpg" height="960" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/xGXnS9hiC_8Cgg1AIf8W1yOrrOyfFVbvkhew0C-IBBPi3j6p3lAsCrMDjHY3baKt0FnibgWiedwJOXLBcRt2r9cjyu1TONgUpkkB-eKOJwcFBG9IKO9_FNJheSLFzx6mfu0Akfq3UlWDfqpIUw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="354" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I vividly remember painting the windows of downtown businesses with pumpkins, ghosts and witches. Another special treat was watching horror movies at the Fox Theater. It cost a dime to watch the black and white versions of Frankenstein and Dracula. </span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of course, the pancake breakfast was another not-to-miss event that I attended with school friends.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 642px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img alt="C:\Users\kathyc\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\PN037AQT\maggie and janet pancake breakfast.jpg" height="642" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5HwplL5UXzZsClg0ZSdDcPtmEb3X5A10XOdJ7mAJ6V7bS2aQA_VCRto1WjzdU5YOvoAIqSDitUUuNswrKUTGWYavsmJJhZpTaoAjRjAILeEAOElpjCrDNJSUqiyRC5luYrJ4Nsx-NV5HIS5vg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 628px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img alt="C:\Users\kathyc\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\PN037AQT\67447_1480568329903_7838359_n(1).jpg" height="628" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/A9sexEy_DOwTteg8nA6uiONXhym9P7u8MKjXxO6YlBHPQE54Fp7rD84PozKK92w8cS6z40mynQRYILRD6ehISnJ_Jt_VxRPxOBvQME_JGj3lVjs5JuAFqiE8tYDOb8os8VY7Ool7n2-_EXyhuA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marching in the Kiddie Parade was another magical moment. I was a banner carrier for Horace Mann Elementary and also marched with Fremont Junior High. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 629px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img alt="C:\Users\kathyc\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\PN037AQT\kiddie parade banner carrier.jpg" height="629" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_5A9zDtrE6eDmzKi9F1o6UORQfc5PNrjxuFUhkIWozya6_vsayjDVqE6mH6k3zWwjeIfNiTpML21lVkRdjCkqRGd7hlldvP8JdidBzV7Y8S8IEDQalHUXl6qFPP8nPEsSEj7qeqEQ4NALFDDfw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 218px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img alt="C:\Users\kathyc\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\PN037AQT\fremont kiddie parade.jpg" height="218" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/xtANFxSlTOrcRe7YUUyGGjfA9lUXOgpY3sOq2hgIKZmzRgORQeCQb6wDIoqjN_tIirAQWLTXVMbRKBzyMZRU57nGZIq2N1kHWeyo12My2WKjte4tGbiztMX_dzflamJhmJLwiv0qAUAWhdKUmg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In high school, my girlfriends and I tagged along at the end of the parade dressed as ghouls riding a tandem bike with a passenger on the handlebars, a real Halloween trick! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The best part of the parade for me is the lifelong memories I've made with friends I still celebrate the parade with each year. We still dress up, hold lawn parties and sometimes ride in the parade as part of a float or a passenger in a classic car. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped create these magical memories! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 453px; overflow: hidden; width: 604px;"><img alt="C:\Users\kathyc\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\PN037AQT\Halloween memories.jpg" height="453" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/QkHykT1C7hWABmvg6cJQlUcATG-sN0t4mcr4q7KE92pg_14cMXKb26shjtTnLlNPq5rWAU_dLUqx-XQ4WSG7zb6fKO0xTy2PirKocdHQ2NIagH66kZJnAz5vrXeNRydz23JR4ihjZh9cBCUfTQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="604" /></span></span></p><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 453px; overflow: hidden; width: 604px;"><br /></span></span></div></span>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-32444413801298018932020-10-07T00:00:00.005-07:002020-10-07T00:00:03.094-07:00<p> </p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Memories of Anaheim Halloweens</span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Submitted by Charlene Schultz Baker</span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Halloween in Anaheim in the 1940s & '50s was an exciting and magical time. I remember the calliope music ( a steam- whistle organ) awaking us on Halloween morning as it was pulled on a trailer through town, calling everyone to come to the Pancake Breakfast in City Park (put on by the Lions Club I believe).</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 378px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 275px;"><img alt="Scan_20200823 (8).jpg" height="473" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/DG7Qa6tMcbn65U600x6ZjQVOhbUSG0YqARNjLKxlxaim6j8q8V176QHSzzAUh2tYBq_E4YePF7tGjcIlMc7-6PtUMC5P_Sq6Ai90yYtM0oo--jHB4OgRlkMOopQrNKhk7ptO7VbW5v_CY_2Ufw=w344-h473" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="344" /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Warren & Elizabeth Schutz family going to the Halloween Breakfast, about 1950</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mid-morning we kids, all dressed in our costumes, lined up with our schools and marched up Center Street in the Kiddie Parade. There was no school on Halloween!</span></span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 378px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; transform: rotate(4.71rad); width: 276px;"><img alt="Scan_20200823.jpg" height="378" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/yt0sduDcraKhJMkfhY7SOOr6QLudXOvAqIMdpU55WPyndltp19gFDZ0wxBCnwRcSBoOKrS_7Eam_CPBjJWiYiMTfTIW6Jmm37oSpkW56Wl9qSw_d2jTdQexy3OsSnX_GyIce44thnln6pRC_uw=w276-h378" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="276" /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alberta St Kids, Horace Mann School 1950 (l to r): Jeri Raber, Yvonne Osborn, Janice Raber, ? Raber, Loren Schutz, Charlene Schutz</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Evening brought the wonderful Halloween Parade, down Center Street, Palm (Anaheim Blvd), ending as it marched by the grandstands in La Palma Park. There were floats, marching bands, horse groups, etc. with crowds lining the streets from communities all across Southern California.</span></span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 378px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 275px;"><img alt="Scan_20200823 (6).jpg" height="378" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/nRFh4LVGMNGiBt_LSdFytfW4q16PmizhNYnehDC5GkPB9JbvQf_rXOXMSzgcNCV7i_0DCiRwdHoYwRfe72An5gXelWMkbg9yTMpBKzjJawyX6YUja4Fbky8zo7UgPJ9J1GJXh7k-2urK5GCSFA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="275" /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Loren & Charlene Schutz as Alice in Wonderland and the Caterpillar, around 1953.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">What wonderful memories of happy family celebrations in a simpler time.</span></div>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-39934449372030489472020-10-06T00:00:00.001-07:002020-10-06T00:00:02.552-07:00<p> <span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Year 2000 Anaheim Halloween Parade </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-5de5c21c-7fff-9f4f-6b03-15306eafa9d2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By Annie Kupfrian </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the year 2000, the Anaheim Halloween parade was a daytime event. I helped my daughter, Anneliese, enter the children's costume contest that year. Seeing all the Capri Sun drinks in my refrigerator, I imagined and created a large Capri Sun wearable costume. She and I worked together on her costume. I had the use of an enlarging machine and a laminator. I took a standard empty Capri Sun drink pouch and enlarged the label quite a bit, maybe about 400 to 500%. Then my daughter colored the entire label with bright-colored markers. We pasted the large label onto numerous sheets of foil and then I ran it through a laminator. I taped the front and back together and cut holes for the hands and head. I created a straw from Goldenrod colored paper and inserted it into a piece of clear laminate. Much to our surprise, Anneliese won first prize in her age category. She was so excited, received a big beautiful blue ribbon and a $50 bill. At age 10, she had never seen a $50 bill before and her eyes just lit up. I told her she could spend it anyway she wanted. I think she bought a game of some sort with the money. All the costume winners were invited to ride in the parade on a “hay ride” that afternoon on a flatbed pickup. Anneliese needed to be accompanied by an adult, so her dad, Tom, joined her for this fun honor. A local TV station recorded the parade. Needless to say, I have fond memories of working on a one-of-a-kind costume together with Anneliese and sharing in the excitement when she won first prize. </span></p><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #999999; color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1848" data-original-width="1792" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhsvDKmWJkBppDlHkzsBFz5t3JsoS_HWoPAVZCJF9OpQFqkSKiKPwxNZ1U69Ryc5po9qVY20zhMhYbM2urJEHQFG_iyX_PLYtTzfyxc26nGky5jw74P6oxTpPBvvYhgyU_ma0XHrZQgKc-/w553-h640/LIsa+Capri+Sun+costume%2528129%2529+%25283%2529.jpg" width="553" /></span></div><br />ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-58533360349797662192020-10-05T00:00:00.001-07:002020-10-05T00:00:07.751-07:00<p> <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Anaheim Halloween Parade Journey</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-1a71c81d-7fff-53ab-e1b3-5f3cb579803e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Submitted by Lea Browning</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After retiring from building haunts in Arizona and starting a semi-retirement job at Disneyland in 2014, I was lucky enough to stumble across an absolutely great group of Haunters at the Anaheim Halloween Parade.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My journey started out as all do, with baby steps. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I worked around the warehouse on Anaheim Blvd. before the big move cleaning up and doing odd jobs helping out, then came the big day. The day of the parade, we were short pushers for the floats (this was before we acquired the awesome cart chassis that we have now) I volunteered to push one of the floats. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Haunted House, it looked different than it does today, it was much bigger, well bigger is not always better especially when you are pushing it down the parade route with wheels that are not wanting to all go the same direction.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 488px; overflow: hidden; width: 459px;"><img alt="C:\Users\kathyc\Pictures\20131026-Anaheim Halloween Parade 2013-151.jpg" height="488" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/swuUDan9uVnbR5GFdB3T4Wu-KHhxY8Hizb-0n8x9yKx44FWg2lKsfWe1LUm5Xe2waaluArB7A04nezLx4caI8v9IVEGl48rM6fEepsQWdPPyOyI4drb0iiSlWhIzi8ymlNahBaypiw3Yr-NSAg" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="459" /></span></span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> It was still a blast, I had helpers, but they were so excited they were waving at the crowd and forgot to push. We made it and had a great time, this is such an awesome event for the City of Anaheim.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 499px; overflow: hidden; width: 384px;"><img alt="C:\Users\kathyc\Pictures\Anaheim Halloween Parade 2014\GQ7A9898.jpg" height="499" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/eQOcBAU7do50WAbh_0gec1gzauycx2KuOmFRSNOnKTBbgkuyRteP9UU8kMJnW8KFZIEF6U5eydAcxinJjdOdf0wFtGq0tzbHwQ4CyQR89wwVO7SAg9942XE4lyEyWUhc9ww300QSxjhhW4YXAQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="384" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fast forward a few years, we have space in another warehouse and we have carts that we build the larger floats on.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have created some new designs, the Haunted House got a make-over, it is a smaller version of the old mansion, and no one has to push it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bill, Ken, Melina and I created a “Ghost Dissipater” float, it is a “Steam Punk” inspired machine that vacuums up ghosts and sends them off to wherever ghosts go.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 468px; overflow: hidden; transform: rotate(1.57rad); width: 625px;"><img alt="C:\Users\kathyc\Pictures\Parade Sept 2017\IMG_3118.JPG" height="468" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/5T1oGqhfnM_kdxTx1NPUW7BbUl3nF1uihToANRTGzBxFk7Vmpv2GLOQFDfHHBxhoTHO45ZoafiMWe2LD2vrMTOPOkK_YpjT4u9c3fwryo9yEQB8u-6HoNR-1WnPyWH6dVbcoMs0ks9gmXoddIw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="625" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our Ghost team has refined and tweaked and we have one of the </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">coolest floats in the parade. (Sorry I’m kinda partial to our “little” machine, and the best part is I get to drive it.)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 468px; overflow: hidden; transform: rotate(1.57rad); width: 625px;"><img alt="C:\Users\kathyc\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\PN037AQT\IMG_6994.JPG" height="468" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/PVE6JXwFcm2nVHvXUEBuw58uvPJGfh3ZfxP61U6cGbZBAyNweNHL4iD5EvR-Bm-6sL-EuJAqmkeDXbmPMPslsRRUkVVVJ0xbXxxxj_neRq2pyMZxsYIVln3RxFenMsW7nD2fy5umtZ8mX97VvQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="625" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ken is the bellows for the vacuum and Melina is the ghost chaser. God bless her she walks in heels the whole parade route.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bill, well he is the brains behind the curtain.</span></p><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 468px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img alt="C:\Users\kathyc\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Word\IMG_0063.jpg" height="468" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/YK5n5TMZcma6FjJ-1x8xBaCB9kHn60DVkRrWbvKKnsRNo0UJQFRIPVjbFpyk7vg6YujCPgDdRKkDAQNkRB-5uoDK97Kl0ZukOU0mqqDIR9SmXjuR5-p4nZ8Z7wkbmE54dAT35bpEjzBCIr6h5g" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is a wonderful group of ghouls that I am so happy to call my friends.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here’s hoping that we can make it through this 2020 rough patch and get back to haunting soon.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 468px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; transform: rotate(1.57rad); width: 625px;"><img alt="C:\Users\kathyc\Pictures\Parade Sept 2017\IMG_3078.JPG" height="468" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/B75EEDJ4eactt937rkiBaODI_WBGEDZp_2Aix0VfvecTrTGZeWK57XvYrmi0dV-gH7EnEpHMiwPda05WDE1gef1ARhE7qk6iU8zW0nYiGdTCUiefFeBOw17mVnVl59HwjsIfhg64CJjZjOJEpQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="625" /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!</span></p><div><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461116228373816373.post-78076455336127920612020-10-04T00:00:00.008-07:002020-10-04T00:00:05.980-07:00<p> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Halloween Breakfast 1951</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-db82d2d2-7fff-b9c4-3476-a3d287e5552d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Submitted by Steve Faessel</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Annual Halloween Breakfast held at City Park (today’s Pearson Park) was a “must attend” Anaheim event. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Back in the 1940’s when agriculture was still the dominant Anaheim industry, Halloween mornings were usually cold, damp and very foggy. Even living across the street from the Park in the 1950’s, I recall it being lost in the damp mists of Fall.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At 6AM sharp, the Eltiste Calliope (Eltiste was a large local farm implement dealer) hooted and squeaked everyone to get up, dress in costume and head to the Park. </span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 532px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img height="532" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/HQRf2jDYruXxetd2bl3Ec0TYPiF6gMg60Y55KvJJqcgXt5-ZhR3Y5h8FDIc2d2FzY2u1Msp6yg0qR0BVBPJi12HEihIZKLp1c7ln-zMoWusK0KS5fTvx1GwIoJecz9uutOdEPAWuNa9J2cOWvw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While the Chamber of Commerce and all the Anaheim Service Clubs “officially” ran the Breakfast, it was no secret that this was Park Superintendent, Rudy Boysen’s event and everyone was going to enjoy themselves. Rudy would amble down the line of waiting residents (likely using his two canes for support) making sure everyone was comfortable. Hot coffee was brewed in 50 Gallon containers in the Park kitchen and everyone stood in line for their bacon and eggs.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A wooden stage was erected (courtesy of Ganahl Lumber) and the MC (usually one of our business leaders) led off a breakfast show of local talent, music and slapstick.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The photo below shows a 1951 Halloween Breakfast held about where the park’s swimming pool is located today, west of the tennis courts. Note all the costumes!</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 412px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><img alt="cid:1741cba9065cfcc1dab1" height="412" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/G0jqhqLdbq-jqmLzLxd4Lf6kPXcXqyk8X_-aL4CijsRFay7O1Im4BhYR8vxViW--j5kzjMxmVYLgJTt8dlyB3R8DVLzddKgh5LwyT4h2D_2Vv-TktMjmvt9tfihztiOdL2BFqRC7E3YyEOApgA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 5pt 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since our house was right across from Today’s Pearson Park (old City Park), it was expected that mom and dad would dress up in costume for the Annual Halloween Breakfast held there.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 5pt 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 857px; overflow: hidden; width: 505px;"><img height="857" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/KxJq1Q3eoIr5JPAkyHuIzXg_98jjl2LxHq00Fsfp_ofvXbw7G2bmK1bTMqF_Sv8b0Se6yUV10V_5np-0HA3-KRkNyHjR6r8LwK_jxNY2-CSUjX9gbjzTaDPjfxIiscZGZwl0_w6gp28tw5Y5Uw" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="505" /></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pictured from left to right, Alma Nickey (my aunt that lived across from La Palma Park), Patricia Loly (the daughter of Victor Loly our neighbor and owner of Orange County’s premier jewelry store) and my mom, Eleanor (Ellie) all wearing Anaheim High School Football uniforms!</span></p><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>ANAHEIM HISTORICAL SOCIETYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14418338726868831739noreply@blogger.com0