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“As the days grow shorter, and fall majestically settles on the earth, one knows that the timeless festival of Halloween is not far off.”
-Scott Hoye, Highland Voice
October 29, 1986
Halloween means different things to different people and can be celebrated in different ways. Over the years, OCC students and staff have dressed in costumes, thrown parties, written articles, and enjoyed various Halloween activities. It's a holiday that can be counted on to bring out the inner child in all of us. Here's a peek into how we have celebrated Halloween in the past.
 Judy Portwood, retired Library Technician, at the Auburn Hills Campus Library with resident skeletal friend. October 2022 |
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"Halloween in Retrospect" |
Halloween in Retrospect
"The purchase of 650 pounds of pumpkin was the first step towards the fun-day held on October 30.
Pumpkin painting was enjoyed by many and three especially talented students walked away with top honors. Carol Atkinson, Debbie Robitaille and Lesley Spackey were the pumpkin painting champs.
Apples were also running rampant that day. Al Spong survived the ordeal and was wrung out as top apple bobber.
The inventiveness of the costumes was breath-taking. Strange ‘ladies’ on roller skates, pregnant girl scouts and nuns led the list, with the Blob and Mr. Fat City not far behind. Orville Odden walked away with the grand costume prize - a new pair of hose! Karen Webster ran a close second, with Jack Burer (eminent emcee of the ceremonies) and Lesley Spackey trying hard to be number 3 and 4.
Back to the apples on a string, Paul Burkhart must have had the longest neck- he came out the winner.
Let's have a hearty round of applause for Jack Burger and Deb Bailey as coordinators extraordinaire and master and mistress of a grand day."
-Highland Voice, November 20, 1974
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The PlayCare Center children enjoying their Halloween party on campus. (Voice photo by Jim Smith ) |
Reprinted comic by American Cartoonist P. S. Mueller |
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“Halloween's symbol” |
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Auburn Hills Perceiver, October 24, 1978 |
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