Most of our costumes consisted of wearing a store bought mask. We did not have any other type of dress up. It often was cold, so the costume would have been covered by our coats anyway. One year I did get to buy an entire costume. That was a special year. I don't have a clue how old I was, but it had to be in the 7-10 year old age group. I don't think we went for trick or treating beyond those ages.
I got a Cinderella costume. I had a mask that was a girl who had "yellow" hair. The mask had a crown painted on it, and the costume was of some sort of pink slick material. It was similar to the one shown here. I thought it the most beautiful costume ever. I played with it often after Halloween and probably wore it out totally.
We would take a brown paper grocery bag as our container to receive candy, cookies, popcorn balls, gum, and an occasional orange or apple (which we hated by the way).
My mom would take my brothers and me into Farwell. We would try to get her to take to the "rich" side of town. Those people usually gave out great candy--- full size candy bars. We would go up and down a few streets then go home. We looked at our stash and would trade with each other if we had something we didn't like.
Our school would always have a class Halloween party as well. If we wore costumes, I don't remember. Halloween was a party in which we would play several games and have cupcakes, popcorn balls, cookies or other snacks. One year one of the kid's moms came dressed as a witch.
Times were simple. It didn't take much for us to feel that the occasion was special and fun. Truly good memories.
