"The Den of Darkness" Reopens Tonight

Off Route 13 South

Behind the scales - Look for the New Church Firehouse

"A DELMARVA HAUNTING" - Begins Tonight!

WHO'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST BRAVE PERSON TO ENTER ........

A Little About Halloween Tradition

All Hallow Eve, or Halloween, originated as a pagan celebration dating back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, over 2000 years ago.

Samhain means "summers end" and is celebrated on November 1st as a joyous occasion. Many of the festivities included eating, drinking and dancing and the lighting of bonfires. The ashes from the burned bonfires were spread to protect the land for next years crops.

On the night before the new year the Celts believed the boundaries between the living and the dead became blurred. Ghosts of the dead returned to earth on October 31. The wearing of the masks, as a way to "hide" from the dead, became a tradition.

In the 1800's, with the Irish immigrants coming to America they brought their traditions of Halloween and the Jack-o-Lantern. The immigrants carved potatoes, turnips and beets and place a light inside using pieces of coal or a candle. These ornaments were placed in windows or on porches to welcomed the deceased and to serve as protection against horrible spirits or goblins freed from the dead.

Through the years, as the Irish Immigrants spread out across America, the lack of turnips, beets, and potatoes were replaced by the pumpkin to stand the watch for the "freed dead".

The origin of Trick-or-Treat, it is believed, orginated from the Druids. The Druids were preists and preistesses that served also ashistorians, astronomers, teachers, etc. in their communities.

Because the country folk believed that the dead had to be kept happy they would give the Druids food as they visited their homes. Today it is simply known as trick-or-treat.

　
Halloween has many names. Other names are : All Hallows Eve, The Feast of the Dead, Samhain, All Hallow Tide, All Saints Eve.

10/30/09 - jmmb

Halloween Trunk Or Treat

"A Delmarva Haunting"- Begins This Week

FRIDAY AT SHORE BEEF and BBQ

NEW CHURCH LOCATION TODAY

UNTIL 5:30

FRIDAY SPECIAL

Pit Beef Sandwich/ Side

Drink ~ $7.50

REMINDER:  Shore Beef and BBQ will be located at the New Church Vol. Fire Dept. for the

OPENING NIGHT

OF

 ANNUAL HAUNTED FOREST

6:00 PM....UNTIL...............

BE AMONG THE FIRST TO BE FRIGHTENED!!!!

SHORE BEEF and BBQ

~BACK AT THEIR NEW CHURCH LOCATION~

THURSDAY ~ ALL DAY~ SPECIAL

Pulled bbq Chicken Sandwich/side

Drink ~ $7.50

~~~

Look for Shore Beef and BBQ at the New Church Vol. Fire Dept. on the dates below:

Annual Den of Darkness Haunted Attraction

COME PREPARED FOR AN EVENING OF FRIGHT !!!

7:00 PM until 10:00 PM

Admission:  $7.00 per person

4264 Firehouse Street

New Church, Virginia 

(Behind the scales on Rt. 13)

Food available by SHORE BEEF  and BBQ

Halloween At the Delmarva Discovery Center

~~Happy Trick-Or-Treating~~

Don't forget to send me your Halloween or autumn photos!!

Have a safe evening of Trick-Or-Treating !!
Don't Forget --

Trick-Or-Treat at Midway on route 13 south of Pocomoke.

Events at Delmarva Discovery Center in downtonw Pocomoke.

The Haunted Forest- sponsored by the New Church Vol. Fire Dept., Firehouse Ave., New Church, Virginia (This is really scary)

New Church "Haunted Forest"

Looking for a scary treat for Halloween????
Visit the Eastern Shore's #1 haunted attraction!
Just a few evenings left to visit the Haunted Forest
Sponsored by the New Church Vol. Fire Dept.

" Take a stroll past the old abandoned camp site. Wander down the twisting trails. Creep through old town and the cursed cemetary but try not to wake the dead! Then join us at the twisted carnival. You will die laughing!!!!! Come face to face with your worst nightmares!!!!!"

Tonight October 29th, Saturday night, October 30th, Sundaynight, October 31st.

4264 Firehouse Street, New Church, Virginia

Open 7pm until 10pm

Admission: $7.00 per person

Food and drinks available for sale.

For more info call: 757-824-9724

SCARE YOU LATER !!!!!

Halloween Lantern Recall

Around 682,000 Halloween lanterns sold at various dollar stores nationwide are being recalled due to overheating, causing fire and burn hazards. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, a recall was announced Thursday for pumpkin, ghost and skull Halloween lanterns. The lanterns are about 6 1/2 inches tall and were sold in orange, white and black. Model number 954437-13096-003-1005 is printed on the bottom of the lanterns.

The Dollar Tree has received one report of the bulb in a lantern overheating. No injuries have been reported.

The lanterns were sold from August 2010 to October 2010 for about $1 at Dollar Tree, Dollar Bill$, Occasions, Deal$ and Dollar Tree Deal$ stores nationwide.

Consumers are instructed to take the recalled lanterns away from children immediately, remove and properly throw batteries away and return the lanterns to the store where they were purchased for a full refund.

For additional information, contact Dollar Tree Stores Inc. at (800) 876-8077 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday or visit the firm’s website at www.dollartree.com.

www.wane.com

Trick-Or-Treating

Parades are planned, costumes have been picked out, pumpkins are carved and children can't wait to head out in search of candy.

This year, different towns are clustering trick-or-treating events for both Saturday night and Sunday, which is Halloween proper.

The Pocomoke City Police Department is scheduled to hold a candy safety checkpoint from 5-7 p.m. at police headquarters on Second Street, as well as having 10 officers on patrol throughout the town.

"We run a scanner over the candy to make sure there isn't any metal or anything else in there," said Angel Thornes of the PCPD. "Of course, we also tell them to throw away anything opened or damaged."

The Delmarva Discovery Center is scheduled to host a Halloween-themed family fund day on Oct. 30 from 12-4 p.m.

Games, crafts, prizes and creepy critters will be featured at the event, in addition to a costume contest at 2 p.m. Admittance will be $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and one child will get in free with the paid admission of an adult.

Snow Hill will celebrate Halloween from 5-8 p.m. on Oct. 30, as well as a candy bag scanning at the police station on Green Street between 7:30 and 8:15 p.m., free of charge.

Children 12 years or younger may trick-or-treat with their parents in costume. But officials say no masks or costumes should disguise anyone older than 12, unless they are with children making Halloween visits.

Washington Street, between Federal Street and Belt Street, will be closed from 5-8 p.m. to ensure safety of those out in that area.

"The police have arranged with public works to have additional lighting at certain intersections throughout town," said Trish Greene, assistant to the town manager for Snow Hill. "There will also be extra officers on patrol."

In Berlin, police are encouraging people to trick-or-treat on Sunday, Oct. 31, from 5-7 p.m. Police will be available to scan children's candy at Berlin Town Hall, 10 Williams St., until 8 p.m. The Worcester County Youth and Family Counseling Services will be hosting a "Haunted Hallway" at their 124 N. Main St., office during trick-or-treat time.

www.worcestercountytimes.com

Trick Or Treat Time At MIDWAY

To all community businesses!! Help these trick or treaters have a safe and fun filled Halloween. Call Midway today and help sponsor a 'trick-or-treat trunk' !! I'm sure they'd love to have any Pocomoke organization fill a trunk also. Give them a call........

POCOMOKE CITY, Md. -- Midway of Pocomoke City, Md., will be hosting its second annual Trunk or Treat on Saturday, Oct. 30, providing a safe place for all children to trick or treat.

Vehicles will be arranged to allow children to trick or treat from trunk to trunk and receive candies and goodies. Refreshments will be served and games will be played. A costume contest will be held every hour. Trick or treat bags will be provided with additional goodies inside.

To make the event a success, Midway is requesting the help of community businesses.

Any business can sponsor a trunk by decorating the trunk, providing candy for up to 750 kids and having personnel to man the trunk during the event from 1-4 p.m.

For more information, contact Talia McCleish or Andy Linton at 410-957-2222.

TRICK OR TREAT IN POCOMOKE

Trick or Treat

Will be observed in Pocomoke City on

Saturday October 30th

From 5:00pm-7:00pm.

Children 12 and under in costume

BOO !! It's Halloween Time !!

Autumn is here and that means it's time for Halloween!

And since this is the week before the night of dressing in costumes and going door to door trick or treating I'd like for any of you to send me some pictures.

Halloween time is my favorite time of the year.

So send me your pictures of your carved jack-o-lantern, your house decorated inside or out for the occasion, your halloween costume, OR your pet dressed in a costume.

Send them to me: jmmb at bwbw@hughes.net

P.S. Does anyone remember many years ago when Hartley Hall was between 7th and 8th Street on Market? Do you remember the year it was decorated as a haunted house?

Please tell me what YOU remember.

Monster Display Too Scary And Is Shut Down

CHESAPEAKE

They're creepy, and maybe a bit kooky. But for some, Georgette Gaynor's monsters were too spooky.

After several complaints and a few screams from startled customers, Gaynor had to take down her 78 life -size monsters that populated the Greenbrier Dodge showroom at 1717 S. Military Hwy.

Gaynor said she was told that some people objected to the display.

"They were so real-looking," said Tom Robertson, Greenbrier Dodge general sales manager. "More than one person would walk in the door, and not paying attention, would look up and be startled by one of the monsters in front of them."

One was so scared she screamed and fell, Robertson said.

Gaynor, of Virginia Beach, spent six days hauling her monsters, fashioned out of spray foam, plastic netting and wire-mounted on PVC pipe, to the dealership, along with 700 pounds of weighted bases and iron poles to display the creatures. It took three days to set them up. The display was to be open to the public, and all were for sale for $150 to $250.

Two years ago, she displayed her monsters at The Gallery at Military Circle as part of an effort to collect non-perishable foods for the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia.

In 2007 her creatures were exhibited to help raise money for the Kempsville Middle School drama club. About five years ago, she also created a haunted hall at Norfolk State University.

Her displays include a foursome of werewolves playing Texas Hold 'e m and Frankenstein's monster, along with a gallery of ghouls with names like Johnny Eyeballs, Crowbar Pete, Cruell Krull and Gruesome Guntar.

While scaring people was one thing, losing sales was another. One customer called the display demonic, Robertson said.

"Some people take the holiday of Halloween in a different way," Robertson said. "They'll plan out costumes and decorations three to four months in advance. But others consider it satanism."

The final straw was when one potential customer refused to walk through the showroom.

"He told us he loved his salesperson, but he couldn't buy a car in this environment," Robertson said.

The dealership offered to bring a car to the customer's home, but the potential customer refused, citing the company's business environment and beliefs.

"It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do," Robertson said. "But I run a business here. Two to three percent of the people who saw the display didn't get the right feeling about the message we were trying to have with Halloween, and once they go out and tell five others, then it can cause more problems."

Gaynor was paid a bonus for quickly dispatching the display and to make up for some loss in sales of her creatures.

"This broke my heart," Robertson said. "But for some, Halloween is devil-worshipping."

www.hamptonroads.com

Wisconsin Pumpkin Is World's Heaviest

World's heaviest pumpkin but not the most attractive........can't have everything, even in the pumpkin patch.


NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (AP) - Guinness World Records has confirmed that a massive pumpkin grown in Wisconsin is officially the world's heaviest.

The gourd grown this year by Chris Stevens of New Richmond tips the scales at 1,810.5 pounds. That's 85 pounds heavier than the previous record, a 1,725-pound pumpkin grown last year in Ohio.

Stevens' pumpkin has a circumference of 186.5 inches, or more than 15 feet. When turned on its side, the pumpkin is more than waist-high to an average-size person.
Stevens unveiled his pumpkin earlier this month at the Stillwater Harvest Fest in Minnesota. He said at the time his secret is a precise mixture of sunshine, rain, cow manure, fish emulsion and seaweed. www.wtop.com

Parksley Vol. Fire Dept. Has Halloween Dance

HALLOWEEN DANCE

Parksley Volunteer Fire Company

Saturday October 23, 2010

9:00 PM

$15.00 per couple or $10.00 stag

B.Y.O.B.

Music by: Nuthin' Fancy

Constume Contest

$300 first prize

$200 second prize

$100 third prize

For more information call: 757-665-6977

Trick Or Treat In Pocomoke City

Trick or Treat

Will be observed in Pocomoke City on

Saturday October 30th

From 5:00pm-7:00pm.

Children 12 and under in costume.