There is no tougher job to be had than that of judging the costumes at the annual Halloween party at St. Roch’s gym. Kids in this neighborhood are a truly imaginitive bunch and the costumes were each one better than the other.
Winners were Gino Cross as death, Ann Newsham, a large-faced midget, Megan Couch as a butterfly, Andy Renard as an oil sheik, Anita Watson as a fancy lady, Ginger Lottes as a Christmas tree, Rory Krueger as a robot, Elizabeth Winters as a milk shake and Chris Mudd as St. Louis. The two little Bynums shared as Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy. But equally good were dozens of others: Julie Creighton as Charlie Chaplan, Joshua Kohn as a Frog, Vincent McCarthy as a freckled faced doll, Katie Shay as a clown, Mary Ann Shea as a gypsy. Then there were teams: two bums were Paul Wilmering and Tom Bowe, that horse was Mary O’Brien and Kathy Storey, salt and pepper was Christie Schmoehl and K.K. Tomas. Other great ones: Crickie Lottes as an old fasioned girls, Bridgid Couch as a reindeer, Laura Kahline and Ketti Hoefel as witches, Sara Stuart was a pumpkin, Kity Newsham was some Frankenstein. Then there was Rebecca Roach in a safari outfit, Rachel Bender a gypsy, Sara DeLorenzo as an old lady. Ladies were popular: Roger and Zella Dyson, Katherine Tepas, Nanette Thomas and many others. Elizabeth Roach had such good face makeup that she was unrecognizable. Others also had excellent make-up. The Marx team of David Mestres and Shannon McPherron was very good – and the list could go on and on. To all of you who made the party more fun for ourselves, thank you and think ahead for next year.
Originally published in The Paper, December 1974.
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