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Carol Perkins: Halloween when I was growing up in Edmonton In the 60s, Halloween was a time to do battle Next earlier Carol Perkins column: Carol Perkins: I've been hanging up on Mike for weeks now By Carol Perkins Halloween was once a time when parents took their kids out early to trick or treat because they were not safe after dark. That was when small towns rumbled with pumpkin fights, firecracker battles, and fresh eggs. Days before Halloween, some teenagers prepared for battle by invading pumpkin patches out in the county. This was long before growing pumpkins was a for profit enterprise; farmers grew them to feed their hogs. Others drove across the Tennessee line to buy firecrackers, and even more stored up dozens of eggs. Eggs were the worst weapon because of the damage they did to cars. I can honestly say I never threw an egg at a car, but have been hit on the head and other body parts with plenty of them while standing around observing others. I never will forget the slimy feel and the stench of a raw egg. Teenagers have no sense on Halloween; at least many years ago they didn't. Today, they have better thing to do. Back then, county boys came into town to take on town boys who consequently tried to run them back across the city limits line. This was one battle to avoid. I remember a truck bed full of county boys rolling into Edmonton to take on what they considered the weaker of the two groups. The town boys seldom won this battle, which might consist of drag racing on a straight stretch on the Old Glasgow Road or engaging in an egg war. The real danger, however, occurred when these sprees turned into serious battles that involved guns and buckshot. We girls stayed away from these scenes. Sometimes small communities woke up the day after Halloween to a mess on their business windows, on their front porches and driveways, and in their trees where they spent hours pulling down toilet paper. Washing soap off windows gave a few teens a way to make extra money. Teachers were prime targets years ago. Stealing pumpkins off their porches, turning their car around sideways in the drive, rolling their trees, and throwing firecrackers in their yards seemed very daring and because it was Halloween, teachers were not likely to hold a grudge. One of the worst pranks and funniest was when a group of boys put all of a teacher's lawn furniture in a neighbor's tree. It was innocent fun, but required a lot of work getting the pieces down. In my day we never had haunted houses to visit or Halloween parties to attend. The party was on the square in Edmonton where the "town" gathered and the scariest movie I ever saw was "House of Wax." Now there are so many activities for young people to do and so many scary movies to watch on Halloween that is good clean fun. They can also go to the many varieties of haunted houses, haunted hollers, and for the children, there is trunk or treat on the square. It has been a long time since I have heard of any dangerous pranks or potentially illegal activities on this night. Halloween brings back so many memories of when we kids carrying a paper sack around to our neighbors or when we grew out of that stage and gathered with other teenagers to see what mischief was happening in town. Then we advanced to taking our own children trick or treating and now we pass out candy to little ones who might come to visit. Halloween changes in design but never in excitement and has become one of the highest grossing events next to Christmas. I would have never thought it! - Carol Perkins This story was posted on 2015-10-28 09:25:24
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