The Marietta Daily Times, November 1, 1947
"It's the largest parade we've ever had in Marietta," one man remarked to another after the start of Friday night's Halloween parade. It is doubtful if the likes of such a parade had never been seen in this city before. The Marietta Lions Club led the parade of the city's 23rd Halloween celebration with the caged lion whose eyes shed great rays of yellow light and whose mouth radiated a glow of bright orange. The Marietta Tiger band added to the affair with its 125 pieces, and it was followed by a long line of happy masqueraders.
There were ghosts, witches, dancing horses wearing tap dancing shoes, little crepe paper pumpkins, angels, the three bears and Goldilocks, frogs, "sports" wearing the famous "Glo-bow" ties, and other characters too numerous to mention. The Norwood Drum Corps and the Salem-Liberty band, decked in their white and red uniforms, who donated their services for the parade, did much to make the parade a success and also added to the hilarity of the group.
From the Municipal Stadium one could see the numerous glowing torches which lit the way for the long parade. The contestants for the prizes were strung from one end of the stadium track to the other, and the judges finally succeeded in lining them up along the yard lines.
Prizes Awarded
The contestants were lined up according to the costumes they wore and the prizes they sought. The boys who sought to win the prize for wearing the fanciest costume lined up along the goat line; those seeking to win the prize for being the most comical lined up at the 10-yard line; and so it went.
Jack Painter won the boy's fancy prize and Dale Thornton received second prize. Jess Berdine received first prize for the boy's comic costume and Jack Holdren received second. The prize for the fanciest costume in the girl's group went to Karen Henderson. Second prize in this division went to Gerry Lee Hickman.
In the girl's group, Dolores Buzzard received first prize for the most comical costume; Jean McClure received second. Violet McIntyre won first prize in the women's comic division and Helen Fryman won second. The prize for the most fancy woman's costume was awarded to Mrs. McComas; second prize went to Lenore Fields. The fancy group prize was won by Beverly Darnell, Linda Darnell, Sharon Reed and Jacqueline Reed. The group comic prize was won by Mrs. James Schafer and Miss Frances McClure.
The judges for the contest were Rev. D. J. Barthelmeh, Mrs. Glenn Rogers, Paul Petty, and Miss Joan Sutton.
The parade, an annual affair sponsored by the Lions Club, was under the supervision of Thomas L. Schwendeman, chairman of the parade committees.
Donn Winans and George Cranston were general chairmen of the celebration; Bradley Vrooman and Howard Taylor were in charge of the Boy Scouts, the judges, the prizes and the theatre; Leonard Boord, Donald Boyer and James Stowe were in charge of the trucks, the judges' stand and the bugle corps; Harold Oyster, Lester Krieg, W. S. Hawn and Walter McCarthy had charge of the decorations and the dance which was held following the parade at the Armory; Norman LaFaber was in charge of city affairs and the police for the parade; Herbert Smith headed the proclamation committee, and R. C. Ritchey handled the advertising.
The dance at the Armory following the parade was a taxi dance which lasted from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., with music furnished by Bob Rice's orchestra.
While the parade was said by police to have been the largest ever staged here, not a single accident was reported. All available police were on parade duty.
Law enforcement officers had an unusually quiet Halloween. Little property damage was reported in the county, while some street lights were reported damaged by boys with air guns. Several boys picked up by police have been ordered to appear in Juvenile Court next Monday. The usual hot spots - the West Side and Norwood sections - were extremely quiet, most of the calls for police coming in from residents north of Putnam St., according to Police Chief H. O. Wolfe.
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“Flash on Glo Bow Tie” illuminated clip on tie, c. late 1940s. The tie
is made of rayon in a blinding blue and yellow print, but add two red light
bulbs strung with wire attached to battery packs and you’ve lit up eyes from
across the room. Old as Adam antiques of Providence, Rhode Island.
https://oldasadam.com/goods/glow-bow/
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