Halloween Time, First Year to celebrate”

Oct 29th Halloween Time, First Year to celebrate”

Halloween Time

During the early 40’s, while we were doing our best — working together to support our men and women in an effort to win WWII, Halloween took a back seat – and I, a little kid, just did as I was told!

With a small “Victory Garden” and a few chickens, we learned to do without, and be happy and feel blessed with what we had.

When you are attending school, your teacher informs you of the up coming “Holidays” …. what you need to do to celebrate, and just so your parents know how much you know… you bring home evidence!

I could draw a big circle and color it orange and cut it out, calling it a pumpkin, as it was for the 31st of October, so we could know to celebrate, “Halloween!”

To this day, I’m surprised to be alive?

I was fully “armed” to go out to do “Halloween” with my “Pea Shooter” and a “Soap Bar” and a bag of “Peas” … all of the required ammunition!

For me… to put a small “Pea” in my mouth, line it up, in the “Pea Shooter” – and then, blow as hard as a “Tornado” or “Hurricane” with a dead aim at the neighbor’s windows – what a joke on me?

I could hardly, even get enough wind in me, to get my self home!

What ever happened to all the peas – did I swallow half of them?

The “Pea Shooter” was only an ice cream soda straw!

I do not believe, that… even one little ole pea, ever hit a window?

Till this day – I still don’t know what … “what in the world… I was suppose to be doing!”

ME & Tom 001

This is ME, and my youngest brother, little Tommy… and the shadow on the ground … looks like my Dad’s hat … indicating to me… that he is taking some pictures of the new area of Saint Louis … we recently moved into!