Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Thursday, October 1, 2020
This Month In Bossier Parish History
October: Through the Years
October 2020: High School Homecoming season begins!
Please enjoy the high school Homecoming photos from our parish.
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| 1990-91: Airline High School Homecoming Court |
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| 1953: Haughton High School Homecoming Court |
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| 1980: Parkway High School Homecoming Queen and King |
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| 1945: Bossier High School Homecoming Court |
Oct. 6, 1920: Since the passing of the 19th Amendment, 161 women for Bossier Parish had register to vote. Mary Bixler from Plain Dealing was the first woman to register in this parish. Do you have an ancestor that was on the list of the 161 women to register? Contact us via message, email, or phone and we can look on the list for you.
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| Bossier Banner: Oct.6, 1920 |
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| 1900: Vashti Applewhite 0000.003.043 Pattillo Collection |
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| 1880's: Lillian Stinson Carter 2000.045.004 Shaver Collection |
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| c.1900's: "The Lawrence Sisters" Hattie, Emma, Katie and Eva |
Oct. 16. 1920: Weekly news from 100 years ago.
· Allendale store and resident was destroyed by fire
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| Bossier Banner |
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| Harvey Arnold 1999.127.047B Jennings Collection |
· Miss Athlene Cornish left to take charge of the Alden Bridge school
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| Bossier Banner |
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| 1936-1937 Bossier School Faculty: Athlene Cornish is on the 2nd row, 6th from the right 2001.052.097 Saucier Collection |
· Jim Giles been working on the roads
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| Bossier Banner |
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| c.1900's: Road Crew Camp 0000.004.076 Scanland Collection |
· J.A., Kate and Lucille Edwards returned home from Shreveport.
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| Bossier Banner |
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| James A. Edwards Sr., Kate Carter Edwards, and James A. Edwards Jr. 2009.044.006 Beekman Collection |
Oct. 31, 2020: Happy Halloween!
Please enjoy the photos relating to Halloween.
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| Bossier Press: Oct.27, 1977 |
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| The Shreveport Journal: Oct.26, 1944 |
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| Bossier City Mothers Club. Women dressed in costunes 1999.044.038-2 Pace Collection |
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| 1983: Preschool Halloween Party at the Bossier Parish Libraries Central Branch 2020.001.0181 |
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
"RED LAND HALLOWEEN PARTY"
In its October 27, 1938 issue the Bossier Banner issued an invitation to all Bossier residents to attend a Halloween party.
“There will be a community Halloween party, at the vacant Martiner house at Red Land, Halloween night, Monday, October 31st, given for the benefit of the church, Sunday School, B.Y.P.U. [Baptist Young People’s Union] and Women’s Home Demonstration Club. Admission will be 1 cent and there will be laughs and thrills galore.”
“There will be a style show featuring the 300-pound Miss Flossie Frailjoy, Miss Tiny Terwiller, standing six feet or more in her stocking feet, Flatfoot Flugie, Black Eyed Susan Brown and many others.”
Those present may have their fortune told by the witch, drink some of her brew, take a chance on the surprise packages and visit the fishing pond.”
“There will be jokes, readings and ghost stories. A specialty tap dance by ‘Small Fry’ and Tishy Lish is planned. Last, but not least, for a few extra pennies all can visit the chamber of horrors where they’ll see the murdered man himself, and Blue Beard’s wives and many more things to make one’s hair stand on end and that will curdle the blood. Come out and have a good time, while helping a good cause.”
Find out more about how Bossier Parish residents celebrated holidays by visiting the Bossier Parish Libraries History Center.
By: Ann Middleton
“There will be a style show featuring the 300-pound Miss Flossie Frailjoy, Miss Tiny Terwiller, standing six feet or more in her stocking feet, Flatfoot Flugie, Black Eyed Susan Brown and many others.”
Those present may have their fortune told by the witch, drink some of her brew, take a chance on the surprise packages and visit the fishing pond.”
“There will be jokes, readings and ghost stories. A specialty tap dance by ‘Small Fry’ and Tishy Lish is planned. Last, but not least, for a few extra pennies all can visit the chamber of horrors where they’ll see the murdered man himself, and Blue Beard’s wives and many more things to make one’s hair stand on end and that will curdle the blood. Come out and have a good time, while helping a good cause.”
Find out more about how Bossier Parish residents celebrated holidays by visiting the Bossier Parish Libraries History Center.
By: Ann Middleton
Friday, October 22, 2010
Fall Festival
Join us on Friday afternoon, October 29th, for Bossier Central Library's Fall Festival! The library will have crafts for children, candy tours, a "Boo-ling" game, a spider toss, pumpkin painting, face painting, and special guests Gorilla Joe and Miss Bossier City, Kimberly Rusley.
The Historical Center is decorated for the Festival, too! Stop by to see our haunted Bossier exhibit and participate in a scavenger hunt!
The Historical Center is decorated for the Festival, too! Stop by to see our haunted Bossier exhibit and participate in a scavenger hunt!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Haunted Bossier
The history center is ready for Halloween! Come see our Haunted Bossier exhibit to discover whether there is any truth to ghost stories about frightening sites around the parish and to learn about fortune-telling games played in the 1890's on Halloween.
Be careful when you visit, though, because you never know what's lurking around the building... Beware of menacing black cats, spooky owls, glowing skulls, and creepy cobwebs!
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