OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 5, 2014 Your Local News
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The Home News Bath Halloween Parade Goes On Despite Rain
Cub Pack 33 entered this covered wagon in the Bath Halloween Parade. By BILL HALBFOERSTER & ALICE WANAMAKER The Home News
Three-year-old Maci Hughes, dressed as Little Bo Peep, collected candy. – Home News photos
For more than a half hour Bath’s Halloween parade went along very well and was viewed by hundreds, perhaps as many as a thousand people, last Tuesday night, but at 7:40 p.m. it started to rain. Still, the
show went on and was enjoyed as spectators crowded along the Main Street sidewalks. They enjoyed seeing the groups marching, colorful floats, and hearing the sounds of music by the Northampton Area Senior High School Big “N” Band and the Middle
School Band. One of the nicest floats was that of the Bath Fire Social Hall, fully loaded with pink balloons “Helping Turn Bath Pink,” in tribute to the monthlong cancer awareness campaign. Cub Scouts from Pack 33, Pack 43, and Pack 50 brought plenty of excitement, along with football teams like the Bath Lions and Moore Township Mountain Hawks and their cheerleaders. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts also put on a good show. Of course, since tit was sponsored by the Bath Firefighters and Ambulance Corps, they had several of their neighboring fire and ambulance units joining the parade with all of their equipment, blowing their horns and sounding their sirens. Nazareth Fire Police had two of their men directing traffic north and south on busy Rt. 512 (Walnut Street), stopping vehicles only when the divisions of marchers came along, or when people wanted to cross the street. The Sacred Heart School in
Annual Gourd Contest at George Wolf By CATHERINE STROH The Home News
The first grade Annual Gourd Contest took place last week at George Wolf Elementary School in Bath. Unangst Farm was kind enough to donate all the gourds used for the contest and the children had a great time. Over 80 students decorated gourds at home and brought them in for display. The entire school and staff voted for their favorite decorations.
Four classes participated and one winner was selected from each class. The owners of Unangst Farm are happy to be a part of the contest. They attended George Wolf School themselves, as do their children. They donate apples (for the apple/applesauce unit) and gourds for the contest every year.
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Bath had one of the biggest contingents, led by their black dragon. Moore Elementary School was also well represented. Two businesses in the lineup were Fahey Dental and Miklas Rental. All in all, it was another fine Halloween parade. The Bath Firefighters, we’re sure, appreciated the donations that came in the mail to help them put on the show. They thanked a long list of sponsors who made the parade possible. Congratulations to all the participants! Winners List The judges selected these winners, announced by Alyssa Kline: • Best Appearing Girl Scouts – Troop #8391. • Best Appearing Boy Scouts – Troop #43. • Best Appearing Small Float – Bath Social Hall. • Best Appearing Large Float – Bath Lions Football and Cheerleaders. • Judges’ Choice – Girl Scout Troops 8391 and 8504. Jimmy Pasquariello of the Bath Fire Co. Social Hall said the ladies of the Social Hall, his wife Pam, Heather Smith Phyllis Lerch, and Lorene Pasquariello, spent countless hours making the more than 3,000 paper flowers that were attached to the truck for the parade. “A lot of effort went into decorating the truck” he said. Congratulations to all of the winners.
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