In honor of the Halloween season, a reprise Retro Pic of the Day originally posted in 2015 … 

It’s all about Halloween festivities in an unprecedented trick, treat and haunting era right now in the Rumson-Fair Haven area. There’s distancing where there was a lot of congregating. And while the era of high alert for razors in apples is a bygone one, now there’s a pandemic, rules about touching, masking, more masking, less tricking and more careful treating. But, the Halloween show goes on. 

So, to honor the crowded gathering of ghouls in socially distanced days, we take a look back at the RFH prep for parading as all seniors packed themselves into the lounge, mingled and tried to figure out who was what and why and just have some fun. 

Teens still just wanna have some Halloween fun. And, if the season fits … mask it! Through the years, many masked marauders have had their day at RFH — all in the spirit with somewhere to go, like the Senior Commons and, uh, a little joy walk or ride?

So, the Retro Pic(s) of the (George Day) take us back to those times in 1977 when Halloween parading in high school was an all-day event gone ghastly, or ghostly, good.

There was the silly, the serious, the scary and the just plain fun. The above photos show a gathering in the Senior Commons (or Lounge, as some called it).

Know who anyone was? Most popular costumes back in the day? Do you think Halloween has become less festive lately with more mild costuming?

Thanks, again, to George Day for these Halloween photo treats! We’ll be showing them all week.

— Elaine Van Develde

 

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