The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

Nov. 4, 1971

Sweet Home enjoyed one of the quietest Halloween nights in a long time. Police reported only three incidents of egg throwing Sunday as the major crimes of the night.

There were a few reports of pumpkins being smashed, and Monday morning found plenty of store windows more or less artfully decorated, but vandalism was at a minimum.

Removing graffiti left by Halloween pranksters is a chore downtown businessmen face each year, but this year members of the junior class of Sweet Home High School were found scraping and washing the windows of business firms along Main Street as their...