Trick or Treat in Groveville

There was a little discussion on Facebook about the amount of children out for Trick or Treat in Groveville, some had a fair amount and some had few, I think it’s just a sign of the times. Some mentioned that they had Trick or Treater’that they didn’t know. At my house we had about 30.

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As, I guess, a long time resident and Karl Kraft who was also in this discussion, remember when there seemed to be a very large number of Trick or Treater’s, and everyone knew each other, both children and parents, times were different when we were younger, we had a school that we all attended together and some parents walked to school with their children, not for safety, but just to have time to spend with them and other parents, doing the same, we had a post office where you had to pick up your mail, this too was another place to gather.

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We had a corner store where people actually shopped for groceries and fresh meat and again a place to chat for a bit.
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The majority of town’s people worshiped at the same church with their children in Sunday School, parents belonged to the fire company and the auxiliary, and there too were social events that involved parents and children and most of the people in town worked at the mill.

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We had a lot of children in Groveville, most born when TV was limited; leaving more time for our parents to, well never mind, there was a lot of kids. After school it was no problem for us to play Baseball, two teams, with substitutes or Football, same thing and this was just the boys.

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When we trick or treated, you went into the house, people would guess who you were, before you got your candy, it was a process, now we meet them on the porch give them their candy, wish them a “Happy Halloween” and send them on their way.
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Times change and sometimes that makes me sad, but that’s the way it is, the sad part is some towns have banned Trick or Treating, because of predators to our children, the good thing is Groveville has not come to that.