Mary Brown, receptionist at Tacoma's Mary Bridge Hospital, seems immune to the bevy of jolly-faced jack-o-lanterns on her desk and frets away during a few moments this afternoon. The woman usually sports a smile popular with staff and visitor alike. (Photo by Geff Hinds)

What is 150 feet long, 10 feet high, and has a serious over-bite? a mechanical haunted monster, of course. Erskine Manufacturing Co. of Puyallup has developed especially for Halloween this "experimental" model for public viewing near Willows Shopping Center, South 112th and Meridian. Proceeds will benefit Puyallup-area organizations.
Photo appeared in article, "WARNING: Possible health hazard" TNT 10/30/1974 p.A4

He said he was an Irishman named Jack O'Lantern and he wanted to have his growth removed from his head, but Mrs. Kitty Stolen, admitting nurse at St. Joseph Hospital and Health Care Center allowed as how he'd better wait until Sunday, Halloween night. Actually, it was another hospital employee inside the pumpkin. And it didn't take surgery to get him out.
From article, "Haunted Hospital?" TNT 10/30/1976 p.B14

Keri Anderson tries on an Ewok mask at Mr. Mystic's Magic Corner (7120 Sixth Ave). Photo by Warren Anderson
Used for article, "Ewok Takes Top Billing", TNT 10/31/1983 p.D1

A Halloween black cat stalks the path of a Tribune photographer in an east Tacoma neighborhood. (Photo by Harlan H. Chinn)

Need some idea for inexpensive ways to dress up the little ones on Halloween? Designer Marie Smith of Hallmark Cards Inc., suggests that the children be allows to create their own masks because "it makes Halloween more fun and gives the children of accomplishment." "Bug-eyes" is made from assorted sizes and colors of paper plates. "Pretty Piggy" is strictly a feminine pig, who will be the belle of any Halloween ball.
Appeared in the article, "Homemade mask for Halloween" TNT10/22/1979 p.A6

Goblins, vampires, and other creatures like these are among the residents of a haunted house the Pierce County chapter of the March of Dimes is helping sponsor at 17006 36th Ave E. from 7p.m. to midnight tomorrow. Other haunted houses include the KTAC Campus Life Mystery Mansion, on South 16th Street near Yakima; the Lakewood Youth Athletic Association house at Santa's Village in the Village Plaza Shopping Center, and the Boy Scout Troop 92 house at Camp Curran, 13220 50th Ave. E.
Photo appeared in article, "They're Haunting for Dimes" TNT 10/29/1976 p.A4