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Trick or Treat Historic Montgomery 2024: It was Spooktacular

By: Ruben Borjas, Jr., Columnist, Montgomery County News
| Published 10/27/2024

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MONTGOMERY, TX -- Montgomery was invaded this past Saturday by a bevy of youngsters dressed in gory, morbid, but also some kindly costumes of their favorite characters or personalities, as they roamed around the city center in search of candy and entertainment. They and their parents and hangers-on enjoyed the atmosphere, albeit a little toasty, but still was fun enough to be had by everyone on hand during the 6th Annual ‘Trick or Treat Historic Montgomery.’ It’s the yearly event where thousands of kids don their favorite Halloween attire to celebrate with family, friends, and shop owners, as everyone greeted Halloween 2024, with open arms and bags to be filled with candy.

October is well loved for Halloween, signaling the beginning of the end of the year, where kids participate in spirited festivities all over Historic Montgomery. The kids had their candy smell-o-meters on at full force being able to track down the sweet and sour stuff at every available turn. There were candy hot spots all over the town in all directions, and locals driving past were patient with the kiddos crossing Liberty Street in the search for candy.

The parents and grandparents were patient as well, in helping their underlings in hitting the candy hot spots, while fondly remembering their own childhoods; and some parents even had skin in the game with dressing up in their favorite costumes alongside the kiddos. There were some innovative costumes, like a headless man, and of course the blow-up costumes were a hit. There were also those kids who enjoyed wearing the scary costumes, of spooky spirits and entities of an eerie persuasion. They searched for anything that was sweet or sour, in their aim to keep them sugar rushed till January. Unfortunately, one kid was allergic to chocolate, and his bag was less filled than others, but he was still satisfied.

“They just picked their own,” said Nicole Ellison, when asked of her childrens’ style of Halloween attire. “Benjamin likes dinosaurs, Dallas wanted to be scary, and Travis likes turtles.”

Halloween also brings to mind the dentists of Montgomery County, and their love/hate relationship with kids who hit the dozens of Historic Montgomery businesses and booths to choose from for their candy hauls. Of course all the dentists’ hard work over the past ten months is at risk during Halloween, when everyone in sight has a sugar coated tooth, yielding to the draws of the sweet and sour delights that filled their bags and containers in Historic Montgomery. Of course, the facades of dentists are also looking to the post Halloween season, when families rush to use the remaining dental benefits which have the dentists smiling, while gently scolding the kids to reduce their increased candy usage.

“We love this area, and plan on moving here. This event makes Montgomery a special place,” said Joyce Norton, from the Austin area, whose family was visiting a cousin in Walden. “My kids are having the time of their lives, having fun and making new friends. We feel safe here.”

The Montgomery Police Department were handing out goody bags for the kids, and The Church at Montgomery handed out free Bibles and water. Historic Montgomery was indeed a place of safety on October 26th, with no one having to look over their shoulders wondering who’s there. It’s a town where everyone respects each other, and events like Trick or Treat in Historic Montgomery can be happily enjoyed without a care.

Historic Montgomery’s little cheese shop that could, Slish of Amish, was a center of activity. General Manager Angie Miller, dressed as a ringmaster, set up a ring toss game in the courtyard next to her shop for the kids after they received some candy from owner Barbara Johnson. The hundreds of prizes set aside for the game were all gone, as well as hundreds of books donated by the Daughters of the American Revolution - Coushatti Trace Chapter represented by Regent Kay Pontious. The Montgomery Boy Scout Troop 351 also donated hundreds of books to the cause, with Scoutmaster Mat Wilson putting his scouts to work in achieving the search and collect mission.

“We love it,” said Angie Miller in response to a question on Trick or Treat Historic Montgomery, and who displayed her prowess for public speaking. “We have our hearse out front, we have Eleanor the Dragon, and our witches, and we got our pumpkin ring toss. The kids are playing games, they’re getting candy, I love the excitement down here, and I love it when our community comes together. It’s fantastic.”

Since 2018, excluding a pandemic year, Historic Montgomery’s Halloween gathering has made many Trick or Treaters extremely happy. They walk the streets filling their bags with sweet and sour treats that make the effort all worthwhile. Decked out in all sorts of costumes, it was a delight for many to see them enjoying themselves, where in some areas of the country it is not possible to have a safe gathering much less be out candy hunting without suspecting ulterior motives. Montgomery County is blessed with law and order, which allows its citizenry to have wonderful events such as Trick or Treat in Historic Montgomery. Many thanks go out to the Montgomery Police Department and Montgomery County ESD#2 overwatching the festivities and providing service when needed.

There is no doubt that many great memories were created in and around the streets of Historic Montgomery, Saturday. And parents and kids will assuredly be marking their calendars for next year. And thanks need to go to the City of Montgomery for their efforts into making the streets available and safe for the event, which allows for hours of fun and free entertainment that is safe and family friendly. It’s what makes Montgomery such a great town to call home.

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