The Halloweeners

Five young boys engage in the traditional Halloween mischievousness. Allgoes well until one of the boys magically disappears, and then reappears ina state quite distressing to all. The Story: Monroe is a small town of about 5000 people, nestled in therolling farmland about halfway between Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio. In1957, it was little more than a village, with a population of around 1500.In Monroe, you didn’t go “downtown,” you went “uptown.” There was onlyone traffic light. It marked the center of town at the top of the hill. Stateroute 25, known locally as the Cincinnati-Dayton road, ran north to souththrough that light, and state route 63 ran east to west, Lebanon and thefamous Golden Lamb Inn and Restaurant about 10 miles to the east andmore farmland to the west. The four corners of that intersection pretty much defined the town. On onecorner was the local barbershop. Across the street were the bank and postoffice. The other two corners were occupied by Marshall’s drug store an