Local car clubs launch ‘Trunk or Treat’ at Aberdeen mall

Story and photos by Mike Myers

Midnight Cruizers

Approximately 1,000 Trunk-or-Treaters, accompanied by an equal number of friends and relatives, converged on the Shoppes at Riverside in Aberdeen on Saturday afternoon for a lively fest of collector cars and candy.

The fun and games were staged in the old Jo-Ann Fabrics shop, which was converted into an exhibition hall. Twenty-four show cars were on display.

The Midnight Cruizers Car Club of Cosmopolis organized the event for the enjoyment of youngsters from the greater Grays Harbor area and beyond. The LugNutz Car Club of Aberdeen, the Beach Boyz Car Club of Ocean Shores and the No Name Car Club supported the event by displaying member vehicles and handing out candy to the throng of glucose gobblers.

Many club cars were decorated for the holiday:

• Rod and Theresa Janke, from Hoquiam, decorated their 1921 Model A with a skeleton behind the steering wheel, numerous spiders with webbing, and a huge inflated black cat on the roof.

• Todd Quimby displayed two dog skeletons that barked, growled and howled in the back of his SUV.

• Doug and Jackie Smith, of Aberdeen, displayed webbing and giant spiders on their Chevelle.

• Dale Brown, of Cosmopolis, displayed a pumpkin with autumn leaves on her Corvette.

• John Barnes and Marilyn Keel displayed pumpkins, sunflowers, a ghost, spiders, and a small boy and girl in the trunk of their Thunderbird. John and Marilyn dressed as hippies.

• Skip and Carol Radcliffe, of Ocean Shores, decorated their 1970 Chevrolet C-10 with the “Out of State Chickens.”

• J’Nessa Giroski and Donnie Davison decorated a big black SUV with webbing, a big purple spider, several bats, and pumpkins.

• Mike and Ila Myers decorated their Ford Transit with webbing, spiders and pumpkins. Ila wore a Star Trek uniform, while Mike wore a gray cape and a grumpy grandpa mask.

• Dick and Marlene Keller decorated their Chevrolet with orange webbing. Dick wore a toilet made of cardboard, while Marlene wore a shower curtain with an overhead nozzle.

• Lew and Matzie Key decorated their Mustang with webbing, pumpkins, and a tiger on the roof.

In addition. the Dunsire Printing Racing Team displayed several quarter midget race cars. The young drivers were present in their race driving suits. Their display attracted as much attention as the other vehicles.

Children and adults alike wore costumes. Themes included superheroes: Wonder Woman, Superman and Superwoman, Spider Man, Batman. Policeman and Fireman was another popular theme. And so were movie characters ranging from Godzilla, Pirates of the Caribbean, Cat in the Hat, Willie Wonka and the Minions. Other boys dressed as handymen, ghosts, ghouls, skeletons, bats, spiders, pumpkins, dragons, sharks, Transformers, werewolves and Ninja turtles. Some girls were dressed as queens, princesses, witches, cats and an elephant. Perhaps the scariest (and certainly the biggest) was an 8-foot-tall T-rex.

The Midnight Cruizers intend to do a second annual Trunk or Treat in 2018. We hope everybody had great fun, and will visit their dentist regularly.

Rod and Theresa Janke, from Hoquiam, decorated their 1921 Model A with a skeleton behind the steering wheel, numerous spiders with webbing, and a huge inflated black cat on the roof.

John Barnes and Marilyn Keel displayed pumpkins, sunflowers, a ghost, spiders, and a small boy and girl in the trunk of their Thunderbird. John and Marilyn dressed as hippies.