As Halloween approaches, our Program Committee recruited Parker Anderson, from the Sharlot Hall Museum to share with us some of the tales about Prescott's various “HAunted” sites. According to Parker, Prescott’s most famous ghost is "Abby" and her cat “Noble”, who haunt room 16 of the Hotel Vendome. Abby died in 1921 and her ghost, along with her cat, began to be seen after WW II. While some workers say footsteps are heard in the room, and the bell sometimes rings for service when the room is vacant, many guests sleep in the room every year, some with experiences and some without. The most actively haunted place is The Palace Saloon and Restaurant. Staff and owners have experiences almost daily. The Palace Saloon is known as the oldest saloon in Arizona, with bullet holes in the ceiling from celebrating cowboys who struck gold. Does it have a “favorite” ghost? One that shows herself periodically is Jennie Clark, the prostitute kicked to death by her drunken boyfriend in the saloon. She has been seen and photographed by several employees and guests. But is she the one who turns out the ladies’ restroom light when someone is in there? Or one of the many other spirits that hang out at The Palace Saloon?
Our club's orginal meeting place, the historic Hassayampa Inn has another famous ghost, “Faith”. The story is that Faith and her much older husband checked into the hotel on their wedding night in 1927. He went out for cigarettes and never returned. Faith wandered the lobby for three days before going upstairs to their room. There are differing versions of where she hanged herself, either from the bell tower of the hotel or from the flagpole that once was there. Over the years, both staff and guests have seen her wandering the lobby and hotel in her long white dress. Other Hassayampa ghosts are the night watchman seen in the lobby and a little Chinese boy.
Our thanks to Parker for an interesting and entertaining program.
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CLUB SERVICE
Prescott-Sunup's 2nd Annual Chili Cook-Off
Greeting the diners as they arrived
Some of the diners, eager to sample the five competing chefs' different recipes for their chili.
Our distinguished Panel of Judges
Pres-Elect Sara with the “Show the Love” cups for each of the Chili Chefs
Some of the silent auction Gift Baskets
AND THE WINNERS WERE:
The Panel of Judges Chose:
- Texas Roadhouse
- Mark's Beer Garden
- Touchmark
The People's Choice Winners Were:
- Doc's BBQ & Whiskey
- Touchmark
- The Raven
YOUTH SERVICE
Our sincere thanks to the large number of Prescott High School Interact Club members for their help all evening, in so many ways, with our club's 2nd Annual Chili Cook-Off fundraiser.
Some of the PHS Interactors can be seen in their light blue sweatshiirts on the far side of the room.
A guy walks into a Halloween party with a girl on his back.
The host asks him, “And what are you?”
The guy says, “I’m a snail.”
The host ask, “And what’s that on your back?”
He answers, “It’s Michelle”
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Once again, somebody glued my deck of cards together.
I just can't deal with it.
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Q – What do you call a potato wearing glasses?
A – A Spec-tater
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An x-ray technician, talking to a child touring the hospital, asked, "Have you ever broken a bone?"
Child: "Yes."
Tech: "Did it hurt?"
Child: "No."
Tech: "Really? Which bone did you break?"
Child: "My sister's arm."
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I got a new pen. It can write under water.
It can write other words, too.
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A Muslim asked his Uber driver to turn off the radio because his religion doesn’t allow music, saying, “In the time of Prophet Muhammed, there was no music radio.”
The driver calmly switched off the radio, stopped the car, and said, "In the tme of Prophet Muhammed, neither were there any Uber drivers. So please get out and wait for a camel.”
