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JS: So the Methodist church, there's a... I've been inside. It's a really nice building, and there's a big social hall.

DM: You've been inside?

JS: I've been inside when they had a walking tour, and there was an artist who put up an installation inside, so we got to walk inside, downstairs only. But there's a nice kitchen, or there's a kitchen and a nice social hall. So what types of activities happened in the social hall?

DM: That's where they held, like... was it Halloween night? They used to have a talent show-like, in that church. It's small, but, you know...

JS: Uh-huh. How did you celebrate Halloween in Walnut Grove?

DM: We didn't parade or anything like that.

JS: No dressing up and trick-or-treating? No, just a party?

DM: Just some people wore mask or whatever, you know, but other than that. And my brother did a talent show in Halloween, and he won a coffee pot or something. You know, during that time, it was just a pretty good act, I guess. [Laughs]

JS: Oh, so there were prizes for the talent show.

TI: So how did they decide who won a talent show? How did they decide who was the winner? I mean, so people would go up there...

DM: People, they must have judges. I don't know how they did that. They were in, says, "You got it," so... [laughs].

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