Person

Bob Creel

Bob Creel, a Berryville parent whose children masqueraded with the Walnut Street neighborhood children ahead of Hallowe'en in October 1937.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier of October 28, 1937 reports that the children of the Walnut Street neighborhood in Berryville masqueraded in costumes and false faces on a Tuesday night ahead of Hallowe'en, and names Bob Creel among the parents whose children were out.

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The Clarke Courier of October 28, 1937 reports that the children of the Walnut Street neighborhood in Berryville masqueraded in costumes and false faces on a Tuesday night ahead of Hallowe'en, and names Bob Creel among the parents whose children were out.

What the source supports

That Bob Creel had children in the Walnut Street neighborhood of Berryville in 1937.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. He is named only as a parent, and "Bob" may be a familiar form of his given name. The item does not name or count his children.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The October 28, 1937 item on the Walnut Street Hallowe'en masqueraders.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., October 28, 1937

Clarke Courier · 1937-10-28 (publication)

Locator: Page 3, item on the Walnut Street gang's early Hallowe'en

Relevant passage
Hunning [Running] about were cltildren [children] of Harry Lee Boswell, Bob Creel, Ned Carter Ban Fletcher, Doug Carter and others

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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