Happy Ham-o-ween: Downtown Smithfield trick-or-treats in style
Published 4:10 pm Tuesday, November 1, 2022
From left are ages 0-3 Smithfield Times costume contest winners Gideon Griffin (winner - cutest), Parker Griffin (runner up - scariest), Weylen Brake (winner - scariest and runner up for most original), Parker Owsiany (runner up - cutest) and Honey Neal (winner - most original).
From left are ages 4-7 Smithfield Times costume contest winners Clayton Murdoch (runner up - scariest), Tripp Capps (winner - scariest), Wyatt Brake (runner up - most original), Jack Seldomridge (winner - most original), Jayce Papallo (runner up - cutest) and Marley Dailey (winner - cutest).
From left are ages 8-12 Smithfield Times costume contest winners Cast Walker (runner up - scariest), Lexi Luckado (winner - cutest), Malechai Peterson (winner - scariest), Olivia Boone (runner up - cutest), Jax Gonzales, (runner up - most original) and Josiah Jones (winner - most original). (Photos by Stephen Faleski | The Smithfield Times)
From left are teen to adult Smithfield Times costume contest scariest category winners Aiden Lashbrook and Jared Emory and runner up Raven Ranzo.
On the right are teen to adult Smithfield Times costume contest cutest category winners Brian, Mardy and Cass Walter, dressed as pumpkins, Pryce Walter, dressed as a banana, and Hughes Walter, dressed as an ostrich. To their left are runners up Samantha Winn, dressed as Fiona, Caellum Bailey, dressed as Lord Farquaad, Andrew Bailey, as Rumplestiltskin, Lorilei Winn as Puss in Boots, Joe Winn as Shrek, gabe Winn as Donkey and Charlotte Win as the Gingerbread Man from the Shrek movies.
From left are teen to adult Smithfield Times costume contest most original category winners Devon and Cidney Harper, who dressed in Thanksgiving-themed costumes as a pilgrim and Native American, and their bulldog Baby Girl as a Butterball turkey. To their right are runners up Kimberly Nelson, Olivia boone, Robin Grimsley and Tom Nelson in clown costumes.
The Smithfield Times captured the sights as little ghouls and goblins invaded downtown Smithfield for Ham-o-ween activities, including the Times’ annual Halloween Costume Contest.
A panel of judges named a winner and runner up in three categories, scariest, cutest and most original, for four age groups, 0-3, 4-7, 8-12 and teen or adult.
Above are the winners in each category. Below are scenes from downtown Smithfield’s trick-or-treat.
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- Hannah Robinson of Smithfield and her daughter, Reese, dressed as a bat and butterfly.
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- Andrew Boone of Smithfield stops for a photo with Deb Frank of Smithfield-Isle of Wight Tourism.
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- Oliver Knight of Smithfield shows off one of his Spiderman poses at a house on Cary Street. At left is his mother, Stevie, and at right are Rebecca Alexander and Nelson Moody.
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- Jeff Brooks and Elizabeth Hopkins hand out candy at their Grace Street home dressed as Beetlejuice characters.
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- Smithfield residents Melvin and Jasmine Auza met up with Marilyn and Nick Blevins, also of Smithfield, and their daughter, Nellie, on Grace Street.
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- Barbara and Tom Mastaglio of Smithfield hold their grandson, Max, dressed in an Iron Man costume.
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- Beverly Minniefield walks with Sarai Majors down Thomas Street.
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- Olivia Wirtz and Scott Sanders, formerly of Smithfield, returned from their new home in Newport News for trick-or-treat.
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- Ruffin House of Smithfield poses behind the “O” in Smithfield’s LOVE sign.
