{"id":233,"date":"2015-07-18T10:29:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T17:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/?p=233"},"modified":"2026-02-15T15:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:14:49","slug":"marble-costume-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/marble-costume-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Marble Costume Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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1st annual
Hysterically Historic <\/strong>Marble Costume Party<\/strong>
for old timers and new timers<\/h2>\n\n

Saturday July 18,2015<\/strong>
noon-2:00 pm
@ Historic Mill Site Park in Marble, Colorado<\/p>\n\n

Marble Old Timer is Redefined<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

What is an Old Timer, really? For quite awhile it has been operationally and prestigiously defined as any person who actually attended school in the Marble Historical Society owned building on West Main Street in Marble up until 1941 when WWII pretty much put an end to a lot of things in Marble. But do the math, students! Even if you enrolled in 1941 as a first grader you would be 78 now. So let\u2019s face it. Old Timers by that definition are a dwindling bunch.<\/p>\n\n

So lately there have been Old Timers and New Timers (young and old), Real Old Old-Timers, Emeritus Old Timers and just plain oldhungry, fun-loving folks who have made up attendance at the Marble Historical Society\u2019s Annual Old Timers Reunion picnic at noon, every third Saturday in July. (July 18th this year) But this year there is something brand new: The Old Timers Costume Contest wherein anyone may concoct a personage of a real historical Marble figure, or an un-named type of former Marble\u00a0 resident (butcher, baker, trouble-maker) of your choosing. Kind of like Halloween in July, only with a unifying theme\u2014Marble History. We\u2019ve provided a list of historical figures (elsewhere in this Marble Chips Newsletter) with page numbers on which they are pictured in Oscar\u2019s Two-Volume set of Marble History.<\/p>\n\n

There will be incentives and prizes, contests to guess the identity of your depicted personage, best costume, and maybe even a wrestling match between multiple depictions of the same historic figure to determine the best Col. Meek or John Osgood or Theresa Herman. Yahoo! But Remember, Rocky Balboa never lived in Marble. We have not yet determined all the details. Certainly there will be photo opportunities, to get your mug in the next Chips.<\/p>\n\n

So start now to come up with your historic character\u2019s attire. And if you\u2019re old enough and enough of a character, it can be a \u201ccome as yourself party\u201d for you. Otherwise, let it be \u201csew.\u201d Attendance from neighboring historical societies and the general public are welcome\u2014especially if you think you can out do the Marble locals. Main course and drinks are furnished. Potluck side-dishes are encouraged. Bring your camera and email your best shots to the Chips and you\u2019ll be \u201crecognized\u201d for your creativity.<\/p>\n\n

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What defines an “Old Timer” in Marble? Traditionally, it meant anyone who attended school in the West Main Street building prior to 1941\u2014but as that legendary group becomes a “dwindling bunch,” the Marble Historical Society is expanding the circle. Whether you are a “Real Old Old-Timer,” a “New Timer,” or just a “plain hungry, fun-loving” neighbor, you are invited to the Annual Old Timers Reunion Picnic at noon on the third Saturday in July 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/066-0030.png",900,1008,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/066-0030.png",900,1008,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/066-0030.png",900,1008,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/066-0030-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/066-0030-268x300.png",268,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/066-0030.png",536,600,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/066-0030.png",900,1008,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/066-0030.png",900,1008,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/author\/admin\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"Event<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"What defines an \"Old Timer\" in Marble? Traditionally, it meant anyone who attended school in the West Main Street building prior to 1941\u2014but as that legendary group becomes a \"dwindling bunch,\" the Marble Historical Society is expanding the circle. Whether you are a \"Real Old Old-Timer,\" a \"New Timer,\" or just a \"plain hungry, fun-loving\"…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1045,"href":"https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions\/1045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marblehistory.org\/staging\/5176\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}