A Newsletter You Can Use • Come Along for the Ride! October History… October was originally the 8th Friday the 13th is a day you month of the Roman may look forward to with calendar. It comes from the Latin fear! Whatever you do, word "octo" meaning eight. It don't walk under a ladder, & became the 10th month when don't let a black cat January & February were added to cross your path! the Calendar. The Saxons called the Throughout most of month “Wintirfyllith” because it had recorded history, the number 13 has been seen the first full moon of the winter as an unlucky number. If you live in fear of the season. number 13, you suffer from Triskaidekaphobia. Symbols of October… Interestingly, there are a sizable number of Birthstone: Opal & Pink optimists who embrace Friday the 13th & the Tourmaline number 13. They Flower: Calendula shrug off the Zodiac signs: Libra & Scorpio superstition & buy lottery tickets… all with the number 13! Historical Names… Roman: October Saxon: Wintirfyllith Germanic: Wein-mond (Wine month) October Is… Which actor played a dual role in •National Breast Cancer the classic 1935 movie 'The Bride Awareness Month of Frankenstein'? •National Book Fair Month • Boris Karloff •National Pizza Month • Claude Rains •National Dessert Month • Elsa Lancaster •National Popcorn • Bela Lugosi Popping Month •National Clock Month October 16th... October Days & Dates… 10/1 .. Yom Kippur 10/2 .. Child Health Day 10/9 .. Columbus Day National 10/16 .. National Boss’s Day Boss’s Day! 10/21 .. Sweetest Day 10/21 .. Pumpkin Cheesecake Day 10/31.. Halloween Which actor played a dual role in the Classic 1935 movie 'The Bride of Frankenstein'? • Boris Karloff • Claude Rains • Elsa Lancaster • Bela Lugosi Answer: Elsa Lancaster starred in dual roles in this classic film. In the film's prologue, she portrays a young Mary Shelley (author of the novel that forms the basis of the movie). Lancaster appears again toward the climax of the film, in an iconic, electrifying entrance as the bride intended for Frankenstein's monster. To create the wild, streaky coiffure, assistants placed a cage on Lancaster's head and combed her hair over the cage. The iconic gray-streak hairpieces were then added. .