Villages of Orleans residents delight in ‘Haunted Hallway’

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Ernestine Freeman (right), a resident at The Village of Orleans Health and Rehabilitation Center in Albion, passes out treats to Tristan Streams of Lyndonville, who is followed by his mother, Mercedes Streams.

Tristan’s grandmother, Alex Powley, is the assistant director of nursing at The Villages.

The site put on its first “Haunted Hallway” this evening and will do it again on Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m.

A scary character jumps from behind the back of The Villages transport van. The vehicle had fake blood smeared on it. The Haunted hallway starts at the back of the nursing home on Route 31.

Meghan Clark, the activities director at The Village, welcomes people into the Haunted Hallway.

Proceeds from the event go to the activities fund. There were four residents as “scarers” on the hallway and five others passing out candy.

The hallway had red lights, big spider webs and some ghoulish characters.

Rhiannon Farrell, an activities aide, dressed up as a witch for the “Haunted Hallway.”

Margaret Thorne, right, and Eloise Hagibes, left, pass out candy to some of the children and their families.

“I love seeing all the kids,” Hagibes said.

Thorne said she has always enjoyed Halloween, and recalled giving out candy at the Clarendon Fire Hall with her husband and Clarendon firefighters.

Thorne is greeting Natalia Norton and her daughter Delphina White.

A good-size crowd walks the hallway soon after the event started at 6 p.m.