On
Saturday, October 5th, 2002, Grave Sights Hearse Club was invi-dead
to
"TERROR ON RURAL STREET" in Hartford for a hearse show and a free
tour of the haunted house, which was voted one of the top five (5) haunted
attractions in Wisconsin.
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Seven
of us members went up there...
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1...Scary
Perry Claeys' 1974 Cadillac Superior Limo-Style Combo - 2...Psycho Steve
Andersen's 1963 Superior - 3...Mike Laufenberg's 1988 Buick Eureka Conversion
- 4...Leonard Jurgensen's 1969 Oldmobile Cotner Bevington Landau - 5...Ronald
Ruesch's 1978 Cadillac M&M - 6...Steve Glodoski's 1972 Cadillac 3-Way
- Barb Schmaling's 1982 Buick LeSabre hearse.
We were encouraged
to wear costumes and make-up to win a trophy later on that night.
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Perry, Steve & Dixie traveled together from Kenosha.
First
thing was to line up our hearses for the hearse show later on that night.
"Don't park here......got
it?"
THE MAN RESPONSIBLE
RONALD RUESCH
Ron is the vice president of the
organization that creates Terror on Rural Street. He does operational
and security work, employee make-up...and he is also a member of Grave
Sights Hearse Club.
While Ron left
to apply make up to the employees,
the rest of us set up our props that we brought along.
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1...Perry's oak casket and ghoul - 2......Steve's
oak casket & skeleton - 3...Leonard's
hand carved casket & funeral signs
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4 & 5...Leonard's
skullsl - 6...Mike's
real human skull - 7...Ron's gold casket & corpse - 8...Perry's
dash skull & skeleton passenger - 9 a & b...Ron's skeleton driver.
Ron's
hearse had a magnetic sign on the doors promoting "Terror
On Rural Street"
and a flier in the window advertising our hearses at the haunted attraction.
(and Guests)
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1...Scary
Perry Claeys
(ghoulish
undertaker) - 2 Perry's kids, David (Ninja) and Ashley (witch) - 3...Steve
Andersen (ghoulish undertaker) and Dixie Watkins (ghoul-friend) - 4...Mike
Laufenberg (?) and son Jake (zombie) - 5...Leonard Jurgensen (grim reaper)
- 6...Ron Reusch (employee) - 7...Barb Schmaling (witch) and boil-friend,
Mark (himself) - 7...Kathy
(as Kathy)
and Steve Glodoski (himself...EEK!)
The
Jurgensen's
We finally got the pleasure of meeting
Leonard's wife, Die-anna.
Whoops....Looks like Perry's hearse was parked here!
A shot of the back window of Steve Andersen's 63 hearse.
"TROPHY
TIME"
Ron
and his co-workers acted as judges for the nights festivities and gave us
3 trophies.
Above,
Ron presents the trophies.
And
The Winners Are...
Scary Perry Claeys...Baron's Choice Award
Leonard Jurgensen...Best Of Show Hearse
Steve Andersen...Best Costume
Ron
offered a few door prizes to whoever answered the following trivia questions.
1...Q. Who directed the film,
"Night Of The Living Dead"?
A. George Romero - (winner-Scary Perry)
2...Q. What horror movie did Michael
Landon star in as a young actor?
A. "I Was A Teenage Werewolf" - (winner-Steve Andersen)
3...Q. In the horror movie, "Them",
what was "them"?
A. Killer Ants - (winner-Mike Laufenberg)
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Everyone
enjoyed the hearses displayed in front of the haunted house.
Some wanted their picture taken with our coaches and some kept their distance..
A
couple of us got into the spirit and acted out, scaring patrons
of the haunted house as they waited to enter.
Steve Andersen actually went around measuring people for a casket
with a tape measure...unyil he found a little head in the parking lot
"I'm
just kidding around"
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"Sure
you are, baby!"
Michael
Myers followed people around the lot and near the line to get in.
The
Grim Reaper tried to scare everyone, including Perry's kids above.
The Grave Sights Group pose at the haunted house doors before entering.
Below are just a few of the cool sights inside the haunted house.
Check it out for yourself....if you dare!
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"The Skull Stanchions"
Ron made the skull stanchions himself
that we used to rope off part
of the lot we parked
in so the public couldn't get too close to our hearses. Everybloody
wanted some. Ron will make
them for you at $20.00 each, including the iron pole! Plus he'll donate
10% of what
he makes on them towards our hearse rallies. So please buy plenty!!!!
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HERE TO BUY<
"Terror On Rural Street" offered these words in an email the day
after our visit.
" I want to thank you and all the members who came and braved
the drizzle. It was great to see members of Grave Sights messing
with the people and the characters having fun. It was a blast having you
and have heard nothing but good comments about the hearse show.
We hope to do this again next year."...Ronald Reusch, Vice
President, "T.O.R.S."
If you'd like to visit
Please click on the image below.
Special Thanks to Ron and everyone else
at
"Terror On Rural Street" in Hartford, WI.
for inviting us...and putting up with us!
WE HAD A GRAVE TIME!!!
