The 44th annual Lehighton Halloween Parade will begin at 4 p.m. Saturday at Seventh and Coal streets.

The rain date is 2 p.m. Sunday.Julie Harris, parade chairman, said paraders are permitted to toss candy and gum to parade viewers. They are not allowed to stop and perform in front of the judges' stand.The grand marshal is retired Lehighton Area School District music teacher Paul Smith, who serves as director of the Lehighton Band.The lineup is as follows:Division 1(Form on Coal Street between Eighth Street and Beaver Run Road)• Marshals: Hilbert "Hilly" Haas and Judy Harris, parade committee secretary/treasurer.• 1. Parade donation betters.• 2. Lehighton Police Department Chief Brian Biechy and Mayor Thomas Mase.• 3. Lehighton United Veterans Organization color guard.• 4. Lehighton Area High School marching band.• 5. 2014 Grand Marshal Paul R. Smith and wife, Lin.• 6. Lehighton Hardware Company, "Lehighton Hardware Pumpkins."• 7. Rajah Shriner Clown.• 8. Lehighton Girl Scout Daisy Troop 33, "Troop 33 is Going to the '50s."• 9. Dance With Kim queens.• 10. Yuengling Beer wagon and Leiby horses.• 11. Reaper's Revenge Haunted Attraction.• 12. Lehighton Cub Pack 87, "Wild 'bout Scouts."• 13. Lehighton Fire Department.Division II(Form on Ninth Street, Coal to Mahoning).Marshals: Scott Rehrig and John Kreitz.• 1. Franklin Township Police Department, Chief Thomas Beltz.• 2. Perseverance Jazz Band.• 3. Lehighton Daisy Troop 3801, "April Showers Bring May 'Daisy' Flowers."• 4. Carbon County K-9, "Who Let the Dogs Out."• 5. The Sword Tag Society.• 6. Forks of the Delaware Tin Lizzies, "Shriners Ride So Kids Can Walk."• 7. Lehighton Girl Scout Cadette Troop 3583, "Girl Scouts are Cuter than Cupcakes, Sweeter Than Pie."• 8. Ted Highland, 1953 Studebaker.• 9. St. Matthew's Preschool, "20 Super Years and We Are Still on a Mission."• 10. Liberty Oil & Propane, "Ghoul Truck."• 11. Carbon County Republican Committee, "Politics Aren't Scary."• 12. Carbon County Imports, "Spooky Imports."• 13. Regional EMS & Critical Care Inc.Division III(Form on Ninth Street, Coal to Jamestown Road).Marshal: Parade Chairwoman Julie D. Harris.• 1. Franklin Township Police Department, patrolman Frank Lorah.• 2. The Almost Hobo Marching Band.• 3. Lehighton Daisy Troop 38, "No Strings Can Hold Us Down."• 4. Jim Thorpe Neighborhood Bank, "JTNB Your Groovy Community Bank."• 5. Rajah Shrine Anglers Club, "Hooked on Helping."• 6. Mahoning Valley Drum Circle, "Drum Joyously Everywhere, Music Benefits Everyone."• 7. Lehighton Cub Pack 145, "Cub Pack 145 Celebrates 65 Years of Keeping the Cub Scout Promise."• 8. Tumble With Denise, "There's No Place Like Home."• 9. Lil Helping Hands Learn & Play, "The Hungry Caterpillar."• 10 Juke Box Cruisers Car Club.• 11. Carbon County Democratic Party & Patti Borger for State Representative, "A Clean Sweep."• 12. Blocker Yamaha, Kawasaki, KYMCO, "Working and Playing Side and Side."• 13. Mahoning Valley Ambulance.Division IV(Form on Eighth Street between Coal and Mahoning).Marshals: Todd Kriner, Andrea Kriner and David Nothstein.• 1. Mahoning Township Police Department, Chief Audie Mertz.• 2. Shriners Oriental Band.• 3. Carbon County Shriners, "Shriners Help Children."• 4. State Rep. Doyle Heffley.• 5. Jack & Jill Preschool, "The Sky Is the Limit."• 6. Franklin Township girls softball, "Storm."• 7. Lehighton Brownie Troop 3862, "Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute."• 8. Carbon County Fair Queen.• 9. Lehighton Ford, "Lehighton Ford Boss Says Yes."• 10. Lehighton Girl Scout Junior Troop 3248 and Cadette Troop 329, "Girl Scouts Spread the Good News."• 11. Lehighton Athletic Booster Club, "The Monsters Inside LABC."• 12. J&J Entertainment Racing.• 13. Magic Touch Floor Covering.Division V(Form on Eighth Street between Coal and Jamestown Road)• Marshals: Committee member Larry Markley and Tom Silvonek.• 2.

A.D.D., Gene McGeehen.• 3. Herbie the Love Bug, Bob Croesus.• 4. Mountain Karate Academy, "Martial Arts."• 5. WMGH/WLSH Magic 105.• 6. Lehighton Cub Pack 82, "Cub Scouts Rock."• 7. Bennett Collision Center, "Clowning Around Behind the Wheel."• 8. Smith & Dellecker for Carbon County Commissioners.• 9. Yenser's Tree Farm, "Trees for Troops."• 10. Lehighton Rotary Club with Lehighton Area High School Interact Club, "Lehighton Handmade Holiday Craft Show."• 11. Mahoning Valley Fire Company No. 1.• 12. Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Company.• 13. Parryville Volunteer Fire Company No. 2.