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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-04-01, Page 8Schlitz quality comes across. Go for the Gusto. Or don't go at all. Now available at many liquor outlets in Ontario, Also available at finer restaurants, bars and hotels. 01975 Jos. Schtitt Brewing Co., Milwaukee and the world, SEW UP SAVINGS EASY CARE - Fashion Fabrics Odds n' Ends by Elaine Townshend April fool April 1 is dedicated to practical jokers and their victims. If you lost track of the date this morning , you've probably already fallen prey to one or more of the pranksters. They often strike before breakfast, catching you off guard. Don't feel bad. It happens to people around the world. April 1 refuses to he relegated to the rank of an ordinary day. h isn't a holiday; it isn't recognized by our gOv.ernments or by Our schools; it's seldom praised in songs or • poetry. Nevertheless its popularity has survived for three centuries, because it's the one day in 365 we can fool people and get away with it. All Fools' Day is believed to have originated from at combination of New Year and vernal equinox celebrations. March 21 marked the vernal equinox as well as 'the beginning of the New Year, and April 1 climaxed the holiday with the exchange of gifts. With the introduction of the Gregorian Calendar in the ,1500's, both March 21 and April lost 'their importance. However some people, through ignorance or stubbornness. continued to celebrate on the first of April, and it gradually developed into a day of fooling and being fooled. From France, the custom spread to. England and around the world. One of the most pcipualr tricks sends the victim on a wild goose chase, searching for hen's teeth or. pigeon's milk. in Scotland, •the "fool" is called an April-gawk! meaning a cuckoo.When the Scots send him on a vain' errand, they say, he is hunting the gowk. The French ask the April Fool to find some sweel vinegar or a stick with only one end. They .call him an April Fish because . he "bites" the joke and is caught. In' Lisbon; Portugal, All Fools' Day is 'observed on the Sunday and Monday before Ulm The Portuguese used to throw 1". EMS MOM a tominnumminammommimminimommumimminimmiummuminsimmilimmunimpo E i Mitchell ashes or flour into each other's faces. Many of London England's most 'Prominent citizens were foiled in 1860. They received invitations that read: "Tower of London - Admit Bearer and Friend to view annual ceremony of Washing the White Lions on Sunday, April 1. Admittance only at White Gate.- A traffic jam resulted on that Sunday morning, as buggieSs drove,around Tdwer Hill looking for the White Gate. From Poor Robin's Almanac of 1760, this quote is taken: "The 'first of April some do say, :Is set apart for All Pool's, Day; But why the people call it so' Nor I, nor they themselves, do know. But on this day are people sent On purpose for pure merriment." ' Those lines are as true today as they were back then. The April Fool idea. is so, deeply entrenched in our sophisticated society that only a hold person dares to start an enterprise on this date. To he married on April I brings wisecracks to the ,courageous couple, and pity the 'poor soul I . that's born On the first April Did your alarm clock wak you an hour early thiS morning? Was your sugar bowl filled with salt? Did you answer your doorbell to find no one there? Did you try to pick a coin off the floor only to 'discover it was glued? Did you kick an 914-hat'from the • sidewalk and feel a briVunderneatit? • If you, did, take heart in knowing you're not the only person ] fooled on this date. Besides-a proverb acknowledges "there's no fool like an old fool." 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Of course; .you can't turn everything off at-this time, but there aressome things you can do. Try not to use the clothes washer, dryer, dishwasher and other big appliances during rush hour. Don't turn on TV until you are ready to watch it. Take bathS • or, showers later in the evening, or first thing in the morning., If enough of us use less electricity during the rush hour, it will help to conserve valuable resources, and to keep costs down. your hydro PUBLIC Dr. Rodger 4 Whitman, Mayor UTILITY Edmund Waiter SEAFORTH ,--- Daly - Chairman Itetty Canino Scott - Manager COMMISSION - Commissioners FRANK PHONE 527-1320 SEAFORTH LIMITED' KLING ,, ,,,;,,.,•':- Geo.A Sills Heating, Plumbing and PHONE 527-1620 4 &Sons Electrical Supplies , SEAFORTH 4 .D ii D ELECTRIC 527.0436 days For Your Commercial, (Free SEAF011114 Residential Estimates) 527-1503 & MAINTENANCE • or Farm Wiring" - after 5:30 pm sr of 4 it reviews et HE HUPON EXPOSITOR, APRIL, 1, 1976 iiy pianhing questioned as count much dispute ,9Y..q.• the county budget for 1976 '10C4 council met in regular .S§3104 Friday in Goderich at the 'Ts.flgelt. Session.. Although costs Were up in most departments - causing an overall increase in committee costs have increased from $5.000 to $9,500 and there's $21,000. included in this year's budget for travel and convention expenses that wasn't there last year. The history project last year cost $10,000. This year, only $1,000 has been set aside. Turning to the general admini- stration budget, salaries account for a large part of the increase from $150,700 last year to $178,500 this year. Salaries have gone up 18 per cent - from $100,000 to $118,000. Likewise, employee benefits and work- men's compensation have increased nominally. expenditure of 13.7 per cent more than in 1975, the county levy will remain the same. As Reeve Gerry Ginn said following the meeting: "That should help soften the blow for the 'taxpayers in 1976." Reeve Ginn like many other ratepayers is looking forward to a heavy increase in the cost of education throughout the county this year. The total, county budget is $7,710,664. That's $466,522 more than last year's total ' of $7,244,142. After government grants and other revenue, the county ratepayers will be asked to contribute $1,528,000 - exactly the same as last year. However, it has been necessary to use the accumulative surplus of $416,383.., to maintain the levy at last year's figure. Included in the 1976 budget is provision for increases to the reserve funds: working capital, $150,000; hospital reserve, $200,000; employee benefits, $150,000; and capital works building, $20,000. Looking at the individual budgets within, the total budget, general government is up from' $78,800 in 1975 to $94,850 this year. County council sessions won't cost any more - $32,000 again this year - but the warden's salary and his pay for other meetings is up from $,000 to $6,200 and the county committees will cost $4,000 more this year - $16,000 instead of the $12,000 budget ed last year. Convention and other nem Amm Man 111.0111 MM. OWN . ammol ONO UMMI .111111 MNIMM UM. IMMIm a mem • • IMMIM Things like office supplies, equipment, postage, telephone, travel expenses and legal fees are all up. The general maintenance budget is up from $110,42$ to $114,152. Again, salaries and expenses like fuel, utilities and telephone have all increased. The county road budget is actually down from $2,561,000 in '1975 to $2,493,600 in 1976. Road maintenance is up from $665,000 to $771,000 as is overhead and machinery from $403,000 in 1975 to$473,000 this year. But ,total road construction is down from $900,000 to $813,600 and boundary bridges this year will cost only $97,000 as opposed to $325,000 last year. The health budget is up $26,120 - from $466,700 in 1975 to $492,820 in 1976. Salaries are all up, of course, including fees to, board members Equipment and materials are down slightly, but rent and utilities are \ up. Added this year - at the government's order is a family planning program which will cost $57,900. This particular item was questioned during the session by Morris Reeve Bill Elston who commented, "We're getting some things we don't need while some things we ,need we're not getting." • It was pointed out to Reeve Elston by Medical Officer of Health Dr. Frank Mills that the provincial costs are soaring for medical care of young pregnant .women. he said family planning services, are designed to prevent ever-increasing costly incidences across Ontario. Plumbing and Environment has increased in cost from $44400 in 1975 to $75,500. This:department is subsidized by the government to the tune of $21,750. Inspection fees will bring in another estimated $33,750. Direct cost to the Huron County ratepayers will be $20,00. The Children's Aid Society budget shows the results of severe governMent cutbacks. The province will this year, pay $341,898 toward a total Midget of $439,775., Cast year, Ontario provided $321;246 of a total budget of $405,092. The county this year will kick- in $97,877 as opposed to $77,904. In other words, both the county and the province are adding about another $20,000 each, Salaries and employee benefits are up but office expenses training and conference expenses as well travel allowances are down. It is understood the CAS budget was "cut to the bone" 'and according to Bruce Heath, director, every effort will be made to provide service equal to that provided in previous years. Social services too, is hard hit. The county this year will actually pay more toward social services while the province will pay less. Huron will contribute $103,550 this year, $1,575 more than last year. The province - will pay $378,206 - $8,100 less than last year. General assistance is expected to cost $283,900 in 1976 - $7,700 mroe than last year's figure of $276,200. Payments for citizens in (Continued on Page 9) Hostess Chairs Recliner Rockers Swivel Rockers Platform Rockers ALL AT BIG BIG SAVINGS! 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