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The Huron Expositor, 1984-10-31, Page 6A6 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, OCTOBER 31, 1984 DUBLIN AND AREA treatTrick or ® it's Halloween Correspondent JOAN CRONIN 345.2772 It's trick or treat time as Halloween has come again. The pumpkin must be carved and the candle lit. The attic is ravaged through in search of some of grandma's old togs to assemble a unique and hilarious costume or possible a spooky, far out creation copied from the pages of an outer space comic. The little children try to look like their favorite TV cartoon character or storybook hero while the big spooks get more exotic. The fun of dressing up is enjoyed by all ages of spooks, but not all enjoy the innocent fun of trick or treating. The majority of those who are going door to door are polite and very well behaved. But there are always those who only delight in destructive mischief. if those who wax and soap the windows had to clean them, there's no doubt it would be the last time it would be done. Parents really do a super job with supervision of their little children. They either walk with them or drive them to their neighbours in the country. When it gets dark so early it becomes very dangerous for the children to be out alone. And with often dark and long costumes, drivers do not see them and tragedy could strike. Halloween is often a cold, wet, windy night creating an eerie atmosphere suitable for the occasion. Did you know that the Halloween customs that we observe on Oct. 31 had their beginnings long, long ago. They came from the beliefs of the druids -- priests of ancient Gaul and Britain. The druids believed that • once again witches, demons and spirits of the dead roamed the earth on the eve of Nov. 1. Bonfires were lit to drive the bad spirits away. To protect themselves further from the mean tricks of the bad spirits, the druids offered them good things to eat. They also disguised themselves so that the spirits would think the druids belonged to their own evil company. And thus we celebrate Halloween by playing trick or treat, dressing up in costumes and wearing masks. The autumn leaves, cornstalks, apples and nuts which are so much a part of the Halloween season are reminders of the druids autumn festival in honor of the' harvest. Halloween was also referred to as the witches Sabbath. As orange and black are the colors of Halloween and of course we cannot have Halloween without the jack -o -lanterns, I found a very interesting fact in a book that the children in Britain made their jack -o - lanterns from turnips. The turnip is still used in many places, although pumpkins are more popular. Since turnip is not most children's favorite vegetable and pumpkin pie is such a delicious dessert 1 can easily see why they carved up the turnip instead. FITNESS OUTING On Sunday, the Dublin 4-H club went on a fitness outing as part of their club's program. The girls went to the YMCA in Stratford where they enjoyed a swim, sauna and workout in the weight room. All the girls found this most enjoyable and will .continue with their regular meeting again this Thursday at St. Patrick's Parish Hall. Howatt drain reportstudied Hullett Township council provisionally adopted the report on the Howatt municipal drain at their Oct. meeting. Council approved a snow removal tender from George Radford Construction. The tender, the only one received by the. municipality, was for $33 per hour. Council authorized the road superinten- dent to hire extra help for the township's snow removal equipment. A wingman for the municipal truck was approved for the 1984-85 winter. LONDON SERVICE USED Council agreed to continue the use of a London computer service for tax billing purposes. The municipality began using the company last year for billing. 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Poppe, the doll and knitted clothes donated by Mrs, Poppe was won by Nancy Robertson and the Oil Undercoating donated by Pem Tire was won by Helena Feeney. The door prizes were as follows: A fruit basket donated by Cronin Transport was won by Mary McMillan, Seaforth. Silk Flower Arrangement donated by Hildebrand Flowers was won by Angela Klinkhammer and a case of pop donated by the Kountry Korner was won by Nancy Devereaux. Judy Beuerman won a silk flower arrangement donated by Town and Country Rowers for the birthday closest to the bazaar and Rika Brosens won a cup and flower for the closest anniversary. For the 24th person to sign the register. Lori Lynn Stapleton won a plant donated by Scotts Flowers. The final draw of the evening was for the quilt which. was won by Cathy Hock, Petawawa; an afghan was won by Mrs. Joan Schoonderwoerd, Clinton. and two Care Bears were won by Selina Visser. 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