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Page HALLOWEEN SPECIALS October Halloween is a special time Trio discount mart owner expands to five stores Got a tweet toothf Then walking around with a plastic might appease it llalton plan Trio Mart clerk Donna Olson Is ready with bag of chocolate goodies bat you have to catch her in her mask Try her on Oct History of the poppy Children arent Into Hallows en masks any more Its their mommy and daddya who are says a local businessman In the last five years the kiddle stuff has gone more to makeup and less to face masks because of children not being able to see Trio Mart owner Floyd Hotton 4B said There a a big Increase in adult sales and thats why we have more ex pensive masks Three years ago Trio Mart didnt carry masks that cost more than Today a dls play by the front cash register in the Halt on Hills plaza store carries masks selling for up to SCO Makeup creams that wash off wigs colored hair spray and thick black frames with plast ic noses attached at the bridge are popular with the youngsters Last year E co stumes were big There nothing really big this year Mr said The monst er look Is always lar he said The two Georgetown Trio Mart stores the other one Is In Moore Park Plaza sell about 100 coses or Halloween candy each Mr Why was the flower of forgetful- nesschosen as the sym bol of remembrance for Canadas war dead A writer first made the connection between the poppy and battle field deaths during the Napoleonic wars of the early century re marking that fields that were barren before battle exploded with the bloodred flowers after the fighting ended John McCrae the Canadian doctor who wrote the poem IN FLANDERS FIELDS made the same connec tion 100 years later and the scarlet poppy quick ly became the symbol for soldiers who died In battle Prior to the First World War few popples grew In Flanders Dur ing the tremendous bombardments of that war the chalk soils became rich in lime from rubble allowing popaver ocas to thrive V EVEN 10 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Join Will Millar of the Rovers this Halloween Your donations help children around the world Just buys a vial of penicillin to treat a childs infection WHEN THE KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR BE GENEROUS YOUR HELP CAN MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE TO A NEEDY CHILD said He starts buying for the season early in January and February Easter things are on order already he said PLANNING When it finally com es around youre almost happy to see it go because you been preparing for it placing orders for nine months Mr Hotton said There ore five Trio Mart stores la south western Ontario ThereB one in Oak vllle Grimsby and Mis- but the very first was the Mooro Park Plata store which opened in It was run by Mr and his wile We used to meet on the highway shed work one shift and I the other he laughed Mr had spent ten years as a store manager with Busy Bee in Toronto a grocery chain that changed its name to Loblaws He got his business expe rience there carrying it over into his growing chain of stores When we first start we were strictly Selling health and beauty aids Mr Hotl on said Now toys and gifts are more than half Next year well be fiutting on household like pots and pans As the company found there t enough sales in Just health and beauty aidsdepart ment and food stores were also selling the same goods new lines were added to keep up with the times The manager at the Hills Plaza shop is Cathy Sweeny and the Moore Park store manager la VI Norton CROSSWORD CORNER BUSINESS CARDS PRINTED lor business cards Various Delivery Com To the HERALD CLUE latter word for travel ANSWER ROOS Travel Agency