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tje jf mwum volxlvii no 49 the tribune stouffville ontario thursday march 2 1939 a v nolan jp publisher my 6tube radio costs 1c for 15 hours in our school days we all learned the tables of weights and measures everybody knows how many ounces there are in a pound how many feet in a yard how many quarts in a gallon but how many of us know how many watts there are in a kilowatt or what we actu ally pay for when we pay our electric light bill most of us have the impres sion that there is some mystery about this account that is too difficult to undeistand after ali it is simple and without bothering about the ramifica tions behind it suppose we start at the watt as the unit of measurement then all we need for an understanding of our electrical consumption is this simple table 1000 watts 1 kilowatt 746 watts 1 horse power one kilowatt burned one hour one kilowatt hour and we are charged with the kilo watt hours consumed at this rate a 100watt bulb burned ten hours would be one kilowatt hour a 40watt lamp would burn 1000 over 40 or 25 hours to make one kw hour a one horsepower motor for one hour would consume approximately 34 kw very good now we have the measurement of electrical energy let us figure out what different appliances would cost to operate in stouffville the first 60 kw hours per month cost 32 and a minimum bill of 150 however it is the increased consumption that con cerns us most and at our second rate of 11c per kw hour sup pose our second rate was an even lc its only a fraction or a tenth over then a 40watt lamp would burn for 25 hours for one cent a 60watt lamp would burn for 16 23 hours for one cent a 100watt lamp would burn for 10 hours for one cent a 200watt lamp would burn for 5 hours for one cent a washing machine 18 hp would operate 10 34 hours for one cent the average 6tube radio 65 watts can be enjoyed for 15 hours for one cent and the average 12tube set 180 watts 5 12 hours for one cent the large cooking element on the electric range 1600 watts would operate on high for 37 12 minutes for one cent and the smaller ones 900 watts for one hour and seven minutes or if you wish the 1600- watt element used on high for one hour would use 16 kw or 16 cents a 3000watt heater would consume in one hour 3 kw or 3c after all it is not a serious matter if the cellar light is left on over night occasionally whitchurch finals this thursday four teams in the whit church hockey league will open the group playoffs in stouffville arena on thursday night lemonville will face vandorf and ballantrae will line up against king each combination will play two games goals to count on the round bloomington pine orchard and white rose are the three teams eliminated from the finals unionville man plans to raise 10000 pheasants 120 are direct descendents of wpreston 12 children 60 grandchildren and 48 great grandchildren survive man who came from england threequarters of a century ago cabbage for kirkland lake frank bruels shipped a car load of cabbage to kirkland lake on tuesday weighing 15 tons the shipment went by cnr from stoufiville and is the first of such shipments this winter made by ajiy grower the freight charges are around 9 per ton or 135 for the car many stouffville people saw the bruels cabbage in the huge pits on franks property where they were stored since last fall and despite the too mild wea ther during the early winter the pit run is standing up well the market for cabbage takes a real salesman to find descendants of william t preston who came to canada from england and settled in these parts three quarters of a century ago together with the inlaws and their descendants held a reunion on monday even ing in the township hall at vandorf over a hundred people assembled and enjoyed a fine program lunch and a social time generally george preston one of the sons of the pioneer father acted as chairman the first preston william t died 13 years ago at the age of 67 years he married jane wright who was a sister of simeon atkinson thus connect ing two of the townships large and outstanding families there were born to william and jane preston thirteen children twelve of whom are living they are gaorge leslie fred harry charles preston all of whit church also albert in aurora mrs edith pattenden mrs albert pattenden mrs austin yake mrs john clayton also in whitchurch and mrs leon ard smith in saskatchewan there are 60 grandchildren and 48 great grandchildren to add to the twelve survivors making a total direct number of descendants of wm t preston of 120 which surely constitutes a noteworthy record this family tree is a fine ex ample of how immigration of the right sort can do its part to expand our country an interesting feature of pheasant raising is the number of eggs which are produced according to mr d james taylor deputy minister of game and fisheries in ontario pheasant hens lay between 50 and 60 eggs on an average al though at times a hen may lay as many as 110 eggs in a year the hatch said mr taylor us ually numbers about 60 per cent cockbh and 40 per cent hens in addition to the two govern ment operated game farms there ai sixtytwo licensed breeding establishments in on tario four of them being of con siderable size one of the larg est the watson chick hatchery at orangeville produced 2000 birds during 1938 and has plans for 10000 in 1939 mr a h c proctor another large ontario breeder with an establishment at unionville also plans to raise 10000 pheasants in 1939 1937 the departments policy of restoration began to pay real dividends twentyfive town ships where sufficient pheas ants had been stocked over the years were set aside as shoot ing areas around thanksgiving time the department permitted twoday shooting seasons in these areas to sportsmen pur chasing special hunting licences the licences were issued by the township council usually the controlling organization during the shooting periods sold only to nonresidents residents paid baker hill a nominal fee the cost of the j the matter baptists call youthful pastor bible college student chosen by second markham church markham sixth line baptist church has extended a call to mr stanley medhurst youth ful student of the toronto bible training college who will be one of this years gradu ates next sunday morning the new pastor will deliver his introductory message to his people this was to have been given last sunday but owing to weather conditions mr med hurst will spefak next sunday on the subject second maik- ham baptist church it is sur mised that he will throw out a challenge to his people to rally around the work as never before mr stanley medhurst is a brantford boy and is probably the youngest student attending the bible training school he has spoken in this church on a number of occasions of late and his pulpit oratory is im pressive and strikes a deep re sponsive cord in the hearts of his listeners said one of the chief officers of the church he is the youngest pastor ever to receive a call to this charge so far the call to mr med hurst is extended by the people of the second line church which for long years has been carrying on a dual pastorship with the baker hill church and will continue to do so should the call be concurred in by the people who have still under advise- school students give fine entertainment ment this paper understands licence was an extra charge over and above the cost of the usual game licences the funds went to the township council which in certain instances shared them with farmers and others who had cooperated in raising and keeping the pheasants while the ontario pheasant- shooting is only in its initial stages there is a considerable amount of evidence beyond the 20000 netted the various townships and the influx of several thousand shooters into the restricted area to support the belief that the ontario system is the answer to the game bird problem has ontario found the answer- to its game bird problem while i other provinces with the exj on wednesday of this week ception of british columbia are march 1st mrs john grove was that dog tag assessor george storey will present to the municipal council next monday evening a list of all dog owners who have not obtained a tag by that time anyone harboring an animal is liable to a fine if he or she ne glects to obtain a license and we understand some such act ion is likely to be carried out manyhappyreturns the annual commencement exercises of the stouffville con tinuation school staged in ratcliffs hall on thursday and friday evenings drew large crowds each night and prov ed one of the most entertaining programs held here in some time a few words of welcome from gordon bolender president of the literary society saw the evening underway with chorus o canada by the senior choir readings and dances in colorful costumes supplied other interesting numbers the act drawing the largest round of applause was that staged by the boys gym class under the direction of mr ralph haist tumbling pyra mid building and other forms of gymnastics interspersed with clever comedy antics merited much credit for each of the students and the guiding hand in direction and training a cast of thirteen staged a short skit why we never married with each one pre- presenting his case of matri monial difficulties to the delight of the big crowd the characters in the play the ghost named henry were donald rowbotham as richard powell jean pipher his wife leona forsythe the 18yearold daughter phyliss davis the brat sister bill tranmer the butler and bud sanderson henry the ghost on thursday evening six graduates received their diplom as from the hand of rev c e mcleod member of the school board the students were ruth dowswell leland fairies kath leen kellington jean pugh irene timbers and william tranmer during the friday perform ance a v nolan of the board presented the twelve field day awards to dorothy moyer jeanne murchison isobel flem ing gladys stover beth kellington frances forfar robert abell gordon kerswell edward cadieux harold boad- way cameron aldred and fred williams succumbs at vernon british columbia mrs frank baker received a message last week announcing the death of her brother chas bruels who passed away in the hospital at vernon british columbia where he had been ill for the past four months charles was 52 years of age and is survived by his wife two daughters and one son there is also left to mourn his loss one brother harry bruels in the peace river district and three sisters mrs gower winnie of san pedro calf mrs congo edna at cardon alberta and mrs baker in stouffville it is 30 years since charlie bruels left stouffville as a young lad to blaze his path in life he was a carpenter by trade and his death will come as a great surprise to those who knew him in the home district protest the road condition oyster supper postponed owing to uncertain road con ditions the oyster supper an nounced to be held at altona by the w i has been postponed to friday march 17 the new date is st valentines day which will help you to remember the time richmond hill boys defeat newmarket forced to cut game bird shoot ing down to short open seasons on indigenous birds populous ontario where industrial and municipal development have probably reduced native wild life more than elsewhere has start ed to enjoy open season on ex otic varieties of bird life raised in captivity last year no fewer than fifty ontario townships in addition to the counties of essex kent continued on page eight 87 years of age the birthday was quietly spent at the home of mrs wm connor west of town and whose mother was a sister to mrs grove for some time now mrs grove has made her home with her niece and dispite her advanced years she is quite well and fully enjoying life in her quiet way we join with the many friends of mrs connor in saying many happy returns to this highly esteem ed lady of our neighbourhood local boy is skilled in cream butter judging honored at markham commencement births hare at york county hos pital on tuesday february 21 f39 to mr and mrs dawson hnrc of stouffville a daughter ris one richmond hill juveniles ad vanced a step closer to the ontario championship monday night when they defeated new market 42 on the game and 54 on the round richmond hill it will be remembered eliminat ed stouffville a couple of weeks ago newmarket opened the scor ing in the first period on a goal by howard hamilton but rich mond hill tallied 30 seconds later on a solo effort by walter beresford richmond hill add ed three more counters without a reply from newmarket dick mills getting two and joe mor- edythe grubin of stouffville left and nora maxwell of markham were awarded silver tea services the ajh eck- ardt prize for the highest mark in upper school subjects at markham high school last year edythe who is attending var sity this fall won the proficiency shield for leadership athlet ics academics and popularity and an aditional prize in upper school english miss maxwell who delivered the valedictory address at the commencement exercises in the markham town hall friday night was also awarded a prize for upper school mathematics bruce wideman centre captured the senior boys athletic trophy bruce is a son of mr herbert wideman of dicksons hill although well advanced in his student law course mr sam borinsky son of our local creameryman mr jos borin sky may be wondering if he hasnt missed his true calling in life despite the fact that he promises to make a brilliant lawyer sam is accustomed to working in the creamery here during his spare time and what he has learned over the years is something to make the best creamerymen in ontario con jure with at the competitions held in toronto a week ago of the central ontario butter makers club sam stood in first place among some 25 competit ors as the best judge of cream and butter competitors were from all over ontario the club hold competitions from time to time and on one other occasion sam stood high over all other competitors in this cream and butter making contest a hand some silver cup was presented to the winner last week an interesting fact about the competition was that the win ners father was one of the com petitors there was a different set of judges for the competi tion last week than those who acted when sam won thj3 con test the first time which gives fairly conclusive evidence that the local boy really does know his cream and butter better than his dad the condition of the roadway in the business centre of the town continues to become a live issue of controversy as the ice and snow pile up this paper has been criticized for not calling down fire from hea ven on the village council who are charged with neglect in keeping the road cleaner the complaint on monday included private householders women who found it difficult to get across the street with any de gree of safety from wet feet or some more serious accident it is increasingly evident something will have to be done to keep the road in more satis factory condition even if it adds to taxation the people want a cleaner road and their will must prevail after all cleaning away the worst of the snow will not materially affect taxation which the reeve and council are doing their best to keep at a low rate in connection with the pro test one reputable business firm after interviewing many of the businessmen asks us to publish the following mr editor is the village of stouffville in throes of bankruptcy that we are only able to sit and gape at the wouldbe customers and guests as they come and get marooned in the business sect ion of our town if they even dare to make the attempt while other towns revel in the trade of our legitimate and dis gusted patrons the stouffville businessmen california gale hits property of former residents the recent terrible wind storm which swept over parts of california and the city of hollywood uprooted two trees on the property where mrs w b sanders and her daught er lena reside on ivar avenue although capable of destroying a house two trees on the place were uprooted but they fell in such a manner as to do no damage to the buildings while the storm was terrifying and full of hazzards mrs sanders saw in it an opportunity to put many men to work who were among the unemployed friends in stouffville will be glad to learn that the sanders suffered no injury in the storm which felled thousands of trees and did other untold damage