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the tribune stouffville ont thursday january 23 1947 uljp tnuffmur ribrnip established 1888 member of the canadian weekly newspaper association and ontario quebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations average paidinadvance circulation as of sept 1st 2473 issued every thursday at stouffville ontario subscription rates per year in advance in canada 00 in usa s250 a v nolan son publishers notes and comments other places keen for hall accommodation a lot of ontario communities are more alert than the citizens of stouffville respecting the matter of hall accommo dation markham voted 30000 for a new hall forest voted in favor of 20000 for recreation hall collingwood 150000 and richmond hill is being given a hall by the lions club of that town in every place mentioned the towns now have much better hall accommodation than stouffville where fifty per cent of the people didnt trouble themselves to go out and vote on a hall question referred to them as a result the issue almost got defeated much about the set up for larger areas and if it were better known probably the scheme would not be so popular or perhaps something done to give the electors more control instead of less high school areas again reserves are necessary substantial reserves are a good thing to have in any business many people thought that when stouffvdle accumulated something like 19000 in the stouffville hydro system the total was away too large and unnecessary had these reserves not been accumulated there would have been increases in hydro rates that would be very sharp in the last few years we have depleted these reserves until at the present time it is down to 10000 from the peak the 9000 has all been spent in capital outlay to keep abreast of the everincreasing demands for hydro in the town consumption of current had jumped from under 400 hp per month to over 600 hp per month and further capital outlay is in the offing delayed only because of inability to obtain wire and other materials the hydro commission has told the council that a new heavy line should be built through the town to stabilize the load until this is done there will be fluctuation of current at times it will be below the required voltage and again it will be too strong causing more lights to burn out than normally break shortage of current is reported from many places and appeals to the hydro indicate that no relief can be expected until more current is available in many instances or materials to build heavier lines as in the case of stouffville we have indeed been lucky in being able to obtain the voltage that has been sold to us friday saturday january 2i j5- our hearts were growing up trail to vengeance kerby grant the newmarket era and express recently declared that the tribune is opposed to larger school areas if they happen to threaten the existence of the stouffville high school what the era says is quite right and we are not making an apology for our stand a school is an asset of the best part of any district or community and a town the size of stouffville without a high school is poor indeed the idea of larger and larger schools where teachers and scholars are total strangers is not the best kind of thing for ontario then too with the governments realizing that decentralization rather than centralization is the best thing for this country why do they not practice it down at queens park where an effort is seemingly made to centre our educational system of high schools in larger towns and cities another phase of this centralization that we do not hear very much about is that with it goes our local authority today places like newmarket and aurora who think they own their high schools and if they are right then they are about to hand them over to be operated by other hands newmarket would have only one representative on the board of the enlarged area and perhaps they wouldnt like that a board for the enlarged area is appointed thus one member by each urban public school district one- appointed by each municipal council one by county council and one by each separate school located in the area that means that the ratepayers who pay the taxes forfeit all direct control if some means could be found to place the board under the direction of ratepayers who have the bills to pay it would ensure such schools being operated more economically than if the board is removed from control of voters those who are promoting the scheme do not say color of the moon it is rather odd that after man has been gazing at the moon for centuries he cannot agree on its color poets have long contended it is white and more recently a songwriter claimed it is blue according to sir harold spencer jones astronomer royal neither is right he says it is brown he points out that the light of the moon is reflected sunlight and when examined through a spectroscope it has certain characteristics the only other substance which on reflect ing sunlight has the same characteristics is volcanic dust and volcanic dust is brown the reason that we do not see itis brown he explains is simply that moonlight is weak and in weak light the eye has difficulty in distinguishing colors moonlight is so weak in fact that were the whole sky to be covered with thousands of moons so that there was not an inch of darkness left there would still come to us only a fifth as much light as we get from the sun the astronomer royal also says that the theory that those craters on the moon that are to be seen even by the naked eye were caused by the bombardment of meteorites has been opposed by some scientists who ask why the earth is not covered by similar craters sir harold replies that very likely the earth at one time was covered by them but the earth has an atmosphere which means rain and wind and ice between them they have worn any craters down the moon on the other hand has no atmosphere no rain no clouds not even a breath of wind and the whole place is inches deep in dust in consequence in brown volcanic dust no doubt the first person who managed to land on the moon with a rocket would soon be anxious to shake the dust off his feet and return to the earth despite all its drawbacks our capital correspondent written exclusively for the stouff ville tribune by m l sschwartz it has become known in ottawa that there is a strong demand for the return to the prewar postage rate for ordinary mail and it is rate for ordinaray mail and it is said that an effort may be made to obtain such a reduction at least the proposal is supported well and favored by many people g russell boucher dynamic jlp for carleton is asking the government a series of interesting questions pertaining to the blanket- ingin of temporary civil servants to the permanent service as well as to the status of crown company employee he wants to know for example how many persons were employedin ottawa by the federal government on a temporary basis on jan 1 1917 and did they have permanent status under the civil service act together with informa tion how many crown companies employees there were in ottawa and other facts which many can adians would like to know at this time for quite obvious reasons fact that in 1917 there will be no day of the year when some international diplomatic gathering is not in session is eloquent recog nition of the interdependence of nations said in ottawa canadas deputy minister of external affairs hon lestter b pearson such meetings will be tiring ex pensive in money and effort and their results will often be negative but they seek to substitute cooper ation for conflict and as such they deserve our full support as to expense a few hours of war cost canada more than all those 95 con ferences held in 1910 while emphasizing pressures on canadian prices and controls by external conditions especially in the united states have influenced the action of the canadian govern ment in lifting price controls over many commodities and services now considered in relatively good supply yet it is pointed out in ottawa that this is only part of a deliberate plan designed to prevent boom or collapse of prices in this country since the still controlled list of commodities and services are largely in such things as are con cerned with the basic importance in living and production costs in short the controls are still being retained on those things which affect the costofliving index most as calculated in ottawa including foods fuels textiles and rents indeed no spectacular price in creases are expected- from this wholesale decontrol action recently announced in ottawa and there is no intention of abandoning rental controls or eviction controls though these controls will come off much later perhaps many months later according to whispers heard now along parliament hill if at all in 1947 a selection board is going to tour canada in order to pick canadian air crew veterans of world war ii for service in the peacetime organ ization of the royal air force of britain with approximately 2000 canadians having applied for such a position there is nothing in ottawa to substantiate the rumour that the flour subsidy would be removed immediately it is emphasized in this capital that the united kingdom is getting all the wheat which canada can manage to send and price or anything else has nothing to do with canadas inability to send all the wheat that britain would like to get stressing that britain is passing on wheat in efforts to feed others and this may account for her own shortages to some degree quite an impres sively large number of civil ser vants in ottawa are getting hints that they ought to look for other employment since their services may not be needed shortly an informal preview took place in ott awa of a canadian exhibition to be shown at the royal easter show to be helcpin sydney australia from march 31 were some 2000 amputation cases in world war ii while 3500 soldiers lost limbs in the first world war a report in ottawa claimed that the canadian govern- to middle of april ament exhibition commission sup- second 30day stay in deportation proceedings against four spanish refugees who landed at vancouver in november lias been granted by the authorities in the capital according to the department of veterans affairs in ottawa there and steadily at the first annual meeting oi our company our first president said the directors arc much gratified with the share they have had in extending to many of their fellow subjects the comforting protccdon of life assurance many thousands of canadian joined our great family of policy holders in 1946 life insurance business in force excluding annui ties now exceeds one billion dollars this includes more than 100 million dollars of new busi ness other than annuities paid for in 1946 payment in 1946 amounted to almost 25 million dollars of the which more than 62 per cent was paid to living policyholders to ensure the payment of those amounts which the company has contracted to disburse in the future the companys assets have increased to nearly 350 million dollars in investments of the highest quality our company founded 20 years before canada itself came into being has progressed con sistently with the growth of the dominion and we look forward to the next century with the expectation of till greater accomplishments canada life assurance company posedly displayed no salmon in samples of goods to be shown at a foreign exhibition simply because it could not find any but only a few short blocks from parliament hill canned salmon was on sale in a chain store in ottawa reproduction prohibited 1917 federal features syndicate bible questions and answers question what chapter in the bible gives the most complete record of the signs of christs com- in answer the twentyfourth chapter of matthew q does the bible teach respect for old people a leviticus 19 32 thou shalt rise up before the hoary head and honour the face of the old man and fear thy god i am the lord see also exodus 20 12 q has the bible been translated into as many languages as the writings of shakespeare a the bible in whole or in part has been translated into over 1000 languages and dialects far more than any other book in the world q how can we tell what the strange beasts of bible prophecy re present for instance the one- horned goat of daniel 8 5 a by reading more of the bible for example verse 21 of the eighth chapter and the rough goat is the king of grecia and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king q could any human power ever change gods laws a he could think himself able to change them daniel 72 and he shall speak great words against the most high and shall wear out the saints of the most high and think to change times and laws and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time q who wrote the ten com mandments on stone god or moses a deuteronomy 4 12 13 and the lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire ye heard the voice of the words but saw no similitude only ye heard a voice and he de clared unto you his covenant which he commanded you to per form even ten commandments and he wrote them upon two tables of stone q how can a man tell what the truth is in such times as these a john 1717 says sanctity t hem through thy truth thy word is truth and it is written in- psalm 119105 thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto- my path test all things by the holy scriptures isaiah 820 to- the law and to the testimony if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light in them question what about everlast ing punishment answer its coming matthew 25 46 and these shall go away into everlasting punishment but the righteous into life eternal this everlasting punishment is ever- lasting destruction 2 thessalonians 19 who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the lord and from the glory of his power q what do you think a student should do who bas to listen to teachers who bring infidel ideas into their class instruction a proverbs 1927 cease my son to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge uptotheminutcrcportj of world and local events are brought to you on cfrbs regular news casts this is just another phase of the balanced broadcast schedule for example 8 am and 630 pm daily jim hunter 1230 pm daily wes mcknight