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toe tribunest0uffv1lle 1877uj7 m eswte34868l3 price 10 cents i i s i ie jro 3rc0s f i i f i f i i i i i i i 4 i i i i ibfcustrated vsw ty -w-tsj-v-w- historical stonffouk prof6ssionai9 and 5usin6ss to7wvs ville the free press messrs covington bros ter the rebellion of 1837 john boyer purchased won lyon mackenzies wooden press and set it up in stouff- for years it was the only press in this k north of toronto for e part of the country j about ten years it a was operated by the j whelers who took 1 it to ilxbridge it j found its last iest- ing place in prince albert for many years after mr t shaw jr conduct ed a job office in the village eighteen years ago mr j wightman publish- ed the stouffville mr w c covington alert for several years r j daley conduct- jf ed the boot shoe dealer a quarterly full of f fun and fact later came the stouffville ad- f vance published by mr pcmberton f less than two years ago the fkek prcss was established by messrs covington bios it is a live local journal is rapidly extending 5 its subscription list and widening the circle of its readers the pioprietois are stouffville j boys and practical printers they both served b their apprenticeship in the economist office k markham the senior partner in order to further perfect himself in the art of fine t printing served in several of the bes offices in toronto before graduation they bolioved tha community would support them in the production of a bright newsy re form paper they ventured therefore to open out at home and have not mr w j covington been disappointed in the venturo they have a fine office in mortens block with a store front which is replete with a very choice stock of stationery several months ago they opened a branch office in clarcmont they make a specialty of fine printing and ex tend the seasons greetings to the many read ers of this illustrated number stouffville november 1895 covington bros proprietors a good place to live n place of lesidence stouffville has many advantages it is near toronto and has four nains each way daily we have churches of all the leading denomina tions good schools and a public libiary there aii tine stales some of them quite metropolitan in chat acter the municipal latcs ate low and there is a splendid weekly market if you are thinking of changing your place of residence we lecommend stouffville as a good place in which to build a home look it up the history of stouffville marks the advancement of the prohibition senti ment of the country geneially years ago when there was only half the present population and half the vol ume of business the village had five licensed taverns and two shops for the sale of stiong drink today there aie only two hotels and shop licenses have long since been banished a proportionate reduction has been made in the number of drinking places in the country districts sur rounding the town snxn a copy of the stouffville illiih- tiatcd fkkk pitis us a christmas present to your friend iz stouffville homes observant stranger visiting stouffville would not fail to note its many comfoit- r and attractive houses we are permitted to gwe views of some of these in this paper obrien avenue is represented by mr daleys mr elliotts manager of the standard bank mr r underbills and mr barclays church street is also well represented by several fine residences mr s burkholdcrs mr d stouffers mr n forsyths and mr mcdonalds a number of main street houses are presented as are also representatives from several other streets lack of space forbids any description of these homes but the views will give an idea of the kind in- which many of our people live thomas brownlee wife and daugh ter annie who still occupies the old home were early citizens william roddick was one of the chief adviseis of win lyon macken zie in the stirring times of the rebel lion of 1s37 for the capture of lioddick 00 weic offered but he eluded his pnisuers until peace was restated beautiful shadows sombre and still fringing the margin of river and rill hiding by rock under lowbending tree seeking lone nooks which the sun cannot see nursing the plantlet too tender to grow een where the sun sheds his mellowest glow cooling retreat for the uprising bass where the doves dip the hot wing as they pass shelter for age as he dreams of the past bower for sweethearts whose visions forecast wonderful joys that the future years fill beautiful shadows sombre and still who could abide in the glimmer and sheen if in this world not a shadow were seen dont forget your friends ropies of the illustuited fkkk prkss wiappeii anil leady for mailing to distant friends and lelatives can be had at the frbi pkess office it will give former stouffvilleites a good idea of stouffville of touay the newspaper is one of the great educators of the people the local paper gives us a chat with our ueighbois at our own fireside and for distant friends is a weekly letter from home johnny biirgkss the cooper and his wee wife were among the early comers johnny was a great trout fisher and was always nady to spin a good fish yarn 0 music and art- ur people are giving more attention to music and art in the home than in farmer yeat s the pionerrs who had to make homes for themselves in this new land had little time for the luxuries of life many ladies nowadavs like to do their own bits of fancy painting for home dccoiation mrs j j baker whose lendy pen has helped to make these pages readable will devote her time during the winter to classes in music and ait f f i s 5 wsp m9h2 cmom ca3 ts9w3 c ei cntik5j cvtshgj shr cmsm cswsj cnds3 cvws vkqj fsmw ng cv w3p ngjws c the history of power in stouffville covers a period of ninety seven years and divides itself into three stages of development the first of these covers those years when stouffville was served by privately owned steam driven plants ontario hydro came into the picture to supplant the private plants and be ad ministered by the municipal council for approximately 30 years the final period up to the present includes the history of hydro in stouff vine as operated by the power first come about 97yeors ogo public utilities commission commencing in 1953 until 1680 there was no electricity for the operation of machinery and oil lamps were the only means of lighting in that year richardson samuel george erected the first steam- driven power plant at the corner of second and william streets this marked the beginning of electric power in stouffville basically mr george was interested in supplying power to operate a lumber mlllheownednearbybut the surplus was made available to home owners in the section of the village west of the railroad about twelve years later a second and larger steam- powered plant was erected at the corner of market and somerville streets by jonas byer he installed much heavier equipment that would supply all the homes whose occupants wished service street lights were erected for the first time the service ended at midnight each day the building used for the power plant is still standing and is being used by walter smith as a welding shop the byer plant con tlnued to operate for more than 20 years as a steam driven power plant but as the demand for service grew an english plant was in stalled which produced gas from burning coal to drive the generator it was not until 1927 that ontario hydro really entered the picture and stouffville became a fullfledged user of niagaragenerated power the first hydro em- ployeewas charles ward and he received 100 a month for his services his duty was to take care of the distribution system in 1926 ontario hydro became the sole supplier of stouffville power joseph borlnskyand aj ward were named as the first hydro committee in 1928 during the next ten years the system continued to expand many parts of the community were rewired by nw byer and ontario hydro was asked to help provide better voltage to handlecustomerson the east sldeof town in 1934 coloured lights were first installed on main st for use during the christmas season in 1952 stouffville council voted to establish the public utilities commission comprising a threeman body to handle hydro and water services the inaugural meeting of the public utilities com mission was held on january 2 1953 the members were reeve henry ogden and elected members reg stouffer and ae weldon edward maddock of the both council and com mission were beginning to take note of the growth of the community in 1955 and it was agreed that henceforth all subdividers should be required to pay the full cost of the installation of hydro in their developments that same year the commission engaged gordon brown as a fulltime lineman at a salary of s260 per month on september 27 mi the public utilities moved from the municipal buildings to a new building at the corner of blakeand maln