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the second section sports news district news classified seciidn stouffville normally placid stouffville residents- took to the street monday afternoon to stage a protest march from obrien ave down main st to the municipal offices around 300 people took part in the procession including women with babies and toddlers most of the children either carried signs or had them attached to their clothing some hockey players dressed as monks carried a coffin in the parade the dramatic part of the demonstration took place outside the municipal buildings where- gordon ness and mayor gordon ratcliff spoke to the people the mayor said the council would lead a motorcade to ottawa to meet the cabinet but later it was learned that the cabinet would not meet publicly to discuss a matter being dealt with at the cabinet level the demonstration achieved part of its purpose however as the daily newspapers and the broadcast media were well represented at the happening a funeral procession led the protest march down main st monday as the death of stouffville was being enacted here some hockey players dressed as monks carry a casket signifying the death of the town make their way toward themunicipal offices the signs carried by these young stouffville residents pretty well speak for themselves as they joined their mother in the protest march monday afternoon photos by john montgomery and ted wilcox lircnda baggs protest the airport the airport 4 left and kim that shows that myers brought their horses along to even the horsey set is concerned about the 300 protestors that marched monday afternoon formed up at the corner of somcrville st and obrien ave before starting the march to the town hall here the profusion of signs and the varying ages of the participants are graphically illustrated these three young men are not monks really but formed part of the protest march monday they carried the coffin down main st and here they stand in front of the municipal building the signs are self- explanatory antiairport signs proliferate in stouffville niiiijiiiir i ri ga then01st airport by ted wilcox ui ottawa rg mhm stouffville stouffville yess noiseville no so reads one of scores of signs that have sprouted up in town expressing disfavor with the proposed pickering airport the majority of signs appeared to be located along obrien ave and church street which some have called the hotbeds of antiairport sentiment norma card of obrien avenue said her reason for placing signs outside her home was to register a complaint because the govern ment refused to accept facts presented three years ago that we were in a very high noise zone they deceived us one of- mrs cards signs reads 5000 ignored by airport planners are still here another creative sign painter on obrien put it this way hell hath no fury like a stouffville removed jim and madeleine nevins of church street have put up a variety of signs including a fourbyeight one saying noise kills mrs nevins comments on the airport was i love the town this seems to be the last little pie wedge surrounding toronto where theres peace arid quiet and now theyre going to take it away from us on manitoba avenue john and michelle garbutt have erected a sign saying malton east- not bloody likely we moved to stouffville because it is a rural community said mrs- garbutt she expressed belief that an airport is not necessary since shorter take- off aircraft or alternate ground transmission could be used instead gord ness one of the organizersofhe march lines people up to begin the trek to the town hall s v- vn