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all the news whitchurch uxbridge markham i pickering unt largest weekly markham stouffville uxbridge vol 82 no 35 12 packs stolkfillivhitchlrchmarkhalxbrink thursday january 28 1971 phonk 6402101 15 cints loss exceeds 2000 sheep flock ravaged in pen one dog shot second dog captured sixteen dead sheep part of the dogravaged flock on the property of harvey brown hwy 48 and i8th avenue markham fortythree others were damaged in a loss estimated in excess of 2000 livestock valuator donald boynton of victoria square described the remains as the worst mess hed ever seen the dugs gained entry to the pen by pushing aside a barricade and vaulting a four foot horizontal gate jas thomas plan 838 new homes markham draft plans for three subdivision sites ninth line south of hwy 7 have been approved by the markham planning committee when completed the 838 homes will accommodate ap proximately 3000 persons in discussing the issue at a meeting jan 20 murray henderson councillor ward 5 warned against making the same error as occurred in sherwood heights he asked for a guarantee that the homes in the new area would have a minimum floor space of 2000 square feet he argued that 1200 and 1300 square feet as allowed in sherwood heights failed to produce sufficient assessment and represented only a tax burden on the rest of the town buses cancelled stouffville only 196 students out of an enrollment of over 700 attended classes at stouffville dist secondary school gr 913 wednesday morning request clinics student pregnancy rate on increase york region the pregnancy rate among students in the secondary school level of education is increasing and the incidence of venereal disease has reached such epidemic proportions that teachers of district 11 ontario secondary school federation have called for the creation of birth control information centres and clinics beginning in the first year of high school or earlier the recommendation in the form of a motion was approved at a meeting jan 21 in aurora it will now be passed to the provincial annual assembly in toronto in march lin jones staff teacher at sto uffville dist secondary school is a past president and executive councillor in the organization the president for 1971 is douglas booth of richmond hill no buses were able to get through due to snowclogged rural roads and poor visibility rabies warning stouffville skunks are the most prevalent carriers of rabies and the winter period is the most dangerous season of the year dr terence oconnor stouffville veterinary clinic told the tribune this week he said one such case had been reported at goodwood and two dogs had subsequently been placed under quarantine the animal was killed dr oconnors information supports a recent appeal by the ontario dept of lands and forests urging parents to warn their children against contact with any wildlife that may appear friendly or extremely aggressive check out any reports about the new kitty or doggy in the front yard the report goes on remember a rabid animals bite can cause illness and even death rabies in foxes is just as prevalent as in skunks the department points out but foxes usually are restricted to more rural areas if you have reason to believe an animal is infected call the nearest office of the canada department of agriculture or the ontario department of lands and forests for further directions the report concludes snowmobile bylaw uxbridge rejects 25 licence fee goodwood a s25 municipal licence fee for all snowmobile owners in uxbridge township no replied members of council at a meeting monday while council agreed that some controls were necessary and had instructed their solicitor to prepare such a bylaw they fell an additional permit was much too costly and restrictive the bylaw further recom mended that no snowmobiles be allowed to operate between the hours of 12 midnight and 8 am and that no owner of a private park country club or ski resort should allow such vehicles to operate at any time bylaw enforcement officer stuart copping agreed that the suggested regulations were not satisfactory- drug charge stouffville a 19 year old market street youth has been charged with possession of hashish following an in vestigation by officers of the brechin detachment ontario provincial police and constable david hadden of stouffville robert gallamore fled from an upstairs room when police entered a residence on main street west he was ap prehended two blocks away an opp constable suffered lacerations to his hand when he put his arm through a glass panel of a door the original investigation was prompted by police looking for stolen property a second motion has called for an amendment to existing legislation so as to allow teachers to stand for election to the board of education for which they work three hundred secondary school teachers attended the meeting the guest speaker was daryl r hodgins executive officer provincial executive ontario secondary school teachers federation traffic survey stouffville if you are stopped on the main street of stouffville and questioned as to your reason for being there dont be alarmed its all part of a traffic survey that will be conducted here likely this spring suggested times are friday from 1 to 4 pm and saturday from 9 to 12 am questions will include where are you from what is your destination why are you here the project will be arranged by the administrator of york region aj rettie set salaries goodwood a salary figure has been established by ux bridge township council for its clerktreasurer donald s kennedy who assumes office feb 1 mr kennedy will receive 8000 wages plus 1500 ex penses deputyclerk walter taylor will be paid 6250 wages and 750 expenses an increase has also been approved for welfare officer harry noble his retainer ef fective jan 1 is 250 olus 250 per hour and 12 cents per mile while on official township business probation order uxbridge twp wm cammack formerly of rr 3 stouffville and charged by his wife with threatening was convicted in provincial court last week and placed on probation the case came to light after mrs cammack fled the property and later complained to police a loaded 22 calibre rifle was seized mr cammack told the tribune he planned to appeal in the initial story of jan 21 describing the plight of the family it was indicated that the couple were on welfare this information has been denied by harry noble uxbridge welfare officer markham members of markham town council department employees and neighbors stood in silence sunday as one by one fif teen sheep were removed from a pen on the farm property of harvey brown hwy 48 at 18th avenue all were dead horribly mutilated by dogs in the most destructive slaughter of livestock witnessed in the markham area in years three others still alive but badly torn had to be destroyed fortythree were injured the loss estimated in excess of 2000 cannot be fully determined since all the ewes were in lamb the flock totalled 175 the grizzly discovery was made by mr brown himself in a routine check of the enclosure after returning home from church one dog a german shepherd was still in the pen mr brown ran to the house for a gun and killed it with a single shot a second was traced across the fields and captured by canine control officer jas ryan chunks of wool were still in its mouth mr brown said the sheep were so terrorized by the dogs attack they were piled one on top of the other six feet deep i tried to pull them apart to keep them from suffocating he said his sunday suit covered with blood was completely ruined the sheep considered worth saving were stitched up and injected with an anti biotic to reduce the chance of infection veterinarian dr david harris of stouffville was assisted by harveys brother gordon howard stiver and bill shearn of unionville and markham livestock valuator donald boynton of victoria square mr boynton described it as the worst mess he had ever seen also on hand were councillors bud bonner and norm tyndall and deputy- clerk neil brodie in spite of the setback mr brown is determined to remain in the sheep business the entrance to the en closure was barricaded the owner said but the dogs pushed it aside and vaulted a horizontal gate a prominently placed sign near the door of the pen read no trespassing without permission mortgage holders plan action goodwood a private meeting of mortgageholders currently involved in a suspended transaction with century city developments limited will be held in the uxbridge township hall at goodwood feb 10 at eight oclock invitations have been ex tended to the minister of municipal affairs hon darcy mckeough mpp mathew dymond the reeve and all members of council the general public however will not be admitted an estimated ninety mor tgagees are involved a spokesman for the group said and an attempt is being made to contact each one either per sonally or through the press at an organization meeting monday the following com mittee executive was named grant drewery chairman mrs edna meyers secretary leslie meyers norman tapscott and harry harper youth charged with robbery stouffville an 18 year old youth has been charged with robbery in connection with an alleged assault on the caretaker at the stouffville sales barn earlier this month william john punch was arrested by officers of the on tario provincial police near kenora following the incident here steven lancaster required medical treatment for cuts and abrasions to his head face and chest rather than bring the accused here a distance of over 1100 miles the case will likely be heard in kenora the initial investigation work was done by the whitchurch branch york regional police snowmobile driver hurt stouffville a 47 year old stouffville area man suffered a 24stitch gash to his face when the snowmobile he was operating collided with a wire fence mathew john kennedy hwy 47 has been charged with failing to report a collision involving injury under a section of the motorized snow vehicles act the accident occurred in a field north of harold avenue request gas bar approval stouffville the 3acre site at the intersection of tenth line north and main street is back before planning board again the applicants tweedledee investments limited want the property rezoned from in dustrial to commercial to ac commodate a combination gas bar and restaurant the firm has an option on the land owned by fred castle spokesman for the company told the board at a meeting jan 19 that a service station at this particular site would prove more beneficial to the town than industry there is no con ceivable reason why spot re- zoning should not be permitted he argued the board reserved its decision pending the receipt of a site plan flu bug empties town schools the command mush is not part of al christies canine vocabulary his alaskan f malamutcs require no urging to go the team i bandit and sumo arc instead more difficult to t stop mr christie a resident at 4si iiupert 9 avenue stouffville is a favorite with the children in ionderosa park and one thing is i certain whenever he takes his sled for a spin a host of young passengers arc always on hand j jas thomas 1 stouffville ab senteeism in stouffvilles public and separate schools was reported at 198 monday mor ning and its all due to a nasty little flu bug complicated by throat infection while the tribunes figures pertain only to elementary schools dr john button of the stouffville medical centre said the high school had also been hard hit dr buton advises a patient to live with it a couple of days and then if theres no improvement hell prescribe an antibiotic he said the fever often lasts up to 314 days a breakdown of the absentee list follows st marks 50 out 209 orchard park 68 out of 414 summitview 50 out of 364 and the high school gr 7 and 8 thirty out of 250 suffers collapse stouffville a 43 year old stouffville man was rushed by vance ambulance to scarboro centenary hospital tuesday after he was found unconscious in the snow near the home of mrs fran tindall lloyd avenue kenneth halsted stouffcr street was first believed to have suffered a heart attack but a medical check proved this untrue he was released the same day following a period of treatment and observation