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foxes and cows affected outbreak of rabies is feared in area wribum stouffville an outbreak of rabies has hit this area during the month of oc- tober s- during this month three foxes and two cows were examined and proved positive iat this time the federal health of animals branch is in the process of sending six or seven more specimens from the stouffville area to ottawa for testing earlier in the year out breaks were reported to the south in the unionville area and on the fringes of toronto dr cameron hyatt district veterinarian for health of animals said the outbreak should die down very soon with the advent of colder weather rabies he said is worse at this time of year as animals are more prone to congregate the last major outbreak of rabies in this area was in 1975 dr hyatt advises that in areas such as this with a high incidence of rabies animal owners should have their pets innoculated yearly rather than every two or three years children should be warned to stay away from friendly wild animals and in fact should stay away from all strange animals he said rabid animals search out dark places to hide and so will head for a barn there have been cases where rabid animals have fought chained dogs to get into the doghouse dr hyatt said that in one recent case a man looked out one morning onto his enclosed back porch and saw what he thought was a dead fox lying there the man picked the animal up by the tail and threw it out onto the lawn the dead fox then got up and started walking around rabies be said is directly proportional to the density of wildlife once the population is thinned out rabies will decline even innoculation is not a guarantee as the vaccine will only work on about 65 to 70 per cent of animals for the rest it will provide no immunity he said the department of natural resources is now working on a program whereby they would seed forest areas from airplanes with food con taining an antirabies vaccine this program is still in the developmental stages vol 90 no 26 whitchurch stouffville november 2 1977 20 cents 18 pages towns taxi closes down by keith bolender stouffville realizing that he was fighting a losing battle a bitter john oconnell has decided to close down his stouffville taxi business bad business and the fact that another taxi company will be locating in town were the warren mucci gives a big smile as he lifts a large bundle of papers while terry jacobsen takes it easy below warren the boys t took part in last weeks stouffville clubs and scouts successful paper drive which netted the groups over 400 for further pic see page two keith bolender health council possible jyork region a district health and social planning council may be formed in york region if there is enough community interest and sup port purpose of the council would be the coordination of present services planning for future needs and reviewing plans for changes in existing programs a special review committee has been formed to study the possibility of developing the council and several public meetings to discuss their find ings will be held in various places in the region the first meeting was held today thursday november 3 at newmarket community centre another will take place at keswick ps on friday november 4 at 8 pm and a santa claus november 26 stouffville the kinsmen organized santa claus parade will be held on saturday november 26 at 2 pm all schools businesses dubs and individuals wishing to participate in or help out are invited to call chairman jerry ohearo 6401098 i community support financial and otherwise would be greatly appreciated third will be held at the richvale community centre on november 10 at 8 pm if formed the council would consist of 12 to 16 volunteer members and a paid staff with a budget estimated at 100000 a year it has not yet been decided whether the council would account to regional council or directly to provincial ministries car crashes into barrier worker hurt a construction worker at a main street construction site was seriously injured friday evening when a car crashed through a road barrier near stouffer street and struck the man york regional police said a car driven by maureen peter sen of 281 north street stouffville was westbound on main street about 545 pm when the accident occurred severo atinanir 22 of 964 dovercourt road toronto was taken to scarborough centenary hospital with major injuries after striking the victim the car crashed into a cement mixer parked nearby causing 1000 damage to the car- and 300 to the mixer the driver received only minimal injuries she has been charged with careless driving reasons mr oconnell gave for closing down he had been contemplating continuing for another month but that would require him to sell his personal car and he commented that whats the point going on for another month when this other taxi company is coming in id only have to close down then and id also be out of a car it would just delay the inevitable stouffville council recently heard an application for another taxi to locate here as of yet final approval for the licence has not been given x business was never good for stouffville taxi as mr oconnell stated that he only made a few dollars a day theres certainly not enough business for two taxis and hardly enough for one there wasnt any point in carrying on he said the business was also hampered by the fact it did not take parcel deliveries john who now plans to find another job to pay off the money he borrowed to start the business expressed some bit terness towards council i dont think council realized the situation that stouffville can really only support one taxi company i also thinkthey should have talked to us before to hear what we thought of the situation the taxi will officially close this friday or saturday when the monthly insurance bill runs out an amazing variety oft wedding gowns was modelled at the suromitview pta sponsored bridal fashions through the years show held at sdss recently shown here from left to right are jane mosely wearing a 1929 dress belonging to mrs william simpson mary baker glamerous in black lace designed for addie pipher in 1921 anne murray hetherington modelling a 1900s gown belonging to bertha maude amoros christine simons wearing lisa jane harveys 1887 dress and shirley ramsey in a 1892 dress belonging to mrs barkey annegret lamure vs- 1 john does not see any future for himself in the taxi business saying that it is not a profitable business its hard to make any money and as for me 111 never get back to the taxi business anywhere not ever again stouffville the former village of stouffville has the somewhat dubious distinc tion of being one of the top three halloween trouble spots in york region according to york regional police the town shares this honour with aurora and king along main st hordes of rowdy youths congregated throwing eggs pumpkins and some rocks york regional police cars including at least one paddywagon became prime targets for the various missiles most of the downtown stores windows were soaped or spat tered with rotten eggs although serious damage was very rare in town the side door of the new library was sprayed with a paint bomb and will now require repainting there were several fires set in the area a barn on the former hand bros farm at the 9th line and 19th ave burned as was an abandoned house on 14th ave west of box grove markham fire department were called out several times between 1230 and 3 am to extinguish tire fires on the 9th line stouffville firefighters were called out twice to put out a grass fire around 1030 pm in bloomington and to douse a councils fence bylaw hopes to prevent boundary disputes stouffville residents of whitchurch- stouffville may now put up any type of fence they like provided that the owner ot the adjoining property agrees council had been discussing a fence bylaw to supplement the line fences act which sets out some guidelines for fences it was felt by many of the coun cillors that more guidance was needed in this area to prevent disputes between neighbours over boundary fences the bylaw states that any fence up to four feet high con structed in picket ranch style or chain link may be put up by a property owner without the consent of his neighbour in residential areas industrial chain link security fences up to eight feet tall and topped by an 18 inch barbed wire security apron may be erected in an industrial or commercial zone if the owners of adjoining properties agree a fence of any other description with the exception of barbed wire or other barbed material may be erected violations of the bylaw carries a maximum penalty of 1000 for each offence several of the councillors had serious reservations about the bylaw and opposed its passing june button who termed the proposed legislation dif ficult and ambiguous said that the bylaw would create more disputes that it would prevent she was especially concerned about the putting up of tall privacy fences eldred king shared her concern although he stated that the bylaw did provide some direction he proposed that a building permit be mandatory before a fence can be erected otherwise people will put up an eight foot fence and then the neighbours complain flaming bucket of garbage in the town park around 315 am halloween night arrests across the region filled a whopping six pages of police reports with several arrests in the stouffville area there were a reported 35 people arrested during the night a charge of common assault was laid in town for throwing eggs arrests were made for causing a disturbance being drunk in public having liquor in a car dangerous driving im paired driving and causing a disturbance by being drunk elsewhere in the region a man was charged with mischief to property under 50 after he threw a bag of paint at another person legion holds remembrance this sunday the stouffville legion is holding their remembrance day service this sunday november 6 the service will take place in the legion hall with numerous ministers at tending for times see story page 7 as well as treats the tots at stouffville i looks suspiciously like proprietor norahmceiroy nursery sciiool got to enjoy a few tricks at their bat with all that pie in the face its hard to tell halloween party on monday one of the clowns v annegret lamure expaws ionp lanne d uxbridge to expand or not to expand that was the question at last weeks special public meeting in uxbridge the meeting held at the music hall dealt with the maximum xo f uxbridges present sewage system which can accommodate almost double the present population of the town uxbridge mayor gord davie said the sewer system can handle about 7000 residentsand several small industries and institutions with a population now of between 3200 and 3000 uxbridge could roughly double in size with the existing sewer services the mayor said dr michael durham region planner who presented the maps showing where the expansion would affect the town commented that there would be many problems with the plan including financial ones that council must decide on he said he tried to develop the plan so the sewage services and expansion go equally out in all areas but there were some problems due to the land he noted that in the south east section of town serious drainage problems exist the meeting was open to public comments and many took the opportunity to voice their opinions a few questioned the reason for changing the official plan to amendment form to accommodate the expansionlee langua commented that it took three years to draft the official plan only to turn around and suggest such a major change the original official plan showed a residential area larger than the existing sewer system can handle f 4 4 x i dr michael responded by saying there was an error in the see uibridge page 17