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ir 79 acton ontario thursday february uth 1035 eight homeprint pages five cent auditorevreport for eramosa council received at the mofeting orv mon bate of interest council lor tho township of brarnosa met in the town hall rockwood on monday february lfth 180 wtth the members all present and the reeve to toe cfcalr luo trustees of the police village of ftockwood were present to discuss with pound tho program of relief work and the rate of wages to be paid with vmv subrnlttlng to the department of pobuo welfare uniform program at an early date toie auditors report lor ibm was vofcmittecl by messrs arch mcnabto and jhfox follows we the undersigned auditors certify that we have examined the books ac count tax register and 193 tax roll of the treasurer of the township of krn mosa for the yea ending deoener slat 1934 and find same correct show ins receipts totalling ab723i7d expenmtureu totalling 5fl90723 balanoe on hand dec 31st 234 59 we hereby certify the bank balances to be royal bank rockwood general account 2046 27 royal bank rockwood tax aocount 55tbt royal bmilcquelpb tax ac count 129 83 total 240997 made up as follows balance to credit of township ft 334 50 balance to credit of rockwood 1553 outstanding cheques 2243 90 2407 08 ljbd mill 2711 3469 17 outstanding cheques amounting to 3229 9j have been checked and vcrl aed at thld date january 24th 1035 we nave examined all voucheru bill and accounts paid by the treasurer boui as to their actuality and legality and find payments to bo properly made we have examined the bond of thu treasurer and consider somo satisfac tory wo are pleased to report that the township has no debenture debt except the school and hydro debenture whljh are liabilities of school section mo school section no 10 and the police village of rockwood respectively we certify the treasurerfc tax collec tion as follows 1934 taxes collected 23880 35 1934 taxed outstanding 14468 03 various interesting items of news bj eufciufa on tuesday afternoon the two junior mission organisations of the united church were entertained by their lead ers mlas nelson and mrs wm ramsden games and contests were provided for the children and topped with delightful lunch jt made mosv enjoyable meeting for the children oaa and ajoohol mixture send auto oo an automobile driven by earl brun sklu xngexsou crashed through wire guard rail on the guelph hespeler road travelled 64 feet through the air struck rolnforced concrete abutment and stopped at the bottom of an 1foot ditch bnmsklll and erolc florin beachville passenger scrambled out of the wrecked car unhurt yesterday brunklll pleaded guilty in court to charge of driving motor car whiieln toxieated and was sentenced to seven days in jail missionary evening at young peoples society the weekly meeting of the united church young peoples society was held on tuesday evening missionary pro gram was given and the convener was miss elva johnston theacripture tyler garage help up saturday bandits got away with only five dallons of gas but are still at large saturday nlgffc shortly after eleven oclock car with three occupants drc up to tylcfa oarage on queen street acton and held up the proprietor ted tyler when filling the car wlti kao lin one of the men got out of the car and started toward the refreshment booth he was told by ted that there were four or five men in there who could serve him but he comeback toward the car in the meantime leonard browniow bad driven upto secure gasoline one of the men stepped into his car and stuck pistol into his ribs in ths meantime the first man ordered tyler to come across with his money re turned out his pockets to enow that he hadnt any money and when the would be robber backed into the service purup he become alarmed and the driver aald lets get out of hare and the car headed for toronto mr tyler immediately phoned chief mcpheraon of acton and chief mar shall of georgetown mo had secured the license number of the car it wan ascertained that the car had been stolen in toronto that afternoon at 430 and belonged to kobtnson chief marshall qqjninandcjinga oa flrlwi hy ciipim cteoxsxtoxxl group playoffs groop playoff finals for group no htc been arranged acton will play in elora tomorrow friday night and the jrcturn game will frc played in actoa arena on monday rtgtit goals count on the round winners are group champion uncollectable taxes to be struck off by ewiucsinjr council eliej and other accounts passed at monl acton won by 93 over clarkes exhibition game while onesid ed in score was fine brand of hockey tschtbltion hockey games dont as rule draw big crowds in acton or provo to be great thrillers but the game dish ed up on saturday night by doc nelsons niggers proved the exception to tho rule there was good crowd and while acton took the big end of 93 score the game never lacked in thrills and tiptop brand of wideopen hoc key tho contest wa between cuukes team toronto leaders in the toronto industrial league and acton ac top took the play in che opening of the firwt period and seemed able to do everything but score norm morton tniused on silverplatter dishup from brother bus the first score came from jack keiitiicr when ho too terrys pass and lea goaf the efequesing township council held their regular monthly meeting on mon day afternoon icputy reeve mulun counculora murray robinson and wilson were pre sent reovo oeorgo currlo proslded at the meeting the minutes of last meet ing were read and confirmed communications were read from the department of highways jenkins 5c hardy mv noble and mr gen mophail tho treasurer was by motions auth orlzod to pay the following account oeorgo elliott on account 773 town of milton elqucslngfe eharo of division court fees for 1934 boaid of hydro commbuioncrs georgetown olcn hydro to december 31st 1934 tho municipal world supplies smith cord hardwood for council chamber bell telephone company bennett reegistratlon of blrtlxi marriages and deaths for 1d34 iteiief accounts 12 00 5200 800 00 1000 theoddahot thrcc machinegun shots pegged at him from scramble but saved on them all the acton team piled up in chirkjti goal but hod no ecore jock kentner missed the net when he took another paxarom terry and bus morton missed on mortona pans jack kentner got the eocond tally when he took nice puis from gibbons it was nice play by uuj defence pair mlnutb walteis came on the score alieet for no tcoro wlicn he took pass fiom marco on ai ollmr nice oombinalloji jayl the peioir ended at 30 for the locala witli no lienaltici norm morton backhanded tiie llrut one that ttlmobt regibtered in the second period ujid uic first lino went on nice riuh but wltliout any luck jock kcnt ncr hud his scoring punch on saturday night and made the count at fou 1ut urter lie left the penalty box pieury for clarkes got tho visitor first count tr on long ehot from uju blue uno it uas one of tliowj fooleni and orccr miajudged it walters went rhjlit hi on gardtn but luul no luck then bus maitou uiot hot one for tho gouj and unfortunately ulo puck hit fleury on uio head he was knocked cod and tho puck rebounded forty fet from the hiot it was rcgrcttable accident and the toronto boy was out forthe rest or the fcume tliere wud another bcromble in front of the cuuke goal but no bcoru ourdcn made uioc save when acton hud four men right through tho defenre norm morton made the count ut 51 when he tooktterrysi pom and was right in position in front of the goal for shot clapper and kcntncr were the bud boys during this period in the first minute of play in the third period norm morton boored on his own rebound after lie luul token poiis from bro tiicr but cecil hayde brought thb visitors up motlier rung when ho scored on rebound and grrhad no cliance to save botii teanib were playing wideopen game with not minute ol defeniye liockey walura mjied on glbboiu iaii but got hu counter fcw uicoiubi later it looked ilko un impoi siblo aliot from tliu covuor of the rljjk but miunte hit uie tfoulie arm and tle xhcfvcrtt hito tlw cokier ofthj net norm morton was right in wth only aardbii to beat but the goallu won the tois terry made uic count at eight when ho took bus mortons pa ryjrman nuji then bus mo ton mlsfad on iia ntaerjt srvhm but gqt oork innarrocetc56uitpiiud kobortson groceries supplied barnhlu groceries supplied reta maw groceries supplied in doocmber and january mrs icam groceries supplied urownrldbc mjllc supplied wagstalfe milk supplied mcnabb filioes supplied chailai ilobcrui milk auppllod if smith wood buppliod it adams half ton coke currle vj tona coko selection of news items brampton man sboota himself through head cliarlcs rvadeduggan 41 ahot him self in tho temple with revolver at noon on sunday dr jl hetherlng tmvwaa called and pronounced him dead duggaxi was formerly promin ent athlete anff had played on the brampton intermediate hockeyteam oakvllle co carry out debenture obligations ookviue intends to carry out its ds benture obligation to tho full beere jlhewso of the piance committee declared at the session of tho town council wish to make it ctcar to those who have bought our securities and to those who contcmputo buying ihem in future that we intend to carry out our contracts as in the pot iteovo howson utatcd further we wlil take any stppa towards economy rather than default on our obligations council raised tho salaries of the clerk and foreman 300 each yearly llberalrrogrcablve aasoctatkm officers the annual meeting of the acton liberal progressive association was held hi tho council chamber on tuesday crrnbig with good attendance among was mr james mcintosh who is one of the oldest libera is in arrangements for musical festival discussed by school board to be held in rjurunkton this re at the meeting ot tho bchool board on tuesday everdpg trustceajpx pearcn qraham buchanan praoer and mooieary were precept andcnjdrmaaj mmodonald prtwtnod letter was read from mlsa hunt fj thanking the board xor their expression of sympathy in their reoent bereave ment report ol uae euppuca conmlttej presented by mcoleary wao re cetved jegarding the purchaae of book etc for the continuation school tho first report of the finance com mlttee rtconunended payment of the fol lowing accounts acton public utilities commi slon bervicefl 2893 harold wilson co ltd aup pllfts 3s38 department of education mrppliea 103 darling supplies 1050 canadian national railways freight 3500 jones teaming 1750 james symon repahrs 1895 ii bishop sons supplies aj0o tho oeo hendry co ltd supplies 50 the acton pazr paras printing and advertising 400 lotion was read by mr wfli johnston an interesting readmg was given by mrs stewart the remainder of the program was the showing of some eighty slides about trinidad and tlu mission work on this island mm matthew explained the slides and told of the missionary achievements on this beautiful island the meeting was closed with hymn and benediction halton presbytery met at buhinctou aitod at bend in the highway within town limits chief marshall raised his hand to stop car he thought might have been that driven by the three bandits when the car nearly ran him down ho drew his gun and an the car slewenvabout bend in tho street almost overturning ho fired at the ga4 tank the shot apparently had no effect and marshall took up the chase with cripps near the first line wet of brampton the bandits drove their car into ditch total bom 137355 37 1033 and 1933 tax register ool lected 3911 b6 outstanding fl3830 total on register j9194 96 penalties collected 103 83 po asch mcnabb january 34th 1935 audlmr the treasurer was instructed to pre ent the 1934 tax roll at meeting of council on april 8th and to notify all parties hi arrears that taxes will be registoied against the properties aftr that date and the statutory 10 addad on may 1st arrangements were mode for an audit of towushlp accounts at the end of each four mouthii during 1935 tho treasurer was instructed to ui ojulnrmtothepossiblutyof sccurlnga kwor rate of interest on loans to meet current expenditure the rata of as paid in 1034 being considered tio high tiie niatur of uwardlng contracts for prlhintf voters yd annual tiut toentn warf laid over for further coa meration klght copl of the municipal world are to be ordered for the uat of the rnembers of council and oiflcluls yriimtnf ilsnn wm hinh in th rockwood womens institute for relief purposes accounts poued amounted to 39 00 and council ad jou nod to march 11th at 30 the prctbytry of halton i2 iho united church held its february meet ing hi trinity united church burling ton on tuesday february 13th mormnj and afternoon rev tuokes of aldcrshot presided etatlstlcal and committee reports presented were viry satisfactory tho presbytery unonim omily approved of tho ordinauon of women to the ministry somo time was spent in discussion of proper prcpora tlonrf of students in the colleges for the practical work of tho ministry good deal of routine business received atten tion rev irwin of miiton re ulgned as convener of the missionary and maintenance committee and rev mooowan of bronte was appointed in his place at the noon hour delightful dinner was served by mrs buuife circle of tiie womens associa tion burlington gazette womens vntiuiute meeting the regular business meeting of the womens institute was held at the home of mrs recsor lout thursday at 330 pm with the president mrs gamble in the chair the meeting opened by singing tiie institute ode and prayer five minute talk on the motto was giwa by mrs lants now is the time to bo happy now is the time to live roll call was answered by birthday date thir teen pairs of childrens mitts were knit and sent to the ooxdon home in milton paper was given by miss elliott if you ihivd candle let others goo light and was enjoyed by all mrj reuor had beautiful display of quilji for tiie ladled to bee on which there was some wonderful work and quilting after bushier was dispensed with tlio meeting closedby singing the maple lfettf after whlcli dainty lunch and ioclal time was bient canatbiu moioc cr krodueuon up automobile production in canada dur ltf uuluuda ymir 1034 recoriuft un otter ijiort ment abandoning the car they ran into field marshall went on to brampton to secure posse and ivoific officer ray hodgson brampton who was on tho lookout for the three men gave phase through the fields the three men apparently separated two turning north and tho other k0i113 south olficer hodgson in hot pursuit of the two captured their overcoat which they threw on to gain upecd chief and hcrkcs and group of brampton civilians took up the pursuit working in relays their tracks wera lost on the first line east they appar ently having turned toward toronto thu pottle petrolled the district until dawn without result roblnsonij car little worse for wear was token by police to georgetown and inspected for further clues as to the identity of thu men the third man in the car remained ail ifenigma although it was rumored that he was negro tyler questioned on this point wau un able to shed any light on the subject lirly in the morning traffic officers jack illnchcilne port credit and joe palmer islington were added to the chase provincial constable owens brampton directed one of the search portico on uie first line east with officer hbdgbon in clutrge of the other chief mcpherson of acton and pro vincial constable cookmun of milton have been put in charge of the case it is said evidence him been secured near toronto that will probably leod the trail to th city and will probably identify tho thieves atthb arena church league kuiral league atid school cirbj abd shop cirbi cwnapctd lit hockey while the schjidule uuty seem iii lon 1h1 gtiirlc thn pik wec the kvknlntl mjgal u1ukhtkk ihe rev mose johnson was holding services and ut uio conclusion lent his hat to member as was the custom to puss for con trbu lions the brother oanvusued tliu congregution thorouahly but uie liut oouio back to him empty brotiier johnson looked at it turned it upside down and shook it vlgoroulv he sighetl audibly breddeu an slstem lie aald ah aholy is glad dat all done ijot man lui bmckv man one ultiht while you were away beard burtclur you should have seen me going downstairs three steps at time unkind wife where was ho on the roof increase ofvb per cent over 1033 and 03 per cent over 1033 the output hi 1931 totullcd lluboo motor can hi 1933 it was 05853 curs und hi 1033 00 780 an encouraging factor was tliu gain in the lmrmetortmnrnjatfcrforwincwialar which udvunccu from 43170 in 1033 to 73481 in 1934 iui lncro4 of 08 per cent curs made for export gained oh per cent to 44409 from 32074 pomen gor card acoounud for 93157 of thf yearu producuit while the bauucu was made up of commcrlcjl cas und trucks pit teen companies were engaged in the manufucturv of motor velucles in can uda durhiu uio year thirteen of widen are lozutediu ontario one in quebec und one in british columbia production reacted 1u hlghat peak durbig tltu mo tli of muy when 301dl vrhiuks were poduccd mew motor vehicle tulr ly ciuuuti during 1934 incnastd by 00 per cent in number and 03 per cent in vuluu over thu preceding year retail sakji of 73u13 vehlclu wltli value of 74471380 were reported and of this amount 58004337 or over 79 pr cent lepresented cash transactions noj uutomtbluj uules during the year were financed to uio extent of 161400943 tlu repeals very suble canadum nm market pinaiicipg of all auto mobile auku now and usd invovrd 130091463 and covered total of is 10 vehicle tliere has been no slock time at tli aruia and plenty of liockey action among tho local und rural hockey groups on pvlday in tho church league tiie uiti wttl fwul ui an gllcanej by 33 and st josephs church team from the united by d3 the fol lowing uie standing hi this league united pruajyterlon 13 su joipll anglican 31 onmonduy tho high ijchool girls lost totlie stony glove uliop girls by 4j thu united cliurcli team won by 51 from guelph york road baptist team on tufwlwy aeorgutown high school wan in overtime from acton high acliool by 43 in tiie rurul luuguu played on tues day night lome bciiool defeated blue up lugs 32 molfut wan from york lload by 76 and rockwood dofeaitd tklrn mills 51 if you wont to see liockey it can ap parently be seen any day at acuu artno und if you want any particular brand it can also quite apparently be secured at tiie local arena itfe not by any moans confined to 11 and 0io various leagues are having lot of tun and some real competition uie ninth goal when lorm gave him another paid and uio frontliio were right through with only tiie goulld to beat hayde and jack icentner boui wont round terry went on nice solo rush und the goal looked sure thut tho red light bluiktd but it waii counter gordui made nice save when he block ed jock kculnuigtbbojis riuii bus mbed uvc open net on pass from norm and acton juggled tiie puck all around the visitors tiut but fuilid to make the count any hlglier cecil hayde got tliu tliird tally for clarkus on corner uhut and uie game ended ut u3 for acton mcdonald ciurke und keutner drev thu penaltunt in this pdtuvj thu llnuup wus curkus toionu garden goal clap per and ploury dufchce clurk hayde boland wings mcdonald centre cecil hayde gurducr polloiid und guard alternates ac ton oieer goal gibbons and centner defence iltorlon centre terry and morton wmgs walters marao maraliull joe kentner usid kenuicr alternates itlitl di buchuipui actmi shots at bandom wltm 1ke tlmeu see thj three continued on page 7lve 937 1121 90 20 00 15 33 13 55 44 2375 75 1750 200 193 3u4 384 533 070 08 1800 703 373 58 54 robb lianilngwoodtr7 mrs nelson milk supplied hill milk supplied richard parsons milk supplied nadalln milk supplied win gllman milk upplled brill footwear supplied tirwtn goldlunn meat uupplled galloway moat supplied jolm graham milk supplied win iichcnk grocerled supplied moved by robinson seconded by murray that uio treasurer pay tho road sheets as presented by uio road superintendent 295 00 carried maved by mullln seconded by robmsouj uiat uiis council btrlku the rate mills for general business wrtii mill for deficit motion lost moved by murray seconded by wilson uiat uio uncollectable taxes bo written off uio rolls as reoom msndod by uie auditor amount 2434 05 carried moved by robinson seconded by mulun uiat tills council do now adjourn to meet monday morh hui at 30 or ut uio call of uie reove carried officers cboscll at meeting of the provisional baud on monday officbua who had bone work temporarily commended two meeungs of uie provisional board of dlrectoiu of acton wore hold in uio library room of tho now building uio past ueek at uio meeting onpriday evening tho chief item of business was uio engaging of caretaker for uiu buildings several applications weie received and mr watson wiu choen for tin position ilwre in no salary uttached to uio posluon but mr and mrs watson will have use commodious core take rrf qu or turd wlut heat light and water provided his duueu oonuneiioed on monday and uity will move hito uiu lww building early next woek airnire ev log thu board chose the peimunent ocfiocru to take office until thu is elected by thu membership tile followbig arj uio officers honorary pixsldenti mason and thetford preldentrg lis first vice prvude nt humloy second vlculvcsldent hallott recording secretary wrlaht treasurer lowrld members of lxecuuvo ipotiimiuoe barr and arnold these ofliv iuls will form an rxecuuve of seven mlinbers for uie provisional boarcl mr ballon tyrieassoc late secretary of thu nauoiial council of uie was present uid toniauve plans and suggestions were made regarding tha mahiteiiancu und operation of uie however no definite schedule of fees or program were decided upoh at uiis meeting and cannot be onnxilatrd unul uie next two weeks when the building la oompjlcd and later fur lilslied mceungs of the board will be held weekly porhapu oftener until the project gets under way acton ontt ovetthb rcurscunyln years but uull keenly interested hi uie affairs of uio liberal party off ice rs elected for uio year were ward chairmen if harrison and dills ward secre taries mcintosh and ram shaw treasurer aklns delegates to attend tho county convention when called in muton wero also appointed halton live stock ajnoclatlon to lloul office dr mclntosli or the ontario veterinary college guclph will be the chief speaker at uio meeting to be held thevfurmejs building milton on sat urday february lflui at 00 under uie auspices of uwr halton live stock improvement assoclauon dr mclntaji will uponk on mammitls and mineral deficiency iji live stock tho program will include progrcxu report on uio bat program under way in tho county and we understand program re warblii fly eradlcauon will also be disci tied this meetbig is open to nil und should bo of intercut to all halton furmero plan regarding county oemetery com missions to be changed announcement was made yesterday by ifon dr faulkner minister of health uiat uio hepburn government is disassociating itself from uie county cemetery commission program thcie are 32 county commissions in operation at tho present time and five judicial dis trict commissions government ap pointed representative is the chairman on each commission in northern on tario tho province pays for their main tenance but in old ontario uie mun iclpallucs assume uie entire financial burden of operation its not reapon iiiblc government to have government appointees on uiesc commissions and at uio same timo not pay cent toward uiem declared xt faulkner yesterday accordingly ho explained uio services of all uie chairmen are to be dispensed wiui immediately and in organized municipalities the government will have nouiliu more to do with administration of uie board the municipalities will havo to look after tholr cometorlos them selves said he oakvllle buttlnebri section threatened by tire fire uireatuncd the entire business su of oak tile on tuewluy night wlieit flames of unknown origin broke out in uie gullows dry goods store cornel of colborne smd qooigo streets uiat town at 73b and were only subdued after prompt aclon by oakvillo volunteer br under chief alf 15779 the report was adopted miss bennett principal and mtas musical directress were present to discuss with uie board re gard b3garrangemenuj for the musical festival to be held this year in burling ton on april 2th and 13th this year compeutions are open also for school pupils aoton pupils were prepared with entries in all uio classes open to them it was cstimatmumtubontl00ehldren would be going and uie transportation problem to burlington was more serious this year miss bennett suhmltted list of shp pllcs uiat were felt to be necessary for tho different grades in the public school tho hut included books mope and pencil sharpeners etc the board recommend ed uiat uie supply committee buy uie equipment necessary it was ogreejthat uie board would meet again on thursday evening febru ary 28 th to report regarding the ar rangements for transportation the board were to act as committee of the wholo in an effort to secure oars to transport the pupils to uie fesuvab the secretary was asked to commun icate with uio secretary of uie musical pesuval requesting program of the festival and times of various oompeu tiona hauptman pound guiltv sensational trial concluded and the prisoner sentenced to die to efeoirie chair for crime bruno richard hauptmann was con victed last night of americas moo colossal crime and he musty forfeit his life in uie electric chair for the murder of baby charles lindbergh jr hauptmann will be executed within tho week commencing march loth jury uiat had searched for verdict since 1115 filed into the oour room at 1044 last night and returned verdict of guilty as charged in the indictment that verdict solved for all timeyeo xar as the state of new jersey is concerned uie riddle of uie lindbergh crime for uiolndlctment charges uiat hauptmann ulone planned and executed the kid napping uiat occurred almost three years ago on uie slope of bourland mountain an lnthp upy accomplices htllmer while uie brigade had jh names under oontrol in 20 minutes from iiio time uie alarm was sounded it contended uvut another five minutes would have told different utory the building occupied by uio dry goods store is of ancient umber construction and it is considered doubtful whether uie local force could liave averted heavy toll had uie fire remained unnoticed longer umlu it was two auums were sounded duo to uie congested area four unas of hose ware used to avert the impending catastrophe and traffic on colborne street link in the toronto hamilton highway was detoured for more than on hour mr oauoway and his family who oodupy the apartment above the hi tore were absent at hockey match when uie fire started uie flames being nouoed by leslie hunt who was in ramsays cigar store across uie utreet due to uie absence of uio family firemen were focoed to bfcax in uie doors to gain an entrance damage including two plate glass windows and uie entire stock of goods which suffered heavily from smoke and water is placed at 3000 co event anpounceanmur of utlnga con cert or other evcuti under thla leading rj charged jo cents pw lla with minimum charg for any announcement of isc comedy skit will be presented in uie parish hall on friday march 1st by acton womens institute knox church ladles aid invite you to valentino tea on friday afternoon at mrs goulds at four oclock you are invited to valentino pan cake supper in the baptist ohorchr fri day february i6th at admission ape cliildren 15c euchre and dance auspices of no 407 at legion hall february 20th at 00 tn good prises mad draw admission 25c 13 real night of laughter sact 000 ed skidding town hiu march 5th night before lent auspices of j0bnh pjayejl