100 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 30, 1906

 Last winter, a young man named C.H. Hunt purchased the grocery and other stock of Mrs. Thompson, of Rosemont, and began business on a booming scale. The business probably paid its customers and himself, but wholesale men who sold to him, are groaning. Hunt suddenly folded his tent about six weeks ago, and now Sheriff Bowles is selling the stock, valued at over $2,000, for the benefit of sorrowing creditors. It is said that Hunt paid Mrs. Thompson with promissory notes and if this be true, this lady is among the weeping. For the last six weeks the store has been in possession of Bob Irwin, former blacksmith and pumpman of Orangeville, who will be paid $1.50 a day and his board.

 A Priceville despatch, dated August 20, says: "Priceville, picturesquely situated on the banks of the Saugeen River, was today the scene of an interesting event, being the turning of the first sod, of the proposed line of railway running easterly and connecting with the CPR branch to Owen Sound and westerly to Durham and thence to Walkerton. Men and teams with scrapers are already busily engaged at the work of construction, and the villagers are jubilant and look forward to increased prosperity owing to the advantage of having a railway station at the suburbs of the village."

 The DUFFERIN POST reports that Mr.M.H. Denton, of Camilla, has purchased a general stock and store at Horning's Mills, and he and his family will likely be moving there early in September. Mr. Denton has been in business 12 years in Mono, seven at Mono Centre and five at Camilla, and has always been one of the popular, buoyant and reliable figures of the township. After the removal of E. J. Cobean, township treasurer, to Toronto, Mr. Denton was appointed to the office, which he filled ably and honestly for several years. The removal of Mr. and Mrs. Denton from Camilla will be generally regretted, but it will be pleasing to them that they will carry with them the best wishes of a host of warm friends.

 Tom Passack, of Melancthon, for whom a warrant was issued for attempted indecent assault on a 17-year-old girl named Kate Ritchie, has eluded Constable Hughes, of Orangeville, and made his way to the west. The constable was informed that Passack had purchased a ticket for the Harvesters' Excursion on August 17 and when the train reached Orangeville Constable Hughes could not find his man.  George Manning, of Shelburne,

whose hotel at Santa Rosa, California, was destroyed by the earthquake in that city last April, has purchased the Walker House at Niagara Falls, N.Y,, and will conduct it in partnership with his brother-in-law, Grant Lawson, son of Mr. and Mrs.W.A. Lawson, late of the Queen's Hotel in Shelburne.

75 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 3, 1931

 The 1930 annual report of the Statistics Branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture, contains the following agricultural statistics for Dufferin County:

Acres of assessed land: residents 356,013; non-residents 283. Acres cleared: resident 284,413.

Fall wheat, 2,211 acres; 62,571 bushels, or 28.3 per acre; market value, $40,921.

Spring wheat, 2,177 acres; 50,071 bushels or 23 per acre, market value, $32,296.

Oats, 45,782 acres; 1,556,588 bushels or 34 per acre; market value, $432,731.

Barley, 18,538 acres; 626,584 bushels or 44.8 per acre; market value, $194,868.

 Mr. T. J. O'Flynn, proprietor of the Mansion House Hotel property, will have a steam heating system installed in the building, with hot and cold water in all rooms. Phillips & Bailey, of Shelburne, and T. I. Thompson, Owen Sound, have the contract.

50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, August 29, 1956

 In an effort to alleviate the parking on Shelburne business streets, the retail merchants section of the local Chamber of Commerce, has made a survey which disclosed that on average about 22 % of available spaces were occupied by cars and trucks owed by local merchants or their staff.

25 YEARS AGO Wednesday, September 2, 1981

 Police closed down Highway 10 between 5 and 10 Sideroad of Mono last Wednesday, for two hours, to recreate the scene of a fatal collision August 18. Corporal Bill Hanna, of the Shelburne OPP Detachment, said the reenactment was conducted "simply to videotape the area where it occurred." He is the investigating officer for the incident, which resulted in the death of threeyear old Paul Johnston, of Inglewood and a murder charge against Dorothy North of Collingwood, driver of the second car.

 The Women's Senior National Field Hockey Championships proved that such an event could be held in a small town, since Orangeville did a super job in hosting the competition, said Orangeville co-ordinator Brian Cox.