100 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 25, 1907

+ Four boys whose ages range from eight to 12 years, the sons of A. Brooks and George Leech, of Inistioge, were before Police Magistrate McGregor, of Dundalk, last week, charged by Henry Armstrong with breaking into his house. The boys, under some pressure, acknowledged the offence before coming to court and the magistrate on the advice of the County Crown Attorney at Owen Sound, and considering the youthfulness of the boys, placed the damage at $10 payable to Mr. Armstrong and let them go with a suspended sentence.

+ From the ORANGEVILLE POST: At the Spring Assizes last year, an Orangeville lad named Wilbert Burch secured a verdict for $1,000 and costs against the CPR for an accident at the John Street crossing. Subsequently, the CPR made two unsuccessful appeals and were threatening to go to the Supreme Court of Canada when a settlement was effected. According to the settlement, the company pays $900 damages and all the costs of the action. The boy's father, George Burch, has been paid $300 of the verdict and the remaining $600 has been paid into court to the credit of young Burch, who will be allowed payments out for education and maintenance. A few months ago, the boy's father started an action against the CPR for medical and other attendance on his son, but this suit was wiped out by the recent settlement. Altogether, it would seem that the CPR has made well by its characteristic program of fight to a finish.

+ Considerable needed improvements have been made in the Royal Hotel, Shelburne, during the past week. Two lavatories have been put in, one upstairs and the other on the lower flat, also a bathroom upstairs. Anumber of other changes have been made which have made it more convenient for the public.

+ A party of sportsmen from Shelburne and Toronto have leased the Boyne River in Mulmur on the farms of Messrs. Vail, Dudgeon and Vance, lots 6 and 7, Con. 3, E.H.S., for a period of five years. This stream, which was fast becoming depleted of fish, will now be thoroughly protected and persons found trespassing there will be prosecuted by the Boyne Angling Club.

+ John Brown, a Shelburne youth, was brought before Police Magistrate George Rutherford on Monday on the charge of stealing a pair of boots from the store of E. Berwick & Co. on April 3rd. When asked to plead he said he was "not guilty." The case was clearly proven and the boy was sentenced to a term in the Industrial School at Mimico. Considerable petty thieving has been going on lately and if it is continued after John 's departure, someone else will get into trouble.

+ Thomas Longboat, the Indian runner of the West End Y.M.C.A., Toronto, won the 25-mile road race at Boston on Friday of last week, making the distance in two hours 24 minutes and 24.8 seconds, lowering the record nearly five minutes. Longboat is a full-blooded Indian of the Onondago tribe of the Six Nations and hails from the Caledonia Reserve in the Niagara Peninsula. He is 20 years of age, 5 feet 11 inches in height and weighs about 145 pounds. There were 102 starters in the race.

75 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 28, 1932

+ Dufferin County's governing body has been hard-hit by the Grim Reaper this year. First came the death of County Engineer Hugh W. Christie and then, both on the same day last week, the passing away of Warden Thompson, of Orangeville and Deputy Reeve Parks of Mono. The death of engineer Christie caused some delay in road plans. The special spring session of County Council was to have been held April 20, but had to be postponed on account of the illness of the Warden, who passed away the day the meeting was to be held. Appointment of a successor will be a first order of business when council next meets early in May.

+ Highway 10 is said to be in good shape for traffic from Shelburne to Owen Sound, except for a stretch of several miles from south of Dundalk to about half way to Flesherton. In some spots the navigation is said to be very difficult, and motorists would do well to be on their guard.

50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, April 24, 1957

+ Dufferin County roads committee will appeal to the Department of National Defence for financial assistance in improving the dangerous Black Bank hill on Mulmur's 25 sideroad east of Honeywood. The hill is a direct route to Camp Borden about eight miles to the east.

25 YEARS AGO Wednesday, April 28, 1982

+ The Town of Shelburne will save up to $70,000 on its new fire hall by using a project manager at a cost of $17,500, instead of tendering for a general contractor.

+ Dufferin County Board of Education is expected to approve a budget of about $20 million, compared to 1981 revenues of about $17.4 million and expenditures of $16.9 million.