100 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 2, 1907

+ The Licence Commissioners of Dufferin County met in Orangeville last week, Messrs. Samuel Graydon, of Grand Valley, and Dr. A. J.Hunter, of Orangeville, being the two commissioners present, Dr. R. W. Rooney, of Shelburne, having resigned. The following hotels were granted licences at that meeting: The Grand Central, American, Hotel Alexandra, Commercial and Dufferin House, all of Orangeville. J. E. Booth was granted a shop licence for the town. The licences granted in Grand Valley were the Commercial and Grand Central Hotels, while James Bolger, of the Mansion House in Shelburne also obtained a licence.

At a meeting held in Shelburne on Tuesday, J. D. Madill of Shelburne took his seat as the new commissioner to replace Dr. Rooney. The case of the hotel in Rosemont came up for discussion. Mrs. Henderson was present with her legal advisor, Barrister Fisher, of Alliston, who made a strong plea why Mrs. Henderson should be granted a licence. The licence was refused on account of the ratepayers of Mono having carried Local Option by a large majority. The Commissioners, in deference to the wishes of the people, could not see their way clear to grant a licence even when the by-law had been quashed.

Donald McLean applied for a licence for the Station Hotel, Orangeville, which was cut off a year ago. Mr. Madill was in favour of granting the licence as the house had been conducted better than some of the hotels in Orangeville that had already received their licences, but Messrs. Graydon and Hunter were of the same opinion as last year and the licence was not granted.

Inspector McDowell was present at the meeting. He furnished the Board with full and concise reports on all the applicants for licences. He later informed the Free Press that there had been a decided improvement in all the hotels since his visit a year ago.

+ Following are the results of the entrance examinations in 1906 conducted at the eight schools in Dufferin County. Written (passed): Orangeville: 73 (38); Shelburne 60 (32); Grand Valley 36 (28); Horning's Mills 16 (11); Laurel 19 (4); Marsville 24 (5); Randwick 10 (8); Rosemont 12 (8). Total: 240 (134). The Shelburne School Board offers eight scholarships of $8 each in free tuition for one year to the entrance candidates taking highest marks in each of the rural municipalities of Dufferin and the townships of Osprey and Proton in Grey.

+ A correspondent of the ORANGEVILLE SUN makes the suggestions that a cross-country race from Shelburne to Orangeville for the championship of Dufferin County be made one of the features of the coming July 1st celebration in Orangeville. The correspondent, "Sport," says: "You will, I think, see a great number of cross-country races in Canada this year, and there is no doubt at all in my mind that to have an event like this take place on the 1st would be a great drawing card. Some may say it would be perhaps a little too hot in July, Well, as to the heat, I think that part of the game could be overcome by starting the runners at 9:30 a.m. sharp. The crowds for the day would have nearly all arrived by the time the 'fleet foots' ended their great run from the 'capital' up north."

75 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 5, 1932

+ At a special meeting of Dufferin County Council, held at Orangeville on Monday, Mono Reeve Norman Lindsay was the unanimous choice of the County Fathers as Warden of the County to succeed the late J. E. Thompson, of Orangeville. A large number of applications were received for the position of County Engineer, as successor the late Hugh W. Christie. The appointment went to Mr. J. E. Beatty, OLS, of Orangeville, who is assistant to the late engineer. Unlike Mr. Christie, who was paid by the day, Mr. Beatty will receive a straight salary of $2,500 per annum.

50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 1, 1957

+ At a special meeting of Shelburne Council Monday night, Reeve John Rose tendered his resignation. He said that after three years in the position "I am forced to announce that my personal affairs have reached the stage where they are too widespread and conflicting for my continuance as reeve of our fair town." George Albrecht was appointed interim acting reeve.

25 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 5, 1982

+ Shelburne Council has pared down town tax increases to something they think taxpayers can live with. Figures agreed to at a special meeting on the budget Monday night represent a 13.6% increase over 1981 town expenditures.

+ The proposed development of a 2,000-acre provincial park in Mono Township, tentatively called Mono Cliffs, is still on hold according to a spokesman for the Ministry of Natural Resources. "It will not be operational within the next 10 years," said John Winters.