125 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 24, 1884

• Many of the railway lines have been blocked with snow the last few days. Although no complete blockade has taken place on the Toronto-Grey & Bruce, the trains have been running somewhat irregularly. The Northern RR, northwest of Collingwood has been completely blocked for some time, and the mails have been carried by stage to and from Thornbury and Meaford. A train on the Hamilton and Northwest got stuck near Nottawa and the line was at last accounts still blocked. A despatch says: "The road will probably all be opened this week." From reports published it would seem that the eastern portion of the province has suffered more from snow blockades that we in Dufferin have. Kingston, where snow fell to a depth of four feet on the level, is said to be on the verge of a fuel famine.

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 21, 1909

• A recount in the Orangeville election before Judge McCarthy has confirmed Dr. W. H. Riddell in his seat as Reeve, by a majority of two votes.

• A change is being made in the usual routine of Sunday services at St. Paul's church, Shelburne, Sunday next. A children's service will be held at 3 p.m. when the Sunday School boys' choir will take charge of the musical portion of the service. The 7 p.m. service will be held as usual. St. Thomas Church, Primrose, will have service at 11 a.m. that day. On January 25, St. Paul's Day, an anniversary service is to be held at St. Paul's at 7 p.m., when Ven. Archdeacon McKenzie of Brantford will be guest preacher and other clergy are expected.

• The citizens of Priceville are up in arms against the mail service they are getting since the CPR took the contract of carrying the mail. It is said that mail for Priceville from Durham is taken through to Toronto on the evening train and returned the next day.

• Rev. Kenneth Morrow, the newly appointed pastor of St. Peter's R.C. Church, Orangeville, assumed charge last week. Father Morrow has been connected with St. Michael's Cathedral, Toronto, prior to his coming to Orangeville. He is a young man and a native of Tottenham.

• Continuation School Inspector R. H. Cowley and High School Inspector William Houston spent Monday and Tuesday inspecting Shelburne School. They are of the opinion that in view of the attendance, the school board would be justified in engaging a third teacher. The inspectors later met with the board and said they were highly pleased with the work being done and the school's efficiency. They said another teacher was necessary in order to give the time required to the different subjects on the program. The extra grants that a third teacher would bring would materially assist in providing the salary. They also recommended creation of a school garden.

75 YEARS AGO Wednesday, January 25, 1934

• At the opening of the January session of Dufferin County Council at the Court House, Orangeville, on Tuesday afternoon, W. E. Tuttle, reeve of East Luther Township, was elected warden for 1934. Three names were on the ballot, the others being reeves Reginald Hoare of Orangeville and T. F. Brown of Shelburne. Reeve Brown withdrew his name after the second ballot, leaving Messrs. Tuttle and Hoare to battle it out. THe final result was Tuttle 8, Hoare 6.

• John Reburn, of Whitfield, will preside over the destinies of Shelburne fair this year as President of the Dufferin Central Agricultural Society, succeeding George Foster, of Honeywood.

• CPR passenger trains have been so well on time this winter that it was quite out of the ordinary when the 8:18 from Toronto last Wednesday night did not reach Shelburne until nearly 11:30. A break in the engine somewhere down the line was blamed for the delay.

• Where there once was light, darkness now reigns in Lion's Head. Lion's Head council is economizing, with the result that the village no longer has any street lights. The fact that less than a decade ago there were no street lights does not help and residents are firm in their conviction that having the light for a few years only makes it worse when there are none again. However, these are hard times and economy is the thing.

50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, January 21, 1959

• Fifty more donors are needed for a Red Cross Blood Clinic to be held in Orangeville Thursday of next week at the Legion Hall, the quota required being 150 donors. Only two clinics will be held in this area each year.

25 YEARS AGO Wednesday, January 25, 1984

• Edelbrock Bros., of Orangeville, hope to begin construction on a major apartment project in the spring. The five-storey building will front on Lawrence Avenue.