125 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 12, 1884

• Some big catches of the speckled beauties have been made during the last few days. The brooks are visited almost every day by sportsmen who return laden with them, sometimes to the extent of 25 or 30 pounds, as did Messrs. D. Fisher and Wesley Shields on Friday last. On the same day, Joseph Allen caught 257 by actual count. Some heavy weights have been taken from Horning's Mills Lake and Reid's Pond.

• The Shelburne Band of Hope was organized last Thursday evening with a membership of between 40 and 50. It meets every Thursday evening at 6:30 sharp in the hall over Laidlaw's store.

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 10, 1909

• The by-election to fill the vacancy created by the unseating of Orangeville Reeve Dr. W. P. Riddell, took place Monday and was the hottest contest in the history of the town. Dr. Riddell, who was unseated through irregularities in the municipal election last January, when he was declared elected by a majority of two, again had for his opponent, Mr. T. H. Hewson. This time the doctor was elected by the handsome majority of 94, having large margins in each ward. The total vote cast, 663, was three less than at the last election.

• Friday evening last, Dr. E. C. Campbell, Deputy District Grand Master of Georgian District No. 9, A. F. & A.M., paid his official visit to his own lodge, Lorne Lodge No. 377, Shelburne.

In addition to the large turnout of local members, several brethren from Orangeville were present, including Chas. McKeown, MPP.

• Herbert Denton, of Toronto, has been appointed third junior judge of York County. Mr. Denton is a native of Mono Township and was educated at Orangeville High School, Collingwood Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto, where he was an honour graduate in law. Mr. Denton is the author of a valuable legal work entitled "Municipal Negligence," and for six years was a member of the Toronto Library Board, being its chairman in 1904.

• Says the ORANGEVILLE SUN: Forty-three years ago yesterday, Orangeville's soldier boys left for the front to repel the Fenian Raid, leaving the then village in charge of Messrs. Joseph Pattulo, Sepha Downer and Robert McKeown, whose special duty it was to look after the women and respective orphans. It is pleasing to note that this interesting trio are still in our midst, although the two latter gentlemen are getting along in years. Squire Pattulo yet preserves his perennial youth and is able to again assume the arduous duties imposed on him of 1866, did the necessity arise.

• The windmill tower on Shelburne's Academy Hill, is no more, for a traction engine and a cable jerked it from its lofty height and landed it on the ground in ruins Tuesday morning.

75 YEARS AGO Wednesday, June 15, 1934

• The Ontario elections will take place Tuesday of next week. Official nomination meetings were held last Tuesday. Edward G. Boyd, Conservative and Dr. George McQuibban, Liberal House Leader in the last Legislature, were nominated at Arthur for the new riding of Wellington North, which includes part of Dufferin. Meanwhile, J. A. Edgar Jamieson, Conservative of Collingwood, and Dr. Wilfred Smith, Liberal, of Creemore, were nominated in Dufferin-Simcoe riding.

50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, June 10, 1959

• Reeve Eric Gray turned the first sod Monday as construction started for the new Shelburne and District community swimming pool.

• Public school teachers and ratepayers from all over Dufferin County gathered in the auditorium of Centre Dufferin District High School on Friday evening to do honour to Mr. W. Lawrence Lovell, of Orangeville, who is retiring after 30 years' service to education in Ontario, the last 17 of which were in the capacity of Inspector of Public Schools for Dufferin.

• Polling booths for the provincial election on Thursday will be open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Locally, the candidates in Dufferin-Simcoe riding are Conservative (Rev.) W. A. Downer and Liberal Robert Wales and in Wellington-Dufferin Conservative John Root and Liberal Bert Holtom.

25 YEARS AGO Wednesday, June 13, 1984

• Abylaw to execute an agreement with Union Carbide for the firm's major expansion was passed at a special meeting of Orangeville Council Monday night. The 39,500 sq. ft. addition will represent close to a 50 per cent expansion.

• Apublic meeting is planned for a proposed zoning change to permit a second separate school for Orangeville near Blind Line.

• Shelburne's Linda Ferris has volunteered to help Orangeville's Tourism Development Committee get off the ground with a successful marketing study. The work will earn her a credit in her two-year tourism management course at Georgian College.