125 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 9, 1884

• A meeting at Allen's Hall in Horning's Mills has been held to consider how to check the increasing taxation being imposed on ratepayers in Melancthon's Old Survey. With some of the most heavily taxed present, the meeting was told of auditors' reports from several townships. The report of a six-man committee showed that if the Old Survey was set apart as a separate municipality, the taxation would not be so high as at present.

• The annual meeting of the Toronto, Grey & Bruce Railway Company was held in the C.P.R. building, King Street West, Toronto. The secretary read the report of the past year, in which it was stated that the lease to the Ontario & Quebec Railway Company had gone into operation on the first of August last and that the company's account from that date had been merged with the O&Q. The annual rental is $140,000, which is provided to be paid to the TG&B half-yearly and will be applied direct to paying 4% on the $3.5 million bond issue.

• The annual fall exhibition of Melancthon Agricultural Society was held in Shelburne Tuesday and Wednesday of last week under very unfavourable conditions. A downpour Wednesday morning, accompanied by a cold, cutting wind, rendered outdoor locomotion extremely difficult and unpleasant.

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 7, 1909

• Dufferin Central Fair, held Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, was one of the best and most successful fairs ever held in Shelburne, with more than 4,000 in attendance.

• As of October 1st, the Bell Telephone Co. is providing a night service in its Dundalk office. It will in fact be a continuous service day and night, Sundays included. An operator will be on duty at all times. Mr. Nixon, the local manager, told the Dundalk Herald that there are now between 90 and 100 phones connected with Dundalk Central and the prospects are good for a further increase in number.

• Joseph Paul, a C.P.R. brakeman, who lived at West Toronto, was instantly killed at McKinley Cut, three miles north of Orangeville, on Monday afternoon. The northbound freight, a heavy train with two engines, left Orangeville about 4 p.m. with a third engine helping behind to negotiate the heavy grade between the town and Orangeville Junction. Near the scene of the accident the engine wheels slipped and the train became stalled. Mr. Paul went to turn off the stop cocks on the brakes, the train having been divided, and the slack of the forward section drove back the cars, crushing him.

75 YEARS AGO Wednesday, October 11, 1934

• The annual Grandmothers' Day of Shelburne Women's Institute, was held at the home of Mrs. G. McGuire last Friday afternoon with the president, Mrs. Patterson, presiding. There were 57 in attendance, 12 being visitors. Two members were added to the roll, making the membership to date 80 in number.

• The boxing and wrestling show held in Shelburne Curling Rink Saturday evening, was a success in spite of bad weather. There was a good attendance and the display of fisticuffs was one of the best in years. The first wrestling bout was between champion John Murray, of Toronto, and Ben Engblom, the Ontario Light Weight champion with Murray emerging as winner. The main wrestling bout was between Canadian champion Ted McKinley and Ontario Bantam Champion Luggie McDonough, with the decision being given in favour of McDonough. The main boxing bout of five rounds between Cecil Sharpe of Toronto and Ken Robertson of Camp Borden, ended with both finishing strongly but Sharpe getting the decision.

50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, October 7, 1959

• The 15th annual meeting of Shelburne Co-operative Association was held in the Cedar Room of Shelburne Arena on Tuesday of last week. Auditor John Aldersley said that as a result of sound management the Co-op's financial position is secure and every department is showing increased profits.

• Ten persons were injured last Thursday, one critically, when a C.P.R. Dayliner was knocked off the rails in a collision with a transport truck at the level crossing on the eastern edge of Alton. The Dayliner, bound for Owen Sound, had just passed through Alton and was reported travelling about 30 miles an hour when the westbound truck collided with it. The Dayliner careened down the track and toppled down a 10-foot embankment, coming to rest on its side.

25 YEARS AGO Wednesday, October 10, 1984

• Rex Albert Yates, 31, of Orangeville, appeared in Dufferin County Court last week on charges stemming from a July 1983 robbery at Orangeville's Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in which two men are said to have made off with $171,00 in cash and cheques.