125 YEARS AGO Thursday, July16, 1885

• The Toronto WORLD reports that the Toronto regiments and the Midland battalion are expected to catch the steamer that leaves Port Arthur on Friday and will reach Owen Sound early Sunday morning. They will then take special trains for Toronto and reach the city by 2 p.m. if there are no stops. CPR authorities say they can make no stops between Owen Sound and Toronto, so all prospects of the men being served lunch at either Shelburne or Orangeville are dim. Shelburne Clerk F. G. Dunbar has received a letter from Bernard Saunders, chairman of the Toronto luncheon committee, thanking the people of Shelburne for their kind offer to entertain the troops, but saying the decision of the railway officials precludes the possibility of accepting the proffered hospitality.

• Local Orangemen, together with the lodge from Mount Zion, marched to Shelburne station on Monday to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne at Dundalk. The train from the south, due at 10:45 a.m., did not arrive until 12 noon and consequently they were late in arriving at their destination. About 1 p.m., a heavy rain set in, continuing until late in the afternoon, rendering outdoor enjoyment almost impossible. After dinner, proceedings were enlivened by the Dundalk band and various fife and drum bands. The ladies of St. James Church (Episcopal) furnished dinner in Victoria Hall.

• Says the Shelburne ECONOMIST: For some time past there has been a very great scarcity of small bills and silver in Shelburne, nearly every purchaser tendering $5 or $10 bills in payment for goods, and the inconvenience caused is considerable. We venture to say that throughout the whole of Saturday afternoon last there were one or more persons on the street looking for change.

• Honeywood: The rain storm of Monday put a damper on festivities in connection with Cranmer Church, Honeywood, and prevented many persons from attending.

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 14, 1910

• There was a big and orderly crowd in town Tuesday for Shelburne’s celebration of the “Glorious Twelfth.” The weather was threatening all forenoon but not sufficiently so to dampen the ardour of the people and keep them at home. The lodges began to arrive between 9 and 10 a. m. and by noon 13 were on hand. The parade, which moved off at 1:30, started at the town hall, going west on Main Street to Owen Sound Street, up to William Mandley’s, back down to Third Avenue, west on Third to Gordon Street, south to Main Street and then east to Berwick Park, where the speech-making took place. The day included a well-attended lacrosse game on the fairgrounds, which Brampton won over Shelburne by a score of 12 to 5.

• The annual meeting of Dufferin Temperance and Moral Reform Association was held in Shelburne Town Hall last Friday with the president, Robert Reid, of Camilla, in the chair. Among four resolutions passed unanimously was one congratulating the people of Orangeville, Shelburne and Mono on their recent successful Local Option contests, adding: “and say to the people of Grand Valley ‘go thou and do likewise.’ ”

• Grand Valley will vote on local option at municipal elections in January next.

75 YEARS AGO Wednesday, July 18, 1935

• The newly formed Grey and Dufferin Tennis League made its debut on Shelburne courts last Thursday afternoon and was a success from all standpoints. The new league is comprised of Orangeville, Shelburne, Dundalk, Flesherton and Markdale tennis clubs, playing homeand home meets with a point scored for each win. At the end of the schedule the club having scored the most points will be declared the league champion and presented with a trophy.

• Five more people are in Lord Dufferin Hospital, making a total of seven admitted suffering from injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents in the Orangeville area between July 12 and 16.

50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, July 13, 1960

• Hon. John Root, MPP for Wellington-Dufferin, says a contract for hot mix paving on the Mount Forest-Shelburne development road, from seven miles west of Shelburne westerly for 6.13 miles, has been awarded to Greenwood Construction Co. of Grand Valley.

25 YEARS AGO Wednesday, July 17, 1985

• After more than two months on strike, Orangeville Hydro workers went back to work Monday.

• Orangeville Council has decided to sell the controversial Orange Lawrence Mill.

• Country and Western music will not be echoing through the hills from Mulmur’s Rock Hill Park, August 3 and 4, due to a court injunction prohibiting overnight musical festivals in the township.