Dipping Into the Past

2 young Englishmen convicted in thefts from hotel stable

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 19, 1907

• Farmers coming into Orangeville recently have suffered rather severely by the theft of valuable robes from their rigs while left in the hotel sheds. On Saturday night, Dec. Dec. 7, two young Englishmen - Hutchings and Lewis - were arrested for attempted assault and later released on cash bail. They were arrested again when Hutchings had a fine robe in his possession and Lewis a big fish, which they could not account for. Last Friday, Police Magistrate Pattulo imposed a nominal fine for the assault and Hutchings and Lewis were convicted of theft of the robe and fish. The sentences were 30 days for Hutchings and 14 for Lewis.

• The seventh number of "Yuletide," the Christmas publication of the Victoria Literary Society of Shelburne Continuation School, is now on sale. There are half-tone pictures of the founder of the Society, the Winter and Michaelmas term Executives, and the members of Dufferin County Council and the county officials. The reading matter includes special articles on different subjects, letters from the absent ones, a letter to the absent ones, school and society notes for the year, the school register, etc. The 40-page publication is quite a handsome one, and you need feel no doubt as to its acceptability as a Christmas card to an absent friend. The price is only 15 cents a copy. You can secure a copy at the ECONOMIST office or by placing your order with any of the teachers or senior pupils of the school.

• The annual entertainment in connection with St. James' Church, Primrose, held in the new hall, lot 30, Prince of Wales Road, Mono, Tuesday evening, was a great success, both from the standpoint of attendance and excellence of program presented. The big feature was the presentation of the drama in four acts, "Dot, the Miner's Daughter, or One Glass of Wine," by amateurs of the neighbourhood.

• The contest for mayor in Orangeville is currently between A. D. McKitrick, the present deputy reeve, and J. L. Island, who opposed Mayor C. W. McKeown last year, with chances in favour of the former. James Armstrong, the present reeve, will be a candidate for re-election and will probably be elected by acclamation.

• At its meeting Monday evening, Shelburne Council passed the following motion: "That pursuant to the petition by R. A. Riky and others for a sanitary and storm sewer on part of Main Street, part of Owen Sound St. and part of Victoria St., as described in petition, and the clerk having certified to the correctness of the same pursuant to the bylaw respecting local improvements, this council does decide to go on with the work and hereby refer the matter to such engineer as may be decided upon, for a report according to the bylaw."

75 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 22, 1932

• The Shelburne High School Year Book 1932 is the niftiest of souvenirs and available for only 35 cents a copy. It is an advertisement for the town, because it is a handsome little book in its purple and gold cover, and with black and white drawings, half-tone photographs and a page of cartoons, as well as many pages representing the literary efforts of the pupils, in addition to articles giving an epitome of school life of the year.

• The C.P.R. has announced a decision to cut off the buffet-parlor car on its line between Owen Sound and Toronto at about the end of December. One of the expensive frills due to railway competition, it was instituted about 12 years ago at the request of the Owen Sound Board of Trade. The district passenger agent says the car has been showing a serious loss.

50 YEARS AGO Wednesday, December 18, 1957

• David Nesbitt, 24, of Orangeville, is recovering from a severe shaking up and shock when the read end of his commercial bread truck was struck by the northbound passenger train at the Main Street crossing in Shelburne last Friday morning. Mr. Nesbitt was thrown into the snow and the immediate area was strewn with baked goods. An up-to-date alarm system for the crossing is plainly needed.

25 YEARS AGO Wednesday, December 22, 1982

• Dufferin County Board of Education has ordered the removal of pinball machines from Orangeville District Secondary School and Centre dufferin District High School, In presenting a motion calling for their removal, Shelburne trustee Larry Haskell said board bylaws prohibit gambling on board premises and pinball machines "are nothing more than a low form of gambling and should not be in the schools.

• Dufferin County Council will consider setting up a reserve fund for Dufferin Oaks. Orangeville Reeve Arnold Patterson said he is in favour of putting surplus funds in a reserve, so long as the fund was set up in such a way that it did not require putting monies into the fund annually.

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