Stevenston - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
28 JUNE 1887

IRVINE DISTRICT ROAD TRUSTEES

A general meeting of the Irvine District Road Trustees was held in the Parochial Board Room yesterday – Mr Archibald Brownlie of Monkcastle in the chair. There was a large attendance of members.

It was recommended that the dispute with Mr Cunninghame of Auchenharvie regarding damages for Capon Craig Quarry should be settled amicably if possible.

It was reported that the Main Street, Stevenston, had now been widened by taking down old properties.

An application for an increase for an improvement on the road near the Free Church, Stevenston, was considered and £6 additional allowed.

The clerk was ordered to insist on the railway bridges at Braehead, Saltcoats, and Parkhouse, Ardrossan, being completed immediately.

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28th JUNE 1968

The secretary of Ardeer Thistle, Mr Alex Kelso, has intimated his resignation to the club. He has also resigned as chairman of the Thistle Club. Mr Kelso has been connected with the Thistle for 14 years, 12 of which he has served as secretary.

" My resignation is on personal grounds, but I will still go along and see Thistle at Ardchoille, " he told our reporter.

Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, 28th June 1968

Susan

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GLASGOW HERALD
29 JUNE 1888

STEVENSTON – MEETING OF LIBERALS

On Wednesday night a meeting of the Liberal Association was held in the Winton Hall – Mr C. Smith, president, in the chair.

A resolution was unanimously agreed to protesting against the prosecution and imprisonment of Mr Dillon, and sympathising with the Irish people.

It was also agreed to send copies of the resolution to Mr Gladstone, Mr Balfour (Chief-Secretary for Ireland), Mr Parnell, and Mr Elliot, the member for North Ayrshire.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Dillon

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CASUALTY OF WAR
30 JUNE 1918

JOHN ARMSTRONG

Killed in action, Private JOHN ARMSTRONG, 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusilier – Theatre of war, France and Flanders – husband of Jane Armstrong, 15 Thistle Cottages, Stevenston; and son of James and Kate Armstrong, Ardeer Square, Stevenston.

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GLASGOW HERALD
30 JUNE 1919

COURT OF SESSION – DIVORCE CASE – BEFORE LORD ORMIDALE

GILBERT KERR SAMSON, farm servant, Bowes Farm, Cumnock, against JEANIE JOHNSTON CARSON or SAMSON, 117 Ardeer Square, Stevenston, and against JOSE BERNAL, also residing there, as co-defender.

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GLASGOW HERALD
1 JULY 1892

WIFE ASSAULT

At Ayr Sheriff Court yesterday – before Sheriff Orr Paterson – HENRY CAMPBELL, collier, Stevenston, for assaulting his wife by striking her on the head with an iron hoop, was sent to prison for eight months.

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GLASGOW HERALD
1 JULY 1936

THE CLOSING OF SCHOOLS – STEVENSTON H. G. SCHOOL

Dux of school – Robert M. Gourlay.
Runners-up (equal) – Richard E. Evans and Henry Thomson.

[Robert Cook]

The Richard E Evans noted as the runner up Dux at the higher grade was my Uncle. In later life he became
a well known Aneithsitist at Glasgow Infirmary as well his daughter Ruth Evans MD practiced at the clinic in Ardrossan. Unfortunately my Uncle died young (48) from heart trouble as a result of malaria contracted in Kenya during the war where he was with the royal army medical corps.

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GLASGOW HERALD
4 JULY 1882

DEATH

LAWRENCE: At Stevenston, on the 2nd instant, aged 60, JOHN LAWRENCE, of 150 Caledonia Road, Glasgow.

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GLASGOW HERALD
5 JULY 1880

BOWLING – ARDEER TOURNAMENT

To accommodate the entrants for this tournament, which opens at Ardeer, Stevenston, this forenoon, the committee resolved to proceed with a portion of the draw for first ties on Saturday night.

The games will start in the order of the draw, and the green will accommodate six pairs at once.

The entries at present number over 150, and many returns from neighbouring clubs are yet due, so that this number is likely to be still augmented. It is proposed to accept entries up till Wednesday morning.

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GLASGOW HERALD
6 JULY 1885

STEVENSTON PAROCHIAL BOARD

The monthly meeting of this Board was held on Friday evening – Mr Patrick Warner presiding.

On behalf of the committee appointed to select a medical officer for the parish Mr Dickie reported that they had reduced the list of applicants to three. One of the applicants had declined to come, while another, Doctor Taylor, had not yet given a definite answer; but in the event of the Board failing to obtain Doctor Taylor it was recommended that Doctor Robert Donald, Uist, receive the appointment.

Mr McInnes’s motion as to the inspector proceeding to Saltcoats to pay the paupers residing there was carried after a long discussion.

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6th JULY 1973

KESTREL NEST

An industrial chimney hardly seems the most likely place to rear a family. But a pair of kestrels decided to do just that at the ICI Nylon Plant in Stevenston. They built their nest 150 feet up on a platform on the chimney ( the arrow marks the spot ) and hatched four healthy chicks which are now being taught to fly and hunt by their parents. Soon they will leave their " room with a view " for the larger world outside.

Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, 6th July 1973

Susan