GLASGOW HERALD 25 JANUARY 1893 ARDROSSAN - DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN SHIP OWNER Mr Hugh Boyd, Ship Owner, died suddenly at his residence, SILVERAE, on Monday evening. He was in Ardrossan on business during the day, but had to be conveyed home in a cab. He rallied sufficiently to take a light meal at five ...

GLASGOW HERALD 24 JANUARY 1900 SAD DEATH OF DR A C ALEXANDER OF BOYDSTON Yesterday the body of Dr A C Alexander was found on the shore near Loup Cottage between Ardrossan and West Kilbride. The deceased gentleman was a surgeon-major in the Coldstream Guards, but had been home on sick leave for a con...

GLASGOW HERALD 24JANUARY 1894 SALTCOATS E.U. CHURCH On Monday night the anniversary soiree was held in the church, when there was a large attendance - the pastor, Rev. D Greenhill presiding. After tea the Chairman gave a very encouraging statement as to the progress of the Church. Excellent addresse...

GLASGOW HERALD 23 JANUARY 1926 SALTCOATS NEWSAGENT FINED In Kilmarnock Sheriff Court yesterday ROBERT STEEL, Newsagent and Tobacconist, Saltcoats, was charged with having on 14 November employed two boys under the age of 17 years - one 15 years 10 months and the other 14 years 5 months - in hawking ...

Threetown worthies were recently discussed in another topic but I'm not aware that any made the Glasgow Herald on their passing. The following article is not attributed to anyone and appears simply as a Scottish news item. I can't find any family intimation of John's death anywhere else. GLASGOW HER...

GLASGOW HERALD 21 JANUARY 1896 ARDROSSAN - ACCIDENT AT THE HARBOUR On Saturday evening, as the steamer NORTON, bound for Cardiff, was leaving her moorings in the Eglinton Dock, a stopper gave way, and a stern rope to which it was attached swung round, striking a seaman named ROBERT FULLERTON and thr...

GLASGOW HERALD 20 JANUARY 1909 POSTMEN'S HALF-HOLIDAY At a meeting of Saltcoats Town Council last night a communication was read from the Postmaster stating that the local postmen had applied for a weekly half-holiday every Wednesday from September to June. In the event of the request being granted ...

GLASGOW HERALD 20 JANUARY 1900 STEVENSTON - ACCIDENT TO CRANEMAN Yesterday THOMAS CHALMERS, a craneman at the Ayrshire Foundry, and residing at Rock Cottage, Saltcoats, met with a serious accident. He was sorting a belt on a counter shaft, and was dragged round. The engine was stopped, and it was fo...

GLASGOW HERALD 19 JANUARY 1903 A SALTCOATS CENTENARIAN A Mrs Cree, a native of Saltcoats, has passed away at Newcastle-on-Tyne at the advanced age of 100 years and seven months. She was born in Kyleshill, Saltcoats, on the 8th of June 1802, a fact which is duly recorded in the old parish register of...

GLASGOW HERALD 19 JANUARY 1904 MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT ARDROSSAN A mysterious occurrence has taken place at Ardrossan Harbour. While attending to the moorings of a departing steamer in the middle of Eglinton Dock one of the dock boatmen was struck on the back of one of his hands by a bullet, which caus...

Meekan,

I haven't seen it recorded anywhere but the same thought crossed my mind, particularly when I saw he had previously been a magistrate.

I am sure he played centre half for Hearts before he became a teacher. Most football sites refer to JOHN AINSLIE JOHNSTONE (not Johnston), born Stevenston on 17/11/1902 who signed for Hearts from Ardeer Thistle and went on to play for Scotland. This is his Scottish Football Association profile - ht...