Stevenston - On This Day In History

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GLASGOW HERALD
13 NOVEMBER 1905

FOOTBALL – Ayrshire Coronation Cup

Result: - Ardeer Thistle, 3; Kyle Swifts, 0.

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GLASGOW HERALD
13 NOVEMBER 1911

ARDEER GOLF CLUB

Heys Medal: –

William Reid, (2) 82;
John Greenlee, (5) 83; and
H. Mackay, (9) 83.

Robertson Medal: –

George Guthrie, (14) 81;
Andrew Henderson, (11) 84; and
Hugh Snedden, (10) 86.

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GLASGOW HERALD
13 NOVEMBER 1913

PARISH COUNCIL NOMINATIONS – STEVENSTON (LANDWARD)

Nine vacancies: –

Alexander M. Adam, Moorpark Road;
James Patrick, Fullarton Place;
Matthew Orr, Fullarton Place;
James Morrison, Fullarton Place;
Peter Reid, Boglemart Street;
John Alexander, New Street;
Alexander MacGregor, Ardeer Foundry;
William Kirkwood, Seamore House;
George Sinclair, High Road;
David Lawson, Shore Road;
Robert Carey, Boglemart Street;
James Murphy, Moorpark Road; and
William Park, Boglemart Street.

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GLASGOW HERALD
14 NOVEMBER 1904

FOOTBALL – Ayrshire Junior Cup – 3rd Round

Result: - Ardeer, 3; Springside, 0.

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GLASGOW HERALD
14 NOVEMBER 1905

SCOTTISH JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION MEETING

A meeting of this association was held in their rooms, Glasgow, last night – Mr Donald Galbraith in the chair.

A protest by Levern Victoria against Ardeer Thistle was dismissed for want of evidence.

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GLASGOW HERALD
14 NOVEMBER 1905

DEATH - SINCLAIR

At Kerelaw Cottage, Breakplough, Stevenston, on 12th November, Jane Mackenzie, in her 85th year, relict of William Laurie Sinclair.

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GLASGOW HERALD
15 NOVEMBER 1873

STEVENSTON - POISONING

On Thursday evening, between 7 and 8 o'clock, a girl about 11 years of age, daughter of Alexander Campbell, furnace-keeper, Ardeer Square, who partook of the contents of a bottle which had unfortunately been left in her reach, took ill, and expired in about half an hour, medical aid being of no avail.

The bottle contained a mixture prepared by the girl's mother, from an ingredient discharged from the furnaces about the tuyeres, for washing purposes. It has very powerful cleansing properties, but is known to be deadly poison.

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GLASGOW HERALD
16 NOVEMBER 1910

NOMINATIONS FOR AYR COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION

Ardrossan (Police Burgh) – James B. Chrystie – no contest.

Saltcoats (Police Burgh) – Thomas Miller, Saltcoats – no contest.

Stevenston and Ardrossan South – George Sinclair – no contest.

Stevenston and Ardrossan North – Matthew Orr, Stevenston, and Peter Reid, Stevenston.

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GLASGOW HERALD
16 NOVEMBER 1914

ARDEER GOLF CLUB

Heys Medal: –

James Slaven, (6) 76;
W. W. Boyd, (12) 80;
James McDonald, (12) 81; and D. D. Rees, (12) 81.

Robertson Medal: –

J. B. (illegible), (18) 73; and
R. Benny, (16) 80.

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GLASGOW HERALD
16 NOVEMBER 1914

FOOTBALL – Reserve League

Result: - Stevenston United, 1; Heart of Midlothian, 1.

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 NOVEMBER 1913

FOOTBALL – Reserve League

Result: - Stevenston United, 2; Clyde, 0.

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GLASGOW HERALD
17 NOVEMBER 1955

DEATH – CLARK

At Boma, Caledonian Road, Stevenston, on 16th November,1955, Provost Joseph Clark, J.P., in his 66th year, beloved husband of Euphemia Dick.


GLASGOW HERALD
17 NOVEMBER 1955

THE DEATH OF PROVOST JOSEPH CLARK AT STEVENSTON

Mr Joseph Clark, Provost of Stevenston, died suddenly yesterday at his home in Caledonian Road, Stevenston.

An auctioneer and pawnbroker, Mr Clark served on Stevenston Parish Council and was their last chairman. He was the chairman of Saltcoats District Council from 1935 to 1951, when he was elected a member of the first Stevenston Town Council, becoming Provost this year. He was a former chairman of Irvine and District Water Board.

Mr Clark was a past master of Lodge Thistle and Rose and had been session clerk since 1944 of the High Kirk of Stevenston.

He is survived by his wife and a grown-up family.