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June 23, 1899
Mr Taylor (gardener to the Rev William
Mossie Brown) and Mrs Taylor, Manse Street, Saltcoats celebrated their
golden wedding on Monday.
The memorial stone of the new manse for the minister of Lochranza Chapel
of Ease was laid on Thursday.
The proposal to form a syndicate to re-open Stevenston Quarry has, it has
stated, fallen through.
Mr Thomas Lockhart, Nelson Street, has been appointed janitor of Beith
Liberal Association Club in room of Mr Allan Stewart senior, who has
resigned.
A pipe organ, gift of Miss Janet Buchanan, Montgomerie Crescent,
Saltcoats, was inaugurated in Ardrossan EC Congregational Church on Friday
evening. Mr JB Lawson gave a recital.
June 30, 1899
School duxes are: - Ardrossan, Mary Paton and James C McMillan;
Saltcoats - Martha M Speir, Meiklelaught, and John Gault.
Winners at Ardrossan Artillery sports included: - Gunners Logan Bain,
McIlhattan, Breckenridge, Lambie, James Fullarton, Inglis, James
Templeton, William Fullarton, Allan Paton, Gray and Kentley.
Potato sales at Carlung, West Kilbride, established the record price for
Ayrshire of an average £32 per acre.
A public presentation was made in the Town Hall, Saltcoats, on Wednesday
evening to Dr RS Kinnier on the occasion of his jubilee.
Mr Baxter, FRCO, Huddersfield, has been appointed organist and choirmaster
in Dalry Parish Church at a salary of £60 per annum.
July 14, 1899
Ardrossan Commissioners instructed the Town Clerk to write to Lord
Eglinton and the Railway Company in support of the proposal to build a
bridge across the railway from near the end of Winton Street. The Clerk
said they could not take money from the rates for such a purpose.
Yesterday the Rev Spotiswood was ordained to the pastorate of North parish
Church, Saltcoats.
A fire took place on Wednesday afternoon in the premises of Mr James
Walker, chemist and druggist, Dockhead Street, and the interior of the
building was almost wholly consumed.
The Queen's bounty of £3 has been awarded to Mrs McAldon, Lyleston,
Kilwinning, mother of triplets born a few days ago. She is the first
Segtonian to receive the honorarium.
August 4, 1899
When a boy visitor fell into the Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan on
Sunday night, Robert Sim, a labourer, jumped into the water and rescued
him.
The rainfall in Saltcoats for July was 4.25 in.
The yacht Shamrock left Fairlie yesterday for America to take part in the
America Cup races.
In the final for the Craufurd Cup on West Kilbride Golf Course, Mr JR
Simpson beat CA Balderston by 1 up.
Provost Smith, Saltcoats, has intimated his resignation from the Burgh
Commissioners on account of pressure of business.
August 25, 1899
Ardrossan is gaining an unenviable notoriety for pocket-picking.
It is common knowledge that the frequenters of Mongomerie Pier have had to
be warned of the light-fingered fraternity by placards.
In the final of the president's prize on Ardrossan bowling green John
Barclay beat John Lambert by 15 shots.
A new instrument called a megaphone by which the voice can be heard a long
distance off is coming in favour at football matches.
Last Friday night Captain Murchie unfurled the new banner of the Tree of
Life Lodge of Free Gardeners in the Templars' Hall, Ardrossan.
The annual horse fair preceding the Marymass races was held in Irvine on
Wednesday. £80 was among the best prices obtained and principal sellers
were Mr John Crawford, Beith and Mr Crawford, lochwinnoch.
September 1, 1899
In a cricket match at Beith, Glasgow Rangers football team beat
Beith CC by 73 to 53. best local scorers were: - Tacket, 12; Gilmour, 9;
and McAughey, 8. In the evening the football cracks enjoyed themselves at
the fair ground.
Mr James Harvie, Groatholm, was first in the field with harvesting
operations in Kilwinning district.
Notable improvements have been made both in the interior and the frontage
of the shops occupied by Mr Conn, Baker, and Mr Aird, draper, in Glasgow
Street , Ardrossan.
A New bridge erected over the Cloined Burn, near Lagg, was opened on
Saturday.
September 8, 1899
The rainfall for Saltcoats for August was 2.10ins.
Mr W Reid, Ardeer, won the Blythswood Cup played at Bogside golf course.
His score, 74, equalled the amateur record for the course.
At a cycling carnival and club championship under the auspices of Eglinton
Cycle Club, Kilwinning, on Blacklands track, the winners included William
Wilson, D McInnes (5 mile club championship), R Paterson, J Paterson and J
McInnes.
The proposal to have name plates on the streets and numbers on the houses
in Kilbirnie has been dropped. At the Parish Council meeting the opinion
was expressed that Kilbirnie should be a burgh.
Ardrossan No.1 School was finally closed on August 28. The staff
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