September 20, 1901
Saltcoats Seaside Rangers FC have had to "shut shop" for
want of a suitable playing pitch.
Lance Corporal George Higgins, South African Imperial Light Horse, was
given a cordial reception in Beith on his return home from the front.
A branch of the Co-operative Women's Guild has been formed in Kilbirnie.
The cup presented to Ardrossan Cycling Club by George O Baird has been won
by Mr David McDowall for the second year in succession.
September 27, 1901
In connection with the assassination of President McKinley
of the United States, an in memoriam service was held in Stevenston
Church.
Mr G Higgins, who recently arrived home to Beith from South Africa, has
been appointed traveller with his father's and partners' firm, Messrs
Stevenson, Higgins & Co, Janefield, Beith.
Mr M Pollock has purchased the old Victorian Cabinet Works building,
Beith. It is proposed to extend the Caledonian Works to these premises.
October 4, 1901
Mr Gilmour, station master, Saltcoats, has been appointed
head of the Parcel Department, St Enoch Station, Glasgow.
Ardrossan School Board have sanctioned the formation of a cadet Corps in
Ardrossan Academy.
Next year is the diamond jubilee of the Ardrossan Bowling Club, and the
committee mean to begin celebrations early as they have decided to play
bowls on Ne'erday, provided the weather is suitable.
Mr Robert Dunlop, Myrtlebank, Beith, has been appointed assistant purser
on the "City of Rome". another Beith man, Mr John Hutton, son of Mr George
Hunter, Kilwinning, is assistant purser in the first cabin of the Cunard
liner "Luciana."
October 11, 1901
Beith men who had returned from the South African front
were honoured at a public meeting. There was a torchlight procession from
the Armoury to the hall in New Street. The Rev G Sutherland presided and
Colonel Faulds made presentations to the men and to friends of those still
at the front. Troopers Higgins and Marshall replied for the men.
Mr William Brown who fro 36 years has been a postman in Ardrossan, retired
last Saturday.
Mr Frank Smith, BSc of Ardrossan, has been appointed Government Inspector
of Mines, NWT, Canada.
Dr Wilson, Ardrossan, left on Saturday to take up a large practice in
Gateshead-on-Tyne.
October 18, 1901
At the Stropshill Ironstone Pit on Wednesday night, two
brothers, James Kilpatrick and George Kilpatrick, Courthill Street, Dalry,
were killed in an accident while at work on the cage in the shank.
Mr WK Gillies, MA (Hons Oxon and Glasgow), who is a native of Gateside,
Beith, has been appointed classical master of Perth Academy at a salary of
£250 per annum.
Mr Robert Aird, Gladstone Road, Saltcoats, has grown a potato weighing
2lbs and measuring 9 1/4 ins in length 10 1/2 ins in circumference.
Miss Agnes Alexander has been appointed postmistress at Dalry Post Office
in room of her father who until his death was postmaster. Dissatisfaction
is expressed on account of the fact that the status of Dalry office has
been reduced to that of sub office under Johnstone.
October 25, 1901
The fund raised on behalf of the lads who drowned off
Ardrossan Harbour totals £64 4s 4d.
Mr Caldwell Ardrossan, who has been organist in Park Free Church,
Ardrossan, for several years has received a similar appointment in St
Meddans's UF Church, Troon.
Stevenston Liberals' new club rooms were opened on Tuesday evening by Mr
Alexander Williamson, who tested the constituency at the last election.
A total of £36 16/- has been subscribed by various friends as a token of
sympathy with Mr Thomas Oliver, baker, West Kilbride, in the loss he
sustained through the recent fire in his premises.
Old Andrew McCairney, the last of the handloom weavers in the Kilwinning
district, died on Wednesday.
November 1, 1901
A comment we overheard this week: "The streets of
Stevenston were not made, they are the droppings from the coal carts."
The Glencairn Golf Club, Stevenston, has been dissolved.
Mr John Guy, Pueblo, Colorado, USA, is on a visit to his native town of
Beith.
Mr Henry Smith, Woodside, Kilwinning, was very successful with his pigeons
at the London Dairy Farmers' Society Show.
Voters on the Saltcoats roll now number 2063. The number on the roll at
the second municipal election in 1886 was 971.
The licensing Court granted an application to Mr Andrew Leckie for a
public house licence for premises in Princes Street, Ardrossan.
November 8, 1901
A railway surfaceman named James Poland received fatal
injuries when he was knocked down by the Arran express when at work on the
G and SW line between the harbour and Ardrossan station.
At the Stevenston bowlers' supper, Mr M Gilmour, who has given more than
30 years service as treasurer, was presented with a handsome tray. Mr
James Crawford who made the presentation, said the club was formed in 1863
and Mr Gilmour joined in 1869.
Municipal polling resulted in the following being elected: Ardrossan -
Messrs JR Smith, Archibald Crawford,, Lewis Porter, and James Goodwin.
Saltcoats - Messrs Donaldson, Whyte and Ross.
Ardrossan Co-op Society's last cash drawings for the
quarter were £8558 and the dividend declared was 3/-.
