STONEHAVEN'S new public library, to be housed within the former Handyman Centre in Evan Street, will replace the existing Carlton House premises sometime next summer, North-east of Scotland Library Service chief librarian Mr Gerald Moore told a meeting of the service's joint committee.
"The library will be much larger than the present cramped premises, and it is anticipated that the extended space, larger book stock, improved local history and reference service facilities, along with the study, browsing and display areas, will resu
lt in a considerable increase in demand on the service at Kincardine/Deeside's major library."
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Despite being "rained off" after just half an hour, Auchenblae Sunday School carol-singing round of the village on Sunday afternoon raised £47.50 for the Ethiopian Disaster Fund.
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Slightly fewer visitors looked round the Tolbooth Museum this summer compared to the previous two seasons, and there was also a drop in the amount of donations received - and in shop sales.
In her quarterly report to the North-east of Scotland Library Service joint committee, museums curator Ms Jocelyn Chamberlain Mole comments that the downward trend in donations is indicative of the state of most people's purses and the same trend in apparent in the shop sales figures.
50 YEARS AGO
Friday December 18 1959
A MEETING of local authority representatives is to be held in Stonehaven in the near future to discuss the scheme to provide bus shelters. At a later date it is expected a conference on a north-east basis will be held at Aberdeen. Inverbervie Town Council have appointed Provost Mrs Strachan, Bailie Peter and Councillor McDougall to represent them at Stonehaven.
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TWO aircraft wheel inner tubes, each six-feet in diameter washed ashore near Gourdon on Sunday. One of the tubes was inflated and the other flat. Coastguards believe they may have come from an aircraft dump.
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OWING to an epidemic of measles in the district, Glenbervie Primary School Christmas party was postponed until after the New Year.
100 YEARS AGO
Thursday December 16 1909
THE table compiled by Mr G.D. Macdougald, F.I.C city analyst, Dundee, showing the average quality of the public milk supply of most of the towns of Scotland shows Stonehaven to be in the worst position of any on the list.
The grand average for the counties and towns is given as - Fat 3.55; non fatty solids, 8.72.
Stonehaven is given as 3.24 of fat or .31 below the average. It is stated by the analyst that every .1 per cent difference between 3.55 per cent and the figures of any town represents a money value of about £8 sterling per annum per thousand inhabitants so that Stonehaven suffers a heavy loss.
It is not so many years ago that Stonehaven headed the list, so that its present position is rather surprising.
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A successful hunt was conducted by Mr Baird's keepers on Cairnmonearn last week, when 105 white hares and 14 brace of grouse were shot. Unfortunately, the afternoon was marred by rain, and sport had to cease long before the usual hour.
