Notes from Newport Town Council Minutes
These are not full transcripts of the Minutes. They are my own notes.
1950-51 (May 1950 - April 1951) Source: Newport-on-Tay Council Minutes, B79-1-49
| Elected: Ward 1 - Leonard Boath, Osborne Place, King Street. Ward 2: Alexander S Lowson, Rhufaada. Ward 3: John Whiteford, Dunvarlich, Newburgh Road. |
| Council: Ward 1: Alexander Reid, elected 1949, junior bailie; Richard Lowry West, elected 1949; Leonard Boath, elected 1950. Ward 2: J Douglas Lawson, elected 1945, Provost; John Dunn, elected 1949, senior bailie; Alexander S Lowson, elected 1950. Ward 3: Thomas J Wishart, elected 1947; R Fyfe Smith, elected 1949; John Whiteford, elected 1950. |
| Poor condition of roadway from Bay Road to Wormit Goods Station - refer to railway company. |
| Agreed to light the whole burgh by electricity. |
| ?Beacon to show line of telephone cable across the river? No. |
| Refreshment room: Carlo de Franco, Peddie Street, Dundee for premises at Newburgh Road, Wormit - refreshments, fish, chips, etc. [Could this be West Newport rather than Wormit?] |
| Pleasure boat licences: Lorimer, Lawrence, Dorward (Broughty Ferry). |
| August 1950. Return of Provost Lawson from Canada where he had met many old Newportonians. |
| Kilgask Street extension behind Woodbine Terrace: no roadway or footpath - ask proprietors to provide a tarmac footpath, Council to do the work. |
| Visit of the Queen, Tuesday 19 September 1950 - from Newburgh via Wormit to Newport. |
| Street lighting: to be steel (not concrete) standards and mercury (not sodium) lamps. |
| William Carroll to use 2 rooms entering from Union Street adjoining his shop as temporary (2 years) living accommodation. |
| Scottish Education Dept. repeatedly refuse to remove the air-raid shelter at Wormit football pitch. |
| Valuer's report on Scout Hall, and workshop stated to be owned by George Y Pattie. |
| Mistakes on War Memorial plaque: Douglas E Stein should be Douglas M Stein. Also Mrs T Olsen's first husband, Robert Robertson, had been omitted. Changes to be made. |
| Street lighting: Tay Street, Cupar Road, High Street, Boat Road, Boat Brae, High Road - 250 watt mercury discharge lamps on 25' steel columns (55 columns + 2 wall brackets = 57). Newburgh Road from High Road to burgh boundary - 80 watt mercury discharge lamps on 15' steel columns (80 columns). Rest of burgh - 100 watt tungsten on existing gas standards (158 swan-necks + 33 extensions). 6 control pillars. Total cost £10000. |
| Miss Gladys A Bruce is proprietor of old tennis court at Wormit (feu duty £9-1-10d.). Ownership of clubhouse is uncertain. Council to try to take it over. |
| Ground adjoining Darvel Lodge: Mr Ronald Morton says this could be allotments. Thanks to Mr Morton. |
| Petition to include Newton Park in the burgh. |
| Advertise for offers to build 40 new houses at Craighead. |
| Refreshment room: Mrs Jane S Pattie, Castle Cottage, for premises at Newburgh Road, West Newport. |
| Control boxes for street lighting: 1. at sub-station, Union Street; 2. foot of Station Road on footpath; 3. top of Boat Brae; 4. sub-station in West Newport; 5. sub-station in Wormit. |
| Mr Pattie couldn't find other premises to store his boats, engines & tools, therefore he is not prepared to accept the Council's offer to purchase his premises. |
| February 1951. Council to purchase old Wormit tennis ground and building for use as an open space - £35. |
| Build a small brick wall at north end of Tom Duncan's property. |
| Purchase of carrier motor wagon £881-8/-. |
| Library is now able to open in Blyth Hall. |
| Burgh extensions: propose adding Newton Park, and ground at Craighead (Miss Pilkington). |
| ? Improvement of Seamills site? [referred to as 'Sea Mill']. |
| Death of ex-councillor T Ferguson (1940-45). |
| Retiring: Dunn, Reid, Wishart. |
| Scouts Hut: 'a conventional irritancy of their feu' - reply requested. |
| Civil defence: 525 evacuees could be received by burgh. |
| Craighead scheme to cost £59905-2-8d. for 40 houses. |
| April 1951. Death of James Allison, Burgh Prosecutor for 54 years. |
| Tay Ferries: increased charges. |
| Council is meeting part of cost of re-levelling etc. of Wormit recreation ground. |
| Woodhaven Pier: still not de-requisitioned by Air Ministry. Scouts will sell to Council, option to lease for 3-5 years. |
| Annandale Bridge Club: lease of Blyth Hall ante-room (Mr R J Beck). |
| Resignation of John K Leslie as hallkeeper. |
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