Cunninghame Choir are holding a choral concert in St Margarets Church, Dalry on Saturday 10 May at 7.30 pm. Works being performed are Schumann’s Requiem opus 148 and Haydn’s Harmonie Messe.

Tickets are £6.00 and £4.00 and available from any committee member or simply attend on the evening of the concert.

The next meeting of Garnock Academy School Board takes place this Thursday 1 May at 7.30 pm in the school library. Parents/guardians are welcome to attend meetings as an observer. If there are any issues that you wish raised at this and subsequent meetings contact or write to any member of the School Board.

At the last meeting Allan Wilson MSP came along to listen to the Boards concerns regarding disruptive pupils and the measures available to deal with them.

Due to the school holidays Beith and District Community Council were unable to hold their monthly meeting in the primary school. Members of the Community Council would like to extend their thanks to Beith United Reform Church which allowed them to use their premises as an alternative venue.

Following the traditional outdoor Easter morning service which was held at 7.45 am on the edge of Lochlands Hill around 50 made their way back to Beith where they enjoyed a hearty breakfast at Trinity Church.

The volunteers at Beith Trinity who worked so hard to provide the breakfast are delighted to announce that they raised £150 from donations left by the happy Easter early-bird eaters. This money has now been forwarded to CHAS

Beith Scouts are holding their annual coffee morning and plant sale in Beith Community Centre on Saturday 10th May from 10.00 am – 12.00 noon.

This is usually a very popular event with a wide range of stalls and locals attracted by the many border plants available for sale.

Beith High Drama presents the Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society MURDER MYSTERY IN Beith High Church Hall on Thursday – Friday, 8-9 May at 7.30 pm Tickets are available from any member of the drama group.

This looks to be a fascinating and very humorous play and one which is strongly recommended. The famous thespians treading the boards in this production are all seasoned performers of the highest calibre and are Evelyn Anderson, Willie Fletcher, Pamela Sherriden, Janice Bates and Isabel Black.

RATS are hosting a Comedy Evening in the Beith Community Centre on Friday 9th May. They have lined up three top artists, Alfie Joey, Ray Means and Miles Jupp, stars of TV and radio. Tickets are £12.00 and includes a buffet supper. There will be a bar and all proceeds will go to RATS fighting.

Tickets are still available from Liz at B & A Travel, Beith or from David Elstone on 07976 388294.

The 3rd Beith Guides resumed at 7.30 pm last Friday in the High Church Hall.

The Playpark Action Group will shortly be launching a public appeal for sponsorship of individual items of equipment for the public park as they continue their hard work towards achieving sufficient funding to deliver a state-of-the-art play area in the public park for the children and young people of Beith and district.

Anyone wishing further information about this project can contact Winnie Buckley on 504941 or Audrey Rae on 506320.

Last week your correspondent ( Donald L. Reid ) received a letter from ex Beithite, Hugh Ferguson, who now lives in Toronto, Canada. John served in the Toronto Metropolitan Police until his retrial about 20 years ago.

He sent a copy of a poem, Remembering Beith, which he wrote almost 22 years ago when he had a reunion in Toronto with John Fulton, formerly of Bottoms Farm, Beith and now of North Bay, Ontario and Dinah Brown or Sheddon, formerly of Mains Avenue who was visiting relatives in Toronto.

Beith Trinity Church Playgroup are now taking registrations now for session 2003-2004. The Playgroup is staffed and managed by qualified and highly experienced personnel and works in partnership with North Ayrshire Council and offers funded places for 3 – 5 year olds. Places are also available for children from 2 years on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Recent fund raising and lottery awards means that the group will benefit from over £3,000 worth of new equipment which will greatly enhance the presentation of learning experiences within the play setting. For more information why no drop into Trinity Church Hall on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday between 9.15 am and 12 noon and have a chat with play leaders Lesley, Sharon and Jane or call the chairperson, Lyn Brown on 01505-506135

The annual outing of Beith Historical Society is going to Dunaskin Heritage Centre near Dalmellington on Saturday 31 May.

Those intending to make this trip are asked to give their names to secretary, Sue Williams on 01505-503381 as soon a possible.

Last Friday, Beith Old Peoples Welfare Committee organised a superb concert and buffet for local older people in Beith Community Centre. By all reports the event was an outstanding success with everyone thoroughly enjoying the first class entertainment.

A very thoughtful touch at the end of the event saw every lady receiving a complimentry bunch of flowers. Those who attended the show were raving about this event and a word of thanks must go to the committee who organised a first-class event.