DALRY BURNS CLUB
61st Anniversary
MDCCCLXXXVI
List of Toasts Proposed
I. The Queen, The Prince and Princess of Wales and Both Houses of Parliament |
The Chairman |
Song. "England rules the waves" |
Mr Mitchell |
II. The Army, Navy and Reserve Forces |
Mr Comrie |
Reply by Capt J M McCosh |
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Song. "Rule Britannia" |
Mr Cameron |
III. Scotland's Immortal Bard, Robert Burns The Chairman read most efficiently the speech that had been written for the occasion by Mr Kirkhope |
The Chairman |
Song. "There was a Lad was born in Kyle" |
Mr Mitchell |
Song. "Corn rigs" |
Mr Cameron |
IV. The Memory of Jean Armour |
The Croupier |
Song. "Mary Morrison" |
Mr Thomson |
Song. " O' a' the airts " |
Mr Logan |
V. Deceased Members |
Mr Brown |
Song. "The Pilgrim Fathers" |
Mr Cameron |
VI. Dramatic Literature and Shakespeare |
Mr Aitken |
Song. "Gae bring to me a pint o' wine" |
Mr Bone |
VII. Deceased Novelists, with Walter Scott |
Mr Gow |
Song. "Macgregor's Gathering" |
Mr Mitchell |
VIII. Modern Science |
Mr Roger |
Song. "The Lass o' Ballochmyle" |
Mr Mitchell |
Song. "Alester McAllister" |
Mr Gordon |
IX. The Historians |
Mr Macartney |
Song. "Father O'Flinn" |
Mr Thomson |
X. Tennyson, and the Modern Poets |
Mr Gray |
Song. "Tom Bowling" |
Mr Cameron |
XI. The Land o' Cakes |
Mr Willison |
Song. "O Scotland I love thee" |
Mr Mitchell |
XII. The Song Writers |
Mr McKie |
Song. "Loudon's bonnie woods and braes'" |
Mr Cameron |
XIII. The Irish Poets |
Mr A Blair |
Song. "The meeting of the waters" |
Mr Cameron |
Song. "The wearing of the Green" |
Mr Willison |
XIV. The Memory of Thomas Campbell |
Mr Aitken |
Song. "The Battle of the Baltic" |
Mr Mitchell |
Song. "Jack's Yarn" |
Mr Thomson |
XV. The Biographers of Burns |
Mr Logan |
Song. "Our Jack's come home today" |
Mr Gordon |
Song. "Maggie Lauder" |
Mr Bone |
XVI. The Young Members |
The Chairman |
Reply by Mr D Johnstone |
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Song. "The Vicar of Bray" |
Mr Thomson |
Song. "Drinking Drams" |
Mr Logan |
XVII. Mine Host of the Turf |
Mr Willison |
Song. "Gloomy winter's noo awa'" |
Mr Cameron |
Song. "My Nannie's awa'" |
Mr Willison |
During the evening, a Subscription of £2.10/- was raised by the Members to aid in the completion of the Burns Statue in Glasgow.
Members Present
Dr Blair (Chairman) in place of Mr George Kirkhope, Writer, who was prevented through illness from taking the chair |
Walter Morrison, Teacher (Croupier) |
Robert B Gow, Manufacturer |
Robert Roger, Grocer |
William Logan, Schoolmaster |
Robert Gray, Teacher, Glengarnock |
David Brown, Printer |
Andrew Patrick, Johnstone |
Thomas Cochrane, Merchant |
John Howie, Manufacturer, Braehead |
William N. Macartney, Merchant, Glasgow |
James M McCosh, Writer |
Archd. Blair, Insurance Manager, Glasgow |
William Thomson, Ironmonger |
Alexander Comrie, Inspector |
William Mitchell, Precentor, West Church |
Daniel Cameron, Contractor, Cumnock |
John Paton, "Mine Host" of the Turf |
James McKie, Publisher, Kilmarnock |
Andrew Aitken, Manufacturer |
Alexander Willison, Worsted Spinner |
Dugald Paton, Farmer, Hourat |
New Members |
Thomas Bone, Currier |
John Gordon, Cashier, Blair Iron Works |
David Johnstone, H M Assistant Inspector of Schools |
25 Members