DALRY BURNS CLUB

85th Anniversary

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W Carrick

List of Toasts Proposed

I. The King

The Chairman

Song. "God save the King"

The Company

II. The Queen, Prince & Princess of Wales, and other Members of the Royal Family

The Chairman

III. Both Houses of Parliament

Mr Kirkhope

IV. The Imperial Forces

Mr J Brown

Song. "Rule Britannia"

Accompanist:

Song. "Ye Mariners of England"

Mr A Cunningham

V. The Memory of Burns

The Chairman

Song. "There was a lad"

The Company

VI. The Memory of Jean Armour

The Croupier

Song. "O' a' the airts"

Mr Walker

VII. Deceased Members

Mr Riddet

Song. "The land o' the leal"

Mr A Cunningham

VIII. Sir Walter Scott

Mr Houston

Song. "The Catrine Woods"

Mr A Cunningham

IX. Dramatic Literature, with Shakespeare

Mr Baird

X. Land o' Cakes

Mr Campbell

Song. "Gae bring tae me my guid auld harp"

Mr H Cunningham

XI. Song-Writers

Mr Macnicol

Song. "The Anchor's Weighed"

Mr Alex Aitken

XII. Burns Clubs

Mr Johnston

Song. "For they are jolly good fellows"

The Company

XIII. Irish Poets

Dr Brown

Song. "The Irish Emigrant"

The Chairman

XIV. New Members

Mr H Cunningham

Song. "For they are jolly good fellows"

The Company

Reply

Mr Aitken & Mr Cosh

Recitation

Mr Houston

XV. The Croupier

The Chairman

Recitation. "The Moose"

Mr Macnicol

Song. "Powder Monkey, Little Jim"

Mr J Brown

XVI. The Chairman

The Croupier

Song. "Annie Laurie"

Mr Campbell

Recitation

Dr Brown

"Auld Langsyne"

The Company

 

 

Members Present

William Carrick, Clerk to the British Council, (Chairman) (1899)

Andrew Aitken (Croupier) (1874)

George Kirkhope (1883)

David Johnston (1886)

John Brown (1891)

Patrick Comrie (1891)

John Riddet (1896)

Hugh Higgins (1898)

George Houston (1898)

Dr W M Brown (1899)

Donald Campbell (1900)

John MacNicol (1903)

J D Gordon (1904)

Alexr Cunningham (1906)

J O Baird (1908)

Hugh Cunningham (1908)

James Harvie (1909)

James W Walker (1909)

New Members

Alexr Aitken, Teacher in Dalry Higher Grade Public School - a native of Beith

Neil Cosh, Law-Clerk, son of the late Dr Cosh, minister of Dalry United Free Church

20 Members