DALRY BURNS CLUB
87th Anniversary
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List of Toasts Proposed
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I. The King |
The Chairman |
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Song. "God save the King" |
The Company |
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II. The Queen, and other Members of the Royal Family |
The Chairman |
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III. Both Houses of Parliament |
Mr Kirkhope |
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IV. The Imperial Forces |
Mr Baird |
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Song. "Rule Britannia" |
Mr Cunningham |
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Reply |
Col Gow |
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V. The Memory of Burns |
The Chairman |
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Song. "There was a lad" |
The Company |
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VI. The Memory of Jean Armour |
The Croupier |
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Song. "O' a' the airts" |
Mr Conn |
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VII. Deceased Members |
Mr Aitken |
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Song. "The Land o' the Leal" |
Mr Cunningham |
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A Reverie by Jas Graham, a Member now in Ionia, Michigan, USA |
Mr Macnicol |
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VIII. Sir Walter Scott |
Mr Cosh |
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Song. "Gae bring tae me" |
Mr J W Walker |
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IX. Dramatic Literature with Shakespeare |
Dr Brown |
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Story of Dr Gibson of Dalry |
Dr Walker |
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Song. "Mary Morrison" |
Mr Cunningham |
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X. Burns Clubs |
Mr Higgins |
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Recitation about Burns |
Mr Conn |
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Song. "The Whale" |
Mr Kirkhope |
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XI. The Land o' Cakes |
Mr Jno Brown |
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Song. "Scots wha hae" |
The Company |
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Song. "There's a braw Hielan' regiment" |
Mr Willison |
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Recitation. "The Haggis" |
Mr Macnicol |
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XII. New Members |
Mr Comrie |
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Parody on Haggis and Story |
Mr Houston |
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Song. "Powder Monkey" |
Mr J Brown |
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Story |
Mr Hastings |
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Reply |
Mr D J Aitken |
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Story |
Mr Riddet |
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Song "Annie Laurie" |
The Chairman |
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Recitation & Song from "The Jolly Beggars" |
Mr Conn |
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XIII. The Croupier |
The Chairman |
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XIV. The Chairman |
The Croupier |
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"Auld Lang Syne" |
The Company |
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Members Present
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Donald Campbell, Schoolmaster, Dalry (Chairman) (1900) |
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William Hastings, Writer (Croupier) (1902) |
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Andrew Aitken (1874) |
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Andrew C Patrick (1877) |
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George Kirkhope (1883) |
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David Johnston (1886) |
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John Gow (1887) |
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John Brown (1891) |
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Patrick Comrie (1891) |
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Hugh Higgins (1898) |
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George Houston (1898) |
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Dr W M Brown (1899) |
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John MacNicol (1903) |
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Hugh Shedden (1903) |
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James D Gordon (1904) |
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Alex Cunningham (1906) |
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Dr W D Walker (1907) |
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Jas O Baird (1908) |
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Jno W G Willison (1909) |
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Jas W Walker (1909) |
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Jas Harvie (1909) |
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Alex Aitken (1910) |
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Neil Cosh (1910) |
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New Member |
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David Jeffrey Aitken, Writer, Son of Mr Aitken, Slater |
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Guests |
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Robert Lang Riddet, Guest of Mr Comrie |
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Wm Conn, Guest of Mr Macnicol |
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Robert Fulton, Jnr, Guest of Mr Willison |
24 Members 3 Guests