DALRY BURNS CLUB

90th Anniversary

MDCCCCXV


A Aitken

List of Toasts Proposed

I. The King

Mr Andrew Aitken on behalf of Mr David Couper, Chairman, absent through bereavement

Song "God save the King"

The Company

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

The Chair

III. The Imperial Forces

Mr Andw C Patrick

Chorus "Ye Mariners of England"

 

Reply

Capt John Brown

IV. Our Local Forces

Mr Wm W Boyd

Recitation

Mr John Macnicol

V. The Memory of Burns

The Chairman

Song "There was a lad"

Mr Wm Conn

Song "Auld Scots Sangs"

Mr W Thomson

VI. The Memory of Jean Armour

The Croupier

Song "O' a' the airts"

Mr Robt Holburn

VII. Burns Clubs

Mr James Jackson

Song "When I was a boy at school"

Mr Wm W Boyd

VIII. Deceased Members

Mr Andrew Aitken

Song "The Land o' the Leal"

Mr N H Cosh

IX. Our Guest

Mr George Kirkhope

Reply

Lieut Ovenden

XVI Croupier

The Chair

Recitation "Glesca on the Clyde"

Mr John Macnicol

XVII Chairman

The Croupier

Song "The Old Brigade"

Mr Robt Holburn

"Auld Lang Syne"

The Company

 

Members Present

Andrew Aitken, (Chairman) (1874)

(for David Couper)

Hugh Shedden, Builder, Dalry (Croupier) (1903)

Andrew Patrick (1877)

George Kirkhope (1883)

Patrick Comrie (1891)

Hugh Higgins (1898)

John Macnicol (1903)

James D Gordon (1904)

Hugh Cunningham (1908)

James Harvie (1909)

Neil H Cosh (1910)

Wm W Boyd (1911)

William Conn (1912)

D Jeffrey Aitken (1912)

James Jackson (1913)

Robert Holburn (1914)

Andrew Henderson (1915)

Robert L Riddet (1915)

Guest

Lieut Wm Edward Ovenden, Melbourne, Guest of Officer in charge of forces guarding Waterworks and Railway Bridges

18 Members 1 Guest