DALRY BURNS CLUB

116th Anniversary

MCMXLI

24th January, 1941


O B Aitken

List of Toasts Proposed

I. The King

Mr Oliver B Aitken, Chairman

"God save the King"

Company

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

Chairman

III. The Imperial Forces

Mr Norman S Howie

"Rule Britannia"

Company

Reply

Lance Bombardier T G Wilson

Song "A man's a man for a' that"

Mr D G Gordon

IV. Immortal Memory

Chairman

"There was a lad"

Company

Song "Ae fond kiss"

Mr John Fletcher

V. The Memory of Jean Armour

Croupier

"O' a' the airts"

Company

VI. Burns Clubs

Mr David McGinnes

Remarks & Recitation

Mr Thomas C Tait

VII. Song Writers

Mr W Barclay Brown

Song "Kirkconnel o' Lea"

Mr W W Boyd

VIII. Our Guests

Mr J B Strachan

Acrobatic Feats

Gunner Whitley

Reply

Mr John Thomson

Recitation

Mr Cameron Fullarton

Recitation

Mr John Greenlees

Song "Mary Morrison"

Mr John Fletcher

IX. Young Members

Mr D G Gordon

Recitation

Mr Daniel Tait

XII. Deceased Members

Mr George Houston

"The Land o' the Leal"

Company

Song

Sergreant-Major McCreadie

Recitation

Mr Thomas C Tait

Recitation

Mr John S Howie

XI. Chairman

Croupier

XII. Croupier

Chairman

"Auld Lang Syne"

Company

King's Arms Hotel, Dalry

 

Members Present

Oliver B Aitken, Chairman (1933)

James Barclay, Croupier (1934)

George Houston (1898)

Dr W Mackenzie Brown (1899)

W W Boyd (1911)

Andrew Henderson (1915)

William Wilson (1916)

William N Pratt (1919)

Daniel Tait (1924)

Thomas C Tait (1927)

William Dick (1928)

John Henderson (1930)

William Donald (1932)

William Ramsay (1932)

John McDonald (1934)

W Barclay Brown (1935)

David R Brown (1935)

Alex R Chisholm (1935)

Douglass Grant Gordon (1935)

John S Howie (1935)

Norman S Howie (1935)

David Houston (1935)

Archibald G Comrie (1935)

J B Strachan (1937)

Dr Alexander Watt (1938)

James Y Cleghorn (1938)

A Allan Howie (1938)

Robert Dunlop (1938)

William Crawford (1938)

Alexander S Barr (1938)

David McGinnes (1938)

James Harkins (1938)

James Wilson (1939)

Alexander Shewan (1939)

David M Copland (1939)

James Hair (1940)

Thomas Campbell (1940)

W H G Wishart (1940)

Guests

Lance Bombardier T G Wilson

Gunner Malcolm McNeil

John Fletcher

John Greenlees

John Thomson

Cameron Fullarton

38 Members 6 Guests