DALRY BURNS CLUB
40th Anniversary
MDCCCLXV
List of Toasts Proposed
The Queen……The Chair
Prince of Wales and Royal Family……The Chair
Army, Navy and Volunteers……The Croupier
Both Houses of Parliament……The Chair
The Memory of Burns……The Chair
The Family of the Poet……The Croupier
Modern English Poets with A. Tennyson……Dr Hamilton
Living Novelists with E.B. Lytton……Capt. Paton
Song writers, with Ballantyne……Croupier
The Deceased Members……Dr. Hamilton
Memory of Shakespeare……Mr Stirrat
Deceased Scottish Novelists, with Sir Walter Scott……John Mackay
The Historiand, with Pat. Taytler……Dr Blair
Health of the Young Members……Chair
Memory of Tannahill……Hugh Morris
The meeting was much enlivened by Mr Mackay reciting the poem of his own composing, "My First Bawbee", and reading an original piece, in the form of a dialogue, entitled "A nicht wi' Burns".
Members Present
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William Logan, Chairman. Parochial Schoolmaster, Dalry, Ayrshire. He was born in Glasgow and trained with a view to the scholastic profession. After holding appointments in the Airdrie Academy and Dalmonach School, Vale of Leven, he was appointed by the Heritors of Dalry, on the 13th March, 1862, to the office of Parochial schoolmaster; and the school is at present the most numerously attended in the County. |
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Dr Sloan, Croupier |
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Mr McNair |
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James White |
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Daniel Campbell |
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Hugh Morris |
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Robert Montgomerie |
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Allan Loudon |
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William Hamilton |
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Daniel Cameron |
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John Young |
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Archibald Gray |
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James Stirrat |
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David Brown |
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Alexander Comrie |
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Captain Paton |
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Dr. Hamilton |
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Dr. Blair |
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Archibald Mackay, the Historian of Kilmarnock, and his nephew, |
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John Mackay |
20 Members