DALRY BURNS CLUB

115th Anniversary

MCMXL

26th January, 1940


W Ramsay

List of Toasts Proposed

I. The King

Mr William Ramsay, Chairman

"God save the King"

Company

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

Chairman

III. The Imperial Forces

Mr A R Chisholm

"Rule Britannia"

Company

Reply

Brig-Gen S G G Craufurd CB CMG CIE DSO

Song "Comin' thro the rye"

Mr D G Gordon

IV. Town and Trade of Dalry

Mr James Jackson

Duet "Ye banks and braes"

Messrs Morrison & Cleghorn

Song "Duncan Gray"

Mr D G Gordon

V. The Memory of Burns

Chairman

"There was a lad"

Company

VI. The Memory of Jean Armour

Croupier

"O' a' the airts"

Company

VII. Burns Clubs

Mr J B Strachan

VIII. "Land O' Cakes"

Mr W Gordon Pratt

IX. Song Writers

Mr James Barclay

X. Our Guests

Dr W Mackenzie Brown

XI. Young Members

Mr Daniel Tait by proxy

XII. Deceased Members

Mr George Houston

XIII. Chairman

Croupier

XIV. Croupier

Chairman

"Auld Lang Syne"

Company

King's Arms Hotel, Dalry

 

Members Present

William Ramsay, Chairman (1932)

Oliver B Aitken, Croupier (1933)

George Houston (1898)

Dr W Mackenzie Brown (1899)

Alex R Cunningham (1906)

James Jackson (1913)

Andrew Henderson (1915)

William Wilson (1916)

William N Pratt (1919)

William Dick (1928)

James Barclay (1934)

W Barclay Brown (1935)

Alex R Chisholm (1935)

Douglass Grant Gordon (1935)

Norman S Howie (1935)

David Houston (1935)

Archibald G Comrie (1935)

D L P Forsyth (1936)

W Gordon Pratt (1936)

J B Strachan (1937)

Brig-Gen S G Craufurd (1937)

Thomas Loudon (1937)

James Y Cleghorn (1938)

And. Allan Howie (1938)

Alexander S Barr (1938)

David McInnes (1938)

James Harkins (1938)

Thomas Steel (1938)

Alexr. Shewan (1939)

David M Copland (1939)

Guests

William Morrison

James Hair

Thomas Campbell

W H G Wishart

32 Members 4 Guests