DALRY BURNS CLUB
120th Anniversary
MCMXLV
26th January, 1945

List of Toasts Proposed
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Address to the Haggis |
Mr W Barclay Brown |
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I. The King, The Queen and the Princesses |
Mr Douglass G Gordon, Chairman |
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"God save the King" |
Company |
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II. The Queen Mother and other Members of the Royal Family |
Chairman |
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Presentation books from Mr W Brown, West Kilbride |
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Presentation of Burns Seal by Dr W Mackenzie Brown |
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III. Imperial Forces |
Mr Archd. G Comrie |
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"Scots wha hae" |
Company |
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Song "My Nannie's awa'" |
Mr James Rennie |
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Reply |
Capt Burgess |
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IV. Deceased Members |
Dr W Mackenzie Brown |
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"Land o' the Leal" |
Company |
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Recitation "A Confession" - Own Composition |
Mr John H Greenlees |
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V. Memory of Burns |
Chairman |
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"There was a lad" |
Company |
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Song "The bonnie lass o' Ballochmyle" |
Mr Norman G Clark |
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VI. Memory of Jean Armour |
Croupier |
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"O' a' the airts" |
Company |
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VII. Burns Clubs |
Brig-Gen Sir S G G Craufurd Bart. CB CMG CIE DSO |
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Reading |
Mr Tom C Tait |
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VIII. Song Writers |
Mr Norman S Howie* |
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Recitation |
Mr A Wilson Boyle |
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IX. Guests and Young Members |
Mr Alex R Cunningham |
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Vote of Thanks |
Mr William H C Wishart |
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"Tam O'Shanter" |
Mr John Wallace |
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Reply |
Dr William Cunningham |
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X. The Chairman |
The Croupier |
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XI. The Croupier |
The Chairman |
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Mine Host |
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"Auld Lang Syne" |
Company |
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* Unable to be present; his toast was proposed by Mr W Barclay Brown
Royal Hotel, Dalry
Members Present
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Douglass G Gordon, Chairman (1935) |
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John S Howie, Croupier (1935) |
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Dr W Mackenzie Brown (1899) |
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Alex R Cunningham (1906) |
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William W Boyd (1911) |
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Andrew Henderson (1915) |
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William Wilson (1916) |
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Daniel Tait (1924) |
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Thomas C Tait (1927) |
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William Dick (1928) |
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A Wilson Boyle (1932) |
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William Ramsay (1932) |
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Oliver B Aitken (1933) |
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James Barclay (1934) |
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W Barclay Brown (1935) |
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A Roderick Chisholm (1935) |
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David Houston (1935) |
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A G Comrie (1936) |
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David L P Forsyth (1936) |
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Brig-Gen Sir S G G Craufurd Bart. (1937) |
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Thomas Loudon (1937) |
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Dr Alexander Watt (1938) |
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William Crawford (1938) |
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James Y Cleghorn (1938) |
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Robert Dunlop (1938) |
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Alexander S Bell (1938) |
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David McGinnes (1938) |
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James Harkins (1938) |
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Thomas Steel (1938) |
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James Wilson (1939) |
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Rev Archd. H Minto (1939) |
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James Hair (1940) |
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Thomas Campbell (1940) |
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W H G Wishart (1940) |
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John Greenlees (1941) |
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John Thomson (1941) |
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Cameron Fullarton (1941) |
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John Wallace (1943) |
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Hugh Malloy (1943) |
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John Wallace (1944) |
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James Rennie (1944) |
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Hugh Hart (1944) |
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David McColl (1944) |
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Archd. K Fraser (1944) |
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William Davis (1944) |
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Guests |
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James L Scott |
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Dr William Cunningham |
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Norman G Clark |
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T Nairn |
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Dr Burgess |
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Wallace Jones |
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George Houston Jnr |
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Patrick Comrie |
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J Crawford |
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Samuel Johnston |
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William Davidson |
38 Members 7 Guests