DALRY BURNS CLUB
121st Anniversary
MCMXLVI
25th January, 1946
List of Toasts Proposed
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1. Welcome to Members |
The Chairman |
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2. Welcome to Guests and Guests of Honour |
The Chairman |
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Piping in of the Haggis |
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3. Address to the Haggis |
The Chairman |
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Supper |
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4. The King, The Queen and other Members of the Royal Family |
Mr John S Howie, Chairman |
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"God save the King" |
Company |
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5. Vote of thanks to the caterers |
Mr William H G Wishart |
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6. Presentation of very old copy of Burns poems |
Sir Standish GG Craufurd Bart. |
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7. Imperial Forces |
Mr Thomas Loudon |
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"Scots wha hae" |
Company |
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Recitation "Tam O'Shanter" |
Mr Cameron Fullarton |
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Reply |
Mr Douglas McLelland |
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Song "Mary Morrison" |
Mr Norman G Clark |
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Reading |
Mr Tom C Tait |
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8. Deceased Members |
Mr Alex R Cunningham |
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"Land o' the Leal" |
Company |
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"Holy Willie's Prayer" |
Mr James Barclay |
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9. Memory of Burns |
The Chairman |
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"There was a lad" |
Company |
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Remarks |
Mr J Stewart Adams |
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10. Memory of Jean Armour |
The Croupier |
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"O' a' the airts" |
Company |
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Remarks |
Rev Archd. H Minto |
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11. Burns Clubs |
Mr Archd. G Comrie |
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Recitation |
Mr John Greenlees |
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Remarks |
Mr W Barclay Brown |
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12. Song Writers |
Dr Alex Watt |
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Stories |
Mr Welsh |
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13. Guests and Young Members |
Mr Andrew Henderson |
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Reply - Guests |
Mr Eric de Banzie |
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Reply - Young Members |
Dr William Cunningham |
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14. The Chairman |
The Croupier |
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15. The Croupier |
The Chairman |
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Mine Host |
Mr Oliver B Aitken |
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"Auld Lang Syne" |
Company |
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Royal Hotel, Dalry
Members Present
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John S Howie, Chairman (1935) |
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David Houston, Croupier (1935) |
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Alex R Cunningham (1906) |
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Neil H Cosh (1910) |
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Andrew Henderson (1915) |
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William Wilson (1916) |
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Dan Tait (1924) |
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Tom C Tait (1927) |
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William Dick (1928) |
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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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Douglass G Gordon (1935) |
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Norman S Howie (1935) |
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A G Comrie (1936) |
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R Gray Kirkhope (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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James Y Cleghorn (1938) |
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Douglas McLelland (1938) |
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Robert Dunlop (1938) |
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Alexander S Barr (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 (1938) |
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Thomas Campbell (1940) |
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W H G Wishart (1940) |
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Jack Fletcher (1941) |
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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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Thomas G Wilson (1941) |
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Rev Archd. H Minto (1941) |
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John C W Wallace (1943) |
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Hugh Malloy (1943) |
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John H 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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James L Scott (1945) |
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Dr William Cunningham (1945) |
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J Crawford (1945) |
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T Nairn (1945) |
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Norman G Clark (1945) |
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William Davidson (1945) |
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Samuel Johnston (1945) |
Guests: J Stewart Adams, Robert McFarlane, Robert D Campbell, Captain Tanner, Eric de Banzie, Thomas Dillon, Russell McCreadie, Joh Dickie, James Jackson, Arthur de Banzie, Robert Logan, A Yuille, J Allan, James Wilson, Mr welsh, Dr Aitken, Dr Nicolson.
52 Members 17 Guests
A formal Constitution was laid down in 1946 under the chairmanship of John S. Howie. Previously, there were only a few unwritten rules and these were interpreted in the broadest sense.