The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-31
Annual Reunion OF "0ld
HOmers" Held Last Night
.,,oont STATE Li5roF!
Il LI''T3Aa;o WAS BETTER THAN EVER
Large Company of Scottish People As
sembled in Woodmen's Hall and
Enjoyed the Entertainment to
the Fullest Extent.

evening Of one Of the jolliest companies
gathered there this winter, the occasion
being the annual banquet Of the Sons
and daughters of Buchan, who came to
Barre from their childhood homes along
the banks OF the GIemgie river in Scot.
land Five years ago they formed the
4 Glenugie club, which now has a member
\ ship of over fifty, and each year since
| then the members Of the club with thei
wives and sweethearts have held bar,
/ quet and toasted the land and place OF
their birth
Though these gatherings have been
\ nothing else but pleasant in tho past,
| it was the unanimous opinion Of the
I 100 Buchans present last night that
/ this was the "best ever" From O'clock
Iuntil an early hour this morning there
was continuous round Of toastjug
singing, feasting and dancing, in which
the whole company joined as one person
and made the affair the most enjoyable
the club has vet experienced.
| According to their custom, the festivi.
\ ties were started by grand march aud
reel, after which the company was scat
\ ed at the tables arranged in the front
! part of the hall The tables were beau
tifully decorated with roses and laden
with many Scotch delicacies which the
company were permitted to munich dur
ing the rendering OF the program which
/ followed
! James ?. Marr, as president Of the
\ club and toastmaster, welcomed the la
/ dies as the guests OF the evening in his
usual happy manner and announced the
following program Song, "The High
/ lander" Alex Edwards; toast TO
Buchan; response by William McIIar-
| dy; song, "Logue 0'Buchan," Miss Bar
/ bara Mcdonald; song, Were a' Scottish
\ Here" Miss Annie Anderson; song,
Cam ye by Athol,' Alex. Sheriffs; song,
4 GLOW Gently, Sweet Alton" Miss Annie
I Robertson; toast, Scotland, the Land
\ We Lett; response by Charles Leel;
dance highland fling Miss Grace Bar
clay; poem, An Aud Mans Sang by
I John Brown, the spoet laureate OF the
! Glenugie club; toast. sour City; re-
sponse by John Stephen; poem, Glen
ugie,s BY John Brown; toast, "The La
dies; response by Q. J. l.. Matthews;
song, ''Where Has Scotland Found Her
Fame2" Alex Sheriffs; song, Sterling
/ Bridge, William McHardy; song, James
I lHgrap.
/ 1lr Browns song. "Glenugie,7 written
especially for this occasion and which
was one of the hits Of the evening,
follows;
I'm awful glazed tae sec ye. frien's,
4 ! hope we're unco weel;
hnna been sac happy since
crossed the Herrin' Peel
We're a here met the gither and
Wen max the shanty ring,
! So Join me in the chorus and
\ Let a hauns sing.
4 Chorus;
Here's tae bonny 'U-gie- side,
An a the country room;
Here's tae bonny Peterhead,
For OH it's a bonny toon,
Here's tae a the lasses wi
Their rosy cheeks sac fine
/ Wen pledge them here again, my lads,
For Auld Lang Syne
We're CROWN aur, but what care we,
4 Our hearts LIGHT just the same;
We like tae meet and sing aboot
\ Our ain dear native hame;
4 We also love the stars and stripes,
! Good luck tae them I'll say
You will always find us loyal to
\ The T. S. A,
4 Az the conclusion Of the program the
next in order was the banquet, at which
good things without number were served
/ by the eateress, Mrs John Maiden. Att
er the supper, dancing followed until the
wee sma hours o the morning
/ The committee which had the OCCASION
4 in charge was composed OF President
H. P. Marr, Vice President George Mm
ray. Secretary James Massey, Treasurer
/ John Brown. William McHardv, AleXan-
der Robertson. Robert Knox, George Dal-
garno, John Gould, George Ralph and
| Alexander Watson.