Dallas Woman's Clubs
set dinner-dance date
The fourth annual formal
dinner-dance held jointly by the
Dallas Junior and Senior
Woman's Clubs is scheduled
March 20 at the Treadway Inn.
At a recent meeting at the
home of Mrs. Donald Lloyd,
Saginaw Street, Dallas, plans
were discussed by committee
members of both clubs.
Chairmen of the affair are
Mrs. Errol Stewart, senior club,
know
your neighbor---
Clifford and Barbara Troup
Scotsmen and those of
Scottish ancestry observed the
212th anniversary this week—
January 25—of Robert Burns,
poet of Scotland.
Burns was toasted with-a wee
dram of the barley malt
whiskey distilled in his native
land—and was remembered by
quoting such poems of his as:
Tis: the seas gang dry, my
dear | :
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
Iluve thee still, my dear;
While the sands of life shall run.
—From ‘‘A Red, Red Rose”
In many places, haggis, or-
dered from Scotland, was eaten. ’
It has to come from abroad,
because Ralph Nader would
probably blow the whistle on
such a concoction’s being
conjured in America. (Haggis is
the mightmare of puddings, a
jumble of livers and lights and
oatmg ] and tripes, steamed to
golden goodness in a sheep’s-
stomach casing. Eating haggis
is a ceremonial sacrifice.)
Thefikirling of the bagpipes
was heard and dancers did their
“thing’’—by doing the Highland
Fling.
Burns is one of the links which
bind all Scots together—
wherever they may be. There
are Robert Burns Societies in
New York, North Carolina, New.
Jersey and many other states.
Although the kilted set has no
‘Robert Burns Society in the
Back Mountain, the poet’s
anniversary was not forgotten
by Clifford Duncan Troup, an
Aberdeen man, and his wife:
Barbara, whose forebears came
from Agrshire and Glasgow.
Of #&Zerful wit and mien, Cliff
Troup explodes that old falla
that the Scots are dour or
gloong!iHe word-paints a funny
picture” of how he arrived at
LaGuardia Airport in the
- summer of 1949—dressed in a
very heavy overcoat in 90
degree heat.
He came over to join two
brothers and one sister who
were already here, and started
working for Atlas Chain and
Precision Products Company,
Inc., at that time owned by
family members. He has a
degree in engineering.
A few years later, at the
wedding of his nephew, Oliver
Troung™r.. Cliff met a young
lady, Barbara Livingston Aird,
a direct descendent of David
Livingston. Although Barbara
was born in Philadelphia, her
fatheryy Hugh Aird, came from
Galston, Ayrshire, and her
mother, whose family name
was Torrance, came from
Glasgow. %
The two Caledonians were
married in 1953. They have
lived in West Pittston and
Chicago, and now live in
Trucksville in a marvelous old
house that they are remodeling
and rejuvenating. Nine months
ago, Cliff resigned his position
with Atlas, and became Super-
intendent of Maintenance with
Troup Fund, Inc., developers
of thég/dewberry Estate.
Otiier members of the
Trucksville household are Pop,
Barbara’s father, and ‘‘Angus
MacGegor,;; a splendid
Airedale, and ‘Mr. Jones,” a
Welsh Terrier.
The Flag of Scotland, a
rampant red lion on yellow
background, brightens one
wall of the den. There are other
elements of Scottish make and
design in the home. A treasured
book is one published in the late
18th Century of Robert Burns’
poems. A rare First American
Edition, it is printed ‘‘chiefly in
the Scottish Dialect”, as the
frontispiece states.
A member of the Gordon and
Robertson Clans, Cliff was the
‘youngest of ten children.
Highlights of his childhood in
Aberdeen, on the northeast
coast of Scotland, were the
~ Highland Games—races,
tossing of the caber, pipe bands,
and dances. At Robert
Gordon’s College, where he won
a scholarship, he played rugby
and soccer.
His mother, who is 93, and one
sister still live in Aberdeen.
There is a brother in South
Carolina, a sister in New Jersey
and a sister in Australia.
Barbara enjoys her Scottish
heritage by wearing kilts. She
has one in the tartans of the
Lindsay and McBeth clans—not
because she belongs to those
clans, but because “I love the
colors of the plaids’. A small
symbolic ‘‘sgian-dubh’’
(pronounced skeen-du) is worn
on the front skirt of her kilts.
The sgian-dubh is the dagger
usually worn by men, tucked
into the knitted hose and garter
on the right leg. As Cliff belongs
to the Gordon Clan, she also has
a kilt made of the Gordon sett or
pattern, which is blue and green
with a yellow stripe. Head
coverings include a Balmoral-
style bonnet, a tam o’ shanter,
and a Glengarry cap.
In 1965 Cliff took Barbara to
Scotland to visit relatives and
show off the heather-covered
hills’ of his homeland. She also
has an uncle and aunt, brother
and sister of her father, living
there. Her father, Mr. Aird, has
re-visited Scotland five times
since he came to America in
1923.
A guest in the Trucksville
home of the Troups is welcomed
with warm hospitality——and
usually greeted with the soft
burr of the Scottish dialect. At
the dining table, a grace,,
written by Burns, is given:
Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it;
But we hae meat and we can eat
And sae the Lord be thanket:
and Mrs. Lloyd, junior club. Co-
chairmen are Mrs. John Rogers
and Mrs. J. Richard Brady.
Other committees include
publicity, Mrs. Marvin Cark-
huff, Mrs. Robert Richardson;
reservations, Mrs. Charles
Burger, Mrs. Charles Mahler,
Mrs. Joseph Shaver, Mrs.
James Richardson; decorations
and door prize, Mrs. Harold
Brobst, Mrs. Thomas Benton,
Mrs. Charles Huey.
A Dutch treat cocktail hour
will kick off the festivities at
6:30 p.m. and will be followed
by a sit-down dinner at 7:30.
Dancing will be accompanied
by the George Reavy Quartet.
Mrs. Robert Parker is Senior
Woman’s Club president and
Mrs. Edward Thompson is
Junior Woman's Club president.
C. M. alumnae
board to meet
Hilda Garey of Lehman,
executive secretary of the
College Misericordia Alumnae
Association, has announced
Feb. 6 as the date for the asso-
ciation’s executive board
meeting iin Philadelphia. Ap-
proximately 27 board officers,
chapter president, and commit-
tee chairmen are expected to
attend the meeting in Campion
Student Center of St. Joseph’s
College.
Highlights of the meeting will
include a report "on College
Misericordia campus activities
presented by Sr. Miriam
Teresa, RSM, president of the
college, and the first progress
report on the 1971 Annual
Giving Campaign. Mrs.
Terrance Burke, committee
chairman from Pittston, will
present the progress report.
Sandra Della Croce, a commi-
ttee chairman from Levittown,
is scheduled to report on home-
coming plans. Homecoming will
be held at College Misericordia
in October.
Atty. Grace Powers Mohaco
of Wash., D.C., will preside over
the meeting.
Clifford and Barbara Troup
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THE DALLAS POST JAN. 28, 1971
The Dallas Post (J. KOZEMCHAK SR.)
library book club
installs new officers
The Book Club of the Back
Mountain Memorial Library
met in the Children’s Annex on
Monday to elect and install new
officers. In the absence of Mrs.
John Murphy, Mrs. Fred Howell
presided. Mrs. C.J. Ankner was
elected president; Mrs. Ben. H.
Edwards, vice president and
program chairman. Mrs.
Charles Frantz will serve as se-
cretary and Mrs. Williard {
Seaman, treasurer.
Meetings will be held at 1:30,
the third Monday of each month
from October through May
weather permitting.
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At the end of the business
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Tea was served with Mrs. C.J.
Ankner and Mrs. Williard
Seaman serving as hospitality
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