Clan Fraser in Canada

22 FIRST ANNUAL DINNER.
Dominion Bank ; Andrew Fraser, commercial traveller ; and
Alexander Fraser, of the editorial staff of the Daily Mail.
The last named, descended from the Clan Mhic Fhionnlaidh
sept of the Struy Frasers, was appointed chairman of the
meeting and Mr. W. A. Fraser, also descended from good
Strathglass stock, was appointed Secretary. All agreed that a
clan organization ought to be formed and as a first step it was
thought well to test the feeling of the clansmen at a family
dinner, which it was decided should be held on May 5th, 1894.
Those present formed themselves into a committee to make
arrangements for holding the dinner and the chairman and
secretary of the meeting were appointed chairman and secre-
tary of the committee. Invitations were sent to every mem-
ber of the Clan in Ontario, Montreal, New York, Buffalo and
Detroit, whose name the committee was able to procure, and
about three hundred replies were received, in which, without
exception, an earnest hope for the success of the proposed
organization was expressed. The dinner took place as had
been decided upon, on May 5th, 1894, at Webb's Restaurant,
Toronto, and an account of the proceedings will now be given.
THE CLAN DINNER.
Although the number that sat around the festive board
was much smaller than had been expected, the elements
requisite for a successful gathering were strongly in evidence,
and, as a matter of fact, the inaugural dinner of the Clan
turned out to be a most satisfactory event. Many of the
absentees had conveyed good reasons for their absence, and
hearty greetings to the assembled company. From a large