1971   William Carr (Immortal Memory), Neill O'Harra (Appreciation), John Carroll (The Lasses), James Walker (Reply 'To the Lasses'), James Grierson (Vote of Thanks)

1972   Neil McCorkindale (Immortal Memory), G Thomson (Appreciation), J Desmond Boyle (The Lasses), Arthur C Fairburn (Reply 'To the Lasses'), Ken Christie (Vote of Thanks)

1973   Rev. Harry J Dodd, MA, BD. (Immortal Memory), Rev. Angus MacDonald, MA. (Appreciation), J Brockie (Peebles) (The Lasses), Bailie J P Boyle (Reply 'To the Lasses'), Scott Forsyth (Vote of Thanks)

1974   Alec Aitken (Edinburgh) (Immortal Memory), Provost W Pate (Appreciation), Dr Kidd (The Lasses), Mike Gray (Reply 'To the Lasses'), James Walker (Vote of Thanks)

1975   Rev. Tom Veitch (Edinburgh) (Immortal Memory), Les Skinner (Appreciation), C Melville (The Lasses), I McAskill (Reply 'To the Lasses'), J Barclay Scott (Vote of Thanks)

1976   James Laidlaw (Immortal Memory), Bill Smith, MA. (Appreciation), Bob Burrell (The Lasses), John Gray (Reply 'To the Lasses'), Bob Anderson (Vote of Thanks)

1977   Rt. Hon. The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine (Immortal Memory), J B Baxter (Appreciation), Rt. Hon. David Steel, MP. (The Lasses), Archy Kirkwood (Reply 'To the Lasses'), K Kidd MA., PhD., FTI. (Vote of Thanks)

1978   T G Whittaker (Immortal Memory), Walter Scott, CBE., DA(Edin)., RIBA., FRIAS. (Appreciation), W C Arthur (The Lasses), F S McKay (Reply 'To the Lasses'), E Evans (Vote of Thanks)

1979   John Black (Immortal Memory), Willie Cowan (Land O'Cakes and Ale), John Nairn (The Lasses), W Carr (Reply 'To the Lasses'), Vice-President James Walker (Vote of Thanks)

1980   Rev. R J Henderson (Immortal Memory), D G Leslie (The Lasses), Rev. David W Smith (Reply 'To the Lasses'), G Murray (Vote of Thanks)