Croquet afternoon to farewell West Toowoomba president

To say "good-bye" to Mrs. Carmody, President of the West Toowoomba Croquet Club, Mrs. E. Rowe (President of Toowoomba Croquet Club) and her committee, arranged a delightful croquet afternoon at the Toowoomba lawns yesterday, when Mrs. Carmody and her committee were the guests of the Toowoomba President and committee. On her arrival, the guest of honour was presented with a bouquet of pink wax begonia and blue perennial peas, veiled in tulle and tied with looped bebe ribbon, in royal blue and pale blue (Toowoomba colours), and cardinal and white (West Toowoomba colours), as a token of esteem from the President and committee of the Toowoomba Club. Afternoon tea was served in the shade of the pretty vine-covered club house, and the table was gay with Iceland poppies (from the garden of Mrs. F. W. Isaacs), set in panellings of royal blue and pale blue streamers. The hostesses were Mesdames E. J. Rowe (President), W. P. Oakeley and N. A. Corbett (vice-presidents), F. W. Isaacs (captain), O. Booth (hon. secretary), A. Gaydon and F. Hodgson. Their guests, in addition to the guest of honour, were Mesdames T. L. Fryar, McLean, Compagnoni, W. Millar, R. Walsh, B. E. Krimmer and H. Hale.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 18 September 1928. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)