Croquet Club committee entertains Mrs. Frank Hooper

In honour of Mrs. Frank Hooper before her departure on a trip abroad, Mrs. Oswald Booth entertained the committee of the Toowoomba Croquet Club at her home, Herries-street, on Saturday evening The lounge was arranged with bowls of pink asters and cactus dahlias, and ribbons of royal and pale blue were introduced. The supper table in the dining-room was beautified with bowls of pink asters set on panels of royal and pale blue ribbon (the club's colours). Bridge and music occupied the evening, and there were several competitions, the winners presenting their gifts to the guest of honour, whose health was toasted at supper with best wishes for a happy trip. Mr. Booth and Miss Marjorie Booth were present, and Mrs. Hooper was accompanied by Mr. Hooper and Miss Meta Hooper, and in the party also were Mr. and Mrs. E. Rowe and Mrs. Wilson, Canon and Mrs. Oakeley, Mr. and Mrs. E. Perkins, Mrs. Corbett and her daughter, Mrs. Harding, Mrs. C. Fortescue, Misses Davies and Booth, and Mr. M'Kinnon. Apologies were received from Mesdames J. J. Petford and A. Gaydon.

The article as it was printed in The Brisbane Courier, 12 March 1928. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)