Croquet club dance raises money for the pavilion

Members of the Toowoomba Ladies' Croquet Club arranged one of their bright little dances at St. James' Parish Hall last night, in aid of the pavilion building fund. The hall was attractively decorated with scarlet and gold streamers, and the lights were veiled in poppy shades. Garlands of greenery entwined the pillars, and the dais was ornamented with bowls of Christmas lilies. The committee responsible for the success of the evening included Mrs. Ernest Rowe (president), Mesdames J. Isaacs (captain), O. Booth (hon. secretary), Edwin Perkins, Alex Gaydon, W. P. Oakeley, Corbett and F. Hodgson. In the gathering were noticed Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rawlings, Mesdames Ross, Bridgman, Keys, G. H. Buchanan and Kingsford, Misses Jessie and Isabelle Perk, Nell Robinson, N. Rowe, Harries, Goldsworthy, Sibyl Ludgate, Jean and Beryl Robinson, D. and T. Hodgson, Jessie Connel, Norma Horn, Jessie and Violet Krimmer, Hylda Hamilton, Pattie Hooper, Elva Perkins, E. Buchanan, Dorothy Grahame, Mabel Way, Beatrice Reeve, Margery Boys, B. Booth, Marjorie Booth, Elsie Bridgman, Alice Hamilton, Kathleen Connolly, Laurie Walker, Dell Freshney, May Hassler, Dulcie Rawlings, Olive Grundy, S. Caton, J. Cox, Edith and Ruth Galton and Irene Connors, Messrs. O. Booth, J. Isaacs, E. Rowe, Buzacott, W. Edwards, C. Wood, W. Dickson, K. Bryon, W. Krimmer, E. Reeve, B. Nutt, T. Keys, F. Wockner, F. Carmody, G. Hale, L. Buchanan, S. Dines, C. Craig, J. Greig, H. Jockheim, W. Mellor, Martin and L. Corbet.

The article as it was printed in The Telegraph, 10 November 1928. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)