Farewell tea for Mrs. Petford at the club house

Mrs. J. J. Petford, who is leaving Toowoomba shortly to live in Brisbane, was the guest of honour at a farewell tea given in her honour yesterday afternoon by the president and members of the Toowoomba Croquet Club, of which she is a member. The pretty little creeper-covered club house was brightly decorated with streamers in the club colours and flags, and a big bowl of Iceland poppies and lupins, set on panels of the colours (pale and dark blue), beautified the tea table. After tea, the president (Mrs. Ernest Rowe), on behalf of the members, made a presentation to Mrs. Petford, of a pyrex casserole dish on a silver stand and a thermos flask, and in a sincere little speech wished her God-speed and happiness in her new home. In addition to the guest of honour and her two daughters, Misses M. and P. Petford, there were present: Mesdames Edwin Perkins, Alex. Gaydon, F. Hodgson, Corbett, Oakeley, F. McLeod, Harden, G. H. Buchanan, Isaacs, Blair, Kingsford, Hawkins, Cooke, Grigg, John McKinney, Grahame, Fortescue, and Miss Booth.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 27 July 1928. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)