Croquet club members host a bridge party

The pavilion at the Toowoomba Croquet Club courts was gaily decorated with flags and little pennants on Friday night, when the members entertained a large party of guests at bridge. Garlands of asparagus fern and bowls of gladioli added to the artistic effect. The hostesses were Mesdames J. A. Grigg, J. Lee, H. Goodrich, A. V. Grahame, W. R. Ross, E. J. Melville, and Hazard, and Misses Booth and C. Hooper. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Gaydon, Mr. and Mrs. O. Booth, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Isaacs, Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Dines, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Stephens, Mr. and Mrs. Baynes, Mesdames E. J. Rowe, F. Fitzpatrick, Bligh, K. McKinney, A. Collins, M. Corbett, Pumfrey, N. Hatton, C. Fortescue, D. Thompson, Misses Dickson, C. Warner, M. Hooper, Evans, E. Evans, R. Gaydon, M. Provan, M. Cowled, Cox, H. Davis, M. Booth, V. Thompson, O'Donohue, F. Hodgson, B. Ross, F. Hodgson, M. Dines, Clegg, J. Ward, Hazard, A. Hooper, Messrs. G. Hooper, F. Booth, Crouch, Newton, J. Cowled, J. Lee, K. Gaydon, C. Redwood. The prizes were won by Mrs. O. Booth and Mr. J. Lee.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 3 December 1929. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)