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Croquet club members host a progressive bridge party

The pavilion at the Toowoomba Croquet Club courts was gaily decorated with flags, and the club pennants on Friday evening when the members entertained a number of guests at a progressive bridge…

Trove2 min read4 December 1929
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NewspaperThe Brisbane Courier
DateWednesday 4 December 1929, page 26Wed 4 Dec 1929, p. 26
Found onTrove, National Library of Australia

he pavilion at the Toowoomba Croquet Club courts was gaily decorated with flags, and the club pennants on Friday evening when the members entertained a number of guests at a progressive bridge party. Bowls of gladioli added to the 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. Prizes were won by Mrs. O. Booth and Mr. J. Lee. Also in the gathering were Mr. and Mrs. A. Gaydon, Mr. and Mrs. O. Booth, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Isaacs, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Stephens, Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Dines, Mr. and Mrs. Baynes, Mesdames E. J. Rowe, F. Fitzpatrick, R. N. W. Bligh, K. M'Kinney, 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'Donoghue, F. Hodgson, M. Dines, Clegg, J. Ward, Hazard, A. Hooper, Messrs. G. Hooper, F. Booth, Crouch, Newton, J. Cowled, J. Lee, K. Gaydon, and C. Redwood.

The article as it was printed in The Brisbane Courier, 4 December 1929. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Brisbane Courier, 4 December 1929. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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