President's day tea at Toowoomba Croquet Club

The Toowoomba Croquet Club's lawns were gaily decorated with bright little pennants yesterday afternoon, and the pavilion was a blaze of colourful flowers on the occasion of the annual president's day tea. Big brass bowls of Sturt's desert pea were set about the pavilion, and the tables were beautified with a profusion of Iceland poppies, sweet peas, jonquils, and violets, set on streamers of pale and dark blue ribbon (the club's colours). The president, Mrs. E. J. Rowe, received the guests, and was assisted by the honorary secretary, Mrs. O. Booth. Mrs. J. D. Annand (patroness of the club) was present and was presented on her arrival with a bouquet of violets and mignonette. Mrs. Rowe and Mrs. Booth also received bouquets of poppies and sweet peas, respectively. During the afternoon there were numerous competitions which were in charge of Mesdames F. Bridgman and H. Goodrich (golf croquet), C. Blair, G. Cossart, and J. Rogers (bagatelle), C. Fortescue, F. Hooper, and J. Esler (crazy), J. Lee and Grigg (box), W. Hooper and J. B. Kingsford (bell). After tea Mrs. Annand presented the trophies won during the year, which were awarded as follows: Champion of the club, Mrs. F. Bridgman; singles handicap, Mrs. F. Bridgman; novice and B grade scratch, Miss Clarice Hooper; doubles handicap, Mesdames O. Booth and H. Goodrich; Edith Hooper memorial handicap, Mrs. E. J. Rowe; Elizabeth Gaydon memorial, Miss C. Hooper; Mrs. Annand's trophy, Mrs. J. Rogers. Those present included Mesdames J. M. Yates, F. Hodgson, C. Blair, C. Fortescue, F. Hooper, G. Cossart, M. Corbett, J. Krimmer, B. Krimmer, J. Esler, A. V. Graham, A. E. Baker, W. Miller, W. Hooper, J. Rogers, Grigg, J. Lee, J. B. Kingsford, H. Goodrich, J. A. Taylor, P. Elliott, G. Wagner, G. Fogarty, J. McKinney, F. Bridgman, A. Collins, H. A. Ferguson, Maconachie, McKenzie, J. Wilson, P. Dunbar, A. Thorburn, W. Hooper, W. Stewart, W. H. Gobbett, A. Walker, N. Hatton, N. McDonald, A. Langmead, Misses Clarice and Pattie Hooper, Jessie Krimmer, Elsie Bridgman, Booth, Wagner.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 30 July 1932. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)