President's and members' day at Toowoomba Croquet Club pavilion

The Pavilion at the Toowoomba Croquet Club courts was lavishly decorated yesterday afternoon with a profusion of fragrant stocks, arum lilies, violets, golden gleam nasturtiums, Iceland poppies and daffodils which were banked on the palisading and arranged in crystal bowls on the tea table. The club pennants, hung round the walls, added to the colourful effect. The occasion was president and members' day when a number of visitors were entertained. The president, Mrs. Oswald Booth, received the guests, among whom were the Mayoress (Mrs. J. Douglas Annand), who is patroness of the club, Mesdames C. Fortescue, F. Hodgson, G. Wagner, E. A. Baker, J. Fenner, S. Stuart, A. V. Grahame, E. Stewart, S. Smallwood, S. Cooke, Snellgrove, Slatzer, G. Seeley, W. Miller, A. Wilson, Clark, W. E. McLean, G. Fogarty, Bridgman, A. Graham, A. R. Godsall, Boyd, Dowlan, N. Fox, E. J. Rowe, W. R. Ross, C. G. Blair, W. Marshall, J. Esler, J. Rogers, M. Dines, H. Goodrich, W. Hooper, F. Hooper, J. B. Kingsford, Misses R. Campbell, Ruth Godsall, Joyce Fox, Booth. During tea bouquets were presented to Mesdames Booth, Annand, Mervyn Dines (honorary secretary) and C. Fortescue (captain). Croquet competitions were played during the afternoon, and the Mayoress presented the trophies to the winners.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 23 September 1933. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)