Croquet club bridge party raises funds

On Monday afternoon the president and members of the Toowoomba Croquet Club held a very largely attended and enjoyable bridge party in aid of their funds. The Club House, where card tables were arranged, was decorated with hanging baskets of autumn foliage and golden marigolds. A prize was given for a "hidden number," and was won by Mrs. Frank Owen, the Mayoress (Mrs. J. Douglas Annand), who is also patron of the Club, announcing the number. Also present were Mesdames Oswald Booth, (president), Frank Hooper, E. J. Rowe, C. Fortescue, D. F. Marshall, F. Bridgman, F. W. Isaacs, Mervyn Dines, F. Hodgson, J. Lee, H. Goodrich, W. R Ross, C. G. Blair, W. Hooper, A. V. Grahame, J. Esler, J. McKinney, J. Rogers, J. B. Kingsford, T. Slatyer, D. Thorburn, G. Fogarty, A. E. Carrel. Eric Annand, F. J. Pigott, E. W. Cleary, T. P. O'Brien, J. P. Newman, C. C. Dixon, M. Harrison, C. Bowdler, G. M. Mackay, M. J. McGovern, J. Seeley, J. Atwell, McMillen, Arthur Collins, K. Bedwell, H. H. [?Cay], H. Collins (Brisbane), K. McKinney, Page, N. Hatton, C. J. Bott, Kettle, C. King, C. Burness, D. Thompson, H. Falconer, A. Proudfoot, R. Pickering, A. G. Davidson, E. S. Taylor, J. Sheehan, O'Keeffe, A. S. Burness, J. A. Thoms, A. Dowse, R. F. O'Bryen, R. J. Hazard, White, F. Owen, C. Booth, T. Roberts, F. S. Smith, A. [?Offner], J. Folk, R. W. Thomas, H. G. Tudor, A. E. Dent, J. G. Wagner, K. Hartley, A. Lamb, L. Hooper, C. [?Cott], D. Esler, J. Provan, J. J. Lucy, E. McKenzie, W. Hayes, R. Bourne, R. N. W. Bligh, J. Krimmer, Malcolm Sinclair, J. Wensley, E. A. McConachie, Misses B. Booth, Clarice and Pattie Hooper, Lorna Hooper, Eva Rosenstengle, M. Harrison, L. Robinson, L. Wonderley, Connolly, R. Fryar, Sycamore (Ipswich), Reed, B. Coves (Brisbane), and Fraser.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 2 May 1934. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)