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Bridge party for visiting tournament players

The members of the combined Toowoomba croquet clubs arranged an enjoyable bridge party in the West Toowoomba Bowling Club pavilion on Saturday night to entertain the visiting players. Strings of…

Trove2 min read10 May 1937
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NewspaperThe Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette
DateMonday 10 May 1937, page 5Mon 10 May 1937, p. 5
Found onTrove, National Library of Australia

he members of the combined Toowoomba croquet clubs arranged an enjoyable bridge party in the West Toowoomba Bowling Club pavilion on Saturday night to entertain the visiting players. Strings of gaily-hued pennants hung across the ceiling, and great bowls filled with bright seasonable blossoms and set against the dark panelled walls made a pretty decorative scheme for the party. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Searle, Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Dines, Mr. and Mrs. C. Wensley, Mesdames Frank Hodgson, M. Brosnan, S. Stuart, F. R. Sharpe, J. Krimmer, R. S. Gibson, R. W. McLean, N. Fox, W. H. Austen (Brisbane), J. M. Cavaye, J. B. Hutchenson, Gerard Boyce, A. T. Parrot, H. Goodrich, J. J. Holmes (Pittsworth), E. Pugh, G. Cossart, Crozier, J. Wensley, R. H. Craig (Brisbane), J. Collin (Brisbane), J. McConachie (Brisbane), J. H. Peel (Brisbane), G. Fogarty, E. A. Baker, Misses Rene Fryar and Olive Campbell, and May Crowther.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 10 May 1937. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 10 May 1937. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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