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Bridge party raises funds for the Toowoomba Croquet Club

The president (Mrs. Gerard Boyce) and members of the Toowoomba Croquet Club arranged an afternoon bridge party at "Fernside," Mrs. Boyce's home on the Range, to augment the funds of the club. Those…

Trove2 min read24 November 1939
HeadingTHE SOCIAL ROUND
NewspaperThe Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette
DateFriday 24 November 1939, page 5Fri 24 Nov 1939, p. 5
Found onTrove, National Library of Australia

he president (Mrs. Gerard Boyce) and members of the Toowoomba Croquet Club arranged an afternoon bridge party at "Fernside," Mrs. Boyce's home on the Range, to augment the funds of the club. Those present included the Mayoress (Mrs. J. D. Annand), Mesdames A. Proudfoot, K. Wilson, Mark Harrison, P. A. Atkinson, J. H. Cossart, H. Chapman, King, J. A. C. Wilson, P. S. Burraston, N. C. Wilson, L. Dunsdon, P. Fett, W. Frood, P. S. Priest, Pollock, F. Hodgen, N. Hodgen, G. B. Mackay, W. H. Phillips, L. Sterling, J. T. Johnston, J. McKinney, A. Collins, Ken. McKinney, R. Pickering, J. Demaine, M. C. Williamson, W. Hayes, E. K. Bedwell, W. McLennan, W. St. Henry, W. Miller, F. W. Denny, B. Farr, B. Kuhnemann, E. Baker, E. A. McConachie, G. E. Fogarty, A. Ladner, A. Neidler, G. R. Harrington, A. R. Leslie, R. K. Nunn, T. H. J. Davies, May, Glen Hickey, A. C. Burness, C. Fortescue, N. G. Hatton, H. Knapp, George Leichney, A. A. Griffiths, Richard Dawes, G. Cossart, J. Rogers, M. Brodie, A. R. Grahame, A. L. Myers, Cairnes, L. J. Gilbert, E. A. Brugman, W. C. Bowdler, S. Dennis, W. H. King, G. F. Bongers, A. E. Watson, J. Folk, G. Dingwall (Mount Isa), T. P. Connolly, Stark, Stanley Hobson, David Cullen, J. Lee, A. R. Godsall, A. Carrel, H. F. O'Brien, A. J. Dayas, T. B. Quane, J. A. Pattemore, R. Handley, Palmer, R. Walsh, C. J. Searle, A. T. Parrot, R. G. Wonderley, R. T. Phelps, Julius Cohen, C. Boyce, Davies, G. Wagner, N. Fox, H. Goodrich, Evans, Broadfoot and Davis. Misses N. Golden, R. Fryar, Armstrong, Ethel Cossart, Betty Elvery, Jean Jackson, K. Knapp, Marion Munro, Berry, Marjorie Dawes and M. Harrison. The prizes were won by Mrs. Frood and Miss Knapp.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 24 November 1939. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 24 November 1939. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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