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Croquet Club members enjoy a picture party and Christmas party

The president and members of the Toowoomba Croquet Club were entertained at a picture party at the Princess Theatre by Mr. and Mrs. K. Bedwell this week. On Wednesday at the club house the members…

Trove2 min read22 December 1939
HeadingTHE SOCIAL ROUND
NewspaperThe Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette
DateFriday 22 December 1939, page 5Fri 22 Dec 1939, p. 5
Found onTrove, National Library of Australia

he president and members of the Toowoomba Croquet Club were entertained at a picture party at the Princess Theatre by Mr. and Mrs. K. Bedwell this week. On Wednesday at the club house the members of the committee of the Toowoomba Croquet Club entertained the members at a Christmas party. The room was hung with silver tinsel and streamers and big bowls of gladioli were set about on occasional tables and at other vantage points. The T-shaped table was decked with low bowls of blue hydrangeas and pink roses. Those present were the Mayoress (Mrs. J. D. Annand), Mesdames Gerard Boyce (president), Fogarty, Bridgman, J. Lee, Mackay, Wilson, Evans, Grahame, G. Cossart, G. Wagner, Rogers, N. Fox, Wensley, Myers, Brodie, Olive, H. Goodrich, Sterling, Rosbrook, K. Bedwell, Burraston and Miss Hooper.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 22 December 1939. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 22 December 1939. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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