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Monthly bridge party at Toowoomba Croquet Club for the Red Cross

The pavilion at the Toowoomba Croquet Club was massed with beautiful sweet-peas, stocks, daffodils and violets yesterday afternoon when the president and the members of the club held their monthly…

Trove2 min read2 August 1944
HeadingSOCIAL ROUND
NewspaperThe Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette
DateWednesday 2 August 1944, page 2Wed 2 Aug 1944, p. 2
Found onTrove, National Library of Australia

he pavilion at the Toowoomba Croquet Club was massed with beautiful sweet-peas, stocks, daffodils and violets yesterday afternoon when the president and the members of the club held their monthly bridge party in aid of the Toowoomba branch of the Red Cross Society. Tea was served from a buffet arranged with shallow bowls of pastel-shaded flowers. Mrs. W. Cooke (president), Mrs. A. E. King (secretary), Mrs. G. B. Mackay (treasurer), and Mrs. N. Fox (captain), assisted by the committee, were responsible for the arrangements.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 2 August 1944. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 2 August 1944. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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