Red Cross croquet and bridge party at Toowoomba Croquet Club

The Toowoomba Croquet Club was gay with many kinds of beautiful blooms when the members held a Red Cross Special Appeal croquet and bridge party on Tuesday. The guests were received by the acting president (Mrs. M. Cossart) and the members. During the afternoon tea (Mrs. Annand (president of the Toowoomba Branch of the Red Cross Society) drew the raffle of "Donald Duck." Margo Rogers was the winner. Those present included Mesdames G. E. Fogarty, J. Provan, D. F. Marshall, R. H. Carlisle, R. Handley, A. J. Dayas, M. Dines, G. W. Matthews, T. G. Taylor, H. Symons, J. McIntyre, F. Wallis, N. C. Wilson, W. D. Pryer, D. O. Atherton, A. D. Leyland, C. Berry, C. J. [?Hunt], R. Kirby, M. Riordan, M. Brodie, McLean, Johnston, W. Jackson, S. Johnson, J. J. Lucy, J. W. McCulloch, A. Evans, O. Campbell, M Marshall, H. J. Samuels, C. G. Till, E. Mawson, K. W. Goldin, Nelson Fox, G. B. Mackay, M. Cossart, M. Graham, E. Padget, A. C. King, E. C. Olive, E. McKenzie, G. Bell, K. Bedwell, G. Quinn, W. Hayes, K. Wilson, V. E. Greet, P. Barron, W. Connell, D. Humphrey, F. Barker, F. L. Oliver, F. McCrystal, W. H. King, Dean, Outridge, A. Laurie, F. Ratcliffe, J. Lee, J. M. Lowcock, G. R. Muir, L. B. Hewitt, G. B. Beer, C. E. Higgins, E Dennis, H. Marsh, G. Shaw Ferguson, J. D. Annand and W. Broadfoot.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 5 October 1944. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)