West Toowoomba club holds florin afternoon and presents trophies

The president (Mrs. R. Walsh) and members of the West Toowoomba Croquet Club were hostesses at a well-arranged and enjoyable florin afternoon on their lawns yesterday afternoon. The lawns were looking very fresh, the little creeper covered pagodas and bright flower beds making gay bits of surrounding colour. Tea was served in the bowling pavilion at tables beautified with bowls of beautiful roses, French marigolds, and poinsettias. After tea Mrs. Walsh, in a short speech, welcomed the Mayoress, and, in congratulating her on her husband's success in the elections, said how proud she and the members of the club were that her first public appearance as the wife of the member for Toowoomba should be as their guest. Mrs. Annand was presented with a bouquet of beautiful red roses tied with ribbon in the club colours, red and white. At the request of Mrs. Walsh, Mrs. Annand presented the trophies won during the year. The following were the winners: Championship, Miss Fryar; runner-up, Mrs. Miller; singles handicap, Mrs. Miller; runner-up, Mrs. Compagnoni; doubles handicap, Mesdames Miller and M'Lean; runners-up, Mesdames Marshall and Compagnoni; novice handicap, Mrs. Miller; champion pairs, Mesdames A. T. Parrot and J. Johnson; runners-up, Mesdames Miller and Compagnoni; beginners' singles, Mrs. Searle 1, Mrs. Krimmer 2; polo, Mrs. Stewart. The hostesses were Mesdames R. Walsh (president), Miller, E. Baker, F. Bullock, A. B. Carter, W. T. Compagnoni, E. Dumigan, T. Fryar, H. Hale, J. Johnson, B. Krimmer, J. Krimmer, H. Lee, Marshall, M'Lean, J. Murphy, T. Norris, A. T. Parrot, Stewart, C. Searle, Thorburn, Wilson, Rupert Knight, Misses M'Kinstry and R. Fryar; and the guests included the Mayoress (Mrs. J. D. Annand), Mesdames R. P. G. O'Bryan, G. Lanyon, Christain, E. Rowe, M. Corbet, Grigg, C. G. Blair, Isaacs, Larcombe (Brisbane), C. Loxton, Stanton, C. Fortescue, O. Booth, Elvery, N. M'Donald, F. Hodgson, Rogers, Cossart, Mervyn, Dines, C. Luxmore, Hannay (N.S.W.), Misses D. Hogson, E. Norris, Ware, Arnold (Maryborough), Hoskin, Nan Walsh, Jean Dumigan, and Lorna Compagnoni.

The article as it was printed in The Brisbane Courier, 14 May 1929. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)