Bridge party raises funds at the courts

In aid of their funds the president and members of the West Toowoomba Croquet Club arranged a very successful bridge party at the courts yesterday afternoon. The Bowling Club pavilion, which was lent for the occasion, was beautified with gay little pennants and bowls of jacaranda, and a marquee leading from the building was converted into a lounge and was set with card tables and decorated with bowls of beautiful roses and carnations. The committee included: Mesdames A. T. Parrot (president), R. Walsh and Norris (vice-presidents), J. Krimmer (honorary secretary) and S. Stuart (honorary treasurer), E. Stewart, A. Wilson, F. Bullock, F. J. McKenzie, M. F. O'Connell, and among the players were, Mesdames A. T. Parrot, F. J. Pigott, T. P. O'Brien, T. J. McNaulty, F. Hodgson, W. R. Ross, A. Gaydon, P. J. Barron, R. Lowe, J. P. Newman, Keith Jefferies, C. A. Lacaze, H. F. O'Brien, C. Loxton, Allan Lindley, S. Stark, E. A. Baker, F. W. Isaacs, A. E. Carrel, Grigg, J. Lee, F. Moylan, J. T. Hinds, F. J. Hayles, W. I. Garde, J. Fenner, P. Dunbar, Dayas, W. Miller, D. F. Marshall, Hazard, Lawrenson, C. Burness, E. Starke, G. Horn, Z. Ziegler, R. Walsh, E. J. Melville, W. Hayes, B. G. Costin, G. W. Allen, J. Dally, J. Sheehan, McGovern, C. Bowdler, Ryan, McKay, P. J. Hickey, C. Cox, Sweeney, J. Doyle, H. Falconer, A. E. G. Campbell, C. J. Bott, E. W. Cleary, Gilbert, Misses Clare Condon, Loretta Parrot, Jean McDonald, Joyce Fitzpatrick, C. A. Rippingdale, N. Nihill, Wright, M. Harrison, A. O'Connor, Heather Smith, Rene Fryar, Lowe, Ethel Campbell, Hooper and Campbell. Mesdames O'Bryen, Hawkins, T. C. Morris, Evers, Bond, Miss Williamson, Dr. Harlin.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 11 November 1931. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)