West Toowoomba Croquet Club celebrates its eleventh birthday

The attractive new pavilion of the West Toowoomba Bowling Club was ablaze with radiant flowers—dahlias, roses, marigolds, gerberas and nasturtiums—yesterday afternoon when the eleventh birthday of the West Toowoomba Croquet Club was celebrated with a charmingly arranged party. Square-shaped tables, covered with white embroidered cloths, were set about the room for tea, and were decked with crystal bowls of colourful blossoms arranged with soft trails of fine green fern. On the official table the squat bowls of lovely roses in gold and deep red tints made a ribbon of colour round the pink birthday cake, which was placed in the centre of the table. Massed groupings of dahlias, marigolds and sprays of mimosa [?lobata], with here and there a tall graceful palm showing through, were set against the cream and brown panelled walls. The president, Mrs. R. W. McLean, received the guests, who included the Mayoress, Mrs. J. D. Annand. During the afternoon tea adjournment Mrs. Annand presented the prizes which had been won at the various tournaments during the year. Competitions were played on the fresh rain-washed lawns which, dotted with white clad figures and bordered with beds of flowering blooms, looked gay and attractive in the warm sunshine. The officers of the club who were present were Mesdames R. W. McLean (president), A. T. [?Pati] (vice-president), A. Wilson (vice-president), S. Stuart (honorary secretary), P. O'Connell (honorary treasurer), W. Miller (captain), and Miss R. Fryar (deputy captain). Mesdames J. Krimmer, C. Searle, J. Flegler and Miss Crowther (committee). Other members present were Mesdames R. S. Gibson, M. Crozier, E. Padget, E. A. Baker, C. Blake, A. Carter, F. Bullock, C. Healy, E. A. McConachie, F. Cooper, A. E. Lavers and Miss Campbell. The visitors included Mesdames A. E. Carroll, A. R. Godsall, B. Frederick, H. R. Doyle, G. Fogarty, J. Rogers, T. E. Landy, J. T. Perry, Broadfoot, Brodie, R. Stone, N. Fox, H. Massey (Brisbane), McBryde, J. Platz, A. E. Dent, T. G. Taylor, Murphy, Smithkins, N. Orr, P. S. Priest, Dunsdon, J. Scanlan, W. Boyd, J. Esler, T. Lockitt, Crowther, Penhallurick, C. Fortescue, J. S. Lee, J. Wensley, H. S. McLean, Bourne, E. Stewart, E. Watson, J. Ferguson, C. E. Porter, A. E. Richardson, P. J. Barron, C. Theis, R. Thompson, Frank Hodgson, W. Thorburn, G. Cossart, T. Jack (Dalby), C. J. Thompson (Dalby), A. White (Dalby), C. Copas, Hussey, Fortus (Brisbane), J. J. Walsh (Dalby), W. Hoffman (Dalby), Rusden, A. Lamb, Lyon, J. Pobar, Lynch, C. C. Dixon, Tudor, J. Saunders, Pring and H. T. Savill (Dalby). Misses L. Farrot, Landy, J. Iredale, Lee, I. McConachie, Moyle, H. Lyon and Francis. Apologies for non-attendance were received from Mesdames Carmody (delegate), France, Walsh, H. Goodrich, W. Elvery, J. Demaine, Sapsford and Miss White. The prize-list was as follows:—A Grade Championship: Mrs. R. S. Gibson; runner-up, Mrs. J. Flegler. B Grade Championship: Miss M. Crowther; runner-up, Mrs. A. E. McConachie. Singles Handicaps: Miss M. Crowther; runner-up, Mrs. J. Flegler. Doubles Handicaps: Mesdames Flegler and McConachie; runners-up, Mesdames Crozier and Padget. Novice Handicap: Miss M. Crowther; runner-up, Mrs. S. Stuart.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 20 April 1937. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)