West Toowoomba croquet members hold a bridge party for the Red Cross home

Seasonable blossoms in radiant shades and gay pennants decked the pavilion at the West Toowoomba Bowling Club yesterday afternoon when members of the West Toowoomba Croquet Club organised a bridge party in aid of funds for the Walter T. Robertson Red Cross Convalescent Home. The visitors, who included the Mayoress (Mrs. J. D. Annand), were received by the president of the Club (Mrs. C. J. Searle). She was assisted by the secretary (Mrs. W. A. Dean) and the treasurer (Mrs. M. F. O'Connell). Others present were Mesdames R. W. McLean, J. Flegler, B. Farr, F. Bullock, A. Wilson, A. H. Stirrat, J. McCulloch, C. C. Dixon, Frank Hodgson, P. J. Barron, C. Healy, F. O'Neill, V. E. Greet, R. Stone, S. Johnson, J. Donaghue, A. V. Meagher, T. G. Taylor, J. McIntyre, M. Wallis, S. Stuart, E. Eridgman, A. R. Godsall, P. Boys, M. Godsall, E. F. O'Brien, S. Andrews, T. Riethmuller, H. Wilson, B. Kuhneman, C. Till, H. Williams, H. J. Samuels, W. J. Macgill, Dayas, Quane, Matthew, Beer, E. Bolderman, J. E. Hayes, B. F. Marshall, W. H. King, N. Bowden, J. Tattam, Bourne, O'Sullivan, T. J. O'Sullivan, R. J. Rogers, H. F. O'Brien, Keith Jefferies, F. W. Denny, Norman McDonald, V. G. Sellwood, A. V. Leamon, W. Connell, J. J. Lucy, J. Spalding, I. McDonald, S. Keane, E. E. Gold, C. Ware, J. Lee, A. J. Laurie, P. H. Outridge, W. A. Elvery, D. E. Stanton, V. J. Harrison, A. McBride, A. Erown, Nixon Smith, G. R. Harrington, E. A. McConachie, P. S. Priest, A. R. Orr, W. Frood, M. J. Duff, J. Atwell, R. McIntyre, S. Stark, Rehnisch, J. Falconer, Collie, A. Proudfoot, R. S. Gibson, C. Loxton, Brooks, Tilbury, Chapman, McLean, J. E. Duggan, J. Tate, C. Davis, J. Kearns, M. Crozier, S. Dennis, C. E. Higgins, R. Relton, F. Bongers, Lyons, John Switzer, A. Recourt, F. Trenerry, M. C. Williamson, W. Miller, N. Wilson, F. McCrystal, J. M. C. Harris, Watson, McGovern, Ferguson and Jarrott; Misses I. Fryar, S. Dickson, K. Knapp, L. Stirling, H. Armstrong, C. F. Robinson, Wynn, Shewcroft, Gilbert and Riordan.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 2 March 1943. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)