Bridge party raises funds for the club

To augment the funds of the West Toowoomba Croquet Club, a bridge party was held this week at the home of the president of the club (Mrs. J. Flegler) in West Street.

The lounge, where the hostess received her guests, was beautified with bowls holding poppies and Geraldton wax blossom, and similar flowers arranged with greenery decked the supper tables.

Those present included Mesdames A. Baxter, J. E. Poore, J. T. Symons, B. Ireland, E. Gust, E. E. Alford, A. Taylor, S. Albertson, K. Hunter, N. Fox, G. Fogarty, C. J. Searle, J. Lee, B. Kuhneman, C. Sanderson, G. Wright, I. Watson, W. King, L. Spence, N. Carseldine, A. McBride, M. Dean, R. F. Bourne, T. Riethmuller, F. Kath, W. Miller, M. Statham, J. Doyle, E. Alroe, C. Conroy, H. Rixon, and R. Apelt, Misses M. Riordan, C. Davidson and H. Dean, Messrs. W. Miller, F. Kath, H. Rixon, C. J. Searle, J. A. C. Wilson and A. Baxter.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 6 August 1953. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)