Evening bridge party for the Newtown Park lawns

To augment the funds for the croquet lawns in Newtown Park, the members of the West Toowoomba Croquet Club organised an evening bridge party at the home of their president, Mrs. J. Flegler, in Rome Street this week. The guests were received in the attractive lounge, which was arrayed with bowls of chrysanthemums intermingled with sprays of autumn-tinted foliage. Supper was served from a buffet set in the dining room, and adorned with slender vases holding tawny and gold chrysanthemums and gerberas. Mrs. Flegler wore a teal-blue tri-crepe frock which was trimmed with self-covered embroideries and groupings of steel beads.

The players included Mesdames J. Stirling, H. Spence, J. Lee, N. McDonald, C. J. Searle, N. Carseldine, A. McBride, M. Dean, R. F. Bourne, J. Ferguson, I. Watson, G. Wright, C. Sanderson, A. R. Kuhneman, T. Riethmuller, J. E. Poore, J. T. Symons, A. Baxter, A. Taylor, B. Ireland, E. Alford, E. Geist, D. Stumbles, E. Stone, L. Leschinski, S. Fisher, J. Doyle, R. Apelt, C. Conroy and I. Alroe, Miss H. Dean, Messrs. H. Spence, A. Baxter, F. Kath, H. Rixon, C. J. Searle and D. Rixon.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 13 May 1953. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)