June bridge party for the Newtown Park lawns

To augment funds for the croquet lawns in Newtown Park, members of the West Toowoomba Croquet Club held their June bridge party at the home of Mrs. J. Flegler in Rome Street this week. The guests were received in the flower-bedecked lounge by Mrs. Flegler, who is president of the West Toowoomba Croquet Club. The supper tables were tastefully adorned with pottery bowls filled with colourful seasonal blooms and green foliage.

The players included Mesdames E. Fisher, E. Leschinski, M. J. Abbott, S. Taplin, C. J. Searle, J. Lee, E. McDonald, G. Kolberg, V. Sanburg, M. Bentley, W. H. King, T. Riethmuller, F. Kath, A. McBride, C. Conroy, N. J. Carseldine, R. F. Bourne, M. Dean, L. Spence, B. Ireland, Statham, E. Alford, E. Gust, J. Ferguson, M. I. Watson, G. Wright, C. Sanderson, E. Stone, M. Wallis, D. Stamble, A. Connell, N. McKee, R. Apelt, and I. Alroe; Misses M. Reardon, C. Davidson, H. Dean and L. Sanburg, and Messrs. Kolberg, H. Bach, W. Brose, F. Kath, H. Rixon and C. J. Searle.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 11 June 1953. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)