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January bridge party at the bowling club pavilion

The pavilion at the West Toowoomba Bowling Club was tastefully adorned with flowers and ferns when the members of the West Toowoomba Croquet Club held their January bridge party. The visitors were…

Trove2 min read25 January 1954
HeadingSocial Notes
NewspaperThe Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette
DateMonday 25 January 1954, page 3Mon 25 Jan 1954, p. 3
Found onTrove, National Library of Australia

he pavilion at the West Toowoomba Bowling Club was tastefully adorned with flowers and ferns when the members of the West Toowoomba Croquet Club held their January bridge party.

The visitors were received by the president of the croquet club (Mrs. J. Flegler). She wore a smartly-styled frock of bark brown crepe and added lemon accessories.

Among those present were Mesdames R. H. Apelt, A. Gust, T. Alroe, C. J. Searle, A. McBride, R. Bourne, R. Sim, O. Callaghan, Stone, Connell, Stumbles, Wallis, Ferguson, Watson, Wright, Sanderson, W. Miller, Ziesemer, P. Fox, N. Alford, Albertson, K. Jefferies, H. Falconer, N. McDonald, H. E. Fittock, D. [?Huner], M. Bentley, Turnbull, F. Kolberg, C. Statham, F. Chapman, F. Kath, T. Riethmuller, A. Baxter (Brisbane), T. O'Sullivan, Leschinski, E. Steele, L. Bienke, H. King, Kerr, [?Harth], Humphries, Bethington, R. Kineavy, Althaus, F. Brunner, Fogarty, N. Fox, Bedwell, Carlisle, F. Greenbury, W. Cook, Conroy and Padget.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 25 January 1954. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 25 January 1954. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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