Bridge party in Memorial Hall raises funds for the club

Flowers massed in profusion, in corners, on tables, central stands and every vantage point, transformed the Memorial Hall into a bower of beauty and fragrance yesterday afternoon. The occasion was a bridge party, organised in aid of funds, by the president (Mrs. Malcolm Sinclair) and the members of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club. Tea was served from a buffet, set at one side of the hall, and decked with tall silver and crystal vases of asters and gerberas in pink, mauve, gold and red tints. Mesdames W. F. Dunsdon and P. Fett were the conveners of the afternoon tea. Those present were Mesdames Malcolm Sinclair, Spencer Roberts, T. P. Connolly, R. G. Hazard, F. J. Paterson, A. W. Hale, David Cullen, H. [?A.] O'Brien, R. W. McLean, A. Wilson, Mathews, J. A. C. Wilson, J. Demaine, J. D. Meares, E. McKenzie, G. A. Leichney, Crowther, J. Fenner, H. Falconer, J. Lee, N. Orr, P. S. Priest, W. Boyd, E. M. Stephenson, R. G. Lyon, W. G. Geck, A. Barter, R. D. Kerr, R. Stone, E. J. Kingsford, A. E. Dent, H. H. Cay, J. Scanlan, W. Peet, Gerard Boyce, W. Stark, R. G. Wonderley, A. Higgins, S. Dennis, C. Fortescue, R. R. Miller, A. R. Parkinson, W. Greenlees, D. F. Marshall, F. Bridgman, F. Trenerry, E. P. Grenier, J. T. Barker, W. Frood, O. C. Jones, C. Copas, A. O. Jackson, David Cramond, T. H. J. Davies, H. Hargreaves (Ipswich), M. Ryan, R. D. Kirby, Hornsby, J. A. Pattemore, W. Miller, Collie, and Lynch; Misses Marion Munro, Keen Cullen, L. Wonderley, Ross, Collie, M. Riordan, C. Warner, Jean Dennis, M. Harrison, and S. Thompson; and Mr. Hoare.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 19 February 1937. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)