Bridge party in the new Laurel Bank club house

The new croquet club house at Laurel Bank Park presented a bright appearance on Tuesday afternoon, when the members of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club arranged a bridge party. Tall crystal vases, filled with maiden-hair fern, poinsettia and poppies were arrayed on tables about the room. The committee responsible for the arrangements comprised Mesdames C. Copas, P. Priest, M. Dunsdon, J. Childs, M. Matthews, J. Platz and E. Fett. Those present included Mesdames Malcolm Sinclair, J. Walls, A. E. Carrell, K. Jefferies, C. Lacaze, J. Lee, R. D. Kirby, F. W. Denny, E. Kingsford, C. Copas, M. P. Hussey, J. E. Maclean, E. H. Brugman, C. Bowdler, N. Pollock, P. Dewar, W. Frood, M. Ryan, M. Nichols, A. M. Pollock, J. Walton, A. Carroll, M. D. Parker, P. C. Bergin, L. Lawton, J. J. Lucy, M. J. McGovern, J. A. Pattemore, S. Johnson, C. James, R. Dennis, R. Relton, A. Higgins, Misses R. Fryer, E. O'Shea, J. Dennis, M. Riordan and R. Copas.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 16 June 1938. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)