Laurel Bank bridge party in the Memorial Hall

Bronze bowls of dahlias, zinnias and lavender shower made an effective show in the Memorial Hall on Tuesday afternoon when the members of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club arranged a bridge party. Asters in pastel colourings were set in slender vases and spaced down the centre of the tea buffet. The president of the committee is Mrs. Malcolm Sinclair, the secretary Mrs. P. S. Priest, and the treasurer Miss M. Rowe. Those present included Mesdames J. Platz, R. Fett, C. L. Hatton, L. Hopkins, C. Copas, B. Erlich, R. Relton, S. Dennis, J. Neil, N. Culliford, C. M. Walls, E. Barfold, R. W. Kirby, M. J. McGovern, F. W. Denny, C. Bowdler, H. Stark, A. W. Hale, Munro, Edward Farmer, R. Stone, M. Wallis, McIntyre, Norman McDonald, Dayas, G. R. Harrington, R. Handley, E. Barrett, A. R. Orr, B. Paget, J. G. Grant, W. Macgill, O'Kelly, K. Bourne, T. Collie, Johnson, Warrian, Jones, H. F. O'Brien, J. Lee, Keith Jefferies, A. Lacaze, G. Quinn, E. McCarthy, E. P. Argus, G. Leamon, J. Demaine, J. R. Doyle, A. Caines, J. Atwell, F. Trenerry, M. C. Williamson, Morgan Simon, Alex. Horn, J. Warner, H. T. Goodrich, D. F. Marshall, C. J. Searle, J. A. C. Wilson, R. Phelps, W. C. Peak, Malcolm Sinclair, R. Dawes, Campbell Robertson, N. Wilson, T. Falconer, W. Warneke, E. D. Board, K. Bedwell, G. Wagner, N. Fox, G. B. Mackay, N. Sweeney, S. H. Cooke, L. Lawton, J. J. Lucy, J. Wright, C. Harrington, J. A. Pattemore, E. McKenzie, W. Persse, David Cullen, H. S. Hamilton, L. Hooper, Misses Keene Cullen, M. Dever, Edith Williamson, C. Weymouth, N. Golden, A. Ross, J. Robertson, L. Robinson, E. Williamson, L. Wonderley, Riordan, I. Frayar, J. Dennis and N. Robinson.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 16 February 1939. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)