Laurel Bank holds a bridge party in the C.W.A. hall

The Country Women's Association Rest Room Hall was beautifully decorated with massed bowls of Iceland poppies, marigolds and gum tips, and the club colours of gold and brown, when the Laurel Bank Croquet Club held a bridge party on Monday afternoon. Those present included Mesdames Wagner, A. L. Meyers, G. B. Mackay, K. Bedwell, A. Collins, A. Recourt, R. Pickering, Miss C. Hooper, Mesdames A. Leamon, E. Baker, C. Hopgood, V. Erlich, J. M. Tate, D. F. Marshall, S. Dennis, W. Frood, W. Warrian, L. Lawton, H. Bourke, J. Lucy, B. Padget, A. Wilson, A. R. Orr, J. G. Grant, P. S. Priest, Miss M. Rowe, Mesdames Fett, Fox and F. L. Hopkins. On behalf of members of the club Mrs. J. Platz (vice-president) thanked the visitors for their attendance, and presented the prizes.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 17 May 1939. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)