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The Laurel Bank Croquet Club club house was gay with flowers—daffodils, violets, poppies and sweet peas—when the members of the club held their monthly bridge party. Those present included Mesdames…

Trove2 min read30 August 1939
HeadingTHE SOCIAL ROUND
NewspaperThe Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette
DateWednesday 30 August 1939, page 5Wed 30 Aug 1939, p. 5
Found onTrove, National Library of Australia

he Laurel Bank Croquet Club club house was gay with flowers—daffodils, violets, poppies and sweet peas—when the members of the club held their monthly bridge party. Those present included Mesdames L. Dunsdon, P. S. Priest, W. Fett, A. Collins, Ken McKinney, A. Recourt, M. R. Harrison, S. Dennis, J. T. Finnamore, J. Tate, W. Frood, Dayas, F. M. Smith, R. Handley, Hussey, P. J. Barron, R. D. Kirby, F. O'Neil, Ehrlich, S. Hopkins and Miss R. Fryar. The prizes were won by Mesdames Harrison and Smith.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 30 August 1939. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 30 August 1939. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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