Laurel Bank croquet members hold a bridge party

Multi-coloured flowers provided bright decorations at the Laurel Bank Club House on Tuesday afternoon when members of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club held a bridge party. Prizes donated for a hidden number and a lucky number were won by Mesdames R. McGowan and F. Greenbury respectively. Tea was served by members of the committee. The president, Mr. P. S. Priest, who received the guests, was frocked in brown with a matching hat. Those present included Mesdames P. Adams, J. Duggan, L. Cook, F. Brunner, W. Miller, K. Davies, C. Healy, V. Stuart, R. Ashford, R. McGowan, L. Lawton, F. Greenbury, D. F. Marshall, M. Carey, W. H. King, T. Lysaght, J. Tate, T. Collie, M. White, M. Bowden, S. M. Hopkins, G. Platz, M. Fox, F. P. Perkins, W. Boyd and J. F. Bongers.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 27 March 1947. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)