Bridge party with sweet peas and poppies at Laurel Bank

Mrs. P. S. Priest (president) welcomed the guests at a bridge party which was held by members of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club in their club rooms on Tuesday afternoon. The arrangement of sweet peas, poppies and stocks provided colourful decorations. Tea was served by members who included Mesdames S. Dennis, W. Fox, G. Loft, Reilly, G. Herron, J. Platz, F. Perkins, L. Cooke, R. Stone, F. Bongers and W. Frood. The bridge players were Mesdames J. Atwell, Hunter, Stewart, R. Brugmann, A. Taylor, A. Baxter, J. Poore, J. Symons, W. H. King, W. Miller, E. Fisher, C. Davies, A. J. Dayas, A. E. Fittock, J. Lee, K. Wilson, B. Kuhneman, K. Goldin, T. Reithmuller, G. B. Mackay, C. E. Higgins, S. E. Relton, H. Althaus, C. J. Keogh, L. Lawton, F. Greenbury, E. Leschinski, F. Chapman, W. Smyth, J. McIntyre, G. Gace, T. Gibson, R. McGowan, J. Ferguson, T. Collie, J. Peel, P. Bergin, J. Humphrey, H. Lincoln, J. Lincoln, W. Gayford, H. Bingham, Jackson, S. Greenbury, W. Pettinger and Burke, and Misses M. Lincoln and B. O'Connell. Prizes for bridge were won by Mesdames J. McIntyre and W. Gayford.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 29 September 1949. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)