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Flowers and bridge at the Laurel Bank club rooms

The arrangement of flowers was a feature of a bridge party which was held by members of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club in their club rooms on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. P. S. Priest (president) welcomed…

Trove2 min read27 October 1949
HeadingSOCIAL ROUND
NewspaperThe Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette
DateThursday 27 October 1949, page 3Thu 27 Oct 1949, p. 3
Found onTrove, National Library of Australia

he arrangement of flowers was a feature of a bridge party which was held by members of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club in their club rooms on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. P. S. Priest (president) welcomed the guests, and tea was served by Mesdames F. Perkins, S. M. Hopkins, E. Reilly, J. Loft, W. Fox, G. Herron, R. Stone, J. Platz and W. Frood. The bridge players included Mesdames J. Duggan, A. R. Graham, S. Johnson, R. Mitchell, P. Dewar, H. S. McLean, M. Robinson, T. Gibson, P. C. Adams, G. Hobson, G. Gace, C. E. Connell, C. Postle, W. Martin, A. K. Luck, J. Blessington, H. Lincoln, W. Gayford, A. R. Handley, J. Lincoln, E. Duncan, W. Sanderson, C. G. Vidgen, P. M. Morris, K. Hunter, F. L. Oliver, E. Brugmann, G. Stewart, R. McGowan, R. Ashford, T. Collie, H. S. Tracey, F. O'Neill, B. Kuhneman, T. Reithmuller, G. B. Mackay, W. Hesling, E. Leschinski, C. Ziosmer, F. Greenbury, C. S. Higgins, G. E. Relton, H. Althaus, D. M. Humphrey, J. McIntyre, F. Brunner, M. Wallis, E. Cooling, W. Jackson, M. Barron, S. Greenbury, W. Pettinger, L. Lawton, W. Warrian, I. Penfold, W. Cannon, W. Miller, W. H. King, K. Davies and E. Fisher. Prizes were won by Mesdames R. McGowan and S. Johnson.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 27 October 1949. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 27 October 1949. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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