Bridge party in the Laurel Bank pavilion

The president of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club (Mrs. P. S. Priest) received the visitors at a bridge party arranged by club members in the pavilion this week. The floral decorations of the main reception room were bright and effective, and the tea buffet was graced with posy bowls filled with sprigs of Geraldton wax blossom, fragrant stocks in deep and light tones of mauve, and slender stemmed Iceland poppies in coppery hues. Those present included Mesdames W. Jackson, M. Barron, W. Pettinger, R. Stone, M. Wallis, G. Gace, F. Brunner, W. H. King, H. Lincoln, L. Carroll, W. D. Gayford, H. Bingham, A. J. Dayas, J. Lane, J. Lucy, W. Quane, K. Hunter, E. Brugmann, F. L. Oliver, T. Gibson, B. Kuhneman, T. Riethmuller, G. B. Mackay, F. O'Neill, L. Lawton, A. Connell, G. Guinn, C. E. Higgins, H. C. Perina, S. E. Relton, H. Althaus, E. Reilly, F. Perkins, S. M. Hopkins, C. Loft, C. Zeismer, M. Fox, L. J. Herron, S. Dennis, Boyd and C. E. Connell.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 27 July 1950. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)