Sweet peas and bridge at the Laurel Bank club house

Bowls of sweet peas and stocks formed softly toned touches of colour in the Laurel Bank Croquet club house on Tuesday afternoon, when the members of the club held a bridge afternoon. The guests were welcomed by the president of the club (Mrs. P. Priest). The hostesses for the afternoon were Mesdames Priest, J. Platz, L. J. Herron, C. Loft, E. Reilly and S. M. Hopkins. The bridge prize was won by Mrs. E. H. Brugmann and the lucky number prize by Mrs W. Boyd. The players included Mesdames D. Hunter, F. L. Oliver, M. Gibson, G. Wright, C. Sanderson, E. Alford, E. M. Kerr, W. Quane, W. Pettinger, S. Greenbury, C. E. Higgins, H. C. Perina, H. Walden, H. Althaus, Wallis, C. Stone, Graham, Ziesemer, McIntyre, E. Cooling, F. Brunner, King, Bingham, D. D. Gayford, L. Carroll, H. Lincoln, R. McGowan, R. Ashford, K. Gardiner, W. Smythe, L. Lawton, J. J. Lucy, C. E. Connell and J. F. Bongers, and Miss M. Riordan.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 28 September 1950. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)