Bridge party at the Laurel Bank club house

The club house of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club was gay with large bowls of blue and pink shades of hydrangeas, Dorothy Perkins roses and tall vases of gladioli when the president (Mrs. P. S. Priest) received the guests at the club's bridge party. The bridge prize, which was donated by Mrs. B. Hanscombe, was won by Mrs. R. McGowan. The lucky door number, which was donated by Mrs. F. Bongers, was won by Mrs. Boyd. Those present included Mesdames C. E. Higgins, H. Althaus, H. Chapman, H. E. Perina, J. Ferguson, G. Wright, E. Alford, C. Sanderson, E. Leschinski, W. Hessling, N. Linwood, E. Steele, J. Duggan, S. Johnson, F. H. Cafferky, L. Cooke, R. McGowan, R. Ashford, T. Hacker, O. Denny, S. Turnbull, W. W. Thompson, R. H. Carlisle, G. Cavanough, C. Bowdler, L. Olliver, Hunter, A. McTavish, De Frain, P. A. Adams, J. Keogh, L. Spense, S. Greenbury, F. Brunner, M. Barron, E. Cooling, A. J. Dayas, W. Quane, J. Lee, S. Dennis, C. Zeisemer, G. Statham, A. Davidson, M. Wallis, L. Lawton, J. Peel, W. G. Gayford, V. Cleary, A. Baxter, J. E. Poore, S. Jackson, J. T. Symons, C. Done, A. Conn, G. W. McDonald, W. Borghardt, W. Oehlman, M. Nagel, A. M. P. Phillips, E. J. Brown, M. A. Platz, W. Frood, A. Alroe, M. Dean, E. Apelt, E. Stone, C. R. Bryant, G. Stevens, W. H. King, F. Perkins, W. Watts, L. Herron, E. F. Loft, E. Reilly and S. M. Hopkins.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 24 November 1952. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)