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The members of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club held a successful bridge party during the week. The club room was attractively decorated with wall vases, filled with Geraldton Wax, sweetpeas, poppies…

Trove2 min read1 August 1953
HeadingParliament Opening Attracts Visitors
NewspaperThe Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette
DateSaturday 1 August 1953, page 3Sat 1 Aug 1953, p. 3
Found onTrove, National Library of Australia

he members of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club held a successful bridge party during the week. The club room was attractively decorated with wall vases, filled with Geraldton Wax, sweetpeas, poppies and pansies. Those present were: Mesdames A. G. Merritt, P. Pynegar, A. J. Sellars, T. G. Cavano[?ugh], D. L. Muir, C. E. Hewitt, S. Turnbull, H. W. Le Pla, L. Harders, C. S. Brownlee, W. Thompson, G. T. Tame, Carroll, C. K. Barlow, A. R. Grahame, S. Bush, W. Pettinger, M. Lynch, W. H. Lincoln, S. Greenbury, J. Curry, E. Johnstone, S. Baker, V. Davis, L. Lawton, A. C. Reynolds, Beinke, J. Lindsay, C. Ziesemer, F. Greenbury, J. A. Fox, G. Statham, K. Hunter, F. L. Oliver, A. Davidson, B. Stephens, R. McGowan, P. Dewar, L. Hacker, R. Ashford, Dayas, C. Berry, W. Quane, M. Riordan, C. E. Higgins, H. Althaus, H. Chapman, H. C. Perina, L. H. King, N. Linwood, E. Alford, F. Steele, J. E. Poore, A. Baxter, A. Taylor, J. T. Symons, W. Millar, J. Watson, J. Ferguson, E. Sanderson, E. Board, M. Yarrow, Wood, Deller, M. Wallis, M. Gordon, A. Connell, C. McDonald, Priest, Stevens, Dennis, Frood, Watts, Stumbles, Reilly, Lee Warner, Perkins, Bullock, Bongers, Stone, Herron, Platz and Fox.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 1 August 1953. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 1 August 1953. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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