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Laurel Bank Croquet Club holds a bridge party

The members of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club held an enjoyable bridge party in the club house recently. The guests were received by the president of the club (Mrs. P. S. Priest). The reception room…

Trove2 min read2 February 1954
HeadingSocial Notes
NewspaperThe Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette
DateTuesday 2 February 1954, page 3Tue 2 Feb 1954, p. 3
Found onTrove, National Library of Australia

he members of the Laurel Bank Croquet Club held an enjoyable bridge party in the club house recently. The guests were received by the president of the club (Mrs. P. S. Priest). The reception room was delightfully arrayed with groupings of blossoms, and the tea buffet highlighted floral deckings in vivid pastel colourings.

Among those present were Mesdames F. Ferguson, J. Watson, G. Wright, C. Sanderson, Higgins, S. Dennis, H. Althaus, H. C. Perina, R. Dewar, M. McGufficke, P. G. Heuer, Greenbury, W. Pettinger, J. Mayne, M. Mitchell, W. Frood, F. P. Perkins, Bingham, Reynolds, A. R. Grahame, F. Brunner, L. Cooke, S. Johnson, C. McDonald, M. Yarrow, L. Lawton, D. Jackson, F. Dearling, J. Lee, N. McDonald, K. Jefferies, H. Falconer, A. Horn, K. Goldin, H. Anderssen, W. D. Iverson, King, Kerr, Alford, Fox, Bettington, Hopkins, Bullock, Hanscomb, Platz, Bongers, Smith and Watts, Misses N. Golden, M. McDonald and M. Lincoln.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 2 February 1954. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia.

The article as it was printed in The Toowoomba Chronicle, 2 February 1954. Scan from Trove, National Library of Australia. (Trove, National Library of Australia)

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