SUCCESSFUL BRIDGE PARTY AT WOMEN'S CLUB

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 115, 1 June 1937, Page 5

SUCCESSFUL BRIDGE PARTY AT WOMEN'S CLUB

. About 100 bridge players were present at the Hastings Women's Community Club last evening when a very successful bridge party was arranged to assfst the fund for tlxe furnisliing of the new club rooms. The large and comfortable room lends itself admirably for such a party, and last niglit it was decorgted with wall baskets of golden chrysanthemums and autumn foliage. On the stag© table was a howl of lovely iceland poppies. Mrs T. H. Lowry, club president, who wore a gown of black chift'on with insets of cliantilly Jace, expressed pleasure at seeing such a large number present. She thanked Mrs H. M. Campbell, who was hostess for the evening, for having all present to be her guests at supper and presented her with a shoulder spray of cyclamen. Mrs Campbell wore black chiffon velvet with a silver fox fur. Mrs H. M. Bishop, leader of the bridge circle, was thanked for making all the arrangements for the party. Mrs, Bishop' s gown of deepest petrel

blue cloque had insets o£ net in the full sleeves. The prize-winners were: Contract mystery number (ladies), Mrs W. G. Stead, (men) Mr W. Mackenzie ; auction mystery number (ladies), Mrs T. H. Lowry, (men) Mr Jf. McLeod. Donations were received from Mrs Faulkner, Mrs C. A. Hendry, Mrs Elliott, Mrs George Davies, Mrs G. C. Glenny, Miss Chambers and Mr Slater. Those present were:— Mr and Mrs T. H. Lowry, Mr and Mrs H. M. Campbell, Mrs H. M. Bishop, Mrs W. G. Stead and Miss Marie Stead, Mrs W . .Richmond, Mrs ft. H. Bettington (Sydney). Mr and Mrs Selwyn Averill, Mr and Mrs Donald Campbell, Miss Simcox, Miss Lewis, Mr and Mrs O. Prebble, Mr and Mrs A. Giorgi, Mrs E. Rivers, Mrs Garnett, Mrs B. M. Kessell, Mr F. C. Cumming, Mr F. McLeod, Mrs G. Faulkner, Mrs R. Stead, Mrs A. D. Morris, Mrs Olliver, Mrs K. Simson, Miss Heslop, Mrs R. Cashmore, Mrs J. A. Fraser, Mr and Mrs A. E. O'Meara, Mr and Mrs McNiece, Mrs A. J. Foot, Mrs G. T. Dyer, Mrs Glover, Mrs North, Mrs J. Simson, Miss A. Simson, Mrs N- Beamish, Mrs A. Dawson, Mrs K. White, Mrs D. Lane, Mr and Mrs Brunton Williams, Mrs Toogood, Mr and Mrs J. Miller, Rev. and Mrs Weymouth, Mrs A. Lockie, Mrs F. C. Twigg, Mr and Mrs Percy McHardy, Mr and Mrs W. Mackenzie, Mr and Mrs Baillie, Mrs Wrigley, Mr and Mrs W. E. Taylor, Mrs Broadfield (Lohdon), Mrs Renouf, Miss McMullen, Mrs O. Krogh, Mrs Noel Harding, Mrs F. S. Budd, Mrs Gordon Roach, Mrs Rees Davies, Mrs Moorhouse, Mrs J. D. S. Heaton, Mrs C. Wilkinson, Mrs A. E. Palmer, Mrs D. H. Hooker, Mrs H. Lovell-Smith, Mrs R. Pufflett, Mrs K. E. Crompton, Mrs J. Wright, Mrs H. N. Coleman, Miss Helen Coleman, Miss M. Ritchie, Miss Zeta Wright, Miss Jean Stevenson, Mr Desmond Wright and Mr Douglas Baixd.