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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 28, 1938
Page
5
The City Halls hosted the fifth annual Police Welfare Club ball with 1700 attendees. Debutantes presented, and stage decorations featured three replicas of the club badge against white and dark blue. Festivities reflected the club’s festive spirit and community role.
160 guests attended the Constitutional Club annual At Home last night with a card party and assorted games in the club rooms. Floral decor featured gerberas. refreshments and socializing followed upstairs in Griffiths Cafe rooms with members dressing in fashionable attire and formal gowns.
Skiing holiday plans and guests fill Brisbane social pages. Miss Belly Fletcher guests Mr and Mrs A Mottit Evander for a Christmas season, with Miss Joan Pletcher and Miss Valentina Marks joining later for a ski break. Visitors include Zealanders at the Belvoir Hotel, a Brisbane to Sydney clip and week aboard a liner, and local society figures entertaining guests while staying at Canberra Hotel.
Grammar Old Girls Association held a dance in Canberra to raise funds for a kitchen stall at the Brisbane Girls Grammar School fete. About 100 guests attended. notable committee members and several attendees were named among the readable list.
Corinda hosts a lacrosse dance organized by the social committee with guests including dignitaries and club members. The event featured hall decorations and emblematic symbols, and attendees listed include several named residents and officials.
About 100 guests attended a bridge afternoon at Finneys Auditorium hosted by Mesdames DJ Morgan and JA B Gillespie. The event featured decor with silhouettes and prize draws, while guests including Mrs Stavenson and Dr. and Mrs. W. Stevenson gathered for the annual College At Home event at Brisbane Technical College Hall with a reception that showcased elaborate gowns and floral arrangements.
A gala reception hosted by Public Welfare Club featured festoons of coloured lights, silver fabric, and Union Jack along with Commonwealth flags. Guests included Commissioner of Police Me J Carroll and Premier W Forgun Smith with Mrs Smith, plus Health Minister S M Han Ton and many dignitaries in vivid frocks and velvet coats.
A pre wedding tea for Miss Thelma Wally and Mr. Edwin Neleon Heath was hosted at a private Ocean's Ontiville home on Saturday. Attendees included Mrs. J B Mt and Mrs. Hugh Gileoy among many friends and relatives.
Conveners of a bathroom stall event at AIGtal fog of Inexperoned 4 Mesttntes Ce organized a benefit at Mrs Bloharas’s Kenilworth Street home in Bherwood yesterday. Mrs Geimaiek contributed eight musical moves.
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