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Newspaper
Brisbane Courier Mail
Location
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 08, 1940
Page
6
A long feature describes striking carpet designs in plain tones with subtle pattern depth, including rose and aqua shades for Helen’s bedroom and tongue rooms. It lists home decor items from handbags to painted georgette accessories, gloves, brooches, and a variety of craft and gift ideas as suggested for Mother’s Day.
A list of social visits and arrivals from Sydney and Brisbane is recorded. Mrs Brownhill and Mr Henderson plan a stay with relatives at Ascot on May 22, while Me J Codd recovers from an accident at Tamworth. Several pairs of travellers, hosts, and hotel stays are noted across Brisbane, Surfers Paradise, and the coast, with people visiting family, celebrating birthdays, or continuing trips by car or plane.
The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress attended a Memorial Hall social evening in Wynnum Central hosted by the Want branch of the Citizens Municipal Organisation. Pipe Major McCarkindale led the welcome, and Alderman WR Howard and Mrs Howard joined the gathering. The Lord Mayor congratulated Howard on his victory.
Mise Dorothy McLeod daughter of the late Mr McLeod and Mrs Milead will marry Mr Graham Robertson at Kings School Chapel Parramatta on May seventeenth. Roderick McLeod will give away the bride with about twenty guests attending at Rose’s York Street. Honeymoon to a trip to Sam Francisco.
A wedding report details the bride in satin organdies and lace with long veil, bouquet details and departure for a honeymoon. Guests include Vincent Burton Granger Bhiss Malic Alice Charity and others, with reception at the home of the bride. Subsequent paragraphs discuss homefront nurse equipment and a Wynnum league petition urging child endowment and defense support.
The Metropolitan C W A holds a June 1 social at Chi Hall with 21 women and 22 children served at the seaside lodge. May 13 meeting forms a working committee for TH trot and welcomes new members. five hundred attended a debutante ball at Lomereath last night.
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