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COURIERI\•

Re(lsterect at the G.P.O. Perth, (or transminion by post as a periodical;

Vol. 7. No. 84. MAY, 1954 Price 1d.

WHEN IS A MAN A MAN?

When he can look out over the rivers, the hills and the far horizonwith a profound sense of his Own smallness in the vast scheme oflife, and yet have faith, hope and courage.

When he knows thal, down in his heart, every man is as noble,and as lonely as himself, and as vile, as divine, as diabolic, but yet

. seeks to know, to forgive and to love his fellow man.

When he loves flowers, can hunt hirds without a gun, and feelsthe lhrill of an old forgotten joy when he hears lhe laughter oflittle children.

When he can be happy and high-minded amid the meaner drud-geries of life.

When st arc rown ed trees, and the glint of sunlight on flowingwaters, subdue him like the thought of one mu ch-belovert and longdead.

When no voice of distress reaches his ears in vain and no handseeks his without response.

When he has learned how to make friends and to keep them, and,above all, how to keep friends with b irnself.

When he finds gof things and see maj

d in every failh that helps any mortal lay holdtic meaning in life, whatever that failh.

" When he C3n look into a wayside puddle and see beyond the mud,

I,and into lhe face of the most Ior lorn fellow mortal and see some-

thing' beyond the sin

When he knows how to pray, lo love, and to hope.

When he has kept Iail h wilh himself, with his fellow man, wit hhis God, ill his h and a sword tor evil, III his heart a song-glad to livebut not afraid to die. -G. S. ROBINSON.

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Committee CommentThe cornmi t tce met in Colinolg's office, at 9 Bar rack-st., Perth

on Tuesday, May 18. Present:Messrs. Colin Do+g, Arthur Smith,u r ly Bowden, Mick Calcutt, Fred

Napier, Bill Willis, Jack Garey andWill' Marcil. Apologies, GeorgeBoyland.

Anzac DaylJill Willis laid the wreath at the

MCl110nai in company with Mick'aleu tl.Mick Calcutt states that t nc

wrcal h which was in the snape ofa double diamou d was tile Ii ncs twreath laid there by lhe Associa-tion.

lJill Willis was Iort unale to beabtc to lay th e wreath in the frontof the MenlOrial in pride of place.Con g rut ulato ry note on the good

workmanship 01 I he floral tr ibu teis to be sent to Wilson & Johns.

Committee very disap pointed atthe poor muster al lh c Anzac Dayparade.

Comm it tec ext ends thanks toRon Duke and Bill lJollis for t hexcellenL rolls provided at th e "gC'l-together" after lhe march at 16LJII3n. Drill [Jail in Bazaar Terrace.

May MeetingAlf WinLer's address On his cx-

p eriences whilst P.O.W. was con-skle r cd to be lhe finest delivered tthe Association. Congratulationsof the comrni tt cc to tlus fine sol-dier.

King's Par-k Water SchemeFred Napier slated lhat a letter

had been sent to lhe Water Supplyapplying for con nectlo n. Originalplan will go ahead and will be dis-cussed at length al the annual gen-eral rne et in g and election or offlc-~I'S On June 1.

Picnic or Party at XmasThis subject was discussed at

lcn ath and it was resolved that thecorn mil t ee recom mend that party atXmas be cou l inucd.

<Repatriation Anomaly1\\1'. Fr<:d Napier sll~gests a let-

ter [0 1I1e authority concerned (l{l!-p al r laliou ) explaining that anornal-ies e xis t in lhe present set up inpayments in Repatrlation Ilospilalsth r ou ghout Australia for periods 01less Ihan three months. I,equestrev'e w 01' T.T.!. ral es for pcrlodof less than three mon ths.

Committee l11eeling lhen closed.

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per6onahtie6JACKIE SPENCER:0111' old friend Jackie popped in-

to the mee tinv lhe other eveningand had quile a Chin-wag wilh t heboys.

GEORGE flOYLAND:nunitteem an Gcor gc has had

the misfortune to break his leg.eor ge was walking along Murray

ne.ir William-st., and slipped onSCil11Clhillg on the pavement withthe resultant fracture high up onhis leg. We are all very sorry andsu r p ris et! to hear Ol yuu r mi sf'or-tune, George, and hope that youwon 'I have to endur e too murh painn the road to recovery. There+s

no harder worker on the cnmmit-tee lhan George Boyland and his ab-sence at th e mcet ings will be miss-e.t considerably. Whenever there'sa job with a fair amount or workand organiSing to do w ith it youcan rely On George to volunteerwith his cheery "I'll handle t hat."HAROLD BROOKER:

Following on "Brook's" mentionin the last 'Courier' came the pic-lure of him giving an elc phant amanicure at South Pe r th Zoo. The1(1 elephant seemecl to be enjoyingit. By the way, did you not icc howthe muscles in "Brook's" arms aridleg'S stood Oul-must be from hu l-Iyillg . and lhrowlng clcph ant s a-round.

FRED NAPIER:nee again about afler a fairly

leu gt hy spell in l tcllywood l lospit-al. fred has spent a considerableti rue there in recent yearx so line'S

- hoping lhat you will he away i ro mthere ill the future, I'red.

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LETTER TO THE EDITORMAY GENERAL MEETING

Rarely in the history of the As-socintion has an address been de-livered with such ulter hum ility athal made by Aif Winter at the lastgeneral meeting.

Whal a shame that t here wassuch a miserable attendance (15).The brilliance of the speaker, andhts ability to inform us of his har-rowing experiences, with ou t givinghimself "lhe big rap-up" was some-th i ng we have never heard at ourmeetings before. It was generallyconceded that Alf Winter's contr i-bulion to our evening's entertain-ment was by far the best heard byu I' Associat ion.

Alf meandered through the num-erous slages that led up to the t im ewhen he was taken P.O.W. in Mal-aya.

A contingenl of P.O.W. were be-ing shipped away by the Japaneseand were torpedoed by an Americansubmarine. After spending sometime in lhe water A If m anaged toreach a raft On which he and a fewt hers floated around for a few day

before bein g picked up by anotherYank sub.

y then the damage had beendone to Alf's eyes by the floatingoil on lhe wu er and he was blindfor three weeks. •

Allogelher a grand night's enter-Iainmcnt-c-duly assisted by the in-evitable drop of the dolns.

WATER SCHEME DONATIONS

Furt her donations were receivedduring the mon th , the latest ofwhom arc: Ray Aitken, Don Tu r ton,Mrs. Trowbridge, Reg llarrington,Bill Ep ps and Merv Wheatley. Pro-gress figures are not to hand butlhis information will be passed 011to you as soon as t reasu rer makesout a statement.

Judge: "Lizz, you're chargedwith ru nnin g around in the nude.

t.izz : "It's diss way, Jedg c, wh eIlly Ilenry comes home drunk anw:lnts to heal me up, I p u ll s of mnightl(OWn and runs out in de darSlJ he can't sec me."

"Following on the overwhelmingsuccess of the last Country Conven-tion several members have express-ed the wish for another Conventionto be held in the near future.

"There were quite a few of uswho were unable to be present atthe Wongan Hills' 'do' but are' look-ing forward to taking part in lhenext.

"The success of lhe Convcnt ion sas a means of furlhering the cause

the Association by bringingcountry members in to contact withlhe committee and town memberscannot be questioned.

of others?medium ofpinion on

"What is the opinion1 would like to hear perlhe 'Courier' what theirthe subject i

"I would be obliged if you wouldbring (he matter before the com-mittee as soon as possible and sospeed up the next Co nventlon.

"-Interesled".

THOUGHT FOR THE MONTHYou cannot help men permanent-

Iy by doing for them what lheycould and should do for themselves.

-Abraham Lincoln.

A suburbanile, wearing his oldclothes, was mowing his lawn whena woman in a fine car stopped andasked him: "How much do youcharge for mowing lawns?""I don't clo il for money," he

said, "but lhe lady who lives herelets me sleep with her."

The lady in the car, withoutrruncn t, drove quietly away.

* * * *l t was a very hot day, and she

was dressed accordin gly. A you n gman ap p roach ed, lifted his hal andremarked lhal it was a very warmday. "Ilow da r e you speak to me l "said the girl. "I don't know you

m Adam ."far as lhal goes," Icp lie.!

he young mall. "I'd scarcely k ']\I\\,II 1'1'0111 Eve t"

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Arch Cam pbell in town nows hur e Iarrnin g at Moulyinning andlooking really fit and likes the ideaof farming for a living. Arch reck-ons the standard of W.A. footballis miles below Melbourne (he sawthe East Perth-Perth clash at Subi-:leo recenlly). '

!leter Carnnbcll wrote in haste tdonate to Kiilg's Park Scheme andto send his good wishes to the gang,. Hay Aitk en in town for schoolholidays and looked really well. Rayreports good shooting in Katnnnin g-Wagin area with the ducks.

Doug Fullerton has changed hivocation after 25 years. lie hasleft l3unnings and is now in busi-ness with his sister in the clothinggame at Victoria Park.

Saw Don Turton this month andhe rcp orts quite a good clover sea-so n at Wandering and was anxious-ly awaiting rain when seen as theseason was late in opening.

Geo. Boyland had misfort une tbreak his leg (you have all the dopeWilf). Ilis progress is more thansatisfactory and he hopes to leavehospital very SOon and convalescat home.

Ernie Din woodie is now outhospital and is living at SouthPerth. When seen on Anzac Dayhe looked very fit.

Bill Epps is now one of a COI11-mitl ee of five appointed to getnight baseball gOing'in W.A. If weknow Bill tlicu night baseball is ascood as on its way. Good luck toY011 Bill.

Saw Ralf Pinkelstein recen t ly andhe said he was going alon g very wellill his hu siness. Incidentally Ralfmade all the furniture for the of-fice huilding for W.A. Petroleumand believe me it is a bit tasty.

Mick Morgan was again chiefhearer of the banner on Anzac Dayand the debonair Mick looked well,hut said he still h:yd pl,enijy oftrouble with his back.

J):\vC Ritchie has high hopes ofItelling into his new horne early inlilly arid is absolutely flexin g' (hemuvcles to get at tht) making of hisgarden.

lcve Ro cers seems to have dis-'Innearrd into the blue not a wordfrom him since he bu z z ect ofT u pnor t h. If this should reach you,

Steve, what about a letter to tellyour doings.

Saw Tom Towers in a city barne day but did not have a chance

to talk with him. lie was in uni-form :1ncl his shoulder flashes in-dicated he was stationed somewhereill N.S.W.

Saw Doc WhealJey recenlly andhe 'was in the throes of trying tsell his far rn lel at Byford. Orshould I say give it away because. that was my opinion of the pricehe had on it.I have heard ·that there's a work-

ing bee being cooked lip for theKing's Park Water Scheme verys hortly so keep this in mind, lads.Your help is really needed.

Addresses You Mny Require:,President:

Colin Doig,80x 1273, G.P.O., Perth.

ecretarv.J. Carey,73 King Street,East Fr emantle, W./I.

Editor:W. E. March,Lot 81, Bricknall Road,Attadale.: W.A.

N.S.W. Correspondent:J. F. l Iartley,Creek Road,Beriowra, N.S.W.

"What do you do nights whenyou go out wilh the fellow whowns the pel shop?""Oh, just talk shop.".. .. .. .."IS the pleasure

dance to be mine?"stout gentleman tyoung thing.

"Entirely,"

of the nextaid the rather

the sweet

(Printed for the publisher by "TheSwan Express", 10 l Ie l en a Street,

Midland Junction, W.A.)

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Anzac DayThere was a good roll-up tor (he

march and service, and all toldabout 70 came along to the l<e-union. This was voted as perhapsthe best to dale, and I feel Sure allpresent will agree that the spiritand atmosphere of the show leftnothing to be dcstreu. The boyhave certainly not lost any of their.ihili ty so far as the consuming ofthe amber fl uid was concerned, andtile ear-bashing also reached a newhigh. By closing time the greaterpercentage had their rocking shoeson. Amongst (hose who travelled alon g distance to be pr escn t were1\. Baldwin Irom Gce lon g , I. Briggs,Lilydale; A. Coates, Culgoa, K. Cur-ran, LJendigo; W. Mountford, Ban-diana , T. Paull, Mansfield; C. Rodd,T'ra ralgon , l"{. Snowden, Wodon ga ,G. Veitch, Suub u ry, and S. We pp-ncr from Collinabbin. Ken .Monkwas unfortunately laid low with fluand was unable to make it, the firstKen has miss ed in years. Tile com-petition for the tankards and traywas won by ticket No. 1416, L. A.Mitchell, who is now in the Armyand stationed at Ballarat. Duringthe evening several ot her small raf-lies were conducted, the big win-ner being Maurie Smith, who cop-ped a bottle of Scotch and about60 yards of garliC sausage. A high-lif(ht of 1he night was the sight 01l3alclie, wilh bo wyan gs, handling thesqueegee like a veteran. Manythanks to all the lads who assistedin cleaning up, and to Des Williamswho handled the ale; Bruce Mc l.ar-en and his helpers who p re par ertthe eats; Bert Tobin ane! Max Dav-ies, the financiers, and auctioneerSe p. Wilson, Also our deep ap pre-ciatio» to Curly Carlton whose gen-erosity we know so well, who pro-v irle d the bar and Iit tin gs.

Working bees have been held atGel1rge Kennedy's an d Bruce Mcl.nren's homes, and much has been ac-complished <IS a result. Thosewho painted the Kennedy Ranch onMarch 21 included Sep. Wilson,I)l'~ Williams, Gerry O'Toole, ArchCa rnphe ll and yours truly, while OnEaster Saturday at Baldwyn the 1'01-lowin i; t urne.t up to assist Bruce:flul Tobin, Leith Cuope r, Se p Wil-<ou, Georve Kennelly, ArthurIlr:lIld, l l.rrry Bot l crill, Alan Munro,

eorg e Hu m phr eys and G. M. BothGeorge and Bruce wish to expresstheir . thanks per medium of the'Courier', but believe me, it was apleasu re, ane] a great thrill, to secthe gang sticking together and toil-ing so willingly. by the time thisis In print we will have InC[ anotherCI.lY on Bruce's place, arid I will re-port on that later.

Am very sorry to report thatArch Campbell has r et u rned [0Perth to go on the land. It is agreat loss to the Victorian Branch,but happily a big step up for Arch.ince Arch came to Melbourne in1949 he has built this branch ofthe Association fro III a state of neardormancy into a really live andIlo u rishin g body, and I am certainthat the good wishes of every mem-ber of this Branch go with him, andwe wish h irn every success and hap-piness in his new calling. Wemissed his presence on Anzac Day,and we will miss him much more illthe future, but our loss is theWest's gain, and all who knowArch also know how (lear to hishear! the Association is, and there-fore will realise that it will be atremendous gain for W.A.

Have the pleasure of reportingthe arrival of a brand spanking newson ancl heir to Pete and ElvinaKrause. Only a matter of fiveweeks overdue, but better late thannever they say. Keep up tile goodwork, Pete.

A note from Father Crowe, nowin Morwell, who is looking forwardto our rne eli n g in Tr aral gon. Wewill definitely give plenty of noticef this function, and hope to sec all

the locals and not too distant mem-bers.

Llouel Newton writes fr0111 Bro-ken lIill t hanki ng us for the bookwe sent you ng David at Xmas. Li-nel sent his regards to the boys

at the Re-union which he was un-able to make this year. Will letyou have a list of Adelaide address-es, Lionel.

Jock Campbell's fiance, Fay Mot-ton, dropped a l ine to let us knowJock will be work in z in Sydney forsome months, but he sent his r e-garcls to all the boys. T'hank s fo ryour letter, fay..Iark Bellson also wrnte to' say he

hUI'ed tl> he along on Anzac Day,

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but to apologise 101' him if liC. didn'tltankardS. either but .WIIO k nuws,make! it. Didn't sec! you, Jack, so n ex l year?apulogy accepted. l lope nothing Glue Sargent sent down his tick-scriou s kept you away. ets and hoped to be down for the

llill Weir couluu't make it but \!, Re-union. Sorry we didn't see youhopes to lIe;.(t year. Bill w.lshcd US~IItI.'.'.13I11e,t ra ns po rt worries I guess. Orwell for the gUl)d work we are dO-"I,~i we r e lhe fish biting?ing. Thanks, llili, we love it. ~1',,1 Ilugh McDonald forwarded his

Pte. L. A. Mitchell, I think re-" tickets. with the news that he ismembered as "Mitch", who was for- unp rovm g a great deal In health.lunate enough to win the tank arr!s, Let's hope it is not long before wesent in his ticket, and also advised can get together Hugh.having unfo rt un.u el y had an accid- That's all for now, folks.e nt and suffered lwo broken bones Cheers 'n beers,in his foot. lie was sorry but this . GERRY NIALEY.meant Anzac Day was out, Ilope'" ========you are up and about again now,I'll ask Be rt Tobin to check up onyour subs. and lei you know howyou stand.

Ivan Brown also dropped it fewvery welcome lines, and expressedthe wish thai t hc ra llle was a Suc-cess. It was Ivan, to lh~ extent of,1:-32/15/-. Grand news, Ivan haslocated Sapper Tex Richards at theGoliath Cement Works, Ratlton, andhis home address is Latrobe, NorthWest Tasmania. Tex has been do-ing bal tle with t he Re pat. over aback complaint, and Ivan advisesthal he wasn't walking too well atthe time. Thanks m uc h ly for pass-ing on the news, Ivan, we will secthat Tex goes Oil the mailing list.

13ill Petersen wrote in from Pov-erty I'\idge, Fish Creek, 10 Say he isas busy as a bee, and amongst otherthings asks if I know of a carpenteror a reliable chap useful with toolswho would like a job in t he build-ing trade. Af'r aid I can't help youth erc, Bill, but I'll keep my eyesand ears open. 1I0pe the bookreached you ulrig h t. Bill Connellwrites from the Sanfose Estate,Narnbou r, Ouec nstand, and conveyshis sympathy 10 Bruce McLaren aridis SOI'ry he can't assist at the work-illg bees. As for Sig. Petersen, af-ter w hom you enquire. thai is hcoupled up with you ill this para-gT<lph. Cunning aren't I? Addressand all. Jack Nlaley wliu was k il le dat Wes a, was nut a rel:.tive of mine,Bill, but a very line fl icn d. Manythanks for your le t te ,', I trust Y(luand yours arc keeping well.

Dick Adams writes from YarraGlen and wishes all t h.: boys gooddrinkinv, on Auzac 0:1)'. Surry y()Ucouldn't make it Dick, lul have Ill>doubt that we'll he s~t'illg you inthe Ileal' future, no luck with the

Conductor: "You mustfare for that boy. Surely"I' fourtecn."

Passenger: "Ilow call heI've only. been mar rle dyears? "

Coriducto r : "Madam, I'mcotlectf arcs, not [0 receive

pay tullhe's o v-

e whentwelve

h ere toliles-

·x· * * *A big tom-cat was r ushln g hilher

and thither, over tenccs, throughalleys, across streets, as if de men-ted, A nerghbo u r who recognisedthe cat immediately reported itsgoings 011 to tile owner.

"Oh, yes," said the ownc r, "Iknow. Tom's just had an opera-tion and he's rushin g around 011-

celhu g en gagernen ts."&::. ...* ..

ve rh ear d ou tslde the tcl~ phonebox ill front of the G.I'.O.-thelady inside the phone booth: " . ,and since 1 saw you last I had Illyappendix out and a new sink andhot-water system put in."-. • • • •

l lu sbaud (reading from news-p""cr): "Thr ee thousand, fourhundred and twenty six elephantswcr e needed last y ear to make bil-Iia I'd balls."

Wife: "Isn't it wonderful thatsuch great beasts call be taught todo such delicate wor k l "~-:-~-- ---.",~""* • * •

Sil(ll on the hulle li n board inf ro nt of church in small town: Sub-ject for lhis Sunday: "DO YOU-KNOW WllAT IIELL IS?" "Corneand hear our new or gunist."