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RETIRED CUSTOMS OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION

OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA INC.

DUTY FREED Official Newsletter of the

www.rcoa.org.au October 2014

Committee Contact Details

PRESIDENT Ron King

PO Box 2091, Mandurah 6210

email - [email protected]

9583 3258 0417 917 602

VICE PRESIDENT Richard Coleman

13 Golden Ash Gardens, Helena Valley 6056

email - [email protected]

9299 6243 0437 518 679

SECRETARY / EDITOR Hazel Webb

78 Arundel Dr, Wellard 6170

email – [email protected]

9439 2268 0409 105 101

TREASURER Bernie Webb

78 Arundel Dr, Wellard 6170

email – [email protected]

9439 2268 0419 903 218

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Warrick Gates [email protected]

Neil Hopkins [email protected]

Karen Jardine [email protected]

Trevor Smart [email protected]

Bob Stone [email protected]

Ray Treen [email protected]

Contributions

If you’d like to contribute an article to this

newsletter, please send it, preferably by e-mail, to

the editor. Copy deadline is the 11th of each month

of publication.

Please address general correspondence and

subscriptions to the Secretary.

All cheques are to be made payable to the ‘Retired

Customs Officers’ Association of WA Inc.

Membership

RCOA welcomes new members of former Customs

officers. Current membership is 123

The membership fee for former officer & spouse or

single is $10. An application form is included on

the inside back page of this Newsletter.

Annual subscriptions are due on January 1st each

year. Please check your address label for your

current financial status.

Contents

Committee Contact Details 1

2

Vale: Kay & Roger Schmidt 3

Contributions from Members 4

Contribution from Members 5

Play on words 6

Puzzle Page 7

Puzzle Answers—July 2014 8

Birthdays / Anniversaries 9

Social / Events 0

Membership/Renewal Form 11

Function Booking Slip 11

Last but not Least 12

Future Events 2014

Tues Dec 2nd

Christmas Lunch

@ The Iris Bar & Restaurant

Future Events 2015

Tues Feb 3rd

AGM @ Swan Yacht Club

mailto:[email protected]



Duty Freed October 2014

We need your help!

Many of you appear to be having trips around Australia, overseas or just

down the road and may come across some exceptional places. We would

like to hear about them along with any highlights of your trip. Please email

your experiences to the Secretary so they can be shown in the Duty Freed.

Pictures are not always easy to insert but we will try. Alternatively we may

be able to place them on our website.

Also as you can see we do not have a gossip column so if you have any news

of members please let us know. Unfortunately the only news we seem to get

is when one of our members has passed away and advise our members by

email due to the timeframe.


Hello, my name is Phil Schmidt, the only child of Roger and Kay Schmidt, of Safety Bay, Western

Australia. It is with much sadness that I am informing you of the passing of both Mum and Dad.

Kay:

Last Sunday, 3rd August 2014, Mum lost a battle with cancer. Mum only discovered that she had

the disease 38 days prior. As you can imagine it was a shock for all of us. Dad, Gail (my partner)

and I travelled very closely with Mum on her journey. Due to the initial discovery of secondary/

metastasised stage IV tumours located in multiple organs, the outlook was grim. Unfortunately

typical medical treatments were not really an option after initially trying to investigate the

primary source, as the disease was so aggressive and Mum got so sick. We comforted Mum as

best we could. I would like to thank all the staff at Rockingham General Hospital, who cared for

Mum in her last two weeks. Mum passed away at approx. 11.30pm with Dad, Gail and myself

present.

Roger:

Dad was a rock for Mum (and us) during her 38 day journey. He must have been absolutely

shattered internally. After Mums passing on the Sunday night, he very quickly left the hospital to

head home whilst we stayed and took care of the formal details - we all had little sleep in the

days before. We had arranged to meet the following day at Mum and Dads to commence the

funeral arrangements. Overnight, Dad left us to be with mum. I found Dad had passed away at

approx. 9.00am, Monday 4th August 2014, laying peacefully in his bed. Due to Mums condition,

there was a large amount of morphine based medication at home.

There was no pain for either of them, both going in a similar way.

It was quite obvious due to the contents of a note left and the placement of several items within

Mum and Dads home, and also (with hindsight) several of the conversations had with Mum and

Dad in the prior weeks about after-death arrangements, that Dads decision was well planned and

not on the spur of the moment. Perhaps Mum was involved also?

Simply, Dad could not live without Mum and they are now both together.

The Owl and the Pussycat will still be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary next year,

together.

A cremation service will be held at Fremantle Cemetery’s West Chapel for both of them on

Tuesday 19th August, 2014 at 11.00am. Could attendees please gather at the main entrance prior

to this.

Afterwards, a celebration of Mum and Dads life will be held from 2.00pm onwards at the Safety

Bay Yacht Club, Safety Bay Road, Safety Bay.

I look forward to meeting with you all at the service.

Thank you.

Rest In Peace Mum & Dad.

Phil Schmidt

VALE: Kay & Roger Schmidt


A bookmark made in remembrance of Peter Kontoolas’s by his

daughter Helen.


Can You Help?

Helen Kontoolas, the daughter of the recently

departed Peter Kontoolas (ex P O) asked if any of our

members have any photographs of Peter.

Helen Kontoolas email: [email protected]

Will Denny’s Father Derek Denny ex Customs, Melbourne was a Chief

Inspector, Intelligence in Canberra until he passed away in 1997. Will would

like to hear from anyone who knew his Father Derek.

(Editor Note: perhaps contact Ron King for email address as we don’t have it, cheers)

Dr Chris Brown (TV’s the Bondi Vet) was in Bertram recently so

Danny & Hazel went to meet him.


PUNS FOR EDUCATED MINDS - Very Clever !!!

How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it....

Venison for dinner again? Oh deer!

A cartoonist was found dead in his home. Details are sketchy.

I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.

Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.

England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.

I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.

They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Type-O.

I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now.

Jokes about German sausages are the wurst.

I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time.

I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.

This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore.

When chemists die, apparently they barium.

I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.

I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.

I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.

Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control

her pupils?

When you get a bladder infection you know urine trouble.

Broken pencils are pretty much pointless.

What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.

I dropped out of the Communism class because of lousy Marx.

All the toilets in New York 's police stations have been stolen. As of now, it appears the

police have nothing to go on.

I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.

Velcro - what a rip off!


Each Sudoku has a unique solution

that can be reached logically

without guessing. Enter digits from 1

to 9 into the blank spaces. Every

row must contain one of each digit.

So must every column, as must

every 3x3 square

Sudoku

Puzzle Page

Across:

1. Group of musicians (9)

7. Eye socket (5)

8. Jockey (5)

9. Epoch (3)

10. Part of the foot (6)

14. Shrewd (6)

15. Cacophony (3)

18. Thighbone (5)

20. Ice hut (5)

21. Court game (9)

Down:

1. Woodwind instrument (4)

2. Floor show (7)

3. Consumes (4)

4. Despot (6)

5. Assistance (3)

6. Precipitous (6)

11. One of three (7)

12. Perplex (6)

13. Gaped (6)

16. Flightless bird (4)

17. Metal money (4)

Quick Crossword

9-Letter Word

How many words can you

make from the letters in the

wheel? Each word must contain

the hub letter A. Can you find a

9-letter word and at least 20

other words of five letters or

more avoiding proper nouns?

4 2 6 8

3 4

8 7 1

6 1 5 8 2 7

3 1

4 5 7 2 3 1

2 3 9

5 6

9 6 5 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku


July Puzzle Answers

9-letter word - CELEBRITY. Some other words of five letters or more containing the hub

letter E: beery, belie, beret, beryl, betel, birle, biter, creel, elect, elite, erect, eyrie, leery,

liter (litre), lycee, rebel, relic, retie, terce (tierce), tiler

2 3 8 4 6 9 1 7 5

1 6 4 3 5 7 8 9 2

9 7 5 1 2 8 3 4 6

8 9 6 5 3 1 4 2 7

5 4 7 2 8 6 9 1 3

3 1 2 9 7 4 6 5 8

7 5 9 6 1 3 2 8 4

4 8 3 7 9 2 5 6 1

6 2 1 8 4 5 7 3 9

Couple of cute fridge

magnets

My wife and I had words,

But I didn't get to use mine.


November

Darrell JOHNSON 3

Helen SMITHER 3

Bob STONE 4

Jenny SMALLWOOD 6

Kaye MURRAY 10

Norma EMERSON 11

Ken STEWART 13

Paula KIRSOPP 16

Lyn DALE 19

Sue MARTIN 21

Lance BLACK 23

Bert DETERMES 23

Dianne BAIRD 26

Ron KING 26

Bill WALKER 26

Lin WHITESIDE 27

Judy KING 29

Steve SMALLWOOD 30

November

Gus & Carol WATSON 2

Philip & Tina GAUSDEN 3

Christine & Graeme CORNISH 21

Percy & Beverley PERRIN 24

Ian & Julia STOREY 24

Birthdays

Wedding AnniversAry’s

January

Judith PARKER 7

Ron JARVIS 7

John SORENSEN 7

John DANIELS 10

Gus WATSON 13

Carol MOREY 16

Astrid NORGARD 19

Jan HALL 20

Pook BELL 24

Trevor SMART 26

Mike SODING 27

Norma ANDERSON 28

Christine CORNISH 28

December

Sylvia SHAW 1

Sandra SIMS 2

John STITT 2

Lynne WAIGHT 2

George KIRSOPP 3

Valmai KELLY 9

Helen BARTROP 13

Brian WARD 13

Charlie WILLIAMS 14

Vic REGALI 16

Jo BARNETT 18

Pamela SODING 20

Ian STOREY 22

Jim O'NEILL 24

Carol WATSON 24

Jim ANDERSON 25

Rob WALES 25

Jess ELEY 26

Ruth CHIPMAN 30

Karen JARDINE 30

Ivan Olsen 30

Elaine ROWSE 31

Norma WILLIAMS 31

December

John & Sue MARKS 4

Terry & Norma EMERSON 12

Warrick & Ros GATES 14

John & Lynne WAIGHT 27

John & Karen PATRONI 29

January

George & Paula KIRSOPP 1

Ron & Judy KING 2

Pat & Lavinia PIKE 6

Kevin & Sheila SHEPHERDSON 13

Ian & Shirley McDONALD 14

Greg & Helen BARTROP 16

Steve & Jenny SMALLWOOD 20

Ivan & Kate OLSEN 22

Wayne & Melody MITCHELL 23

Phil & Pook BELL 28


Events Page

Christmas Lunch @ The Iris Bar & Restaurant

Glen Iris Golf Course, Dean Road, Jandakot

Tuesday December 2nd @ 12 noon

Christmas Menu

Roast Pumpkin Soup with Herb Cream & Fresh Bread Roll and Butter

Slow Roasted Chestnut & Date Stuffed Turkey Breast with Cranberry and Turkey Jus

Roast Potato, Roast Pumpkin, Honey Glazed Carrots, Peas, Cauliflower Cheese

Traditional Christmas pudding with Brandy Analgise or Peach Fantasia

Cost: $41.00 per person RCOA Members $25.00pp (subsidised)

Fully Licensed (pay as you order).

Tea & Coffee available from the bar, pay as you order as it is not included in above prices

Bookings & payment for the luncheon to be made by Wednesday November 26th please.

We will only confirm numbers on those who have paid in advance

For all bookings (unless stated otherwise) please contact Hazel Webb, 78 Arundel Drive, WELLARD 6170

9439 2268 0409 105 101 or email (See RCOA – Functions Booking Slip – page 11)

Annual General Meeting

Tuesday February 3rd 2015

Where Swan Yacht Club, Riverside Rd,

East Fremantle

Time Socialise at 11:00am (tea & coffee provided)

Cost $15.00 per RCOA member (subsidised)

$20.00 per non member

Two course luncheon :

Chicken Parmigana or Fish & Dessert

Meeting to commence @ 11:30am

Lunch approx 12:15pm

Bookings due by Tuesday January 27th

Members, friends & guests attending the lunch are to

advise their choice of chicken or fish when booking.

If not stated then chicken will be ordered

Those booked for

Christmas Lunch to date

are:

Richard Coleman

Elsie Crowe

Marjorie DeCaux

Mike & Renee Flynn

Fran Foster

Neil Hopkins

Judy & Ron King

Mark Skeels

Ray Treen

Bernie & Hazel Webb

Bob & Robyn Stone

Sending Money – be it for membership renewal or for an up coming function – remember that you can send

electronically to the RCOA of WA Account at the Bendigo Bank – BSB 633-000 - A/c No. 121589386

RCOA Functions Booking Slip

Names attending

Function Venue Date No $pp Subtotal

Christmas Lunch Iris Bar &

Restaurant

Tues Dec 2nd

2014

X $41.00

X $25.00

AGM Lunch Swan Yacht Club Tues Feb 3rd

2015

X $15.00

X $20.00

X

Signature & Date

Total amount

enclosed $

/ / 2014

Payment to: Secretary RCOA of WA Inc. 78 Arundel Drive, Wellard 6170

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Last but not Least

Paul Fitzgerald contacted me a couple of days ago, to advise that he had accidently discovered that the Edwin Abbott is for sale down at Mandurah and it looks in pretty good nick for 33 years old! Only $59,000. Cut and paste or type this link into Google to have a look;- http://www.yachtswest.com.au/yachtswest/boats-for-sale/used/power-boats/randell-42-ex-cray-houseboat/155797

By the time you read this I will be off on another 2 x week 4x4 adventure up to Giles Breakaway (near Laverton) and back. Travelling with me will be Walter Hill, Steve Smallwood, Kim Norrie, Mark Skeels, JR (& wife), and possibly Phillip Gausdon. (No, not all in the same vehicle ) We will be camping at Roly Dixon’s farm on the way home if all goes to plan. How’s that for a bunch of ex– Customs Officers (except Kim he still is), talk about keeping it in the ‘family’. Over the years it seems that Customs management have tried to take the ‘family’ out of Customs. Well we prove that (in our case at least) it is going to

stay for a very long time. Bernie Webb

If undelivered return to Secretary RCOA 78 Arundel Drive WELLARD WA 6170

RETIRED CUSTOMS OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION

OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA INC.

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rural fencing

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rotary hoeing

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