Whitby Free Press, 25 May 1972, p. 16

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page 16, Thu rsday, May 25, 1972, WHITBV FREE, PRESS IT COULDNT HAPPEN HERE I Continued from page 7 were on "1our sidel" the worst injuries e n c unilt er e d were scratches from clumsygenerals plnnlng on the hero's medais. Our chlldren see our cowboy stars shoot the bad man and at the most-; a small round red blob the size of a q u a r ter appears on the corpse. Can you blame a' child for growing Up bel ievlng th is lis true? isn't lit about time that our klds enter adolescence k no wlng th at many of our sol diers have died in no more glamour than is avallable face-down In a foreign dit- ch, or that acowboy's .450Colt ls different from.the cap gun they used to pl ay w i t h - when i t kil1s i ts victim, there i s no doubt that it wasn't death bv naturai causes and there is more 1iikelyý to be biood and guts spewed everywhere. In fai rness to our mavie- makers some recent attempts such as 'Patton' and 'Dirty Harry' have been considerably more accurate. Most parents, and certainly our Canadian censors, are terrified of exposing ou r ch!iîdren to any form of man-waman sex scenes however pal at- able they have been handled, but wil11 aliow them ita s p end their formative years feeding on the phonyist violence in the na me of entertainment. Love- sex and Iust are part of our lives and sure i y even to preach the l atter can be littleworse than the diet of crime and violence and hate. We dantt have ta worry about our chiidren seeing any- th ing toori sque - our bel1oved censors in their wisdom even believe Canadian aduits aren't mature enough ta decide what they wish to see for themselves. As we h a ve b ee n, rather heavy- handed with the movie-makers, let's pat themn on the back for wrecking the iliegai stag movie industry. Now you can see a s much on your local silIver screen as in the majority of the junk -4-- as high as Put your money into our gtaranftecd invest- ment certificutes now .paying seven and three quarter per cent interest. WC7T9RL4aw *GREY TRU&T COMPANY $INOX je» 308 DUNDAS'ST. W. WHITBY 668-9324 PepeMe Tes Irma ER WEES, OFF, TO CALOARY Whitby Minor Lacrosse Pee Wee AI 1 Star teamt, sponsored by Andrew Antennaof Whltby will represent the t ow n ln the Canadian National Pee' Wee Lacrosse Tournament to be held ln Calgary from August 16 - 201 Whltby partîcipatIng for the first t îim e In t h 1 s tournament, Is one of only six t eam s to go from Ontario. The team conslsts of eighteen eleven and twelve year olid boys and the ir c o ach a nd manager. These boys, w!I th the help of their parents, are' attempting ta r al se f unds requi red for their trip by sell1lng potato chips and tickets on a colour television. Parents are holding dances and plan- ning other activities. t h e y made a fortune out of peddl ing. For those poor unfortunate souls with no i ma ginFition, we have Adul t Mavie H o u s e s scattered aI I over Detrai t. These are rather 1like a toddîers fi1rst ABCçbook -everyth ing iî1ustrated wi th n o thiîng, a bsol utel ynothiflg 1Ief t ta chance. The important thing is that nobody has to go into these places, the fact that they appear to survive can only be that there must be some demand from some section of the pop- ulIa t ion. Personalîly I put these in the same category as topless waitresses, top- less go-go and burlesques. After the first fifteen minutes, any of these becomes damn boing... É,±rN a- .- Wh itby Kwais Club Apple Blossom Tour utRed WingOchrs Sunday, May 2Sth. ON HIGHWAY 02* ~EWEN AKJAX AND WHiTBY At Ile Big'Rd Appn lnterested industries and service clubs have assis ted the team w!th donations. WhitbyMinor Lacrosse President B3ey Davis feels that this team under the guidance af Coach Max Case and Manager Bil11 Watson, wil be worthy representatives of the Town of Whi tbye Public Invitation To Attend the ANNUAL INSPECTION ,1of the Ontario Durham Corpe of the St. John Ambulance To Be HeId Surmday, May 2Sth, At 2:15 p.m. ln the OSHAWA ARMOURUES I. rc-«tq sis i F l W, q

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