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LUCKNOWSENTINEL
"The Sepay Town" gstahlIshed 1873
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Dungannon, sure' knows how to throw a CTV's WS current affairs program, a native
party! . of Dungannon who still owns a home there,
Over 5,000 people attended the festivities that Durigan11011 never been large
marking the village's 125th birthday On the enough to have lecal government yet, the
weekend. . village staged the missive celebration 'with
The affair was staged by a village with a flair,
population of some 290 people (if you count The celebration acknowledged the vii,
-the clogs)4~w hick is-quite-au-accomplishinent---lage!s__herita
considering the success Of the event. tributed to the history of the village and its
The mammoth parade on Saturday was surrounding, district, Yesteryear,, a presen
one of the best parades held in this area in tation of the area's history in old, pictures
recent years and there were more entries in collected from former residents and present
the Parade than in any other Huron County locals, was a fine contribution to the
celebration of this type over the past 10 anniversary, A Church service and decora-
years. More than 200 floats, bands, clowns, tion service at the cemetery also marked the
horses, trucks and miscellaneous entries historical aspect of the birthday,
flowed through the village Saturday after- Children were not forgotten and on
noon without a delay. The parade formed up Saturday evening, a Teddy Bear parade for
along the fourth concession of West < kids only wound its Way amid decorated
Wawanosh, east of the village and stretched baby buggies, ,tricycleS, wagons and beds to
to the first corner, and up the sideroad the Agricultural Grounds where the entries
another half to three-quarters of a mile. were judged and the children took home
Local groups and organizations presented prizes. There was something for everyone at
some beautiful floats depicting the heritage the party: dances, midway, rides, barbe-
of the people in Dungannon and the sur- ques, a beauty contest. beard grewing
rounding area. contest, parades and FUN.
And everybody who was anybody was in Congratulations to the people who assist-
Dungannon Or the parade on Saturday. ed the executive committee and its branch
The opening, ceremonies introduced a committees. plan and organize the party.
representative of Dungannon, Ireland, Mol Congratulations to the people of Dungannon
lie Whiteside, who came to Dungannon for for holding the celebration giving area folk
the celebration. The honourary maym-71:Ceib—perhaphe-higgest-party irf the-sumn
Stothers made his remarks. It was pointed And congratulations to Dungannon, May she
out by master of ceremonies, Jim Reed of prosper another 125 years.
By Bob Trotter
Maybe I'm overstepping my
mandate as a farm writer but I feel
somebody from' the back fifty should
be putting in a word or two in sup-
port of the film classification board.
And maybe I'm an old-fashioned
farmer, prudish, straight-laced,
puritanical and prissy. So be it.
I'm also an ex-navy man, a
journalist-teacher, a father and a
grandfather who has been kicking
around thisworld for,half a century.
I'm not over-protected or over-_
protective, I like a tot of rum every
now and then and I've been known to
look wistfully at the pages of
Playboy once in awhile.
But 'I do not approve of dope. I find
divorce, though sometimes
necessary,, distasteful. I • take
marriage vows seriously. I have
been a steelworker, an insurance
salesman, a real estate salesman, a
radio announcer, a journalist and a
teacher. I have travelled across
Canada and the United States and
have even had a couple of trips, to
Europe.
I lived through the Depression, tie
war years,.the boom years and the
recession years. I've been around a
I i ttle
And I support the film
classification board.
I've never met any of them. I do
not think they are a power-hungry,
scissor-happy crew of prudes with
questionable motives, gleefully
clipping juicy sections out of movies
to take them home and re-run them
in the privacy of their own darkened_
rec rooms.
They may make a few mistakes
but, over the years, the board has
done a thankless job well.
This fuss over cutting a long scene
from the Tin Drum a scene
described as incestuous mastur-
bation between a mother and her
young son, leaves me supporting the
board torn even greater degree. I
don't care whether it won a dozen
awards around the world. It seems
to me nobody in Canada will suffer
pangs of censorship.
The board's mandate is to reflect
community standards. I hope my
.Irrf n. Ble* 1,6,14..8.1 13,-1 hi la it
community's standard are equal to
that of the-board Members.
As I understand it, the seven
members of the board view more
than 1,200 films a year. I sometimes
wonder, even now, why more movies
-are not cut or even thrown away by
the board. As 'I mentioned earlier; I
have been around ..a bit. But I have
sat at some movies in recentyears_
with my wife and daughter and
squirmed in the seat, at some of the
scenes. In my opinion, the 'board
could use the scissors more often
thah they do.
A few years ago, our family at-
tended the theatre perhaps once or
twice a month when a good show
came along. Maybe 20 or 25 times a
year. We don't go more than eight or
10 times a year now because of the
crap that is shown.
Porn-oriented films -- those
dealing with violence and sex --
portray and, promote every type of
deviation and perversion and ex-
tremes in violence that irresponsible
film-makers can devise in the name
of art, they say. Nuts! It's done in
the name of the almighty dollar. Art
has to do with it.
I do not think this family is alone
in our lack of enthusiasm over
movies today.- A large segment of
society -- certainly many "rural folk,
anyway -- has been alienated by
irresponsible sexploitation. If
enough people stay away in' droves,
from this pap which is supposed to
be art, perhaps film-makers will
come to the conclusion that thinking
members of the public are sick of
smut.
I agree wholeheartedly with Norm
Cousins in the Saturday Review who
describes "our grim adjustment to
things we have no business adjusting
to; our basic natural problem is a
desensitization to what gives value
to human life. The trouble with Wide-
open pornography today is not that it
removes the blinders, but it distorts
the view."
Amen to that. While we're at it,
let's start a board to censor many of
those asinine, insulting; juvenile,
distasteful, excuses for advertising
we see on television ad nauseum.
Angela Glenn keeps a watchful eye on her little cousin, Ryan Whitney, when they took part
in the Teddy Bear. Parade at the Dungannon 125th birthday celebration Saturday night.
Angela Is the daughter of Gerrie and Bernice Glenn of Lucknow and Ryan is the son Of Steve
and Joanne Whitney of Dungannon.- [Sentinel Staff Photo)