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Wat-doc Chroma. omcc I: bound on 2nd tioor of Waterloo Square . on.“ Yam: Ema: via the man enhance bonds the Longhorn Renae-am (duoclly 0090qu the card anon) or horn the elevator - new. the T D Bank Take the ”avatar to me all noor and you are there Page 4 . Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, September 29, 1976 Violence on television often sparks the most violent of debates when discussed by ordinary viewers. People, depending on their viewpoint, damn it, ignore it or insist it has no long-term effect.on our lives. However, an eminent Canadi- an man of letters, Dr. Northrop Frye of Toronto, has advanced the theory, which we suggest has some validity, that it is not the act of violence itself which is always wrong, but the enjoyment of watching - and thereby participating in - an act of violence. _ In fact, suggests Professor Frye, some of the acts of violence which were portrayed through our television screen actually have had civilizing and positive effect on the public. An illustration of this would be the way in which the reporting of the real horror and evil of the Vietnam war did so much to bring the average American to hate that war, instead of becoming complacent or inured to it. Violence is a real part of our society. We live in no paradise and to ignore it, or anything else that is dehumanizing, is to live like the proverbial ostrich. Newsmen in all the media have a duty to report violence whenever it occurs and so do cre- alive novelists, dramatists and television pro- ducers. The reporting itself becomes violent when it is slanted by headlines or overdone by dramatists so that people see violence as an acceptable op- tion. Yet the prevalence of violence is part of the unpleasant reality of life today and the only way that concerned people can fight it, whether it be in the streets or on the battlefield, is to know what it is and to take courage by facing that reality. .- waterloo chronicle, The enjoyment of violence for the sake of vio- lence is a sick reaction but to demand that the acknowledgment of its existence be legislated from our television screens is to deny reality. It would also make it more difficult to strive for a more humane, more peaceful and, eventually. less violent society. On the other, hand to inflict programs of vio- lence upon children can have deep consequences on their lives. say some experts. Pa rents and con- cerned citizens could do more to end violence- for-entertainment than any censor by expressing their disgust and horror at such television by re- fusing to watch it and by refusing to purchase any of the products manufactured by its sponsors. That is the most effective form of censorship. To the editor. "Mining Mature Minds" IS Canada's only national senior cittp.ens magazine It was first published In May 1974 on a New Hort- zons grant for $7,685 but now relies on donations The circulation IS 1,150 copies for 10 months tJuly and August excluded) and It is distributed free to hospitals. nursmg homes, Violence ', on television Letters tn the ecliter " pubhshed every Wednesday try Fairway Press, a ttiostott of Kitchener-Waterloo Record Ltd .0wtter, 225 Funny Rd S _ Kitchener. Ont address correspondence tiNaterioo ofttce Waterloo Square, Waterloo. Ont . telephone mm: Publisher James M Boland Editor Mary Stupan subscriptions: 810 a year in Canada. 812 a year in United States and Foreign Countries rest homes, Ontario Hous- mg Corporation units WIth senior Citizens. libraries. and churches which have senior citizen groups. In Waterloo County It IS read by over 5,000 senior citizens Some maga- zines are mailed to nursing homes m Southampton. Goderich, St Catharines. St Thomas, Toronto. and established tttM End of summer notes. Can't think of one, single, useful, constructive thing I did during the past summer. Which is as it should be. 7 I did threaten. once or twice, to paint the back stoop and the picnic table and chairs. But on the days when I was ready to put the stain on the picnic equipment, it rained, thank goodness. And I never did figure out how to paint the stoop. The cat sleeps there all day. I was either going to have a cat with green feet, or I'd have to tie him to the lilac tree until the paint dried, which I thought was a bit inhuman. a summer evening, slinging ropes around in all sorts of mysterious ways, shouting incomprehensible directions to each other, like a couple of sailors reeling the foresail around Cape Horn, and lowering the mighty oak in sections. One of the big events of the summer was having an oak tree taken down. It was about 70 feet high and two feet thick at the base. It was quite a thrill to watch the tree- slayers, two of. them, scrambling away up into the blue of I now have four woodpiles in my back yard, about six cords of firewood, on which all sorts of people are casting an envious eye. Forget it, friends. It cost me $300 to have that oak down. and I'm going to enjoy it, if I have to keep the fireplace burning day and night all winter. That was a bad week. Just after the oak came down. the automatic washer in the basement blew its guts. The dryer was shot too, so this was another $700. An exciting installa- tion. The washer and dryer won't go down our cellar stairs. The boys had to rip out the stairs and lower the machinery. But they labored with great good nature and ingenuity. We didn't lose a single man. Nor even a married one. It could never happen if you bought the outfit from one of the big. out-of-town firms, They'd just sneer if you said: "The stairs have to come out. ., That was a $1.000 week of pure loss. But it was somewhat redeemed the following week when I went to Halifax and won an award which included a handsome cheque for $500. It made me think God was back in His heaven. after being out to lunch for a whole week. That Halifax is quite a place. lt looks like a city in Ger- many. CUTE] 1950. that has been badly bombed. and IS re- building Beautiful new buildings rising right next to dead- ly. three-storey slums. with wlnos hanging out the windows Last time I was there was in the spring of l942. on my way overseas. and Halifax was real crud then, Cold. wet. tits- mal. blackout. poor food England looked like paradise after wartime Halifax Now it's a swinging. lively city Had a fine trip on the Bluenose-ll. all sails set. spanking along In the sunshine. Don't muss this, if youve there many other centres The magazme contains a mixture at fiction. first-per- son narratives. poetry. car- towns. recipes and jokes, There are 27 senior citizens contributing who had new er written for publication before. The board of directors of Mining Mature Minds con- sists of 12 retired senior cit:- NC. W "SORRY...MY FIRM DECIDED THAT 1.1 MILLION WOULDN'T BEGIN TO SELL m." " .... [133mm lens representing the re gional municipality of Wa terloo . The magazine IS printed and bound by the Graphic Arts Department of Laurel Vocational School in Water- loo, It costs about $900 to publish each issue, even though the work is volun- teer. and most materials are purchased at a dis- , b . t ' s th l t 'ddtA 'i1C). -3 ,“' " Watched in fascination as a prominent western editor fell asleep, not once, but three times, during a speech by Joe, Clark, a potential prime minister. _ _ --- . 'Humored an eastern .editor who, armed with a credit card from the Grand Trunk Railway, personally signed by Sir John MacDonald. thought he could finance a trip q several of us to Paraguay. Listened to a number of editors of my vintage tell me they're rich, retired and work one day a week, "just to keep my hand in." Which, of course, means interfering with their sons, or daughters, who are trying to pay off the old man the tremendous sum he wanted for the business. Gave sage advice and a bottle of rum to a young woman called Alic B. Toklas, who assured me she had quit running around with Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald and all those rotters. And then, of course, we've had The Boys, as they are now called. The Boys are the two grandsons. when they are here, it takes four adults full time to keep things even mini- mally sane. One is at the hell-on-wheels stage. The other is at the crawling, "if you can't eat it pull it over on your head" stage. And every time our daughter leaves. with The Boys, we are cleaned out. She goes away with a big, green garbage bag full of steaks, chicken. pork chops, a box full of canned goods. and a pillow case stuffed with new clothes for The Boys and herself. Next morning, we have to go shopping to get enough grub for our own breakfast. Then there's been the golf. No matter what she does, my wife is an enthusiast. She believes that hothing succeeds like excess. So we've played golf every day. She is really a rotten player. because she reads books about golf and prac- tices her swing. I am just ordinary rotten, . I'm afraid we're going to be thrown out of the golf club. If anyone had tried to tell me that my sweet. shy bride of a few years ago would come out with the language she uses on the golf course, rd have said: "Sir. pistols at dawn. or nine irons at nine. Take your pick, .. I try to help. in a gentle. sincere sort of way, When she flubs a shot. I merely point out that her grip was slack. her stance sloppy, her backswmg too fast, and her head went up like a totlet seat. and she screams at me, right across the fairway, I heard one elderly lady golfer saymg to her husband. quite concerned "Mark my words, she"s gonng to kill him. Why do you think she takes her seven Iron home every day, after theyplay? lhear he's well insured .. count, Further funding from Wintario and the Canada Council was denied If you can send a contribu- tion so that we can continue printing It will be appre- ciated Any donation of $2 or over is tax deductible and receipts will be issued for Income tax purposes. We shall deeply apprecr ate your assistance so that All in all. itdas a pretty fair summer I think The Joys of Summer our magazine may continue to be a source of enjoyment to many senior citizens Please make cheques pay- able to "Mining Mature Minds" and remit to Mrs, Miki Reese. Secretary- Treasurer, 7 Moore Avenue North, Waterloo. Ontario, Dr, Cyril Philp President. Mining Mature Minds -i'iiiortirotee Ft', t .‘h , ! I.', ti