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Show Page 6 then this is true of almost every community in the United States. But I take exception to her statement that they are not competent By Rolf W. Kay In the first place she has no basis of fact and in the second place I blessed with a free press, this is am sure that there are many many understandable. that It seems that this well meaning people who agree with me extremenot are Doctors our only woman is more than slightly per they are turbed at the in- ly competent but that and also gendedicated, sincere, s' adequacy of both erous that add I And people. might m the number of overare doctors in Kearns in my opinion they and greatas well as their worked, ly unappreciated. competence. her It might seem that you have to child was sick wait too long to see one of our and her own Docdue to tor, who practices Doctors. This is probably we two reasons. agree that First, in Sugarhouse, in Doctors more we should have came to the consubscribe will no one clusion that the Kearns. And to more than the Docthat heartily trip to Kearns was too much of an undertaking. She then proceeded tors themselves. But there is anto call one of the Doctors in Kearns. other reason for it and were all From her letter, she then implies guilty of it. We all tell the nurse that he asked her to bring the that we want to see the Doctor for just a minute or so. But child to the Medical Center. Because of this she goes on to state when we get in his office we have that the Doctors in our town are an entirely different situation. All not competent, that there are not of a sudden we think of twenty him. Right now enough of them, that they should questions to ask want we to know what he can do practice medicine twenty four hours a day, that they should have about our bunions, dandruff, brittle no other outside interests, that pa- finger nails, headaches, flat feet, complexion, tired blood, our tients are run thru the clinic like poor mother-in-law- s nasty disposition, sheep, that the reason we do not have more Doctors in Kearns is and our stopped up sinuses. What because the rents are too high, and started out as a five minute aplast but not least she wants to pointment, turns out to be a two know why we dont have better hour resume of all of our ills since we were three weeks old. Doctors in Kearns. Im afraid a lot of us tend to My dear lady, arent you being think that a Doctors only function entirely unreasonable and extreme- :n life is to be our own personal ly immature in your thinking? I physician. He doesnt need any notice that you have no complaint any vacation, or any other at all with your own Doctor who sleep, He shouldnt have a faminterests. refused the trip in from Sugar-housor any interests in church or But thats entirely beside ily, civic affairs. But lets be reasonthe point. I think you are justified able. Doctors are only human and in feeling upset when you didnt do their level best to fulfill hey get a Doctor to come to your house their obligations to us, if it is inwhen your child was sick. But deed an obligation in the strict lets look at it realistically. As sense of the word. I am sure that parents, when our children are if this same lady were to call the sick, our first impulse is to call same Doctors that she so blatently the Doctor and have him come to insulted the next time she needed the house and look at the child medical attention, they would ofat our convenience. Unfortunately fer their services willingly and this is not always possible and in most cases not necessary. I feel sure that ) from past experiences the Doctor knows that in ninety-nin- e cases out of a hundred, a house call is not necessary. Bundling the child up properly and taking her to the clinic works out better for everyone involved, including the patient. I will agree wholeheartedly with All Work Guaranteed this lady that we do not have SERVICE CALLS gIlB;ii!a!!tlDlQin!II!l31Qill!D:il!D!!!!D!!l!Dll!:H!ll!n!!!SKi;!i!Dl!l!B!i!!S!Il!O!!!ill0!IB!!!!D:ii:ii:i!a!!l!D I I I D U In last weeks edition of this paper there appeared a very inter- esting letter in the Letters to the Editor column. I was surprised that the letter was quoted because of its extremely poor taste and illogical thinking. But I suppose by the virtue of the fact that we are living in a democracy and we are over-criticize- d, Evi-dentall- JOE and RALPH'S CONOCO SERVICE Expert Mechanic on Duty Corner 5400 So. 4000 West DELTON LANES INSTRUCTIONS FREE It's Fun to CY Bowl 21 TESTING TUBE FREE - NOW OPEN - VALLEY T. V. 3996 W. 5400 So. CY 8-75- 31 GUARANTEED SERVICE Phone CY 91 Open Sunday - KEARNS PHILLIPS "66' STATION Corner Kearns North-We- st "We Offer the Best in Service" PHILLIPS or BRUNSWICK TIRES . Doctors WE SELL TRADE North-Ea- Corner Kearns st CY Kearns. for all by the Kearns Jaycee-ette- s in the in Kearns of the auxiliaries women interest of acquainting the of the various organizations throughout the community. It is scheduled for February 10, but the time and place will be announced at a future date. For the first time this year, the will participate in the Jaycee-ette- s p Speak-uState Program, which has a been Jaycee function exclusively in former years. Because the idea was suggested by the Kearns Jaycee-ettes, they will sponsor the event this year and present the trophy to the winner of the competition. ProJaycee-ett- e The Speak-u- p gram will be held during the last of May in Provo. The topic chosen to be the theme of the speeches will be, The Role of a Jaycee Wife. Talks will be judged on originality, presentation, grammar, and so on. 00 Birds and Garden Pests will be the subject of discussion at the regular monthly meeting of the West Kearns Jr. Green Thumbers. The group meets immediately after school in the multi-purporoom, under the direction of Mrs. Virginia Jacobs and Mrs. Cleone Hess. se The Kearns Jaycees are looking for the most outstanding young man of the community. If you know a young man bewho has tween the ages of to the service rendered community and would be deserving of this honor, call your local D.S.A. chairman, Gene Andrews, CY Winner of the local award will enter state competition, from which five will be chosen to vie with other winners throughout the country to become one of the Ten Outstanding Men of the Nation. 21-3- 5, cussed. The Travel Trophy this month will be held in Layton on Jan- Basketball Tournament uary 21. The basketball tournament will be finished on Feb. 9. This means there are only four more games to be played. As it now stands the Hunter 3rd Ward is in first place, for the senior team, and Granger 4th and North Jordan .Ward are tied for 2nd. On the junior teams, North Jordan is first and Granger 4th is 2nd. Their games are played on Thursday nights. There are four games played a night, the first being at 6 p.m. and the last starts at 9 p.m. DR. T. CHLEPAS OPTOMETRIST Eye Examination Glasses Fitted Contact Lenses KEARNS MEDICAL CENTER Downstairs Call CY 51 Two new girls were invested in Girl Scout Troop 78 during an Investiture Ceremony held in the Kearns Baptist Church. They are Jeanne Lamosse and Karen Ann Edwards. Following the ceremony, Mrs. Alice Krogman presented an illustrious description of Germany in conjunction with the International Friendship Award. She displayed herTovely china and crystal and other items she has brought with her from Germany and described the customs and culture of her home-lan- d. In conclusion, the girls were invited to Mrs. Krogmans home to see slides. Troop 78 is under the direction of Virginia Jacobs, leader, and Mary Ann Jensen, co-lead- IN Phones: or HU being held at the home of Irene Johnson, 1984 Redondo Ave., on January 25 at 8 p.m. A Beatnik Pizza Party will be The monthly dinner the theme of the Alpha Kappa meeting regular of the Kearns Jaycees was Chapter of Epsilon monthly social. held at Joes Mission Cafe, at which time the program for the No. Jordan Stake coming year was outlined and dis- T.V. But CY A book review will be presented $1 .ooo.ooo.ob $3.00 Kearns Property SOLD IN 1960 Trying for More in 1961 LIST YOURS NOW! REED DAVIS, CY INC. 91 17 AMWESTl 6-60- 07 ,"We Don't Make Claims Just Do Good Vork" 2878 VERN FURNITURE & APPLIANCES Furniture Co - UNIQUE UHOLSTERY BUY st in- KEARNS NEWS BRIMLEY SERVICE enough So-We- y, e. RADIO TELEVISION SMALL APPLIANCES - Thursday, January 19, 1961 THE VALLEY VIEW NEWS AM 34 SOUTH RAY'S UTOCO 4860 So. 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