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If you want to rivet a doctor dead in his tracts, sneak up be hind him and hiss, “Socialized Medicine”. That will transfix him, I can tell you that. As I get it, Socialized Medi cine would be worse (for us? for the doctor?) than a set-in of bu bonic plague. That is what the AMA literature implies, at any rate, and I am inclined to be lieve it is true. Even so, I would like an an swer or two before I commit to defend “Doctor's” right to ex ploit the ailing. I have a “why” and a “what”. Why do I have to sit and twid dle my thumbs in their outer of fice. They set the time of ap pointment and when it arrives, there I am. But with rare excep tion, I am forced to wait from 30 minutes to an hour in an un comfortable, patient - stacked room, awaiting “Doctor’s” plea sure and my turn. To me, this practise of their’s is an insufferable form of arro gance; as I sit my blood pres sure goes up a point a'minute. Who does the jackanapes think he is, with his deliberate strut and soda-jerk coat, he and his coterie of nurses, chirping the live-long day: “Doctor says”, “Doctor says” — as though “Doc tor” were something down from Olympus, hours, l-to-5. I have had it in my throat a dozen times to give “Doctor” a piece of my mind and would if I were not so plague-take-it afraid of his needles. Our contract was to meet at such-and-such a time. I arranged my schedule accord ingly, and there I am. He knew, I presume, what his schedule was to be when the appointment was set; at least his chirper should have known. How, then, does he justify keeping me wait ing? What kind of meat does he eat? Why is the doctor-patient relationship a one-way street? Now, my “what”. Some 60 days ago, I made an appointment with an oculist of repute. I did my waiting in the usual way and eventually was hushed into the august presence. After a bit of big-tooth foo foorah — the personality gambit — he went to work. At least his hands went to work. His mind, it turned out, was on a barbeque he was planning. His chirper, as I could hear, was on the phone to somebody —■ “Doctor’s” house boy, it turned out — and while he flipped slides for my benefit, be tossed gustatory suggestions to the chirper, for relay to the boy. As you might imagine,_the pre scription he wrote, eventually turned into glasses that made me see double. After about a week’s trial, I staggered back and told him my problem. He gave me a patroniz ing look, said, “Come in”, went through the whole rigamarole again, then finalized me with a, “Just dandy”, and handed back the glasses. Well, I thought, perhaps I am stupid and since I was $$5 hook ed by then — enough in itself to knock me cockeyed — I went on wearing the blinders. I have a good friend who is a medic and I forgive him his membership in this closed shop because of his love of Confed erate history; he is working with me to get the South’s fair share of the good life. Be that as it may, I asked his recommenda tions as to an oculist; another oculist. I got it and went through the same unnerving routine; an appointment in three weeks; a 30 minute wait after arrival and, finally, the business. There was the difference: This doctor — once I got to him — proved to be a fine eye man; now I can see again, clearly. My “what” is this: What can I do about that first joker? Re port him to the local medical as sociation? Ha! That would be like trying to impeach Earl War ren. According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, the average doctor sees 169 office patients a week; 169 office patients a week. With a four-hour day, five-day week, that figures seven minutes per patient. Arthur Murray couldn’t beat that. If “Doctor’s” average fee is $10, that is $1,690 per 20-hour week, or $85 an hour. It is also $84,500 per an num, two weeks off for good be havior. No wonder the phrase “So cialized Medicine” rivets them. It’s like say; “Socialized Oil” to Rockefeller. Subscribe to the Journal Now JARMAN FUNERAL HOME ... Where Your Trust Is Sacred And Your Wishes Cared For ... Dial JA 3-5143 Kinston, N. C. by Mrs. Jak* Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Bob Reed of Wbitakers and children spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Viette Gerock. • • * Mrs. John Coston of Hertford visited in Maysville Saturday. * * • Mrs. Ralph Nobles and daugh ter, Evelyn, of PollocksvUle visited her mother, Mrs. Anne Belle Williams, Thursday. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Almond Saulter and Berry and the Donald Saul ters of Greenville visited Mrs. Carnell Waters' and Mrs. Bill Morris recently. * * * Mrs. Mamie Boggs of Kinston visited Mrs. L. L. Mattocks Mon day. * * * The Men’s Bible Class of the First Baptist Church enjoyed an oyster roast at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Banks Jr. Satur day night. Twelve men and their wives attended. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sutton of Jackson ville. * * * The Gordon Mattocks of Jack sonville spent Sunday afternoon with his mother, Mrs. L. L. Mat tocks. * * * Mrs. G. C. Conway and laugh ter, Pam, of Jacksonville spent last week with the Colon Con ways. * * * Sergeant and Mrs. Roy Mc Peak and son visited her mother and other relatives in Texas re cently. * * • Mrs. James Heath of N[ew Bern visited Mrs. Claudia Heath Mon day. • * * Miss Ellen Mattocks and Joyce Johnson spent the weekend with Mrs. Walter Scott in New Bern. • • • Nathan Wiggins is stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia. Mattocks in Aden On World Cruise Storekeeper First Class Har old J. Mattocks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Mattocks of Mays ville, is in Aden, South Arabia, serving on the destroy Cone. During the past two months he has visited Greece, Egypt, Jordan, Saudia-Arabia, Iran and India while his ship conducted good will visits as part of the U. S. Middle East Force. Prior to his arrival in Aden, he spent six days in Bombay, India, where he was the guest of the Indian Navy. During this time he was able to see much of the Indian way of life, the local country side and shop in the exotic stores for unusual items. He and his ship are scheduled to return to Charleston, S. C., in late January, having spent Christmas in Beirut, Lebanon, and New Year’s Eve in'Naples, l Italy. Leon Thomas on Nuclear Carrier In Viet Nam Area Aviation Fire Control Techni cial Second Class Leon D. Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Leon Thomas of Pollocksville, is participating in combat opera tions in Vietnam as a member of Fighter Squadron 96 aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Enterprise. Squadron 96, nicknamed “the Fighting Falcons,” flies the F4B Phantom n jet fighter-bomber. His squadron’s primary mis sion is to destroy enemy aircraft and missiles, attack surface tar gets, escort friendly aircraft and perform other air operatione. 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