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Castlegar, B.C.

Thursday, September 18, 1952"

Kats Lag In Finals
With 13-7 Loss Sunday

The smoothest fielding display
Nelson has shown this season,
plus a fourteen hit batting bar-
rage was too much for Castlegar
Kats Sunday as they were
swamped by Nelson Royals 13-7
in the fourth game of the West
Kootenay Women’s fastball
championship finals. The loss re-
legated Kats to’ bottom spot in
the playoff standings with two
wins and a tie for Nelson against
one win and a tie for Castlegar.

It was Swihart on the mound
for Kats to be relieved by Kastru-
koff in the fourth. Three hits
and three Kat errors resulted in
an early four runs for Royals in
the first frame, but Kats came
back to tally twice in the second
and third and once in the fourth
to put themselves back in the
game 5-6, oa

Four more runs in the fourth
and three in the eighth, however,
decisively clinched the game for
Royals while Kats had all they
could do to tally twice more on
three hits, a walk and an error
in the eighth.

A big factor in the Nelson win
was Barbara Pedue. She blasted
two home runs and gave a flaw-
less display at second. Marie
Stangherlin and Elsie Appel led
the winners with three hits each
while Joy Saunders was top in
the Kats batting department with
two safeties.

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Hospital Insurance: Arrears
Suspended, Martin Announces

Hon. Eric Martin, Minister of
Health and Welfare, announced
that the Provincial Government
will suspend arrears of persons
delinquent in payment of their
premiums for British Columbia
Hospital Insurance Service .dur-
ing 1949 to 1951 inclusive, or who
have not registered with B.C.H.
Ls.

Mr. Martin said this is a sus-
pension and not a cancellation of
arrears. “Persons in this category
can re-establish themselves with
the B.C.H.LS. by paying the pre-
mium for the present year and
‘after the two-week waiting per-
iod they will become. eligible*for
full. hospital insurance benefits,”
he said.

* In a press release, September
9th, Mr. Martin pointed out that
persons who cannot pay their ar-
rears due to low income will not
be asked to do so. He said the
Government feels that some per-
sons may! be staying out of the
plan because they are unable to
pay the large arrears which they
have accumulated over the past
three years.

“However, it should be noted
that the Hospital Insurance Serv-
ice will, through certain of the
procedures provided by the Act,
continue to collect premium  ar-
rears for 1949, 1950 and 1951

.| from, those persons who can well

afford to pay,” the Minister of
Health and Welfare said.

Mr. Martin noted this would be
accomplished by making arrange-
ments for instalment payments,
if necessary, in accordance with
their means. The main considera-
tion in bringing this policy into
effect is to allow those persons
presently in default to re-estab-
lish themselves with the Service.

They would therefore become
eligible for the full range of the
all-inclusive hospitalization bene-
fits afforded under the Act, he
said. “It should be noted that ap-
proximately 90 per cent of the
total premiums for this three
year period have been collected.

“It is felt that the majority of
those persons who are delinquent
and who have amassed arrears
have done so because they have
had temporary financial difficult-

ies. Therefore, it is felt that this

change will be of particular bene-
fit to these persons.” i

The current year’s premium
for persons with one or more de-
pendents is $40.50 made up_of $21
for the period from January 1
to June 30, 1952, $19.50 for, the
period from July 1 to December
31, 1952 (this includes the recent-
ly announced premium reduct-
ion.. which totals $40.50 for the
full year’s premium. Single per-
son’s premium would amount to
$28.50.

The Health and Welfare Min-
ister’s statement concluded: “We
have given this aspect of the
service’s operations very careful
consideration and it is our opinion
that the fuspension of arrears
will be advantageous to the
people of B.C. and to the Hospital
Insurance Service.

“It is hoped that this action
will serve to bring into benefit
the majority of the persons pres-
ently delinquent under the B.C.
HAS.”

Kamloops-Yellowhead .
Toll Road Proposal
Given Full Support

Building of a new paved high-
way from, Kamloops, through the
North Thompson and Yellow-
head Pass to the Alberta bound-
ary as a toll road was endorsed
unanimously by a meeting of
various Boards of Trade repres-
entatives from Blue River to
Chilliwack, in Kamloops last
week,

This action came after a full
afternoon of discussion, and was
based on a letter addressed to the
meeting by the Hon. P. A. Gag-
liardi, minister of Public Works,
stating that although the prov-
ince was already committed to
the limit for its present road pro-
gram and it was simply impos-
sible to raise, either by borrowing
or from general funds, the money
which would be necessary to
construct the road requested, he
believed it possible that the Yel-
lowhead Route highway could be
built if it were financed on the
basis of a toll.

“What I would like to do,” the,

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stated in his letter, “is
borrow the necessary money,|
maybe fifteen million dollars .ot
more, if it takes it, and pay, it’
back through the levying of tolls.
Hence it would be no burden on
the taxpayers. I would like to
make this a paved road and by
making it a paved road and a
good road, I feel the public would
definitely use it, maybe to the
extent of about 300,000 cars a year
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would bring us in around a mil-
lion dollars free of the cost of
levying the tolls, ets., to pay back
on our borrowed capital.” |

With the single amendment,
that. if the road is to be a toll
road it must be a paved highway,
the paragraph from Mr. Gagliar-
di’s letter was accepted and en-
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way built. ®

Prior ‘to the unanimous decis-
ion. to endorse Mr. Gagliardi‘’s
suggestion, discussion ranged ovep
a wide field. The opinion was ex.
pressed that an outstanding op-
portunity had been lost in not
having’ developed better coopera-
tion between the public works
department ~-and the oil Pipeline
people, both as to highway and
pipeline location along the route
between Kamloops and Jasper,
and the possibility that a joint
effort might have bequeathed the
public something in the way of
usable highway along the route.

Several’ who have lived ang
worked along the route spoke of
the comparative ease with which
a highway could be constructed,
with very little rock work, and.
a total @levation through the Yel-
lowhead Pass of only some 3700
feet. Moreover, it would Provide
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throughout most of its length, the
snowfall is light and even in the
so-called heavy snow belt, of only.
a short stretch, the average depth
of snow is far below that on other
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Last Ditch Rally ..
Gives Cubs 9-7 Nod
Over Nelson Queens:

A-cterrife three-run round-trip-
per by Rennie Mitchell in the
eighth inning plus a highly dis-
puted decision by plate umpire
Jack Wilson, shot Castlegar Cubs
into a 9-7 win over Nelson
Queen’s Hotel in an exhibition

encounter at the loca] ball park
Sunday evening.

The Hotelmen were riding on
the crest of a comfortable 7-4
lead when Cubs packed the bases
in the eighth with one out. A fly
along the left field foul line,
dropped by. the Nelson fielder in
foul territory, was ruled fair by
Umpire Wilson, who ruled that
the fielder touched the ball in
fair territory but dropped it in
foul, therefore it was “fair ball.”
This enabled two runs to be ad-

ded to the Castlegar total.

Then Cub coach Mitchell’s
soaring drive into deep left field
and out of the park, gave the.
locals their two run winning mar-
gin. Mitchell won his own ball
game once again, having relieved
Sofiak on the mound ‘in the fifth.
For Queens it was Keith Loewen
on the mound all tne way.

There is a possibility of a re-
turn match between the two
teamg before the definite close
of the season.

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OR PERSONS -

NOT” REGISTERED WITH B.C.H.LS.

SUSPENSION OF ARREARS — Effective September 9,

1952, all

premium arrears for the years, 1949, 1950 and 1951 will be suspended.

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Persons who are delinquent or who have never registered, can

re-establish

themselves with the Service by paying the current year’s premium (see rates
below). They will become eligible for full Hospital Insurancé benefits

fourteen days

after

making

their payment. Persons whose financial

circumstances have prevented them from paying their arrears will not be

asked to do so .Persons who’ can well afford to pay their arrears will be re-

quired to do so.

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The current year’s premium for persons with one or more dependents
is $40.50, made up of $21.00 for the period from January 1|52 to June 30]52.
and $19.50 for the period from July 1]52 to December 31/52 (this includes
the recent!y-annouriced premitini rédtett6n), which’ totals $40.50 for the full
year’s premium. A single’ person’s premium would amount to $28.50 for

the year 1952.

Persons taking advantage of this arrears suspension to re-establish

themselves should attach to their cheque their last billing notice, or quote
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their registration number. If they have never registered before, the Service

should be so advised.

‘Special instructions will be issued immediately to all employers regard-_
ing the suspension of arrears. for registrants making premium- payment
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through payroll deduction.

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