GROUP .NIT'ATES
EXPlOPATrRY STUOY
OF MrALTH INSURANCE
The first of a p ismMi mu ■«
of meetings exploring a local ho
pitalizatmn rr health insurant’”
plan w.<- hill in the Co-Op Club
room last Thursday evening
The meeting was tailed by Di
C C Bailey and O K Kincaid,
Valley Hospital manage! Those
invited to the first meeting were
repn tntative of groups having
experience with various commer
cial hospitalization plans. Robert
Malcolm, Mrs. Robert Cute-. Er
win Doyle. R. G. Green and a
Frontiersman representative v.ei
there.
Dr. Bailey < mphasized that the
mam purpose of trying to find a
satisfactory plan which might b.
available to all people in the Val
ley was to place the hospital on
a stable footing. He pointed out
that most commercial plans suen
as Blue ross have special rates for
groups insured, but the cost to
individuals is considerably high
er. O. K. Kincaid described the
so-called Yakima plan of the Pa
cific Northwest under which the
members are insured for all their
medical and hospitalization needs, j
paying only one dollar for each
new illness or injury.
It was the concensus of opinion i
among those present that the
Blue Cross plan was not broad:
enough to cover the needs of most i
families and was expensive in- j
surance for what the members
get out of it. Most of them were
interested in a plan which would
take care of all health needs, in
cluding the shots of pencillin and
other drugs that come with the
routine office call. It was pointed
out that 80-90 percent of the av
erage family’s medical expense
involved services not covered by
Blue Cross.
Dr. Bailey said that he would
write for more information from
the American Medical Associa
tion and some of the known
health insurance groups before
another such exploratory meet
ing is called.
NOTES FROM YOUR
EXTENSION SERVICE
B? RICHARD BLUE
MVBA Nominates Directors
At the last regular nut ting of
the MVBA members nominated
il L Thuma. V W Williams. L
M Lh Priest. A A Rempel. and
W. E H«vker to the board of di
i ect urs.
An election a ill b* held at the
next regular meeting to till the
ex.sting vacancies < n the board.
A A Rempel will !»• the host for
the January meeting Due to the
New Year holiday thi meeting
has been postponed one week to
January 8.
Red Dane Registration
Dairy farmers interested in
registering their foundation ani
mals. which may be of any breed,
will have until the first day of
January, 1952. to join the Asso
ciation and report the birth dates
of their animals.
This concession on the part of
the Red Dane Association saves
one or more generations for most
farmers who have been breeding
to the Red Dane bulls under the
MVBA. It will cost about $20 to
join and receive 25 birth report
ing forms.
If you are still interested we
can supply the details at the Ex
tension Service. The Newcomb
Snodgrass combine are also well
informed, in fact we got our in
formation from their files.
STUDENTS HOPE FOR
GOOD WEATHER AS
VACATION BEGINS FRIDAY
The students of Palmer School
will enjoy an 11 day vacation be
ginning Friday, December 21
lasting through Christmas and
New Years.
Everyone is hoping for good
weather and lots of snow for ski
ing during these days. If Santa
grants these wishes everyone will
have a joyful vacation.
Something New
Here it is — the new CA Tractor stepping out with its high
clearance. two-bottom mounted plow.
The CA is a new tractor — engineered to make better use
of its generous power.
Here are some of the features which make this possible:
Hydraulic Traction Booster, Power Shift Wheel Spacing,
New Wider-Ease Rear Tires (10-inch tire on a 10-inch
rim), Two-Clutch Power Control (optional) and Con
stant-Mesh Four-Speed Transmission. Complete hydrau
lic system is standard equipment.
Stop in soon. See Allis-Chalmers’ latest — the new
CA tractor.
KIWANIS PLANS
PROGRAMS FOR S3
Palmer Ktwamnns had their
chance to c. mplain about pa t
program* and suggest idea* for
the now year at th« ir Monday
meeting
Little change war indicated, al
though several member* thougnt
it would 1h- interesting and valu
able to know more about the
work of individual members Mo
vies, slide talks, and talks by vis
iting specialists also were sug
gested.
Cy Brewci reported that the
' brownout" was successful be
yond all expectation. President
Hugh Johnson thanked Tom Day
- Stan Laird. H. J Hodgson, and
Fred Stassel for their part in op
erating the sound trucks to pub
licize the “brownout" Friday and
Saturday nights. Permission was
requested by O. K. Kincaid to
use the Kiwanis speaker system
for the community meeting to
discuss hospital plans Thursday
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Ed Smith was appointed of
fir.al Kiwanis observer at the
merchants' children’s party to be
held at the Valley Theater Mon
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Rev. Harry Galey and George
Small were guests of O. K. Kin
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