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NeSwHeL. Cont'd, from Page 1 At the end of the. 1949- 50 season the bank balance was 33.62, and when he left' office as Treasurer this past season the _ bank balance was $1,62),16, . Peter was responsible. for the. Constitution, By-laws and. Regulations of the League adopted at the Annual Iieeting held here on May 27th, 1956, and the ammendments incorporated at last Sunday's meeting. He further compiled the Con- stitution of the North Shore Minor Hockey" Association. Through his efforts the League coll- ected 300,00 for the 1955-56 Olympic Fund and again $300.00 for the youngsters of the North Shore during Young Canada Hockey Week held last February. . ... The honour of being the first Life Member brings another first to Terrace Bay and all followers of hockey join in congratulating Mr. Hockey for a job well done, ... At the. Annual Meeting recently held much of the time was taken 'up with changes tothe Constitution. Reports on the past season were presented by Pres. A. J. Currie Secretary J. Z, Broughton, Treasurer P, E, Mazza and Vice Pres, and Referee-in-Chief Be Ge Caccamo.. . T.ByAsH.A, Viee-Pres, Frank Walters and Secretary-Treasurer Arnold Southern were also present and offered advice and assistance throughout the meeting, Following this meeting the inaugral meeting of the Board of Governors was held, The election of Chaired Officers took place with A. J. Currie of Red Rock elected as -President.for a second term, J. N. Ross -was.elected to the post of Vice-President and Referee-in-Chief, J. E. Broughton, Secretary and M. D. 'Campbell , 'Treasurer. Other members of the. Board are Eg. G. Caccamo, Schreiber; A.° James and i. liilne, Marathon; G. O'Neili, Nipigon, B. Abbot, Red Rock} H, Fisher and E, Kristjanson, Geraldton. Among the points discussed at this. - meeting was the League's voting power in the T.B.A.H.A. At present our League has one vote. Siricé other towns such as-- lenora, Fort Frances and Dryden have only one team and have a vote each while our League has six teams and have a League vote only, it was felt that our League should have at ledst more than one vote, It was decided to 'o along with the present system of officiating 'néxt season - that is one referee and two linesmen, (Cont'd, next colum) rage 9 (Cont'd. from last colum) _ At the conclusion of the neetiiie, dinner'was served at the Red Rock Inn with the local aruaresy as 5 host. 9-0-0 BLUE GROSS HOSPITAL PLAN RATS INCREASE MAY 15th In the Terrace Bay: News of November ae 1956, it was annourced that the Blue Cisse mont hy premiums would be increased in the LongLac Pulp and Paper Co, group plan effective May 15, 1957, Actually the Blue Cross increased their retes' in January, 1957 but due to an agreement LongLac and the ~ Uniohs had with Blue Cross our rates remained unchanged until May 15, 1957. ! Shown below is a comparison of the' old and new monthly rates, Rate Comparison (Semi-Private Ward Aaneuiili dation - Service Contract), Pres.Pres.Cost New-Rate Cost.to- Inc, Rate to Long~ May 15/ Longlac in Cos Lac Emp. 27 Employ- to Lon ' ee May Lac Em a » INR go May 15- ' ; BY Single Subscriber 1,90 Mil © 2,05°° «NAT NA Subscriber spouse & all child- 4.70 & 2,80 ren under 18 yrs. - BeG0 43.65 4856 & Company pays employees! portion of Blue Cross, The'family rate tc mrried employees is therefore the difference between the Blue Cross married rate and the single rate, The Blue' Cross Plan have stated the following reasons for this increase, and we quote from their letter: "The main reasons for the Blue Cross rate increase are higher hospital charges plus an increased ratio of Blue Cross patients obtaining' hospitai care. 'In the three-year period to June 30th, 1956 our Blue 'Cross case costs have risen 18%, In the same period, the number of people obtain- ing Blue Cross benefits has increased from 168 to 193 per thousand participants, Blue Cross administration costs, at less than 5% of subscription income, are at an all-tirie low percentage-wise, and are not a contributing factor in the rate adjustment", 0-0-0