HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1972-01-05, Page 12NEW IDENTIFICATION CARDS: '
The Plan Will provide eaCh inSured persOn and each insured head of faMily With a
new, Ontario Health Insurance IdentifiCation Card to, uSe for insured-services received on
'or after 'April 1: Anyone who hasoI received his or fler card by that'date should use ,
the cuilent Hospital Insuranoe certificate, after Abril 1, 1972, for medical ,and hospital •
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\3 'services untilthe riew cardis received, ,
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THE ILIKKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO` ViEDNiSPAY.'4ASUARY pfi, 1972: mews
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Artinng visitors here in the
holidays were Miss. Eliza Cook :of:•
Owen Sound and Mr. and 'Mrs.
Bill' Hayden of Port Albert with
Mr. and. Mrs.. Henry MacKenzie;•
Mr, and Mrs: Allan Oliver and
David.of Toronto with Mr. and.
Mrs. WM. 'Oliver; Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Ronald Of Kitchener with
Bill Johnston; Mr, and Mr's":?
George Foster of Rodney with Mr.
and Mrs. Colin• Howes; Mr. and
Mrs:. George Leadbetter of Toron-
to with Mrs. Colin MacGregor;
Mt. and Mrs. John Martyn of
Kincardine and Mrs. D. Martyn
of Ripley with Mr. and Mrs..
Ewan MaCLean; Mr. and Mrs.-
Robin Davies and baby of Toron-
to with Mr, and. Mrs. Donald
Simpson; Janice Rtibb of Owen
Sound and Shirley Robb of Clin-,
ton with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Robb; Audrey Ross of Weston. with
Mr_:' and Mrs. Bill. Ross; Donna
and Lynda Wylds of London with
Mr. and Mrs.,= W. Wyldi; Mr.. and
'Mrs. L. Oliver of London with
Mr., and Mrs; Wm. Oliver.
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Mr. and ,Mrs. Fred Vassella
haVe left On a trip to Switzerland
where the ,former was born.
Mrs. Annie Woriell, a native of
this area died recently in. Toronto„
She was the daughter of the• late
Mr: and Mrs. Dan MacMurchy
who•kep a store at Kintaii. After
her, marriage she. lived in Toronto.
and was over ninety yearsof age
at her death.
North7gh-fielif School concert
was presented last Wednesday
to a good audience of parents and
friends. It began with a chorus
followed by .a Welcome Recita-
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Emerson were nnsuccestful, a
cutting torch from Montgomerys
was brought intoaction_and with_
the aid of Dave Sleighthcilm and
Gary Austin, the top of the car
was cutoff,. the only means of
releasing the pinned driver. ;,He
was conscious throughout the long
ordeal but recalls practically none
of it. Lucknow Fire Depait iit
was tailed asa precautionary
measure when 'the cutting torch'.
Was used.. 'Constable McPhail
praised the-help and assistance re-
'"ceived from all. , •
It was after ra.m. before Ern-
. • erson Howald was 'released frorri
the car and he. wasimmediately
rand-by, ambu-
lance 'to Wingham Hospital and
later to Victoria Hospital in I.On-
don. '
Ross. Forster had been removed
to hoSpital by ambulance earlier
and after treatment for contusions
to the left arm and chest te was
released. i•
Shortly after Emerson's arrival
at Victoria Hospital surgery, was -
performed. His injuries included
a broken neck, some displaced
vertebrae his left leg was broken•
in five places ,dpur in the thigh
and one below the knee , his knee
'Cap was crushed, his pelvis brolc 4„
en arid he had a punctured !Wig
as well as multiple abrasions.
After his arrival at hoSpital on
Friday surgery was performed for
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head where Weights could be
applied in treating the broken, •
neck. '
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Word on Moriday bight of this:
thattieriaqid-g-te
atitfactOtily
tion by Karen Metzer,.— Grades
5 and 6 Glee Club sang... Grades
land 2 presented "The . Three
Bears", followed by a Waltz by
Grade 3 and 4 girls. Grade 6
gave a play "Child Psychology
and Grade land 2 "The Elves'
Song", Room 1 did the-Dunkor
dance and 3 and 4 -sang 'Frenck
Songs, des 5 and 6 acted ,
"The Cross Patch Fairies"; Grade
4 Teaching Millie" and "The Leg.
end pf the Manger",
Most residentS aged =65 yearsInd over have already
applied for prernium-free coverage, but if you have ndt
done so, ,please write to the Plan giving your 'Ontario
Hospital Insurance number, yoar . OHSIP number„ • and
month'and yearof birth. „ , '
' Persons ,whq turn 65 after January 31, 1972, ,Shoulci
applyatthe-timefortreecoverige.li you-pay Yo-urprerNtim,
on a direct basis, write to the Plan for. en.aPplication.
If you pay through a grOup, aditiSe your group. Pram-
ium-free caVeragewill takeeffect onthefirst dayof the month
in which yo:ur 65th birthday ocCurs: Any preMiums paid to
Cover benefit periods' beydnd that date will be refunded.
FREE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
(After 1-Year Residence in Ontario)
AS 91: January 1, 1972 residents aged 65 and °Vet are ,
exerbOt frOM paying Ontario Health Insurance premiums to
cover themselves and their eligible dePendents. To benefit
frOth this exemption, insUrance .may be transferred to the •
name of the older spouse if it is presently in the name of a
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As the present Ontario Hospital Insurance numbers and billing system will' form the basis of the new plan, anyone who does not , .
nOw have hospital insurance coverage should register Without delay. ,, • ' , .
'Applicptions are eVailabte in banks 'and hospitals and from offices of the Onfarip Health inSurance.Plam
.BypuRE YOU A,REICOVERED NEXT APRIL:Isti '
Your present OHSIP card shotild ,be used when claiming fOr medical and.practitioner Services received.Up to March 31,1972.
The- new "Ontario Health Insurance Plarrwill provide 'all the coverage now'available•to you
under both OHSI'P and Ontario Hospital Insurance. And it will do so at a lower combined
premium than you now pay for the two separate plans. '
The new premiums will be payable in January, I 972, and thereafter, to cover benefit periods
beginning on or after Aiiiri;-1:972. those new preMiums.witl-be.
• $11.00 a month for a single person, and
$22.00 a month for a family (2 br more eligible persons) . .
REFLACES "0.1-1SIP' AND ':/laNTARICI H.O$PITAL INSU,RANCE" •
The Ontario Health instiranee Plan. replace tfie*OHSIP (medipal) and Ontario Hospital
Insurance plans as of neit April 1, and you will then have only:
one plan tO deal with;
-..-•-onehealth insurance identifiCatior) Card;-..
• _one health,insyrance nuMber (yOur former
Ontario' Hospital Insurance. number);
• one cornbinpd Premium to pay. • "
If you noW have Ontario Hospital Insurance, your changeover to the new combined
lan-will-ba‘utomatic No action on your part is required as the new plpn will be
based on the existing hospital insurance billing system.
'.YOUR PLAN.
. • lriclividUals with less theil $1,000 taxable income 'in 1972;
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eligible for 5" prernit "1-;s-sTstanvc"..e.. ;Will reduce the ;
monthly prerniuMs to S5.50 for such individuals (instead.
of $11.00) and tO $11.00 (or an eligible fa(nlily (inStead of
522:00).
Taxable income is the amount On which a person pays
income taxes, .after subtracting from hiS total income.all
exeMptions and'other-cledtktions-to which ,he=is entitled. ,
Note': If yob remit your premiurns'On a direct.basis, •
details on; Premium Assistance Will be mailed with
your neXt .Prernium Notice. Residents' enrolled. in
groups will be informed. through their: gi-oups.
PREMIUM ASSISTANCE
(After 1-year R'eSidence in Ontario)
Effective wiih the benefit month of 1972, individuals.
and •families•with no taxable income for the Year 1972 ato .
onapPlication, for 100% Ontario" Government prem-
ium assistance.. ,
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; -ONTARIO. HEALTHIN$VRAN'CE 0010MISSION -,
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On Tuesday of last week:
further Surgery was performed on
• 'the neOil< and the leg.. A; piece of
bone was -taken front the hip and
plated in the neck and a pin was
inserted` in the leg during a five
h rom- Yqnge:Street, Tbront (Int ouropera