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Show AtMetic Insurance Plan Pencils Board Action Didn't Know Parents Were Interested' Lowder, Gillmor Told Plan Provides Part Payment For Medical Bills The fate of athletic insurance to cover injuries of city high school team members today is pending action of the school board following a unanimous declaration by South high school athletes that the insurance insur-ance is badly needed in the "Big 3." The insurance plan is now in operation op-eration in all other state schools, having been accepted by the state board of education. Long stifled by school board attorneys at-torneys because "the plan was not worded correctly and doesn't cover the board sufficiently," the murmur, mur-mur, which grew to a shout, was raised by the boys who take the risks and by their parents who have to foot the bills: Mr. Oscar E. Lowder, father of prexy Dee Lowder, and Mrs. Stephen Ste-phen T. Gillmor, P-T A president, are following through with Ernest M. Hanson, assistant superintendent superintend-ent of the schools, the following plan: 1. Athletes shall pay a prescribed pre-scribed abount (generally $1.60 to $2) which is supplemented by funds from the school or school board. 2. In the event of injury to a team member the medical bill will be paid, up to a reasonable amount, from the fund, thus relieving considerably con-siderably the financial weight on parents. 3. The amount each receives depends de-pends upon the injury. Prior to the time the question was reopened, the attorneys had shelved the plan and Mr. Hanson had long since allowed the subject to bother him, although he admits he first introduced the plan to the city. The board imnjocently pleaded, "we didn't know parents were even interested." Clair Empey, senior class secretary secre-tary and a member of the "A" team, expects momentarily a reply from his former principal in Pro-vo Pro-vo answering a query as to the exact ex-act articles in the plan. In order to be in practice before Thursday's game, the plan is now being hastened through with the full backing of South high school. |