Show Flu Epidemic Slows at atI I High School An epidemic of ot Influenza that raced through the student t body oi of of Grand count county high school had hadI I apparently abated Wednesday as asI I school attendance figures s returned return returned ed to near normal normal- levels Attendance officer Reed Somerville Somerville Som Som- erville said Wednesday afternoon after after- afternoon afternoon noon that 77 students were out of school approximately 15 percent per percent percent cent of the students enrolled Normal absen absence e is about 40 students students students stu stu- dents Mr Somerville said One week ago w wyen en school closed for the Utah Education Association convention one half of the students were out of school Students began return return- ing lag to classrooms Monday but absence until mid midweek midweek week I Moab's two elementary elemental schools I escaped with much less reduction reduction tion in attendance Joseph Allen Alien principal at the Helen M. M Knight elementary school said that absence absence ab ab- sence Bence had increased this week at the larger of the two schools but was not alarming Southeast elementary principal Duane Wimmer Wimmer Wim- Wim mer reported a d decrease crease in ab air sence Teaching staffs of or the thel I three schools fortunately evaded Ithe I the Illness although several one one- day absences of teachers occur occur- one one-I ed this week |