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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1971
Page
1
President Nixon's price and wage freeze sparks disputes in Moravia over teacher pay. Questions linger about whether new hires receive higher contract pay while returning teachers miss upcoming salary increases, creating widespread uncertainty among staff.
Teachers worry over pay during a 90 day wage freeze amid federal rules and state school funding. Some fear delays on salary schedule increases and full contract pay after the freeze, while others question back wages and inflation impact. Community notes mention local visits and family gatherings around Cedar Rapids and various Dommer and Kelley families.
Mrs. Dallas Faber attended W. S. C. S. at Salem Methodist church. A reception honored Ida Griffin's 90th birthday at Albia Manor. The Faber home hosted guests from Boone and Rathbun lake outings included visits to Don Klampe and the Dayton home at Perry. Several families shared picnics and gatherings around Rathbun lake and area towns.
Vera Firkins visited Clara Brown Tuesday afternoon. The Wallace and Pickrell families joined Dick Brown and others for a fish supper. Des Moines trips and visits with relatives in Cedar Rapids Eddyville Ottumwa and Oskaloosa filled midweek activities. Funeral attendance for Greg Penfield included Edith Callen and several Brown relatives. Sympathy extended to Grey Bee Icel Christy Ned 1920. Russell Brown attended Bert Vosburgh funeral in Bussey Ottumwa visitations and family gatherings noted through the weekend.
Whitehead and Brown families and others from Des Moines and Ottumwa attended services for Icel Christy Sunday afternoon. Ned Argo was remembered at funeral services in Ottumwa Monday afternoon with relatives and friends present. Brad Brown stayed with grandparents in Centerville over the weekend.
Mrs Ernest Hiatt reports social visits across Coulson with Halley Scott Burton McDonald and others calling on Minta Shoemaker the Calfen girls and Ernest Hiatt. Alberquerque residents Lisa Teressa Helen joined Doris Boblenz Golda Hiatt Mae McDonald and Eva Tucker visiting Helen Price.
Mr and Mrs Paul Newman of Adair spent the weekend at the Ronald Barker home. Va Tucker dined with Elsie Long Tuesday and spent the day. Va Tucker hosted Rena Duff as a dinner guest in Moravia on Sunday.
Attendance at Sunday School stands at 25. Ora Rinehart and family visited Cedar Rapids and made a trip to Des Moines. Wendell Shepard and Illinois relatives visited Lowell Shepard’s home. Jack and Larry Espy from Newton stayed with Harold Huff. Birthday supper honors Ruth McNair with several local families in attendance. Trips to Quincy and St. Louis noted for Ora Rinehart and Cindy.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Langloss and others from Allerton and Liscomb visited Glen McNairsi for Sunday calls with dinner guests including Mr and Mrs Paul McNair and families. Evening visitors included Merrill Shepard and Stewart. Harold Huff attended Sunday dinner at Gene Huff's for Terry's birthday. Hope Teater and Flossie Walker dined with Glen McNair Monday and called on Fred Shepard in the afternoon.
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