I failed to completely annotate my previous posting. Quoted retail prices
were from the Hattiesburg American (Hattiesburg, Ms) edition of 5/6/69.
Average salaries are quoted from the financial "section" (quarter page!) of
the same "newspaper."
Big Macs were normally 35 cents - "reduced to 25 cents for graduation."
Hamburgers were reduced to 15 cents from 20. All other items were at their
normal selling prices. A&P and Gordons Market normally sold sirlion at 49
cents, McCaffereys always had chicken at 15 cents or less. New cars were
$2300 and up. Most three BR bath and a halfs were 10 to 12 000, house notes
were around $100 a mo, Doc Graves charged three bux for an office call, five
for a house call, and a room in either of the local hospitals was 18-20
dollars a nite. With all the "scrumptious greens" you could hold. The normal
cost of a delivery, including the doctors fees, was $600. Caesarians were a
bit more.
And a Collins station would set you back more than the cost of a brand new
Fairlane, or equivalent econobox. But only the local banker could write a
check for a new Collins station. And he was so deaf a new station of any sort
would have done him no good.
73 Pete AC5E
73 Pete Allen AC5E
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