Today C.J. celebrated her great-grandmother's 75th birthday. She wore a lavender outfit that she brought for her, especially for the occasion. Daddy wore the same color. She brought everyone something to wear. The nerve of her, lol! So Ma (as C.J. and everyone calls her) has 75 years on earth to C.J.'s soon-to-be, prayerfully, one year on earth. At the celebration we played a trivia game where we found out the President of the United States in 1935 was Franklin D. Roosevelt. Everyone knew that because that was the year he signed the Social Security Act which Ma benefits from, but I wonder if C.J. will benefit from it when she is 75 years old? Here are some other things C.J. learned about costs in the year 1935:
Here are some samples of grocery prices (and more) from 1935.
1935 U.S. Bureau of the Census
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Flour (5 lbs) 25.3 cents
Bread (lb) 8.3
Round steak (lb) 36.0
Bacon (lb) 41.3
Butter (lb) 36.0
Eggs (doz.) 37.6
Milk (1/2 gal.) 23.4
Oranges (doz.) 22.0
Potatoes (10 lbs) 19.1
Coffee (lb) 25.7
Sugar (5 lbs) 28.2
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0873707.html
What Things Cost in 1935
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Car: $580
Gasoline: 19 cents/gal
House: $6,300
Bread: 8 cents/loaf
Milk: 47 cents/gal
Postage Stamp: 3 cents
Average Annual Salary: $1,500
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1935%20QF.htm
Hunterdon County, 1930s
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Local Prices:
Bananas (4 lbs.): 19 cents
Bayer Aspirin (100 tablets): 50 cents
Bread: 7 cents
Butter (1 lb.): 37 cents
Campbell's Soup (three cans): 20 cents
Cream of Wheat: 23 cents
Ford V-8, four door: $495
Ground Beef (1 lb.): 21 cents
Hunterdon County Democrat (1-yr. subscription): $2
Jell-O (two packets): 11 cents
Log Cabin Syrup (16 oz.): 21 cents
Maxwell House coffee (1 lb.): 31 cents
Motor Oil (2 gallons): 75 cents
Post Bran Flakes: 11 cents
Potatoes (3 lbs.): 14 cents
National Prices:
House: $6,296
Car: $580
Milk: 47 cents/gallon
Gas: 11 cents/gallon
Bread: 8 cents
Postage stamp: 3 cents
C.J. was well behaved too. She ate some potatoes, pasta, bread and fruit, and then took a nap. Oh yeah, of course, she wore a hat to the party. She finally met some people she had not met, and they were happy to see her. I think her nap was a bit much because she fought her sleep very hard tonight. Or maybe it was that she wanted to honor her uncle's (Big Duke) instructions to watch the Lakers game. Well she got about two quarters in. She was in her playpen and she literally stood up in the corner to get a better view. She just could not hold out much longer, though. I picked her up and laid with her on the couch until she fell asleep shortly before the half. Her uncle would be proud. All three of us will be ecstatic if the point differential is the same as it is now at the end of the next 24 minutes.
Another thought just came to mind. Will basketball still be what it is in seventy-five years? Will the Lakers still be on top? Who knows. So, as Daddy gets ready to do what C.J. is already doing, you all take it easy and do not forget to pray. Prayer, as you know, changes things, people, and situations.
