The following is taken from my small hometown newspaper from May 4, 1961.
It gives us a good idea as to food and home prices during the Mayberry era:
Ground Beef 39 cents a pound.
Bacon 39 cents a pound.
Lettuce 10 cents for a crisp solid head
sugar 25 pounds for $2.69
Catsup 29 cents
Carrots 10 cents a bunch
Household Brooms eighty three cents while supplies last
Here is a list of homes for sale in that same paper:
Modern house with 8 acres of land $6750
Very nice older 8 bedroom home close to school $8700
Older 2 apartment house in city limits $12,000
However, in 1961 I was a pinsetter in our bowling alley setting two lanes at
a time and I was paid 10 cents per line. My mother was working as a
waitress making 35 cents an hour and my brother was working in a factory
earning $1.25/hour.
"Everything is AOK in Mayberry."
Ken Anderson
Eau Claire's Mayberry Deputy
2906 May Street
Eau Claire, WI 54701
715-839-8470
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