A LITTLE LOOK BACK AT THE PAST (1958)

I thought it would be fun to take a look back at the past. I was 8 years old and did not really care about the price of anything. Today that is almost all we think about and how everything but our wages are going up.
I went to school in Roxie , Ms. We only had about 12 kids in my grade. Let me see if I can remember them and name them..Evelyn Downer, Terry Woodyear, Cheryl Graves, Helen Jackson, Carolyn Liest and Linda Priest (Me Ha Ha) Danny Farr, Terry Hammack, Wayne Beach , Paul Wayne Combs, David Seales and Johnny Jackson. These are the one I remember. We had 2 grades to the room. While the teacher taught one grade the other grade was assigned work to do. LOL I remember how upset everyone was when the cokes went from 5 cents to 6 cents.
When I was in about the 1st through the 3rd it had all 12 grades. Then it changed and it only went to the 8th grade. You would have an eighth grade graduation and then move on to the larger school in Meadville where I graduated . I can still remember my first day there. I was shy and didn't know many people, just our little group. As luck would have it I didn't get classes with a single kid from Roxie. The school was so big and it was so many people. Almost as many people in my 9th grade class as it was in the whole school at Roxie. But thanks to some nice girl who took pitty on me in no time I knew my way around.

So her is a look back at some things in 1958

What Happened 50 years ago in 1958
Including Prices Recession starts to bite in America with 7.0% ( 5.2 million ) people unemployed
The average wages per year is $4.600.00
The average cost of a new home $12,750.00A
Gallon of Gas cost 25 cents
Toyota and Datsun Cars go on sale in The US
The First US Passenger Jets come into service with the Boeing 707
Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army.
US Nuclear Submarine " Nautilus " passes under Ice Cap at North Pole
The Wham-O company introduces the Hula Hoop
Alaska becomes the 49th State
The Microchip ( the magic chip that makes all our PC's work ) first developed in US by Intel
The Munich air disaster in which 7 Manchester United Players died
Popular Singers in 1958 included
Elvis Presley singing Jailhouse Rock,
Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald,
Jerry Lee Lewis singing Great Balls Of Fire
Popular Films Included
The Bridge on the River Kwai and Vertigo
Some of The Cars You May Have Bought 50 years ago
Austin Healey Bug Eyed Sprite ( $1,795 )
Chrysler New Yorker ( $4,347 )
Ford Edsel Corsiar ( $3,346 )
Oldsmobile, Super 88 ( $2,958 )
Studebaker Starlight President ( $2695 )
Some of The Other Everyday items you may have bought 50 years ago
Chromecraft 7 piece Dinette Set $149.99
Ronson Electric Shaver $12.88
Philco Black and White TV 20 inches $229.95
Bananas 27 cents for 2 pounds
Campbells Tomato Soup 10 cents
Sirloin Steak 55 cents per pound
Pork Roast 42 cents per pound
A new home in Long Beach California with 3 bedroom 2 bathrooms , built in kitchen , ceramic tiles , breakfast bar and brick fireplace on large lots From $17,700

Oh those were the days. But I think these prices were just as hard to meet as the prices of today.

Have a Great Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!