HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPA!!! Today is my dad's 58th birthday. We had a fun celebration at home. We made a special dinner and of course had birthday cake with 59 candles. (In our family we add an extra candle, kind of like a pinch to grow an inch :) It's a fun old family joke that started out as a ruse to see if anyone noticed that I put an extra candle in. Now it is just tradition that we do it. Plus it proves you have enough hot air to blow them all out.)
WHAT THINGS COST in 1948:
Car: $1,550
Gasoline: 26 cents per gallon
House: $13,500
Bread: 14 cents per loaf
Milk: 86 cents per gallon
Postage Stamp: 3 cents
Average Annual Salary: $3,600
Minimum Wage: 40 cents per hour