LETTERS FROM THE PAST

This blog is to honor those who have come before us. These are family letters that I have had for years and wanted to be able to share them with family. It's an interesting way of knowing how life was in the past.

Myron F Taylor with 3 of his buddies in 1952. Over the last 20 years I've been working on our family letters. Letters that have been passed down. Including letters from my parents to my great-grandmother. Every letter was saved by my great grandmother and grandmother. I hope someday to either print them or give them to a museum. I am copying the letters–not being able to photocopy all of them. Each letter is in script. I know today very few can read them. I hope you enjoy them.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Budget

This is a budget or income/expenses from my grandmother's ledger (Mabel C. Wineland)

"Week starting July 20 to 27-1940"

"Shells"   Sat.                                                       "Safeway"                   Sat.

Lard - 2 lbs                .20 (cents sign)                     Coffee                       .20
Allsweed - 2 lbs.        .45                                       Fels Naphva (?)        .10
Flour                     $ 1.89                                      Cheese  2 lbs             .49
                               $ 2.56                                     10# sugar                  .60
                                                                              Milk 10 can               .73
                                                                              Shoulder Meat           .98
                                                                              Tang                          .20
                                                                                                            $3.30
Sun.

Bead -                       .11
rolls                           .15
yeast                            5
                                 .26

eggs -                        .30
salt -                          .10
                                                                          paste                            .10
                                                                          envelopes                     .10



Week beginning July 27 - Aug 3  1940

Sat 29   "Safeway"                  
Vinegar 1 gal               .23                               Insurance                      $2.40
Coffee  1 lb - 20 -       .20                               gas
eggs 2 doz                  .45                                milk                                3.00
Kerr flats 3 boxes 45  .45                                Tape                                .20
Syrup 1 qt                  .29                                Loose Leaf Potatoes         .10
soap                         1.35                                Story Books                     .10
Ham                           .19                                Ballon                               .05
White Magic               .06
                                 3.22

"Shells"
Sat 27 Black Raspberries            1.85           "Mend it"                           .10
sugar - 10 lbs                                .57            ice cream                          .25
allsweet - 2 lbs                              .45
Tabacco  1 lb P.A>                      .85
                                                   3.72           Lagrande
                                                                      Eats                                    .35
                                                                      P.-chips                              .15
                                                                                                                 .50
31st   Muskmellons                              .25
zo      Bread                                         .14

I have more I will post latter on, just thought this would be fun to add in between the letters so you can get an idea of what prices where like back in the 1940's.  The "Lagrande" above I believe is La Grande, OR and thinking they took a trip to visit family or just shopped in La Grande. Grandmother seemed to know where her money went.

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