1956

Automobiles

New
  • Jeep, Dispatcher, 1,367.48
  • Oldsmobile, "88" holiday sedan, 2,929.29
Used
  • 1951, Chevrolet, 4 door sedan, 500.00
  • 1948, Pontiac, sedan 150.00
  • 1947, Oldsmobile, coupe sedan, 198.00

Clothing

  • Boys' shirt, polo, 1.50/2 shirts
  • Boys' winter jacket, 7.80-15.80/each
  • Girls' hat, wool knit, 1.77/each
  • Girls' pre-teen dress, 2.00-9.98/each
  • Girls' winter coats, 19.98-42.98/each
  • Infants' high white shoes, 3.00/each
  • Infants' shirt, Carter, 1.00/2 shirts
  • Jacket, leather, 4.88
  • Junior shoes, 4.90/pair
  • Men's shirt, 3.99/each
  • Men's slacks, wool, 16.95-22.50/pair
  • Men's suit, 59.00-85.00/each
  • Snow suit, 10.80-24.98/each
  • Women's coat, Oppenheim Collins, 36.00-79.95/each
  • Women's dress, 10.95-39.95/each
  • Women's handbag, 1.32-7.98/each
  • Women's robes, 9.95-22.95/each
  • Women's skirt, 4.95-22.95/each

Employment

  • Electronic technician, 94.00-99.00/week plus bonus
  • Executive secretary, 70.00-75.00/week
  • Lab technician, 70.00-75.00/week
  • Secretary, 65.00/week
  • Stenographer, 60.00/week

Food & beverages

  • Apples, McIntosh, .29/3 lbs
  • Baby food, Gerber, strained, .49/5 jars
  • Bacon, Lancaster brand, .27/8 oz
  • Bananas, .25/2 lbs
  • Beans, with pork, Ideal brand, .10/lb can
  • Beef, rib roast, .59/lb
  • Beef stew, Dinty Moore, .39/two 23 oz cans
  • Bread, Supreme, .22/20 oz loaf
  • Cauliflower, Snow White, .25/large head
  • Cereal, Kellogg's corn flakes, .15/box
  • Cheese, Kraft, Velveeta, .49/lb
  • Chocolate Chip Morsels, Nestles, .19/6 oz pkg
  • Chocolate syrup, Hershey's, .19/16 oz can
  • Coffee, Maxwell House, instant, .49/2 oz jar
  • Cookies, Keebler, Coconut, .49/lb
  • Crackers, Nabisco, Premium Saltines, .23/lb
  • Crisco, .32/lb
  • Eggs, .79/dozen
  • Fish, Taste of the Sea, whiting, .24/1.5 lbs
  • Flour, Pillsbury, cake, .33/2.75 lb box
  • Ham, smoked cala, .29/lb
  • Juice, Minute Maid, blended, .29/2 six oz cans
  • Ketchup, Del Monte, .19/14 oz bottle
  • Lettuce, iceberg, .25/2 large heads
  • Macaroni, Mueller's, .57/2 lbs
  • Margarine, Parkay, .19/lb
  • Milk, Bordens, .45/2 quarts
  • Miracle Whip, .55/quart jar
  • Pears, Del Monte, Bartlett, .39/29 oz can
  • Pepper, ground, Ideal brand, .10/1.5 oz pkg
  • Potatoes, .59/25 lb bag
  • Preserves, Anna Myers, grape jam, .35/2 jars
  • Salt, Sterling, iodized, .10/26 oz container
  • TV dinner, Swanson's, .73/11 oz pkg
  • Tangerines, .19/dozen
  • Tea, Tetley, .49/48 count box
  • Tomatoes, Red Ripe, .10/lb can

Furniture

  • Bed, maple, double sized, 24.50/each
  • Bed, bunk, maple, 87.00-139.00/each
  • Bedroom set, cherry, 179.00-388.00/3 piece set
  • Chair, 57.00-98.00/each
  • Chair, wing, solid maple, 94.00-159.00/each
  • Couch, studio, 69.50-89.50/each
  • Dinette set, chrome, 7 piece, 99.50/each
  • Dining room set, mahogany, 398.99-707.00/10 piece set
  • Lamp, table, mahogany, 29.99-55.00/each
  • Loveseat, Lawson, 98.00-159.99/each
  • Mattress, twin, with box springs, 69.99-119.00/set
  • Sofa, Simmons, convertible, 159.00-219.00/each

Household goods

  • Aluminum foil, Magic, .24/12 inch 25 ft. roll
  • Bleach, Dazzle, .25/half gallon
  • Corn popper, 2.99-4.99/each
  • Dinnerware set, 16 pieces, 3.99-5.98/set
  • Dryer, clothes, 199.00-299.95/each
  • Freezer, upright, 10 cu ft, 188.00/each
  • Lamp, fine china table model, 9.98-19.98/each
  • Lampshades, Crompson, 2.99/each
  • Living room suite, 2 piece, colonial maple, 159.00-189.00/set
  • Quilt, patchwork, 4.97-7.98/each
  • Range, 36", 138.00/each
  • Refrigerator, Westinghouse, 249.95/each
  • Rug, oval braided, 12" X 29", .97-1.49/each
  • Sewing machines, Singer, 59.50/each
  • Sheets, Springwood, twin, 11.89/each
  • Slipcovers, couch and 2 chairs, 79.00/set
  • Soap, laundry, 3.88/25 lbs
  • Towels, Turkish, 1.00/2 towels
  • Vacuum cleaner, Hoover, 79.95/each
  • Washer, clothes, Norge, 199.95-299.95/each

Newspapers

  • Daily Record [Morristown NJ] .05/daily paper

Personal care & health

  • Hand lotion, Aquamarine, 1.25/bottle
  • Shampoo, Super Aquamarine, .29-.59/bottle
  • Soap, Swan, .26/3 cakes
  • Toilet paper, Scott or Marcal, .09/1,000 sheet roll
  • Toothpaste, Crest, with Floristan, .29-.49/tube

Real estate

Houses for sale
  • Lake Hiawatha, 2 bedrooms, 10,800.00
  • Mendham, colonial, 4 bedrooms, 33,500.00
  • Morris Plains, colonial, 3 bedrooms, 16,700.00
Houses for rent
  • Denville, 3 bedrooms, 170.00/month
  • 3 bedrooms, 135.00/month
  • Apartments & rooms (no location specified)
  • 3 rooms, 15.00/week
  • 3 rooms, utilities included, 85.00/month

Recreation & amusements

  • Basketball, official size and weight, 2.89/each
  • Bicycles, racing, 37.95-75.00/each
  • Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1.80, 2.10, 2.40, 3.00 & 3.60/ticket
  • Dinner, The Acres, Whippany, 2.75/plate
  • Film developing, .30/8-exposure rolls
  • Hockey pucks, .25/each
  • Hockey sticks, .79/each
  • Ice skates, men's, 11.00/pair
  • Luggage, 29.95/3 piece set
  • Night and Day Treatment Make-Up, cream & foundation, 5.00-9.00/set
  • Roses, miniature, Wilson Florists, 1.00/dozen
  • Television, Westinghouse, 24", 179.00-289.95/each
  • Watch, 17 jewel, 10.95/each
  • Wood, fireplace, 20.00/cord