Historic Prices: 1965

Automobiles

New

• VW Bug, 1,595.00
• Dodge Dart, 1,959.00
• Chevrolet Impala, 2,295.00

Used

• Pontiac, 1959, Catalina, 695.00
• Corvair, 1961, 1,095.00
• Karman Ghia, 1,895.00
• Battery, 6 volt, 10.95-24.95/each
• Booster cables, .88-1.49/each
• Oil, motor, Allstate, 4.29/10 quart can

Clothing

• Men's raincoats, 15.00-24.95/each
• Men's suits, worsted, 29.90-42.95/each
• Men's sweaters, pullovers, lamb's wool, 8.99-11.99/each
• Men's shirts, Arrow, 4.00/each
• Men's neckties, 2.50/each
• Men's slacks, 18.90-25.00/pair
• Women's suit, 3 piece bonded knit, 7.96/each
• Women's dress shoes, 5.90-19.97/pair
• Women's slacks, cotton stretch knit, 2.97-3.97/each
• Women's coats, suede, 88.90-120.00/each
• Women's skirt, 4.00-14.98/each
• Children's jeans, 1.50-1.99/pair
• Snowsuits, toddlers, 5.00/each
• Boots, mens, Deluxe insulated full lace, 2.99-8.95/pair

Food & beverages

• Apples, Red Delicious, .19/3 lb bag
• Bacon, Armour Star, .69/lb
• Bananas, .29/3 lbs
• Beans, baked, Van Camp's 1.00/10 sixteen ounce cans
• Beef, ground chuck, .59/lb
• Beef, sirloin steak, .85/lb
• Bisquick, .45/2 lb 3 ounce package
• Butter, Land O'Lakes, .69/lb
• Cake mix, Pillsbury, 1.00/4 one pound 3 ounce boxes
• Cereal, Post Crispy Critters, .44/13 ounce box
• Cheese, Cream, Philadelphia Brand, Kraft, .10/3 ounce package
• Chicken, broilers or fryers, .27/lb
• Chow mein, frozen, Chun King, .59/package
• Cocoa, Nestle's Eveready, .49/16 ounce can
• Coffee, Nescafe, instant, 1.50/10 ounce jar
• Cookies, Scooter Pies, Burry's, .45/14 ounce package
• Crackers, Ritz, Nabisco, .33/12 ounce box
• Fish, tuna, Starkist solid, 1.00/3 seven ounce cans
• Flour, Hecker's .49/5 lb bag
• Grapefruit, .49/5 lb bag
• Ham, canned, Hormel, 2.99/4 lb can
• Jelly, Polander, .29/18 ounce jar
• Juice, Tomato, Stokely, 1.00/4 one quart 14 ounce cans
• Ketchup, Heinz, 1.00/5 fourteen ounce bottles
• Macaroni, Muellers, .43/2 sixteen ounce packages
• Margarine, Nucoa, .31/lb
• Onions, .10/3 lb bag
• Oranges, Temple, .49/10 oranges
• Potato chips, Wise, .49-.59/lb bag
• Potatoes, .79/10 lb bag
• Soda, Cott, .79/3 one pint 12 ounce bottles
• Soup, Campbell's 1.00/6 ten ounce cans
• TV dinner, Swanson, .69/each
• Valentine's candy, heart boxes, 9.00/2 lb box

Furniture

• Bedroom set, 6 piece, colonial maple, 399.00-599.00/set
• Book case 30" wide, 42.00-47.00
• Carpet, "501" Dupont Nylon, 6.95-8.95/square yard
• Dinette, 5 piece, early American, 88.00/set
• Dining room set, 8 piece, contemporary, 349.00-549.00/set
• Lamps, 1.00-5.00/each
• Mattress, Simmon's Imperial, 39.99/each
• Sofa, 319.00/each
• Sleeper sofa, Simmon's, 199.00/each

Tools

• Drill, Black & Decker, deluxe, 14.95/each
• Paint, interior, Shop-Rite, 2.99/gallon
• Saw, Sears Craftsman, 10" electric, 188.00-219.00/each
• Snow blowers, Lambert, 28", 6HP, 278.00-369.00/each
• Socket sets, Sears Craftsman, 133 piece, 99.00-152.77/set
• Wrench set, Sears Craftsman, 5 piece, 3.00/set

Household goods

• Air conditioner, 5300 BTU, 128.00-149.95/each
• Aluminum foil, Reynolds Wrap, .31/25' roll
• Bedspreads, decorator, machine wash, 5.00/2
• Cleanser, Comet, .28/2 fourteen ounce cans
• Bleach, Clorox, .50/gallon
• Clock radio, Westinghouse, 45.99/each
• Clothes washer, Whirlpool, 299.95/each
• Dinnerware set, 6 piece, Oneida, 3.98-5.40/setting
• Laundry soap, Ivory Snow, 1.33/53.5 ounce package
• Range, gas, 30"-36", 89.88/each
• Refrigerator, 15 cubic feet, bottom freezer, 288.88/each
• Sheets, muslin, 72" X 108", 1.67/each
• Skillet, Teflon, 10", 1.99/each
• Toaster, Sunbeam, 2 slice, 10.88-11.88/each
• Vacuum cleaners, Hoover, full-sized heavy duty, 59.88/each

Newspapers

• Daily Record [Morristown, NJ], .07/daily paper

Personal care & health

• Alka Seltzer, .47/bottle of 25
• Aspirin, Bufferin, .99/100 count bottle
• Baby powder, Mennen, .71-.89/package
• Cold cream, Pond's, .77-1.00/jar
• Cold relief capsules, Shop-Rite brand, .60/2 packages of 12
• Cough drops, Luden's .23/3 packages
• Cough syrup, Vicks Formula 44, .59/4 ounce bottle
• Decongestant, Contact, .77-1.49/package of 10
• Deodorant, Mum, .69/1.2 ounce package
• Hair spray, Alberto V-O5, 1.19/7 ounce can
• Mouthwash, Listerine, .59/14 ounce bottle
• Permanent wave, Bamberger's Department Store, 8.75-17.50/person
• Soap, Camay, .31/2 bath bars
• Tissues, Kleenex, 1.00/5 400 count boxes
• Toilet paper, .45/4 rolls
• Toothpaste, Colgate, .66-.89/tube

Real estate

Houses for sale:

• Mountain Lakes, 4 bedroom, 45,000.00
• Roxbury, 3 bedrooms, split level, 18,500.000
• Dover, large cape cod, 17,900.00

Houses for rent:

• East Hanover, 3 bedrooms, ranch, 165.00/month
• Mount Freedom, 3 room duplex, furnished, 85.00/month
• Mount Tabor, 7 rooms, 110.00/month

Apartments & rooms:

• Morristown, 3.5 rooms, 140.00/month
• Morris Plains, 4 rooms, 120.00/month
• Parsippany area, 2.5 rooms, 100.00/month

Recreation & amusements

• Dinner, Governor Morris Hotel [Morristown, NJ], full course, 6.95/person
• Dinner, "Sip and Sup" family drive-in [Morris Plains, NJ], fish & chips, .85/each
• Drums, snare, including sticks and instruction book, 21.49-35.00/set
• Guitar, folk, 39.49-55.00/each
• Ice skates, 2.99-8.99/pair
• Lunch, frankfurter & coke, Kresge's snack bar, .19-.30/each
• Motel, Dover Garden, 5.00-6.00/room
• Movie camera, Yashica, 8mm, 112.85/each
• Organ, Wurlitzer, full-sized, 699.00/each
• Phonograph, "Stereo Victrola," RCA, 238.88/each
• Record albums, 12", .99-4.98/each
• Slide Projector, color, Mansfred Argus, 29.85/each
• Table tennis, 5' X9' table, 22.88/each
• Television, color, RCA "82 channel," 358.88
• Theatre, Community Theatre [Morristown NJ], Cinderella and Pinocchio, children, .75/ticket; adults, 1.25/ticket