The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 64, Ed. 1 Monday, December 18, 1939 Page: 3 of 8
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day, December 4, 1939
THE SHAMROCK TEXAN, Shamrock, Texas
Page Three
HOW TO LIVE ON $1160 YEAR!
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SUCH A MODEST BUNCH OF BOYS
Here's Story Of Average American Family Come To Life
•There’s Comfort,
But No Surplus
For Man In Middle
By SJEA Service
HBlEVELAND—There is a mathe-
matical spot in the exact center of
iqohomic life in the United States—
andfttany Frowen, Cleveland motor
plant worker, lives on it with his
wifa and children.
® Mr. Frowen is Mr. Average Ameri-
can'come to life, and his wife is
Mrs! American. They’re the folks
the' politicians talk to and about,
the people in the middle of every-
thing. a dot on a financial graph
lurried Into flesh and blood; they're
Amarican life itself.
Studies by the Department of La-
bor ■ in 54 American cities showed
the average America u earns $1160 a
wear, has a wife and two children,
lives in a rented house and eats
dessert once a day. He’s in the very
center of the earning scale; half the
workers of the country make more,
hailf make less. And that’s Harry
Prowen, his wife and the two little
Frowens.
jf. Here's Average Life For
Average Man
Just how is life on $1160 a year?
Well, lor the Frowens It means
|>ealth, comfort, some small luxu-
riea--and no leeway.
Mr Frowen qualified for the ave-
rage over a five year period, during
which his yearly income varied but
a trifle from the Department of La-
bor figure. But because Mrs. Average
American does the family budget-
ing and most of the buying, this is
Mrs | Frowen's story.
Harry’s weekly salary would take
him out of the $1160 annual income
fcass if he worked every day. But
auto! plants close at times, so it pulls
his average down again.
No Night Life For Mr. Average
Night clubs are out, of course, and
so are fancy clothes. Mrs. Frowen
lias no fur on her winter coat, but
she idresses comfortably. She has
two (nice dresses. Harry has or.e
Sunday suit, the children—Jackie, 2,
iiliilfi
r \
T'tze
O^rROL
3 Fay day conference of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Frowen-and their children! $1160 a year provides health
comfort—and a lot of fun.
d Elaine, 7 — are comfortably Sometimes There's A Night Out potatoes, vegetables, dessert an
-ssed. Harry and his wife do the market- coffee.”
rhe Labor Department found the ing early and have supper with the The Frowens have been marrie
kids. If it's really a big night, they eight years. They don't care abou
average family spends $38.75
month for food. Mrs. Frowen buys call in a neighborhood colored girl
carefully and gets off for about $35. to watch the children, and go to a
The average rent is $19. The Frow- show. On rare occasions the factory
ens pay $26. The Frowens average U. A. W. holds a dance.
$2.50 monthly for medical service,
$5.50 monthly for recreation, $95
Most Saturdays they ait at home
and Mrs. Harry does the mending
yearly for clothing. $15 yearly for While Harry reads western stories.
®lfts I Sunday morning, Harry sleeps un-
On paper they have money left til u. In the afternoon the family
over each month. Actually it has gocs for n rlcic jn their 1935 car. In
gone for incidentals. Like college the summer it’s to a sandlot ball
boys they live more or less from game, in the autumn to high school
week-end to week-end. : football
Harry’s job is hard-he’s a "troub- „We ' , k to have a car
le shooter" in the rear axle depart- . , ‘y . , „
, , , ... . , when we got married, says Mrs.
ment of a truck factory—but come _ ,
Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. relax 1 rowen- “arry tra«es ms car ln
. , ,, , , _ every couple of years on another
and have a swell evening for them- , , ,
, second-hand one.
selves. , „
Proper fitting shoes should take
first place in the list of wardrobe
needs for school children, believes
Miss Ruby Johnson. Most foot
troubles in adults can be traced to
ill-fitting shoes worn as children.
GLASS CHRISTMAS
CARDS ARE LATEST
THING IN GREETINGS
sales of the hand-pain ted. glass
Christmas cards retailing at one dol-
lar each.
But most people buy the same old
cards they've mailed year after year,
shopkeepers have reported. There’s
one thing they all have in common,
mercahnts say, they all wait until
the last minute to buy!
Senior engineering students &t
Oklahoma A. and M. College make
an annual inspection trip to New
York and Chicago.
Women students at Oklahoma A. FORT WORTH (UP) — Glass
and M. College hold a co-ed prom Christmas cards are the latest
annually at which ail males are ex- I wrinkle in fragile holiday greetings,
eluded. | Several stores have reported large
Best equipped job printing plant
ln the Eastern Panhandle Compare
our prices. THE SHAMROCK
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PRESENT LOW
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Baby's Father
Never Saw Her
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4 The special trade-in allow-
m ances we are altering ior your
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even lower.
4 Tires broken-in during the
V winter wear longer ... you get
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Dr. Homer P. Rainey# President of the University of Texas, has analyzed Texas' future possibilities
in repeated public address. These statements express his thought:
PRE-HOLIDAY TIRE SPECIAL
"The best measure of the importance of an enter-
prise is the employment it creates and the income
it produces."
"Our need for increased employment requires the keenest
intelligence in solving the problem. Our boys and girls
must be trained in highly efficient schools to meet the
growing needs of farm and business."
"Our Universities are dedicated to a program of scientific
training and research which will create employment and build
industry to use our raw materials at home."
"Repeated failures did not stop our hardy pioneers in the buildini
of our present empire. The same spirit must prevail for a success
future."
"The next stage in the progress of Texas lies in the develop-
ment of our great industrial and commercial possibilities."
"A program of industrial development centers around the
manufacture of raw materials into finished products."
"American industry is moving closer to its raw material sources.
We in Texas can capitalise on this movement if the oppor-
tunity is grasped."
"Our great highway development, coupled with industrial
progress, will greatly aid the Texas farmer in his marketing
problem."
If you are in need of from one to a complete set of new
tifes by all means come in and give us a chance to trade
with you before you buy elsewhere. Our stock is complete
in all size ranges, our prices are rock bottom and we will
allow the highest possible trade-in allowances for your old
lifts.
—Wholesale and Retail—
Gerald Mayfield
Tire & Supply Co.
The Texas oil industry recognizes the soundness of these broad principles. They underlie present employment and provide
for expanded future employment for our Texas people. The vital part oil plays today in putting these principles into
actual practice will be portrayed in a series of advertisements to follow in this publication.
This advertisement paid for by various units of the industry and sponsored by
Mi's. Marie Conway Lloyd,
widow of a British naval officer
lost when the British submarine
Thetis sank last June, is pic-
tured with her 3-month-old
daughter, Anne Marie, as they
recently arrived in New York.
Baby was born three months
after Lieut. Comdr. Conway
Lloyd’s death.
‘Home Owned and Home Operated’
Telephone 333
TEXAS MID-CONTINENT OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATIO
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 64, Ed. 1 Monday, December 18, 1939, newspaper, December 18, 1939; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth528101/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shamrock Public Library.