George Shirley wrote:

> Let's see here. We got married on December 26, 1960. I spent $45.00 (a
> months rent on my apartment) for flowers for the church, gave the
> retired priest who conducted the ceremony $20.00 (my FIL sent me $15.00
> of it back as it was a "retired" priest), wife spent whatever her dress
> and my Robert Brooks suit cost her (didn't want me to get married in my
> old Navy uniform), suit I know was $15.00 at the discount store, she
> made the dress, plus the $10.00 for the marriage license, MIL made the
> refreshments for the wedding party at her house, probably another
> $10.00. Probably roughly $100.00 total. I was making $1.05 an hour plus
> a 1% commission at a Sears store so we didn't have a lot of money. We
> were very happy being married with family and friends around us though.
>
> Someone else will have to do the math to amortize cost of wedding versus
> 47 years of wedded bliss. <VBG>


Well, in 1960 dollars adjusted for inflation, your whole deal would come to
about $600.00 in today's dollars...

:-)

I grew up in a very rural area, church weddings were the norm, and more
often than not the reception was held in the church basement, with the
church ladies pitching in to help. If you wanted "fancy" you rented out
the local VFW hall for the reception...it's still that way for a lot of
folks.

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Best
Greg