Average income rises to five thousand dollars
A $5000 annual income once marked the successful man now represents the average family income in the United States.
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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1959
Page
2
Census reports 1957 income distribution across families
The Census Bureau final estimates show a 4 percent rise in average family income to about $5,000. About four million families, or one-tenth of all, earned $10,000 plus in 1957. 18 million, or two-fifths, earned $5,000 to $9,999. 62 million, 15 percent, earned under $2,000. the rest fell in the $2,000 to $3,000 range.
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The
Census Bureau
Larger Social Security Tax and Benefit Changes for 1959
The 1958 amendments raise the Social Security tax rate to 2 percent for both employer and employee, effective with 1959 first pay. Benefits rise about seven percent starting January 1959. Self employed tax changes set at 3.3 percent on 1958 incomes and 33 percent on years after 1958, and the wage base increases to 4800 dollars.
Hap py-Go-Lucky 4 H Club Christmas Party
The Christmas party of the Happy-Go-Lucky 4-H Club of Power was held on December 14 at Wilma Grossman’s home. The event opened with Christmas carols and games, followed by gift exchange and luncheon hosted by Mrs Bil Grossman, with Lluid Loftsgaarden as reporter.
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Wilma Grossman
Bil Grossman
Our Mothers
Lluid Loftsgaarden
Pendroy Families Gather for Christmas in Montana Towns
Harold Wellenstein spent days visiting relatives in Great Falls while Christmas gatherings stretched across Pendroy Sunburst Conrad and Chateau. The J o h n s and Swanson families hosted dinners and warm visits with uncles aunts and cousins. Rudolph delivered holiday cheer to local households.
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Harold Wellenstein
Vie Jungers
Great Falls
Eldon Haas
Pendroy
Mondascan
Clifton Swanson
Harry Swanson
Roger Swanson
Chateau
W Kenneth Riley
Santa
Charles Johns
Claude Johns
Ros Johns
Sunburst
Af Dutton
Roy Johns
Kenneth Riley
John Banka
Conrad
Paul Mathis
Simpson
Fred Monk
Post Ida
Paul Rice
Shirley
Christmas visits and family gatherings across Montana towns
A long list of holiday visits and dinners across Great Falls Browning Helena Conrad Dupuyer Sunburst and surrounding areas. Families including Hughes Johns Bond Snyder Rose Gutshall Stokes Halverson Field and Thorman share Christmas together with relatives and friends from Augsuta Deer Lodge and Wallace.
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Millie Hughes
John Brandon
Great Falls
Jack Hughes
Charles Johns
Ralph Bond
Browning
Oand
Roy Snyder
Deer Lodge
Rachel Armstrong
Helena
Martin Rose
Augusta
Don Rose
Lester Buck
Simms
Patterson
Leroy Field Sharon
Linda
Ronnie
Conrad
Charles Field Jr
Charlain
Vicki Jods
Welda
Walier
Elina
Thorman
Charles Field Sr
S.J Rose
Bob Stromswold
Jake Gutshall
Carl Gulbrandsen
Lengthy Travel Visit Mentioned in Kremlin Ledger
Mrs. Floyd Johnson and daughter Joan travel from Kremlin to Cut Bank on Monday to visit their son Bob Campbell employed there. trip noted in the Kremlin column.
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Bob Campbell
Floyd Johnson
Joan
Kremlin
Christmas Dinner Guests In Dupuyer Noted Locals
Daylong visit mentioned with Mrs. Charles Johns and her sister. Gerald Stokes family joined Mr. and Mrs. Bill Guy for Christmas Day dinner at Dupuyer, highlighting local social routines and celebrations.
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Charles Johns
Gerald Stokes
Bill Guy
Dupuyer
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