Brooke: As the old saying goes, "I spent most on women and booze and the rest I spent foolishly " . Just joking.. Yes, $300.00 was a good bit of money back then and
in my Army time I had a alloment sent home (for banking) for all but $25.00 a month
of my pay. So along with regular pay, overseas pay and C.I.B. pay I came home to a good bit of money for those days. Bought a used car and some civies. While going to trade school we also recieved $65.00 per month in subsistance while in school. Believe it or not, while going to trade school in a nearby city they had a free lunch counter near
the train station at a bar. Buy a beer and eat sandwitches and hard boiled eggs with no charge for food. Mug of beer was .10 cents but we usually had two. Three of us from nearby towns went to this trade schooll each weekday by train together from 10 A.M. to
4 P.M.. After living through the whole damn depression era I felt I was living "high off
the hog".. Especially being young and single.