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Show r CL -- i' - OF OUR TIMES INFLATION-TREN- D The Budget Wrecker By CAROLYN HOMAN Deseret News Staff Writer Inflation is getting to be a in more household word ways than one. Famil'es feel its effects more and more every day as inflationary trends make a bigger and bigger dent in household budgets. Inflation is Ihe biggest glutton any homemaker has to feed, and food allotments are one of the hardest hit areas of family finance. RETAIL PRICES Retail grocery prices, according to recent government reports, have been rising at a 7 per cent rate this year, compared with a 3.2 per cent overall rate in 1968. f'fr V A I Wholesale food prices climbed another 1.2 per cent for the month of June, taking retail rates right along with August Nuptial Ceremonies Dedeklnd-Eberhar- dt John Christian Eberhardt claimed Miss Sandra Jo Dede-kin- d for his bride in a ceremony performed Tuesday in the Salt Lake Temple. Following, they were feted at a wedding breakfast at Willow Creek Country Club by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Eberhardt, 2491 Olympus Dr. Parents of the bride are Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Dedekind, llfil Stansbury Way. Tuesday evening the bridal pair will greet guests at a reception in the gardens at the Dedekind home. Attending the bride will be Mrs. James M. Divine, Mrs. Clyde A. Romney, Mrs. Joe i, K. Davis Miss Joanne Mrs. Brent Herridge, Miss Janice Eberhardt and Na-kak- Miss Kelly Christensen. Steven Ulrich will be best man. guests include Christensen and Miss Kelly Christensen, Alexandria, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. James M. Divine, Red Bluff, Calif.; Mrs. Clyde A. Romney, Monrovia, Calif.; Mrs. Marian Bissell, Carson City, Nev.; Mrs. Ann Christensen, n Bryce H. West Covina, Calif. The bride is a graduate of the University of Utah. Her husband will be graduated next year from the U. Prenuptial parties were given by Mrs. Wendell M. Smoot, Miss Margaret Smoot, Mrs. William R. Young, Miss Martha Young, Miss Alice Ann Young, Miss Becky Young, Young, Miss Mrs. Marvin R. Curtis, Miss Rosemary , Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Christensen, Mrs. Donald Pickett, Miss DeAnna Pickett, Miss Janine Pickett, Miss Teresa Pickett. Others were Mrs. Ray Johnson, Miss Janet Johnson, Mrs. Brent Herridge, Mrs. John Nelson, Miss Denise Morgan, Mrs. David H. Fuhriman, Mrs. Gerald Erickson, Mrs. Rodger S. Lawson, Mrs. Katherine Elkins, Mrs. E. J. Heis er, Mrs. Von Crosby, Mrs. M. W. Voorhees. Also entertaining were Mrs. James Shafer, Mrs. Reed Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. Joe K. Davis, Mrs. Harold Hoops, Miss Kathryn Hoopes, Miss Claudia Hoopes Mrs. Ellsworth Brunson, Miss Susan Hyde, Miss Joan Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Gary F. Barrus, Mrs. Arthur Nakaki, Miss Nakaki. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Hinckley Jr., Mrs. Stanford Poulson, Mrs. Gordon H. Strong. Mrs. John Mrs. j. Webster Jones, Mrs. Jerry Jones. DESERET NEWS wcnld-- cl l)c4Wfr 10A . Sterling Sill Home Living Center at the University of Utah. Attending the bride were Miss Alison Mary Greer, maid of honor; Miss Diane Pizza, Miss Paulette Flandro and Mrs. Richard Ludwig. Danis Christensen was best Tuesday, August 12, 1969 liam Pizza, Mrs. Elinor Karch, Miss Cheryl Karch, Miss Rebecca Karch, Miss Paulette Flandro, Mrs. Richard Ludwig, Miss Jane Ludwig and Mrs. Roy CaldwelL the University of Utah, where she was vice president of Alpha Chi Omega and Spurs. Her husband also is a graduate of the U. of U., where he affiliated with Pi Kappa Alpha. He fulfilled an LDS North British mission. Mr. Johns has been studying at Temple University Medical School in Philadelphia, Pa. Entertaining at prenuptial parties have been Mrs. Richard E. Johns, Miss Dianne Johns, Mrs. Darrell Welling, Mrs, Dee Packer, Mrs. A. Floyd Graham, Miss Lynett Graham, Mrs. Jim Beckstead, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pulsipher, Mrs. Wallace Wood, Mrs. Douglas Larsen, Mrs. Clyde Crockett, Mrs. David K. Richards, Dr. and Mrs. Wendell Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Cannon, Mrs. Gordon Hammer, Mrs. Robert Bills. Others were Mrs. F. Gene Kunz, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Horne, Miss Diane Dunford, Miss Lou Ellen Polsen, Mrs. A. T. Patterson and Mrs. John Henry Smith. Peterson-John- s man. Miss Marianne Peterson The bride is a daughter of and Richard E. Johns Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas K. were married Tuesday in the h East. Greer, Salt Lake Temple. The bridegrooms parents She is a daughter of Mr. are Mrs. Geneal E. Pizza, and Mrs. Willis S. Peterson, 1124 E. 5th South, and Frank S36 E. Capitol Blvd. H. Pizza, Seattle, Wash. Parents of the bridegroom The bride graduated magna are Dr. and Mrs. Richard E. cum laude from the UniversiJohns, 1965 Hubbard Ave. ty of Utah. She was named to Tuesday evening the bridal Scarves Mortar Board, Phi Kappa pair will be honored at a Designer's an was Phi, and Cwean, and reception at the home of her Feature New Trend orientation leader. parents. Frankie Welch of Virginia is Mr. Pizza, a student at the Bridal attendants will Ina Washington, D.C., boutique U. of U., affiliates with Sigma clude Mrs. David K. RichChi and ROTC. He has been ards, Mrs. Paul B. Clyde, owner who also is its designer. Last fall, she attracted noan orientation leader and was Miss Dianne Johns, M!ss Julie tice with a Forward Togethon the varsity track team. He Ann Johns, and Victoria Rober scarf designed for the fulfilled an LDS Scottish misinson, flower girl. Now her sion. Craig Johns will be best Nixon inaugural. Entertaining for the bride man. Also assisting will be scarves feature calligraphy, the use of fancy handwriting at prenuptial parties were Trent Paul Clyde. The bride is a graduate of as decoration. Mrs. Halbert Root, Mrs. Wil 3450-13t- them. Even wages cant keep pace with this costly game of follow the leader. The extra purchasing power has been lost in the inflationary tide for about 60 per cent of those who did manage to get a raise in pay in 1968. This galloping monetary trend is shown vividly by a comparison of todays grocery prices with those of ten years ago. TYPICAL MENU Take for example a simple barbecue dinner for four. A classic menu for such eninclude might tertaining steak, baked potatoes with sour cream, corn on the cob, tossed salad, French bread. In 1959, the total price for such a menu would have been $5.12. The price today? Nfe. t ' i V Mrs. David W. Maurer enjoys finding ing these times of soaring food prices. according to government estimeat expenditures mates, account for 25 to 30 per cent of the average homemakers grocery bill. $7.93. THE CULPRIT Though this may seem like In talking with some local a small difference, it represents a startling 54.8 per cent homemakers, we found that hike in prices! And in com- meat is the biggest culprit in paring cost of individual rearranging their food budgand some of their eatitems, the price of meat alone ets today is MORE than the ing habits. whole grocery bill in 1959. Weve had more sandwichMeat prices, especially for es than ever before this said one woman, beef, have indeed been leadsummer, and I suppose Ill go back to ing the food cost spiral, jumping 4.5 per cent in June. And .casseroles this fall when its a bargain at the grocery store dur- - makes thrift necessary.' Inflation For her family, meat and chicken have all but replaced steaks. said another Steak?, woman. Were just not eating it. Im down to hamburger now and even thats getting out of sight. cooler. ground FOR ECONOMY Another mother economizes by using the deer meat and fish her sportsman husband brings home. Meat still hurts our budget the most. We dont eat steak or the expensive roast cuts either. She added that her family doesn't like soups antj stews, but we eat them anyway. It stretches even half a cup of meat so nutritiously. GROWING INTEREST Retail grocers agree that inflation is taking alarming proportions. One manager noted that 3 or 4 years ago, in a super market survey of shoppers, service, friendliness and a good quality brand were the top items customers wanted from a grocery store. Price was fourth or fifth. The current (See WAYS on Page Nus-loi- no Brighton I.DS Chapel was the setting Monday for the marriage of Miss Joan Lucille Greer and Ron Steven Pizza. That evening they were honored at a reception at the along the "isn't-there-at-a- ll" feeling . . . CALIFORNIA 19 our shaped in wool LI II BOTH BIRTHDAY Mr and Mrs. Joseph S. (Ves) Nielson of 1213 Pacific Ave., Salt Lake City, will celebrate their 80th birthday at an open house to be held at the Garden Park Ward, 1150 Yale Ave , on Friday, August 15th, from 7 to 10 p m. 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