Valet Pay
What Did Kookie Make As A Valet At The Time? He seemed to do ok socially and it would take cash to do that.
I'm sure it would be considered small change compared to today, but people forget to take into account what money was worth at different times in history.
My personal experience is that we married in 1971 with our total gross income at about 5 bucks/hr. Hard to believe but we lived ok and went out to eat and the movies on a regular basis. Belonged to a bowling league. Didn't live with the parents, either.