Ruth Campbell Smith 1925-27 Diaries

My grandmother, Ruth Campbell Smith (1892 - 1972) kept a diary for many years. I am posting her entries from 1925 - 1927 in this blog. Her family included sons Dale (1916 - 2004), Dick (1918 - 1971), Albert (1920 - 1979), and Ned (1923 - 1976), and later daughters Marjorie (1925 - 2010) and Eleanor (1929 - 2011). Her husband was Gilbert (1889 - 1937) and they lived in Indianapolis. I hope you enjoy this glimpse of what it was like to be a housewife and mother in the 1920's.

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Monday, April 20, 1925

Monday, April 20, 1925
Cloudy and cool

Managed to get up early this morning and get an early start on my washing. Then I scrubbed and ironed quite a bit. A pretty good day, work. The papers are full of Dr. Philputt. He was a big man. I feel as if no other will be the same to us as he had seen me grow up and had said Gilbert was an inspiration to him. To the next minister we will be just another family of Smiths.

(It sounds as though Grandma will miss the minister, Dr. Philputt, because even in the large church they attended, he knew who she and Gilbert were.)