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.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Sunday, April 19, 1925

Sunday, April 19, 1925
Fair and warm

Dr. Philputt died this morning at 9:00. We were told as we went in to Sunday school. Services were conducted as usual but it was more like a funeral than Sunday meetings. The boys and I stayed for church. Dale’s first communion. Gilbert and the boys took a walk in the park after dinner but I didn’t get my work done till evening.

(Dr. Philputt was indeed a famous minister of the day. Here's some more info on him at this link.
We also learn from the article about him more about Central Christian Church. "The membership of the church is about seventeen hundred and the Sunday school is at present the largest in the city, having an average attendance of more than seven hundred." This was written in 1918.)