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 05, 2006

Sunday, April 5, 1925

Sunday, April 5, 1925
Fair

We had intended to all go to Sunday school but Dick was not able to put on his clothes on account of his injury last night. I made him a bed on the couch and applied hot clothes all morning and he felt so much better and the swelling was down so he got up and dressed at noon. In the evening Dale and I went to church and heard Jesse Bader. He is a very good preacher.

(A very good preacher, and somewhat famous, this Jesse Bader. Here is one of several web sites about him:
http://www.answers.com/topic/jesse-moren-bader
"He travelled constantly and extensively throughout the Christian Church (Disciples) family in the United States and Canada lifting up the evangelistic task of the churches. He also became the head of the major UCMS 'home missionary' program.")