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.

Monday, February 12, 2007

Friday, Feburary 12, 1926

Grandma starts up writing in her diary again tomorrow, I promise!

In the meantime, this is the one year anniversary of this blog. For those who have read from the beginning, you've come through a whole year one day at a time. Thanks for staying with this. We'll continue until the diary entries run out... two more years!

4 comments:

Annie in Austin10:58 AM, February 12, 2007
Last year Ruth's boys were out of school for Lincoln's birthday - so I'll bet they were home on this Feb 12, too.
When my kids were young they had a day off for Lincoln's birthday, while Washington's Birthday was a holiday for my husband. I wonder if all schools have switched to Presidents' Day by now.

Annie at the Transplantable Rose
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Anonymous11:27 AM, February 12, 2007
Thanks for continuing to post her entries. I look forward to them each day.
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Bethany1:40 PM, February 12, 2007
As always, I love this blog.
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Anonymous11:58 AM, February 12, 2013
Our schools get two Mondays off in February, one for Lincoln's b'day and then President's Day the following Monday. Looks like Indianpolis schools took the actual holidays back in the 20s.
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