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, January 30, 2008

Sunday, January 30, 1927

Sunday, January 30, 1927

The ice just about gone. I believe Guys could have come in if they had wanted to. But I guess Ella is pretty nervous when there is any danger of skidding.

("Guys" is how she refers to her brother Guy (actually Geoge Guy Campbell) and his family. Sounds like they were going to come for a vist and didn't make it. I'm sure Grandma was disappointed, given how depressed she seemed to be.)