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, March 13, 2008

Sunday, March 13, 1927

Sunday, March 13, 1927
Fair and cold

Took the babies to Sunday School and Gilbert stayed with Dick. I hate to leave him but all think I ought to get out all I can & Dick isn’t suffering at all. Too nice to keep the babies in & I want Ned to get over his bashfulness. Anne and Ray Mock and Betty Jane were here and brought Dick a book.

(Aunt Marjorie wrote, "Mock's were Mother's old friends. Betty Jane was about Albert's age, I believe.")