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, March 10, 2008

Thursday, March 10, 1927

Thursday, March 10, 1927
Fair

I got up early and washed before Gilbert left and have been ironing upstairs in Dick’s room in the mornings and sewing or darning of afternoons. This evening I was ready to go to C.E. with Dale and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yockey brought us a flower for Dick. Mac was here while we were gone.

(Aunt Marjorie wrote, "C.E. was Christian Endeavor, a program for young people at the church. The Yockeys were long-time church members, and Mac was Paul McMullen, a close friend of Gilbert's.")