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.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Tuesday, March 22, 1927

Tuesday, March 22, 1927
Fair and warmer

Went to Mrs. Shullenberger’s with Mrs. Peggs in the machine to missionary meeting. Mrs. Collins and her kids were with Dick and he enjoyed having them so much and I had a delightful time.

(Grandma called cars, "machines". I wonder when she started calling them "cars"? Aunt Marjorie wrote that Mrs. Shullenberger was their pastor's wife.)