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, May 17, 2008

Tuesday, May 17, 1927

Tuesday, May 17, 1927
Fair

Cleaning house. Got done all but hanging the curtain in the living room. Mama came out and watched me. Marjorie doesn’t like the new fence a bit, it made her so mad when she found the gate was shut.