Monday, May 31, 1926
Rain part of time
I got Gilbert to clean the paper in the stairway so I could finish the rest. Then I put my clothes to soak expecting to get a lot of work done this week. Then of course I had to make fudge, in the absence of cocoa I made it white with nuts and raisins in it. It was good, too.
(Grandma had a sweet tooth, I think.)
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Sunday, May 30, 1926
Sunday, May 30, 1926
The boys went to Sunday school by themselves as usual and Gilbert and I started out together and I helped him on the College car with the babies then walked on to church. I waved at Mrs. Smith across the church and wanted to speak to her but when I got to her place she was gone. Then a lady asked me if I was a stranger, the new minister doesn’t know me at all and I felt like crying as I left the church although the sermon was fine. The boys read most of the time and behaved better than usual so we are enjoyed the day very well.
(I think Grandma knew the previous minister quite well, as he performed her wedding ceremony. But it is was a fairly large church, so it was probably difficult for the new minister to meet everyone. Here's a link with some more information on the history of the church they attended.)
The boys went to Sunday school by themselves as usual and Gilbert and I started out together and I helped him on the College car with the babies then walked on to church. I waved at Mrs. Smith across the church and wanted to speak to her but when I got to her place she was gone. Then a lady asked me if I was a stranger, the new minister doesn’t know me at all and I felt like crying as I left the church although the sermon was fine. The boys read most of the time and behaved better than usual so we are enjoyed the day very well.
(I think Grandma knew the previous minister quite well, as he performed her wedding ceremony. But it is was a fairly large church, so it was probably difficult for the new minister to meet everyone. Here's a link with some more information on the history of the church they attended.)
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Saturday, May 29, 1926
Saturday, May 29, 1926
Was pretty tired today and didn’t get my room finished. I felt like I could never go anyplace it tires me so the next day that it takes away all pleasure.
(Grandma seems to have a good day followed by a bad day most of the time).
Was pretty tired today and didn’t get my room finished. I felt like I could never go anyplace it tires me so the next day that it takes away all pleasure.
(Grandma seems to have a good day followed by a bad day most of the time).
Monday, May 28, 2007
Friday, May 28, 1926
Friday, May 28, 1926
Hot
Wanted to get the boys' room cleaned but had to get clothes, etc. ready to go to the May festival of the school at Caleb Mills hall this evening. Each room was represented and they certainly presented a lovely program of song, dances and drills. Dale was in a flag drill but the other two boys' classes were represented by girls only. We took the babies and all went. Marjorie was a little noisy and hard to hold but she wasn’t bad and Ned did fine too till just at the last he got tired. We all enjoyed it very much.
(Aunt Marjorie wrote, "As I recall Caleb Mills Hall was at Shortridge High School. Apparently, School 54 did not have an auditorium yet.
Grandma graduated from Shortridge High School in 1910 and her graduation program indicates it took place in Caleb Mills Hall, too.
Another famous Shortridge graduate was the author Kurt Vonnegut. He wrote, "“It's my dream of America with great public schools. I thought we should be the envy of the world with our public schools. And I went to such a public school. So I knew that such a school was possible. Shortridge High School in Indianapolis produced not only me, but the head writer on the I LOVE LUCY show. And, my God, we had a daily paper, we had a debating team, had a fencing team. We had a chorus, a jazz band, a serious orchestra. And all this with a Great Depression going on. And I wanted everybody to have such a school.”
Senator Richard Lugar also graduated from Shortridge.
All of Grandma's children graduated from Arsenal Technical High School (If you click on that link, be aware it plays some music.))
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Wanted to get the boys' room cleaned but had to get clothes, etc. ready to go to the May festival of the school at Caleb Mills hall this evening. Each room was represented and they certainly presented a lovely program of song, dances and drills. Dale was in a flag drill but the other two boys' classes were represented by girls only. We took the babies and all went. Marjorie was a little noisy and hard to hold but she wasn’t bad and Ned did fine too till just at the last he got tired. We all enjoyed it very much.
(Aunt Marjorie wrote, "As I recall Caleb Mills Hall was at Shortridge High School. Apparently, School 54 did not have an auditorium yet.
Grandma graduated from Shortridge High School in 1910 and her graduation program indicates it took place in Caleb Mills Hall, too.
Another famous Shortridge graduate was the author Kurt Vonnegut. He wrote, "“It's my dream of America with great public schools. I thought we should be the envy of the world with our public schools. And I went to such a public school. So I knew that such a school was possible. Shortridge High School in Indianapolis produced not only me, but the head writer on the I LOVE LUCY show. And, my God, we had a daily paper, we had a debating team, had a fencing team. We had a chorus, a jazz band, a serious orchestra. And all this with a Great Depression going on. And I wanted everybody to have such a school.”
Senator Richard Lugar also graduated from Shortridge.
All of Grandma's children graduated from Arsenal Technical High School (If you click on that link, be aware it plays some music.))
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Thursday, May 27, 1926
Thursday, May 27, 1926
Cleaned the front room up stairs. Wall paper, etc., got it all done, even the curtains up.
(Spring cleaning continued!)
Cleaned the front room up stairs. Wall paper, etc., got it all done, even the curtains up.
(Spring cleaning continued!)
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Wednesday, May 26, 1926
Wednesday, May 26, 1926
Fair and warm
Cleaned the attics. Mama came over before I got through. She always thinks she has to help me in whatever I do and it is laughable only hard to get my work done. I guess she really means to help, but she really comes to tell me her latest troubles with Winifred and Mable, and she talks so much, she forgets what she came for and I can’t work half so fast with anyone talking to me.
(The house as I knew it had one long attic room, which was really a room under the eaves on one side of the house. It was a dark, dusty place that we were all afraid to go into because along one wall there was a long box about the size of a coffin. Who knew what was in there?!
There were two rooms under the eaves on the other side of the upstairs, which at one time might have been attic space, but these were made in to two small rooms at some point. In one of the rooms, there was a small table next to a cot and on it was the skeleton of long-dead scorpion brought back from somewhere by one of the boys, no doubt.
There are some jobs that go faster with two people, other jobs are best done alone. I guess Grandma preferred to work alone, especially if her Mama wasn't all that interested in getting the work done, anyway.)
Fair and warm
Cleaned the attics. Mama came over before I got through. She always thinks she has to help me in whatever I do and it is laughable only hard to get my work done. I guess she really means to help, but she really comes to tell me her latest troubles with Winifred and Mable, and she talks so much, she forgets what she came for and I can’t work half so fast with anyone talking to me.
(The house as I knew it had one long attic room, which was really a room under the eaves on one side of the house. It was a dark, dusty place that we were all afraid to go into because along one wall there was a long box about the size of a coffin. Who knew what was in there?!
There were two rooms under the eaves on the other side of the upstairs, which at one time might have been attic space, but these were made in to two small rooms at some point. In one of the rooms, there was a small table next to a cot and on it was the skeleton of long-dead scorpion brought back from somewhere by one of the boys, no doubt.
There are some jobs that go faster with two people, other jobs are best done alone. I guess Grandma preferred to work alone, especially if her Mama wasn't all that interested in getting the work done, anyway.)
Friday, May 25, 2007
Tuesday, May 25, 1926
Tuesday, May 25, 1926
Hot
Got all my ironing done and some left from last week, and all put away too. Have plenty of pep again I am so thankful.
(I want some of "Papa's Tonic", whatever it was!)
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Got all my ironing done and some left from last week, and all put away too. Have plenty of pep again I am so thankful.
(I want some of "Papa's Tonic", whatever it was!)
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Monday, May 24, 1926
Monday, May 24, 1926
Hot
Washed and got done fairly early. I feel lots better than I did last week. The men came this afternoon to put on the new roof.
(Coincidently, I'll be getting a new roof one week from today, meaning 81years and 1 week after Grandma got a new roof, I'm getting a new roof. I plan to be home when they do it, at least in the beginning to make sure they use the right shingles. But after awhile, I think the pounding on the roof will be annoying, so I'll leave.
"Papa's Tonic" must have done the trick to make Grandma feel better!)
Hot
Washed and got done fairly early. I feel lots better than I did last week. The men came this afternoon to put on the new roof.
(Coincidently, I'll be getting a new roof one week from today, meaning 81years and 1 week after Grandma got a new roof, I'm getting a new roof. I plan to be home when they do it, at least in the beginning to make sure they use the right shingles. But after awhile, I think the pounding on the roof will be annoying, so I'll leave.
"Papa's Tonic" must have done the trick to make Grandma feel better!)
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Sunday, May 23, 1926
Sunday, May 23, 1926
Had Papa and Mama come for dinner.
(Grandma must have been feeling better, to have company for Sunday dinner).
Had Papa and Mama come for dinner.
(Grandma must have been feeling better, to have company for Sunday dinner).
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Saturday, May 22, 1926
Saturday, May 22, 1926
Felt a little better.
(The tonic that Grandma's papa sent over must have helped.)
Felt a little better.
(The tonic that Grandma's papa sent over must have helped.)
Monday, May 21, 2007
Friday, May 21, 1926
Friday, May 21, 1926
Hot
Mildred and Carl were here for supper.
(Mildred was Grandma's niece and Carl was Mildred's husband.)
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Mildred and Carl were here for supper.
(Mildred was Grandma's niece and Carl was Mildred's husband.)
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Thursday, May 20, 1926
Thursday, May 20, 1926
The Sunday school entertained their mothers at Mrs. Chantilla White on N. Meridian St. so I got the babies ready. Met Mama at Penn. St. and went. Marjorie went to sleep going and slept all afternoon upstairs on a bed till time to put our wraps on. Everyone admired her then and I certainly am proud to “show her off”. She is such a pretty little baby – not little either – big for her age. But just so sweet and jolly and lovable.
(From reading the diaries, it appears as though most of Grandma's social life was related to her church acvtivities.)
The Sunday school entertained their mothers at Mrs. Chantilla White on N. Meridian St. so I got the babies ready. Met Mama at Penn. St. and went. Marjorie went to sleep going and slept all afternoon upstairs on a bed till time to put our wraps on. Everyone admired her then and I certainly am proud to “show her off”. She is such a pretty little baby – not little either – big for her age. But just so sweet and jolly and lovable.
(From reading the diaries, it appears as though most of Grandma's social life was related to her church acvtivities.)
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Wednesday, May 19, 1926
Wednesday, May 19, 1926
Felt like I was at the end of my string today. Had to lie down most of the time. Called Papa up and told him my troubles so he said he would send a tonic out. I haven’t an ache or a pain but feel as if every step would be my last.
(I wonder what was wrong with Grandma, and what was in the tonic her father sent to her?)
Felt like I was at the end of my string today. Had to lie down most of the time. Called Papa up and told him my troubles so he said he would send a tonic out. I haven’t an ache or a pain but feel as if every step would be my last.
(I wonder what was wrong with Grandma, and what was in the tonic her father sent to her?)
Friday, May 18, 2007
Tuesday, May 18, 1926
Tuesday, May 18, 1926
Fair and warm
I got up pep enough to wash and that’s about all.
(Seems Grandma was still wiped out from their day-trip to Crawfordsville.)
Fair and warm
I got up pep enough to wash and that’s about all.
(Seems Grandma was still wiped out from their day-trip to Crawfordsville.)
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Monday, May 17, 1926
Monday, May 17, 1926
Dead tired. I talked to Papa about the twins and he told me to tell Nell to stop boiling their milk and to put lime water and essence of pancreatin in their feedings, so I wrote to her right away. Was too tired to do any work anyway. I do hope I can help do those babies some good. Bess says she won’t listen to anybody and seems to think they are ok although they can not hold their heads up at five months. But I suspect it is Bess she won’t listen to. She thinks she knows so much more than anyone else, and really knows the least, and is overbearing I don’t blame Nell for not heeding her.
(Aunt Marjorie wrote, "By the time the twins and I were running around and playing my recollection was that they were as husky and big as much as I was."
By the way, here's a picture of Bess from when she was younger.)
Dead tired. I talked to Papa about the twins and he told me to tell Nell to stop boiling their milk and to put lime water and essence of pancreatin in their feedings, so I wrote to her right away. Was too tired to do any work anyway. I do hope I can help do those babies some good. Bess says she won’t listen to anybody and seems to think they are ok although they can not hold their heads up at five months. But I suspect it is Bess she won’t listen to. She thinks she knows so much more than anyone else, and really knows the least, and is overbearing I don’t blame Nell for not heeding her.
(Aunt Marjorie wrote, "By the time the twins and I were running around and playing my recollection was that they were as husky and big as much as I was."
By the way, here's a picture of Bess from when she was younger.)
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Sunday, May 16, 1926
Sunday, May 16, 1926
Fair and warm
Gilbert and I with the two babies got the seven o’ clock inter urban for Crawfordsville without any trouble or rush with the three biggest troublemakers gone. Nell and Mike came in to Dad’s for dinner and we took pictures of all the babies. Nell’s poor little twins are so weak and poor. They cry so pitifully and their eyes look so pitiful and their little faces drawn up and wrinkled like little old women. They remind me of Mother Smith the day before she died. Their hands like bird claws. I wish I knew something to do for them. Marjorie was so lively. She rompered all day in the pink of condition, made friends with everybody.
(I had to laugh about Grandma referring to Dale, Dick and Albert as "troublemakers". Marjorie wrote that "the boys must have had to walk about half a mile to Grandpa Smith's house. Grandpa must have met the boys where they got off the interurban", referring to their trip yesterday.
Nell is one of Gilbert's older sisters, and Mike is her husband. The twins were born on Christmas Day 1925, so were just a few months younger than Marjorie. Grandma wasn't too complimentary on how they looked, but I think was genuinely concerned for their health and well-being.)
Fair and warm
Gilbert and I with the two babies got the seven o’ clock inter urban for Crawfordsville without any trouble or rush with the three biggest troublemakers gone. Nell and Mike came in to Dad’s for dinner and we took pictures of all the babies. Nell’s poor little twins are so weak and poor. They cry so pitifully and their eyes look so pitiful and their little faces drawn up and wrinkled like little old women. They remind me of Mother Smith the day before she died. Their hands like bird claws. I wish I knew something to do for them. Marjorie was so lively. She rompered all day in the pink of condition, made friends with everybody.
(I had to laugh about Grandma referring to Dale, Dick and Albert as "troublemakers". Marjorie wrote that "the boys must have had to walk about half a mile to Grandpa Smith's house. Grandpa must have met the boys where they got off the interurban", referring to their trip yesterday.
Nell is one of Gilbert's older sisters, and Mike is her husband. The twins were born on Christmas Day 1925, so were just a few months younger than Marjorie. Grandma wasn't too complimentary on how they looked, but I think was genuinely concerned for their health and well-being.)
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Saturday, May 15, 1926
Saturday, May 15, 1926
Got the boys off to Crawfordsville, their first trip out of town alone.
(I think this is why Grandma didn't have time to post on the 14th. She was too busy getting her oldest three boys ready to go out of town, alone. I think they took a bus, the "interurban".)
Got the boys off to Crawfordsville, their first trip out of town alone.
(I think this is why Grandma didn't have time to post on the 14th. She was too busy getting her oldest three boys ready to go out of town, alone. I think they took a bus, the "interurban".)
Monday, May 14, 2007
Friday, May 14, 1926
No diary entry for today. Based on what is coming up for Grandma for the weekend, I can understand why she was too busy to write an entry on this day. Stay tuned to see what happens tomorrow.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Thursday, May 13, 1926
Thursday, May 13, 1926
Partly cloudy
(Another day when it seemd that Grandma had time to only record two words about the weather. We all have days like that at times!)
Partly cloudy
(Another day when it seemd that Grandma had time to only record two words about the weather. We all have days like that at times!)
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Wednesday, May 12, 1926
Wednesday, May 12, 1926
Fair and warmer
Mildred’s wedding day
(Mildred, born on March 13, 1904, was the daughter of Grandma's brother, Guy, and his first wife Ella. According to the family history that Grandma wrote, Mildred married Carl Nash and lived in Brownsburg, Indiana all of her married life. She had two children, Joyce Eileen, born June 1, 1929, and James Carl, born June 6, 1932.
It's interesting how the generations overlap. Mildred is my mom's cousin, but my mom (Eleanor) was not born until 1929, so she was more the age of Mildred's children.
Guy and Ella had another daughter, Onarga, and two sons, Robert and Donald. Guy divorced Ella in 1930, and married a woman named Vangie, who worked for him. Onarga (who went by Nan) was also working for her father at the time, but left after the divorce.)
Fair and warmer
Mildred’s wedding day
(Mildred, born on March 13, 1904, was the daughter of Grandma's brother, Guy, and his first wife Ella. According to the family history that Grandma wrote, Mildred married Carl Nash and lived in Brownsburg, Indiana all of her married life. She had two children, Joyce Eileen, born June 1, 1929, and James Carl, born June 6, 1932.
It's interesting how the generations overlap. Mildred is my mom's cousin, but my mom (Eleanor) was not born until 1929, so she was more the age of Mildred's children.
Guy and Ella had another daughter, Onarga, and two sons, Robert and Donald. Guy divorced Ella in 1930, and married a woman named Vangie, who worked for him. Onarga (who went by Nan) was also working for her father at the time, but left after the divorce.)
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