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, August 21, 2008

Sunday, August 21, 1927

Sunday, August 21, 1927
Fair

Went to Sunday school. All but Gilbert. Spent the afternoon reading, till my eyes got tired. Nobody comes to see us. Wish we had a machine.

(Grandma calls cars "machines"...)