The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

April 28 - May 3, 1954 Betty Smith Hurt in Accident



Wednesday, April 28, 1954

I cleaned dark bedroom and my room and upstairs hall today. Cold. Rained in a.m. Delores and Kennard up in evening.



Thursday, April 29, 1954

Very nice day today. I cleaned in the two downstairs bedrooms.



Friday, April 30, 1954

I cleaned hallway, bathroom and cellar way. Finish the bedroom. Very good day. Betty Smith got hurt in a car accident. Was taken to hospital.



Saturday, May 1, 1954

Evelyn called and I went to town with her. Fair and warm. I did a big wash. Fern and Lloyd up in evening. Also Kennard and Raymond called.


 Sunday, May 2, 1954


I ironed, got dinner. Did odds and end work.  Rained. The Randall heifer had a calf. Rained hard all day.



Monday, May 3, 1954

I washed. Rained. Fern, Lloyd, Uncle Os, Gordon, Sally, Rose and Holly down in evening. Elmer Fogg bought the cow and calf. Ricky went tonight, Elmer Fogg bought her.





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