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!

Thursday, April 2, 2015

February 13 -17, 1954 Betty's Birthday



Saturday, February 13, 1954

Cooked, went to town in p.m. Cold clear day. Fern and Lloyd here in evening. Robert called in p.m. Blanche back home bag and baggage. Robert much pleased and Joy.



Sunday, February 14, 1954

Cloudy. Little higher temperature, snow today. Bill down to Lawrence Boynton’s. L. told him he could put the bull over in his pasture. Bob called again. Is so happy. Is talking about going to the ice Follies in Boston with Blanche.



Monday, February 15, 1954

Washed today. Warm. Cloudy. Billie up to Chet’s in evening.



Tuesday, February 16, 1954

Cloudy and rained. I did the ironing. Mama made pillowcases and two new sheets. Rained hard most all day. Betty made preparations for her birthday for tomorrow. Donnie began to be sick.

Donnie and Betty from the summer of 1949

Wednesday, February 17, 1954

Bill went to work at 4:30 this morning. Snowed all day, and some rain. Billie’s last check came mustering out pay. I washed windows, made Betty’s birthday cake. She decorated it. Billie cleaned out the hen house. Donnie sick. Tonight it was snowing. Fern and Lloyd came out for Betty’s birthday. Billie, Mama, Fern, Lloyd, and I had ice cream and cake. She had a lot of nice gifts. 15 inches snow came.
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  1. NormaApril 2, 2015 at 11:57 AM

    How long was Aunt Blanche gone for Uncle Bob to be so happy that he took her to the Ice Follies? Does not sound like the Uncle Bob I remember. Haha . That was sweet of him though.

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