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!

Monday, April 6, 2015

March 9 - 15, 1954 A BLACK Heifer!!



Tuesday, March 9, 1954

Cleared in p.m. I ironed.



Wednesday, March 10, 1954

Cooked, did regular work. Nice day but cold. Bill, Betty and I went to the movies. It was Ma and Pa Kettle, very good.




Thursday, March 11, 1954

Nice day, cold wind. I went over to Aunt Linnie’s in p.m. Called to see Raymond’s shop and see his cows. Nice looking cattle. Billie helped Dennis haul wood and bolts.



Friday, March 12, 1954

Nice day. Did the regular work. Billie helped Dennis haul wood.



Saturday, March 13, 1954

Cloudy all day. Billie helped Dennis haul wood. Bill and I went to town in p.m. Fern and Lloyd up in evening. Snowed in p.m.



Sunday, March 14, 1954

Snowed all day, got about 4 inches here. Didn’t do much except regular work. Kennie and Dot called in p.m. Raymond over in a.m.



Monday, March 15, 1954

Washed today, kind of cloudy. Sent Betty’s seed money. Lilly had a nice heifer calf and it was a BLACK one. Billie and Raymond hauled dressing for Raymond today. Betty and I got the clothes in. Billie gone to the lodge tonight.
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