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!

Friday, April 17, 2015

May 15 - 22, 1954



Saturday, May 15, 1954

Nice beautiful morning. I’ve been cooking. I’ve been to town, got Betty’s new sneakers, dungarees and skirt. Downtown in evening with Milan and Betty. Fern and Lloyd up in eve.



Sunday, May 16, 1954

Raining this morning. Got up a little late. Milan and Betty left this morning. Kennie and Dot up in p.m. It cleared off this p.m. Billie mowed lawns. I cleaned up the house.



Monday, May 17, 1954

I did a big wash and ironing. Mama lame. Billie and Bobbie fenced tonight.



Tuesday, May 18, 1954

I went down and helped Fern clean her pantry. It is a pretty good day.



Wednesday, May 19, 1954

Raining. I helped Fern clean her back kitchen and porches.



Thursday, May 20, 1954

Terrie Moffitt came down. I dug some greens today. Cleaned up the house.



Friday, May 21, 1954

Kail came up with Betty tonight.



Saturday, May 22, 1954

Fleck folks came up and got Kail.
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