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, May 4, 2015

August 26 - 31, 1954 Hurricane Carol (but is naughty Betty worse?)



Thursday, August 26, 1954

Cooler, cloudy and showers in a.m. I defrosted and cleaned deep-freeze. Dorothea finished up down to the camp.



Friday, August 27, 1954

Dorothea came home today for a little while. She is all upset. Very unhappy and mixed up.



Saturday, August 28, 1954

Dorothea came home today, Barb came with her. She is very unhappy. Betty very naughty.



Sunday, August 29, 1954

Mama came home from Ferns. We picked beans and blueberries today. Dorothea moved the bathtub in. Dorothea still unhappy. Betty very naughty today.



Monday, August 30, 1954

Not a very good day, but I washed. Made out a order. Dorothea decided to go back.



Tuesday, August 31, 1954 Bad One Carol Hurricane

A very bad hurricane today. All power shut off. Lot of damage. Billie and Betty did a lot of fixing up to get ready for the storm. Joan’s baby born today.

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