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, May 21, 2015

December 10 - 16, 1954 The Killing of a Family Pet!!!



Friday, December 10, 1954

Billie didn’t work. Got his haircut. I washed.



Saturday, December 11, 1954

Nice day. Bill and I went to town. Bill sent Dorothea $20 for Christmas. I sent my Christmas order. Got my check from Lida. Betty and I got the Christmas tree. Bill made the stand. Betty got it in and decorated.

Susan's 4th birthday




Sunday, December 12, 1954

Very good day. Bill and Billie finished putting the post in under the barn and got it all boarded up. A Mr. Bill Brown came to see Bill.



Monday, December 13, 1954

Today Gertie went. Tonight she is hanging up down to Lawrence Boynton’s slaughterhouse. It was so awful hard to see her go. She has been with us for years. She was a family pet.



Tuesday, December 14, 1954

We cleaned, done up the regular work. Another load of shavings came today.



Wednesday, December 15, 1954

Cloudy and some rain. I made a cake for Evelyn’s girls (Gail) birthday 3 years today. Evelyn called and Lloyd called.



Thursday, December 16, 1954

Fair. The Christmas box came today from Sears.
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