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 28, 2015

January 19 - 24, 1955



Wednesday, January 19, 1955

Fern and Esther called in a.m. Carlton and Phyllis came. Nice day. Rosalie’s baby got terribly burned today, took her down here to hospital.



Thursday, January 20, 1955

Another nice day but also cold. Delores, Carlton, Phyllis, Aunt Ava called in p.m. Esther, Cliff and Susan came back in p.m. from Ferns. In evening all the folks called and bid the Deming’s goodbye. Rose baby had to go back to the hospital today, because it was sick.



Friday, January 21, 1955

Cliff and I went to town in a.m. Came home had lunch than the Deming’s packed and left about 12:30 for Stoneham  at Brud and Verna’s. On their way home will go to Milan’s Tuesday.



Saturday, January 22, 1955

Snow flurries. Went to town in a.m. came home, did up the housework. Bill worked in p.m. Kail here all day with Betty. Dr. Hershey dehorned the jersey  and brindle. Carlton and Phyllis bot Delores a new refrigerator.



Sunday, January 23, 1955

Snowed some today. Betty went to Sunday school. She and Bill went fishing. Bob called.



Monday, January 24, 1955

Washed. Nice and warm. The telephone company put in the dial phone today.

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