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!

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

October 16 - 20, 1954



Saturday, October 16, 1954

Partly cloudy, quite mild. Went to town in p.m. Raymond called in evening. Dot and Lorraine up in p.m.



Sunday, October 17, 1954

Fair, cooler. Did a regular work. Kennie cleaned out the burners in kitchen stove. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called.



Monday, October 18, 1954

Washed. Nice day. Churned, cooked.



Tuesday, October 19, 1954

Billie home today, went over to the doctor. He put him on a diet. Lida Randall called on us.



Wednesday, October 20, 1954

Mama went over to Paris with Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis. Blanche and I took her cat over to Fryeburg to Dr. Hershey. I churned, ironed. Bill and I went downtown in p.m.

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)