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 5, 2015

September 1 - 6, 1954 Dorothea back to Ohio



Wednesday, September 1, 1954

Nice day after the bad storm. Hurricane Carol. This morning Dorothea left us for her last year of school at Norton High. Phil Autio took her as far as Portland to take bus. Brud met her in Boston. Got to Cleveland where Es met her at 5:25 Thursday a.m. No power after storm. Missed Dorathea all day. Uncle Os and Fern called.



Thursday, September 2, 1954

Nice day, still no power this morning, came on about 2 PM. Dot Prescott called in eve. Didn’t do much work. Kail came up to stay until Saturday. Thinking of Dorothea all day. Miss her. We took our deep-freeze things down to Kennie’s.



Friday, September 3, 1954

Went to Portland for Betty to have her eyes tested. Kail went with us.



Saturday, September 4, 1954

Good day. Worked, cooked etc. Went to town in p.m. Phil hauled rest of the hay. Billie and Chet haying down to Blake’s. Edna H here in eve. Also Fleck family came for Kail. Fern, Lloyd and Raymond here.



Sunday, September 5, 1954

Very good day, quite hot. Raked, cleaned up the yards. Also mowed lawns. Lloyd hauled off the limbs etc. Irene and Dennis called this evening.



Monday, September 6, 1954 Labor Day

Very nice day. Washed, churned, put shell beans in deep freeze. Ironed at night.
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