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!

Friday, May 8, 2015

September 19 - 25, 1954 Rayburn Home



Sunday, September 19, 1954

Betty went to the Benson’s Animal Farm up to New Hampshire today. Kennie and Dot came up for a little while.



Monday, September 20, 1954

Washed today, it was cloudy and rained.



Tuesday, September 21, 1954

Cleared off. I got the clothes in.



Wednesday, September 22, 1954

Ironed.



Thursday, September 23, 1954

(Blank)



Friday, September 24, 1954

Kail came up to go with Betty to get insects etc. for their school work.



Saturday, September 25, 1954

Rayburn came home today. They came up in the evening. Rayburn looks good. Flecks were here to get Kail. Rayburn was glad to get back home.


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