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, June 12, 2015

April 13 - 16, 1955



Wednesday, April 13, 1955

Cold, cloudy day. I wrote letters. Billie raked some more. I mended and looked through catalogs. No word from Mama today.



Thursday, April 14, 1955

I cleaned the shed chamber. Fair most of the day. Billie did some more raking. No word from Mama today.



Friday, April 15, 1955

A nice warm day. Betty came home for dinner to get dressed for her grade entertainment. Kail came with her. Fern went to the show with me. Billie took us down, we had the car oiled and greased today. Mama operated on today. Had a bad day. Billie finished raking today. This operation was much worse for Mama. Had a bad day.



Saturday, April 16, 1955

Cleared off nice and clear. Cold. Bill, Fern, Lloyd and I went to Portland to see Mama. She had a bad day yesterday. Fair condition today. Bob called this morning. Bill got his suit at Tom Taylor’s today. And a lightweight jacket. I got a pair corselets.



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